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Last weekend Wembley played host to the biggest ever Strictly on record.

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Over 6,000 people in the arena. It was bolder, louder, faster and

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higher than ever before! But our cuddly cannonball's explosive

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entrance blasted him out of the ballroom for good. This week our

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stars have been on their best behaviour in front of her Royal

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Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. Tonight, our magnificent 7 are

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coming out all guns blazing. They're tackling not one, but...

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Two dances this week. Oh my God, two. I am scared of it. It's back,

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more brutal than after, the Strictly swingathon. So, sharpen

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those elbows, and get ready for some ballroom Archie bargy. This is

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Strictly Come Dancing 2011. Bring Live from Television Centre, please

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welcome your hosts, Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly.

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I have got her! Thank you. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. What a

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lovely crowd. Aren't they just! Thank you so much. Just a minute!

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And sit down, I didn't tell you to stand up, sit down! In case people

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get the wrong impression. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and

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children, welcome to Strictly Come Dancing. It's nice to see you, to

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see you... AUDIENCE: Mice! It's nice to see you, Bruce. Wasn't

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Wembley great? I loved it, after the show hundreds of people came

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down on to the floor and lined up for our autographs, judges, dancers,

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us. No, it was fantastic. One little lady came up and she said

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can I have your autograph, Sir Bruce. I said, of course, my dear.

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Are you a big fan? She said, no, I wanted to get home and the queue

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for you was the shortest. LAUGHTER. Last week Wembley was a wonderful

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away day but now our seven wonders of the ballroom world are back here

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on home soil where it matters most. Yes, the competition is getting

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serious. All our couples are now contenders for the glitterball

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trophy. Tonight they're dancing not once, but twice. Not only do invest

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a face or ballroom or Latin routine, they've have to face the chaos of

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the swingathon. All the couples are dancing to impress at the same time.

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It could be carnage. I love a bit of carnage. Now it's time to meet

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Look at them! There they are. I

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just would like to say you have all bonded so well overed weeks and you

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are all such good friends now. And I just know there will be sadness

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in your hearts as you trample over each other to get to the final! I

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just know it's going to happen, you can see it in their eyes. Tonight,

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as always, our judges will be scoring and the couples will be

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ranked on the leaderboard. Those scores will then be combined with

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your votes and, sadly, one couple's ballroom bubble will burst. If you

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are a digital viewer you can press the red button for live commentary.

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We have Karen Hardy and this week with her Sara Cox. Hello! Our first

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couple is Anita Dobson and her partner Brendan. APPLAUSE.

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There they are. Brendan is back. This week Anita is dancing with

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Brendan because Robin has an injury. She can do this because Brendan is

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not on stand-by to dance with Holly any more, because Artem is better.

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Although the week before Brendan did dance with Holly which he could

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do because he wasn't dancing with Lulu. Although next week if Anita

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gets through she will be back dancing with Robin. And Brendan

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will be dancing with is anyone's guess. I am worn out! Me too.

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hope that's cleared that up. Any questions? No questions. I know you

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have! You hope it might be you. Seeing 6,000 people so pleased to

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see us all there was just joyful. I just thought you will never get

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this opportunity again. You come out and you give it 100%. Bundles

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of energy and creative party atmosphere. I have played Wembley,

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I have danced with this fantastic dancer. That's the jewel in the

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Crown. The competition's getting really

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serious now and Robin's hurt his foot. I am here in Charing Cross

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Hospital for my severe foot infection. I don't know what I am

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going to do. Hello. What! Yes, of course I will.

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Whenever duty calls. # I need a hero...

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It is I, Sir Brendan. Care to dance? It's been a very exciting

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week. First of all, I have a new partner and we all had a very

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special visit from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall.

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Nice to see you again. It's been a while. You are a huge example, if I

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may say so, for our generation. watched some of us rehears and

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kindly awarded my efforts a nine, but she did give everyone a nine.

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Tonight I am going to give the cha- cha my very best for Robin. Get

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well soon, please. Dancing the cha-cha-cha, Anita

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Well done you, fantastic! How about

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it! Look, Anita. Look what you have done to this crowd. And Brendan,

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what a start. Absolutely marvellous. A great start. OK, sit yourselves

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down. I wouldn't mind but she only went in for a service. Now then...

