Episode 1 Strictly - It Takes Two

Zoe! Zoe! I so loved working with you last series. I'd love to help

you, but I just don't think I can. And I've found a new dance partner,

any way. Oh, no!

Choreography, choreography, choreography corner - that is so

last year! It's all about freestyle!

You understand, don't you? You understand.

It's time to meet the stars of our show.... Johnny Ball.

Welcome to Strictly. ALARM BUZZING

Oh, this is a dream. Johnny Ball has just been confirmed

Live, from Television Centre, this is Strictly, t takes two. Please

Hello. Welcome to a brand new series of It Takes Two. We're back,

a little bit excited and all of your dreams, and some of my night

marries, love you dad, will come trying over the next two weeks as

we have access to all the Strictly gossip. My guests are primed and

oiled and look beautiful. Tonight, we have an Olympian, an Australian

and a Glamazon. From a mag nifpbt performance on

Saturday night it's Louis and Flavia, and we also have Jerry and

Anton. And Craig, how svelt you look. Years of dieting. What a

weekend it was. We had broken noses and all sorts. These are the

headlines. Good evening - the news. Week one,

and already the surprises have started topping the leader board,

Lisa and Robin proved to be the weekend's star performance with a

cheeky cha-cha-cha. I thought it was great. What it

lacked in technique just made up for in energy, enthusiasm and fun.

Was it is a lift or was it a swoosh?

Is new girl, Karen a rule breaker? Craig was not best pleased. I'm not

particularly happy, actually, Karen. There are no lifts in the waltz.

One foot should remain on the floor at all times. So you will be marked

severely down for that. Unfortunately for Brendon, it

seemed like the curse of the Cole had returned, with Victoria

forgetting her cha-cha-cha in what can only be called "doing a Lulu."

You're a champion. You've fallen off the bike before. Get back on it.

And finally, an It Takes Two drama, on Friday's group number, James

Poor James. It's awful. They broke his nose during a lift. It's not

often I've seen James lying on the floor in quite so much pain, so I

think it must have hurt him. I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to.

Shall we try again? No, I'm so sorry. Can I have a kiss.

Those were the Strictly headlines. Thank you. Now, this year's line-up

has been hailed as the best ever, but just what do our judges make of

the new batch? Oh, Fern. The nation's sweetheart.

She loves dancing. If you have an attitude like that, you can win.

think Fern will do all right. Kimberly is going to do great. The

professionals are going to love throwing her around. She's

something kind of.... Kids love Strictly and kids love Dani Harmer.

She'll be an absolute fire cracker. She has to ignite a sense of fun

and energy. And remember, technique. Denise, as an Essex girl, fake tan,

lashes, darling, pouchy lips. has the looks and the physique.

let's not forejet the bejazzle. Lisa 100% woman. You've got to use

what you've got and if you've got it, flaunt it and win it. Victoria

is fabulous and used to going hideously fast around the velodrome,

will she do the same on the dance floor? Did you see Victoria's abs?

I am shamed. I am going to the gym straightaway. It's not always the

case that supermodels can dance. She can walk, Jerry Hall. Give me

that superglamour. You never know who is going to rise to the top and

who is going to sink without trace. Come on!

Time now to welcome the impossibly glamorous megastar, who is probably

one of the world's most be guileing beauties, and luckily for us, he's

brought along his celebrity superstar.

So, Jerry, one dance down. How was it for you on Saturday? Oh, it was

fantastic. My cha-cha-cha was OK, but I was thrilled with how I

worked that fur stole. You did. I could see you on the balcony

preparing it. And throwing it away so beautifully. You got mixed

comments from the judges. Len wants you to excite him more. How are you

intended to do that and can he take it? Well, today we've been working

on our foxtrot. There's a lot of on our foxtrot. There's a lot of

pushing your pelvis forward. And have you got over Craig's

comment when he said, "You were taking minimal to a whole new level

on Saturday?." Yes, we cake out of that quite well, to be honest. I

didn't want to go too mad with back flips and bells and whistles in the

number because I wanted Jerry to do it, and pull it off and feel

comfortable and achieve the number. And I thought she did all those

things and was marvellous, so we can go on from that. He was easing

me in. And when you're out in front of the audience, it's terrifying.

So you have to ease in. I loved the pose. I can't do it. And what is

your approach to dancing and teaching Jerry? Obviously slowly

slowly. Catches the monkey. Jerry has so many assets, she looks

amazing and stands beautifully and she has a wonderful understanding

of her body, and that was a great advantage in the cha-cha-cha.

can walk. Boy, can you walk! she brings all this to the dance

floor and it's a great asset to me and I he try to use as much as I

can. And she is the model student. Have a look at this. I've never

known anybody in the show look that hot. The catwalk thing, I feel

quite comfortable with that. The hair ography. A lot of posing

and sexy things. It's too much, cut back on the glamour. Do you know

how hard that is? It's all about posing and style. Yeah, I like that.