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Cheeky! While you get your breath back, it's a good time to welcome

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our fabulous singers, Dave Arch and his wonderful, wonderful orchestra.

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APPLAUSE. Lovely, and not forgetting our judges, come on!

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APPLAUSE. And after the show last week you

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might have seen it on the results show, Len was dancing with Craig.

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Did you see that? Len, it was very funny. And Craig, you need to work

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on your heel leads and your arm placement, darling. Darling, arm

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placement all over the shop. What did you think of this? Let me first

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of all commend you on coming to the aid of a damsel in distress. Not

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only that, I thought you did a great rue tune, it was full of --

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routine. It was full of content. The cha-cha is a difficult chance

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and -- dance and you came ut out and showed your personality. There

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was a bit you were solo, you are a great actress and it came out in

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this dance. Straighten your legs a bit more and you will get more hip

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action. Wish I had tried that years ago as well! Alesha? I have similar

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issues with this dance to what I had last week. It was a little bit

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messy in places. I am still not sure if you are entirely in body,

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and the dance through your body. A lot is in your face and is it did

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lack a little bit of tension, but it was cute, pleasant. Len is right

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you coped really well. The partner change hasn't tpaebgtd you --

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affected you either. I commend you for that. Overall, you have done a

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very good job. Good point. To dance with someone new. Bruno? Anita, the

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Uptown Girl doesn't mind a bit of grease! There's still plenty of

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fuel in the tank. It was bright, lively, great variety of steps.

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Plenty of content. The chemistry with Brendan, Brendan goes with

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everything! It's like parmesan, tastes good anywhere. You stretch

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the back of the leg and then you will get a bit more precision but I

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really enjoyed it. Well done. Thank you. Now then, Craig? For me it

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lacked pressure on the balls to the floor, therefore the leg

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straightening would have helped. Len is absolutely right. There was

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a lack of sharpness, I am afraid in your finishes, which is unfortunate.

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Also, there was no true dynamic to it. For me, that was what was

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missing. You have fantastic turns, though. They are absolutely

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brilliant. APPLAUSE. You were dynamic to all of us. You were,

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well done again. You are getting to be irreplacable!

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APPLAUSE. Come on, my little darling. Are you

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happy Brendan came to your rescue? I am, it's been an amazing week.

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Thank you so much. My pleasure, doing it for you and Robin. How is

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Robin doing? He sounded much better when I spoke to him last and he

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said it's frustrating being at home and in the being here. I bet it is.

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Bruno said plenty of fuel in the tank. You are going to need that

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later, what are the tactics for the swingathon? Anything goes. Least of

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all stamina, because these guys are going to be having to watch out,

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isn't that right?! Keep the routine going, boys and girls. The scores

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30. Now, a message from Robin, he says I am so overwhelmingly proud

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of Anita, that was fabulous. It's so hard being this side of the TV.

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Come back soon! We all wish you a speedy recovery, Robin. Thank you

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very much. If you want to dial the number call: The lines open later

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if you want Anita to get VIP tickets through to next Saturday.

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Please don't call until lines are open, if you do your vote won't

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count and you may be charged. The couple with the lowest scores and

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votes will leave the competition. We have seven stars left, they're

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all magnificent, but who will be going ye-ha tomorrow night? Over to

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you, Bruce. Thank you, Tess! For our next couple, Holly Valance and

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her partner Artem. APPLAUSE. Now then, last week Holly was in the

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bottom two. I said, are you going to be able to come back fighting?

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She said, of course I am. I am an Australian, Bruce. I said no, Holly,

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you are an Australian Sheila. LAUGHTER. It even made Craig laugh!

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An Australian Bruce is a man. I would have thought she would have

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known that. Here they are in The energy that comes with dancing

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in a place like Wembley, you can't really describe it. I wish we could

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perform to this lot every week. times you are thrilling and at

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times you are maddening! It's getting frustrating hearing the

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same comments each week. I think I am too relaxed about things.

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Getting into the bottom two it made for an exciting night. I thought I

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was going out, but I got saved! Every week I get fairly similar

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critique. You got to go for it. Holly needs to get over trying to

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be safe. OK try full out this time. That was. I don't know why I can't

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let go. Until this one time in high school.

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Hi. Hey. Do you want to dance? way. Your dancing is too crazy. Not

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cool. That's why I struggle a bit sometimes. It's OK. Just let it go

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for the foxtrot. Holly is working really hard this week. Better, you

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did well. Think of that. I am hoping this is going to be the

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dance where the judges see me finally giving it all I got.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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Dancing the foxtrot, Holly Valance APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Holly, Holly, come on, look at this! Enjoy it! Artem, how are you

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feeling, all right? Great. I tell you, great. Alesha, what did you

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think? Seductive foxtrot. I loved the beginning, I have to be honest

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when I heard this song I wasn't sure it would work work with this

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style, but it did, you totally owned it. Well done. Right, now

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then, Bruno? Holly! You sassy teaser. The beginning was like

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Gypsy Rose Lee. You did it. Then you pulled back, a bit distant and

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cold and you give the heat back on. Breathtaking, sexy, hot. Everything

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I wanted from you. That's the way to go. APPLAUSE. Absolutely. You

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didn't know you could be sophisticated, did you? She didn't

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know. Craig? I was extremely concerned when the music cracked on,

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I thought there's no way this is going to be a foxtrot. I thought it

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was an extremely detrimental track to pick or choose for it. But you

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know what, I thought it was fantastic! Well done. Yeah, you

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surprised us all then. Len, what did you think? Well, you know,

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there was a time I would go out and give it all, for me this is what -

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listen, the foxtrot you did was good, I liked it. It was nice and

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basic. But you see when you watch dancing, and I am not saying that I

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didn't like the dance, because I did, but your eyes are looking at

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one thing and your ears are taking in something else, because of the

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music. For me, it just disturbed me a little bit. I would have... Well,

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it did. I am a timewatch in a digital age, I guess. I would have

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preferred it if it had been a traditional foxtrot. However, what

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I saw of the foxtrot I liked. Well done. I don't know what that meant.

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It was wonderful. We loved it. Come on! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Scorching hot in red! Amazing. You owned it said Alesha. Did you feel

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you had a point to prove after last week? I just wanted to have more

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fun and let go and do all the things the judges have been telling

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me to do. I think we did. You took that advice and you ran with it.

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Yeah. Fantastic. That's what Craig said. Very impressed. The scores

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APPLAUSE. Hot score. Make a note of this number. They're saying go on

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Holly! We started with 14, we are down to seven, but who feels lucky

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tonight? Who is going to get your vote? Back to you, Bruce. Thank you.

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For our next couple, Alex Jones and her partner James. APPLAUSE.

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Lovely, lovely. Alex is desperate to get through to next week. I said

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is that because you want to be one step nearer the final? She said no,

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it will be my turn to dance with Brendan.

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Is that what you said? Here they Intense is probably the word to

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describe Wembley. Nerve-racking and the best experience all rolled into

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one. I remember being amazed at these comments that were sort of

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coming out of Craig's phoult. mouth. It was sharp, theatrical,

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all those wonderful things. When the nines started coming I

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literally thought I was going to pass out. To have a score like that,

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I mean, that's just something I never thought that we would achieve

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as a couple. Every week I am like can we do the

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Charleston. No, we can't. But this week we are doing the Charleston.

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We came in with with lots of confidence and then we started to

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teach Alex the dance. And it's... Yeah... Almost, almost. It looked

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awful, but you were almost right with the steps. The dream dance is

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turning into a bit of a nightmare. I know what I have done wrong there.

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It's like somebody's put a rocket up my bum. The hands are moving,

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the legs are moving at the same time, but in different directions.

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My body went this way and my hands that way. It's kind of like doing

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this. No, that. You know what I mean! That arm scares me. Last week

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we were top of the leaderboard, but this week, well, who knows?

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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Dancing the Charleston, Alex Jones APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Three standing ovations tonight! Look at it! How about you two, what

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a night. Three standing ovations we have had. Thank you. Well done,

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Alex and James. Bruno? It's Alex the funny girl! It had a good old

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sraudville feel. I love the goofiness you put in, the swing, up

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and down, legs in the air. A couple of things, you lost timing a couple

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of times. It has to be like scissors on the swivel. But so

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funny, it's great to see the funny side of you. It is lovely to see

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the funny side. Craig? Are we going to see the funny side of you?

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Never! No, darling. I felt you took a major step backwards tonight.

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no! I will tell you why, precision and finishes, lack of swivel when

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you needed it enormously. Not understanding the dance and the

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extreme nature that one has to go to in this dance, if, for instance,

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you are raising your shoulders it needs to be extreme. You know, the

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whole dance is about extreme. I just felt it was mediocre. Oh, no!

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Len, what what about you? I found it fun and entertaining. It was

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enjoyable to watch. There was a lot going on. They're right to a degree,

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it was lacking in the detail. Little things just needed to be

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crisper. But we all enjoyed watching it. It was good fun. Well

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done. It certainly was. Alesha is smiling. I thought it was quirky,

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sweet, really funny. I knew this dance would suit you. It was almost

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made for your personality. You two have developed such a great

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partnership and it shows. And I really look forward to seeing you

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dance every week. Good job, Alex. James, you are a team. Well done.

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Off you go. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. The Charleston is a dance you have

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wanted to do since day one, did you enjoy it? I did and I would love to

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do it again. We have had a fun week. Bruno loved the goofiness. Craig

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said major step backwards. That is harsh. Mediocre? Standing ovation

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in the studio. Exactly. At the end of the day, of course the judges

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are there, everyone else seems to be nice, it's just Craig to be

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honest with you. He needs to get a sense of humour. The scores are in

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now, so you might want to take that 29. And lots of sshh from Alex to

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James. I think it was better than that. This girl's never danced

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before, where she is today - that was a difficult routine. She told

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it and it was better than that score. What do you think? Jot down

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this number. Phone later if you enjoyed Alex's

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cheeky Charleston and you want her to be one of our our quart-

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finalists next week. Who will survive that infamous swingathon?

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It comes with a health warning, everybody on the floor at the same

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time. Beware of flying limbs. Robbie Savage's nose. Oh! Back to

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you, Bruce. What's going on up there tonight? Now our next couple,

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Robbie Savage, talking of him, and his partner, Ola. APPLAUSE.

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Robbie told me he's thinking of doing the BBC show Who Do You Think

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You Are. I said good idea, but why that show? He said I like the idea

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of a whole programme devoted to checking out my roots. LAUGHTER.

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That's funny, isn't it! I thought that was a good one. Here they are

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in training. # I am the one and only... I felt

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like Robbie Will ams -- Williams on Saturday night. You opened the show

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like it was your own rock concert. It was great entertainment and a

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great start to the show. I gave it absolutely everything. Shirt ripped

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apart, leapfrogs, Ola over my head. It was all wild and savage. It was

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entertaining, that's what people want. I delivered it. Next target:

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Blackpool. I love being on Strictly, but as my parents can't make it to

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the show, because my father is ill, we have decided to bring Strictly

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to my parents. Something's missing. Never in a million years did I

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think I would see him on Strictly Come Dancing, so I am totally over

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the moon. Ten. I was a bit of a Now you know where I get my bad

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dancing from! He doesn't get any movement at all from me. I get it

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from the postman. Dancing the samba, Robbie Savage

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. A standing ovation! What a finish!

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There is the old team colours. Look at that. What did he say! Nothing,

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I didn't think so. Craig, oh, what is he going to think of that? A

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male stripper, I mean, I ask you. Craig, I can read it in your face.

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Let's just start with the bounce, shall we, darling. It was way too

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exaggerated, I am afraid. At least it was there. It made it look a

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little bit unnatural because it was overdone. Your fingers, I am afraid,

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are still looking like they belong in a ten pin bowling ball. Mostly

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they've been rectified but especially in the running

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promenades. And that last bit, darling the reveal to no avail, was

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I think inessential. Got a wonderful reaction, though. Len?

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Well, it was what you call a shamba. There was samba and a lot of good

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content. You did well. The fall aways, the running with the peuf

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peuf -- pivots. See then you somehow get possessed and you have

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to reveal - it turns into Match of the Day all of a sudden. Just do it,

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you do it good. Then you stick all that stuff in. LAUGHTER. Go on,

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Len! Show us. I might pull something important. No, I can't.

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think it's the first time we have seen a male dancer's legs on the

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show, actually. Not that I am looking for it. Alesha, what did

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you think, darling? I love that you are relaxed and having fun with

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this competition. It's clearly having a positive effect on you,

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which is wonderful. As far as the dance goes, some really nice

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movements - there was nice movements in there and last week

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was entertaining and this week was entertaining. Well done, Robbie.

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Bruno? Robbie, that's an interesting look! I go for briefs

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myself. It wasn't the lightest of samba. It was a bit heavy. It was

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like a kangaroo with lead feet. I mean, you tried. It wasn't

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completely successful, but you can always go home stripping. Well done.

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Such fun, off you go. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Yes, the Savage samba! Dancing to You Sexy Thing, was that your idea?

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Yes, it was his idea. Ignore Craig, I think the audience loved those

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knees. Ola has been dancing for ten years now, I thought it was better

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than that the judges scores, you have been dancing 20 years, I

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thought it was a much better score than that. You deserve much better.

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Oh, thank you. He is a sent. -- 25 out of 40. Oh, dear. We all

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thought it was entertaining and someone back there said great hand

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placement. Don't know what they were talking about. Call this

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number, if you enjoyed the samba and would like Robbie to dance

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again next week. Talking of next week, you all have front row seats

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for the movie special but all our stars are going to need an

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admission ticket first and that's where your votes come in. Over to

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you, Bruce. Thank you, Tess. Next up Chelsee and her partner Pasha.

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APPLAUSE. Another great couple. Now they're doing the Argentine tango,

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and for this dance Chelsee needs to be passionate. She asked me for

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some advice and said what do you need to be passionate? I said a

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week's notice. Don't laugh, it's not funny! It used to be five

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minutes and I am dreading when it's a fortnight. Anyway, here they are

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- I made myself laugh then! Haven't done that for years. Here they are

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Walking on to the Wembley dancefloor was such a surreal sort

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of feeling. When I seen the audience, I just thought what am I

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doing here? Chelsee! To be joint top of the leaderboard, I don't

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think I deserved to be there but if they want to put me there I am so

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grateful. Tango requires a lot of passion. To be honest it's quite

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cheesy and it's just not me. Passion. At the moment Chelsee

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struggles a little bit. She sees me more as a brother and not that hot

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guy she is lusting after. I am not saying it's just Pasha, I think in

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general I am not really a passionate girl. Probably the only

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girl that doesn't want you, if that makes you better. If I had the man

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of my dreams I would found it easier. Who is your dream man?

:41:47.:41:57.
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has to be quite funny. OK. Pasha, the man I want needs to be strong.

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No, Pasha, that's not what I meant. I meant passion! OK, got it. Go on

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then, that will do! All right then, Dancing the Argentine tango,

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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Another one, every routine! Look at that, Chelsee. All for you. They

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loved it. And I loved it. You are such a little gem, you really are.

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And you didn't close the door. It wasn't all over. Len? Of course it

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was good, but I don't get this. You are an actress, you just got to act

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the dance. You don't have to blooming ehroep with the guy. --

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elope. Gordon Bennett! There's no intensity about it. I liked it!

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It's the best dance I have seen tonight. So don't get on my wick.

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Get into it! All right. I will get you one of your pills in a minute.

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Alesha? Technically it was strong, it was sharp. You executed it well.

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I just want you to lose your inhibitions because when you do you

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are going to go through the roof to the next level. Excellent job.

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Wonderful. Bruno? Oh, you are a goody-goody little girl, aren't

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you? Yes, you are. The footwork, intricacy, great shapes, precise. I

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loved it, but I want you to be badder. Len is right. You really

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have to go in there. You have to get that tango. You have to feel it

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in your body because you are such a good dancer and he is right, it

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will get you to the next level. Sorry, Alesha. I am used to it!

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Craig? What Bruno was trying to demonstrate was the A-frame which

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was sadly mising from the dance but there was a high level of

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difficulty in that routine that you coped with brilliantly, I have to

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say. You do lack that solar plexus connection. Work on that if you get

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to do it again, darling, because it is fabulous. You should be very

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proud of yourself. Well done the pair of you. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Come on our Chelsee! They loved it. Standing ovation. Len's best dance

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of the night but Bruno wants you to be badder. Have you got it in you?

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Of course I can be badder. I don't know if I could do it on telly.

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Come on then, that deserves a big hug. 35. Made up, thank you so much.

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Well done. She's made up. The number to call at the end of the

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show, if you want to show support for Chelsee and you would love to

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see her dance next weekend. Sound good? It sounds amazing. All right.

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You can look at all the latest goings on, on the website. Over to

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you, Bruce. Thank you, Tess. Our next couple is Jason Donovan and

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his partner Kristina. APPLAUSE.

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Another very popular couple. Jason was very upset at making a mistake

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last week. I said don't worry about it, I made a mistake as well. He

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said what mistake did you make? I said well I gave Ola a kiss on the

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cheek and it turned out to be Robbie Savage. I wouldn't have

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known if it wasn't for the stubble. No, that's not true, because I felt

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Ola's cheek, it's as soft as a baby's arm. Here they are - don't

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know what's the matter with me I want to nail this routine,

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because it's a good one. Performing the jive at Wembley would have to

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go down as one of the most incredible experiences of my life.

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Great atmosphere. Great show. Then, unfortunately, life happens.

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Something goes wrong. I suppose that would have been phenomenonal,

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if it wasn't for that last moment. I did let the side down a little

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bit, which I am so gutted about. Really sad. One little move. It was

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an incredible show tonight. Special. Not without drama. Yes.

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Charleston is all about smiling, getting the facial expressions just

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right and making sure the moves are sort of cheeky in some sort of way.

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It's going to be fun. Jason really needs to sell this dance. Smile all

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the way. Sell it! That's better. Really got to sell this dance.

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I reckon I can do that. Are you thinking the tango can go-

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go? That the paso is passe? Well, you need the Charleston. Be the

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envoy of your -- envy of your friends. You can drive it away

:49:56.:50:01.

today. This incredible offer ends Saturday, so hurry. Please allow 30

:50:01.:50:06.

days for delivery, no refunds. Batteries not included. The

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Charleston, coming to a ballroom near you. Dancing the Charleston,

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Another one! Routine after routine,

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what a night. And that was stunning. Well done the pair of you. Kristina

:52:20.:52:30.
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and Jason, well done. Absolutely. Now, then. Oh dear. Bruno? High

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energy, slap-stick. You kept it good and the facial expressions,

:52:37.:52:47.
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nobody can use you of -- can accuse you of using botox. Absolutely

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flying. Craig? A smile on your face? I was willing it to be

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perfect. And then that disastrous kick section. But that, I have to

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say, was a Charleston. Yeah, it certainly was. Len? I have nothing

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else to say that these two haven't said. It was truly fabulous. Well

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done. Well, there you are. Alesha? I loved the energy, the routine. It

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was fun. You are a hard worker, Jason. It's really paying off. Good

:53:26.:53:36.
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job. We can't say any more, we love you. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Yes, it was all white on the night! Lots of energy, lots of fun. I

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really enjoyed that routine. That was fun. All that character acting,

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you must have relished that? I find that's the greatest place to start.

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When there's a character there you can really sort of explore the

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moment. The Charleston is a dance that suits you. Thank you. Is he

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through -- if you are through to next week what can we look forward

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to for movie week? We can look forward to lots more

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characterisations. A lot of that. Yeah, it's going to be big on

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Yes, the nines are out. Write down this number and call later if

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Jason's Charleston was right up your Ramsey Street and you want to

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see him dance again next Saturday. All right! The swingathon is

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looming large, it's going to be organised ballroom chaos. You don't

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want to be going anywhere. Back to you, Bruce.

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Time for our next couple, Harry Judd and his partner Aliona.

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Another popular couple. When Harry danced with his shirt open last

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week - all right! 6,000 people at Wembley screamed and screamed with

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excitement. I said, all that noise must have made you deaf as a post.

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He said 6.30. Think about it. Here I am not letting go of this curtain,

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I am scared. In Wembley in front of 6,000 people was a very scary

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experience, but at the same time very exhilarating. Being in a band

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I never had aspirations of dancing at Wembley, but now it's happened

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it was a special experience. So I have danced at Wembley, not bad.

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There's only seven couples left, we are going to have to work hard and

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pull out all the stops now. It's a quickstep for a reason! There's so

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many different rhythms in it and so many different steps. I feel like

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an idiot. It's so quick that if you mess up once it's very hard to get

:56:17.:56:23.

back into it. And quick and quick... I think Aliona has something to

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help me out. I am not entirely sure what it is. OK, Harry, it's time to

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get to work. What is this? A piano. She pt want -- she wanted to test

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my speed and footwork so first up Chop Sticks and then the notes to

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the song we are dancing on Saturday. Let's see if you can move your feet

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quick enough to our song. To be honest I couldn't really see what

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the fuss was about. I found it quite easy. When it comes to my

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feet I reckon I can pretty much do anything. Thank you very much!

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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Dancing the quickstep, Harry Judd APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

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Look at this! They're loving it! Oh, Harry and Aliona, that was so good.

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Seven dances, seven standing ovations. Absolutely. Craig, start

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us off. Uh... You have a lazy left foot. You will let my lazy right

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:59:35.:59:37.

foot in a minute. It's oddly and strangely sickled and slightly

:59:37.:59:42.

pigeon-toeed. That's all I could find wrong with it, though. So you

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are being pernickety. Len, anything to add? Wide elbows, great movement,

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lovely sway. Sway is hard to get, you have the sway. Harry, I think

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the highest mark I have given you so far this series is an eight. You

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could get a nine tonight, I am telling you. Oh, Len's being

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generous. Alesha? My favourite moment as a judge is to be able to

:00:07.:00:10.

sit back, relax and enjoy the show and just take it for what it is.

:00:10.:00:20.
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That was outstanding. Lovely. Bruno? Harry, tremendous assurance,

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polish of detail. Elegance, sophisticated. You were moving

:00:27.:00:37.
:00:37.:00:37.

beautifully and that sway, you can sway away with anyone! Superb!

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about this lady? The work you have done with him is marvellous. Off

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you go, wonderful. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

:00:53.:00:57.

Wow. Outstanding said Alesha. You have been at the top of the

:00:57.:01:00.

leaderboard, you have reached Wembley. You must be thinking

:01:00.:01:04.

glitterball trophy around about now? Not at all. We are taking it

:01:04.:01:11.

week by week, honestly. I am happy to just still be here, having fun.

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We are just doing our best. swingathon is next, have you got

:01:15.:01:20.

anything left in the tank? Hopefully, it's in a few minutes,

:01:20.:01:30.
:01:30.:01:37.

isn't it! He can barely breathe the Sorry, Harry. No nine, it's a ten

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. 39 out of 40, the highest score of the series.

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How does it feel? Amazing. Aliona is amazing. Thank you. The number

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to jot down and call later, if you want McFly's Harry to dance to the

:02:11.:02:18.

beat of the ballroom drum next weekend. Everybody needs your votes.

:02:18.:02:22.

Elbow and knee pads at the ready, you two need to get changed

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sharpish. Go, go, go! These guys are already changed, as you can see.

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We are minutes away from the Strictly swingathon. We have seen

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seven stunning performances, and the night is far from over. Now our

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intrepid stars will boldly go where very few have gone before. Come

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:02:49.:02:50.

back James Jordan! This is what awaits them. The swingathon, come

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on! Swing is a fast, energetic jive. Lots of kicks, lots of throws.

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Lifts, and it's a mixture of jive, with a bit of lindy hop, all

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different genres put together. Swingathon! We get a chance to

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compare all the couples together. We will be looking for couples that

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can dance with a real high energy performance and they've got to

:03:19.:03:23.

maintain it from the first, to the last bar of music. I think I am

:03:23.:03:30.

going to need oxygen. The rules? There are no rules. Just get out

:03:30.:03:36.

there and wow the judges. Bring on the swingathon! This will be the

:03:36.:03:39.

battle of the ballroom. We are going to have seven couples out on

:03:39.:03:46.

that floor. If you haven't got rhythm what else have you got? A

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push. One by one we decide who goes and who stays. The first couple to

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leave the floor will get one added to their score. The next couple two

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and so it will go on and the last couple standing will get seven

:04:00.:04:05.

added to their score for their individual dance. Either me and you

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are going to be fighting or we can double team. Let's double team.

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are going to go out on that dancefloor and own it. I am going

:04:15.:04:23.

to be King tonight! We are going to do our best. It's truly the war on

:04:23.:04:30.

the floor. It's going to be war on the floor!

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So to recap, whoever stays swinging the longest will be given the

:04:35.:04:40.

maximum score of send and the first couple eliminated will score one,

:04:40.:04:43.

then two and so on. These scores will be added to tonight's

:04:43.:04:47.

leaderboard which which which means this week everybody will be marked

:04:47.:04:52.

out of 47. As always on Strictly, head judge Len will have the

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deciding say. Len, what advice do you have for our stars? Well, the

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thing is they've got to get into their own little areas, basically

:05:01.:05:05.

stay there, because I think you have got to really focus and you

:05:05.:05:10.

have got to come out from start to finish and give it your all. Do as

:05:10.:05:14.

many steps as possible. Keep that thing going. Keep the energy high

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and keep going from the beginning, right through. Harry and Aliona are

:05:20.:05:24.

almost ready. Bruno, how how difficult is it to dance full-on

:05:24.:05:29.

with that intensity with 14 people on the floor. It's very hard. It's

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like a cat fight. You have to really maintain the momentum. You

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can never deflate. You have to keep the adrenalin going and then you

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have to keep the timing. What happens if you get distracted and

:05:41.:05:46.

lose timing, the judges will get you out immediately. You make a

:05:46.:05:49.

mistake, you have to do that. You have to create your space, stand

:05:49.:05:52.

out from the competition and make an impression for the right reasons.

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It's ruthless. So no pressure base skhreu -- basically! I believe

:05:59.:06:04.

everybody is ready. The time for talk is over. It's time for action.

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Let's bring our send stars back for -- seven stars back for the

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Strictly swingathon. Will our celebrities and and their

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:06:23.:06:56.

professional partner please take to Will Robbie and Ola please leave

:06:56.:07:06.
:07:06.:07:36.

Will Anita and Brendan please leave Will Holly and Artem please leave

:07:36.:07:46.
:07:46.:08:17.

Will Jason and Kristina please Will Alex and James please leave

:08:17.:08:27.
:08:27.:08:40.

Will Chelsee and Pasha please leave the floor.

:08:40.:08:50.
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So winning tonight's swingathon are APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Come on over

:08:59.:09:08.

here! We have our winners. The last couple dancing with a maximum score

:09:08.:09:18.
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of seven, Harry and Aliona. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Just a

:09:20.:09:26.

minute, haven't you had enough! You just go on and on. Craig, what did

:09:26.:09:31.

the winning couple here have that the others didn't? Stamina, mainly!

:09:31.:09:40.

Exactly. The athleticism, that was really an athletic programme,

:09:40.:09:45.

everything was on time. I loved the body ripple as well. It was

:09:45.:09:50.

absolutely great. They just finished the other dance, the

:09:50.:09:55.

quickstep. The last dance and then to do that, that's incredible.

:09:55.:10:03.

done. Alesha, Robbie and Ola out first. What went wrong?

:10:03.:10:06.

anything in particular, it's so difficult to focus on all the

:10:06.:10:10.

couples. Some couples stand out more than others. They all did

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brilliant. It's a test of endurance. Thank you so much the judges.

:10:16.:10:20.

difficult. Right, while they get their breath back, and please get

:10:20.:10:25.

some breath back, let's see how the swingathon affected the leaderboard.

:10:25.:10:30.

Here is how it shapes up. At the top with a maximum of seven points

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Harry and Aliona. Down there at the bottom with one point Robbie and

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Ola. Remember you can change all that because the phonelines are now

:10:41.:10:51.
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open. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Thanks for the cheer, Bruce! Lines are

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going to close at 8.4 4.00pm tonight -- 8.4 5 tonight. To help

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you decide here's a reminder of all tonight's dancing and the all-

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Wow, what a might, Bruce. I hope you will agree we have seen some

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wonderful performances. Next Saturday night is movie night. Our

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magnificent seven want to be movie stars, but sadly, one couple, their

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ballroom dreams will end up on the cutting room floor. Your votes can

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change everything. Your stars really do need you. In the results

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show tomorrow Tess and Claudia will say a fond farewell to our next

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