It sort of makes it feel more my dance.

Oh, so hot! You are a goddess. would you not love that! Look at

that! We'll turn out a foxtrot. Which is what you are doing this

week. How is it go going? It's great, because there is a lot of

walking involved in it. Is it walking? It is. Forwards and

backwards. You just have to stay together when you do it. It's

closer than the cha-cha-cha. I like it. I think I'm getting the essence

of ballroom dancing. Middle-aged women rubbing against young men.

you're getting me all saucey. Is it true that Bill Wyman chose your

music on Saturday? He did. I got advice from Bill Wymam. Mick Jagger,

and Bob Geldof. What did he suggest? Something for the waltz.

What is the world coming to. Good luck with your foxtrot, I know it

will be something to look forward to. Thank you very much, Ton and

Jerry! Now, this is what happened when our

cameras went backstage as the couples made their debuts. ALL:

Welcome to another series of Strictly Come Dancing. Come on,

guys....yeah, yeah. First day back and a new cast.

is the big one. Feeling sick already. What have I done! Look who

it is. I still managed to go shopping.

First rehearsal with a live band. He's looking a bit dabber in this.

Off to a funeral. It's so funny when you've not seen anyone do

anything for three weeks. When he first came, he couldn't walk. Now

look at him. He's dancing. When you get on that floor, it's a whole new

game. Ow! My feet hurt. I'm more nervous this year than any other

year. You want to do your best. Bring on Friday night.

I'm stitched into fuschia. Five minutes! You can almost smell

the tension. It's great! And I'm not even

dancing. Is it time for the show? Am I late!

Come on. Day two. Oh, Strictly! Good morning. Well, SSS. Strictly

stress spot! It's a new one for me. Yesterday, I was terrified, so

today I'm like this....Aaaaaargh! Are you snefrbz No. He should be.

wish I could say something, but I couldn't.

I'm out of breath and she is not at all. I'm the fat one and he's more

out of breath than me! It's that time. Ten minutes before

we begin. Tension mounts! I'm just getting ready to waltz.

It's show time and Anton has been riding me hard! I tell you, it's

good fun, a hard man! Let's go do this.

Show time! Welcome to Strictly Come Dancing. It's nice to see you, to

see you...ALL: Nice. What a fantastic start to series ten. The

highs, the lows. I can't wait for next Saturday night to see what

happens. A dramatic weekend all round and

now a man who can create a whole load of drama on his own. It's

Craig revel Horwood. Is there a move? Oh, look at that.

What was that move? I can't possibly tell you. A little bit of

salsa. How did you enjoy the weekend? I absolutely loved it. I

thought it was fantastic. I know from my face and comments you

probably thought I didn't. You were in a bit of a grub on Friday. And

better on Saturday. Well, there was definitely better dancing on

Saturday, actually. Is there room to improve? Yes, but they have been

practising for some time now. weeks. Three weeks is a lot.

Generally they only have one week to learn a dance, so this should

have been spot on. Let's start with Lisa and Robin. You gave them an

eight which is amazing for the first week. What did you love?

love the fact that she has natural rhythm and she really actually

dances. She does have what I call an inner motor and that is what is

fascinating about her. We didn't think for one moment or except that

level of dancing. I don't know how she is going to go in the ballroom

stuff, though. Will that transfer to the ballroom? Well, because she

has natural rhythm she'll be able to get her slow, quick, quicks

together. It's just her posture to concentrate on. But a fantastic

start. Nicky and Karen in the waltz. You gave them a two because you

were penalising them for the lift. She tried to call it a swoosh.

both feet were off the floor. a new girl. Is she likely to know

that? Yes, it's written clearly in the rule book. Do you have time to

read that? We all read it. If she wants to continue doing that and

she thinks it's worth it, go right ahead, but she will get severely

marked down. And I think she will have learnt from that. Kimberly and

Pasha and their cha-cha-cha. They started on Saturday, a brilliant

opening and you said it was incandescent. It was. She is

another one with great natural rhythm. Yes, she has had dancing

before. Just a little bit. But not in the ballroom. And we hope to see

her shine there too. Victoria and Brendan and the cha-cha-cha. We

didn't hear a comment from you, because we didn't have time. Where

did it go wrong? Right here. She totally messed that section up. And

unfortunately when you do that, it's difficult to recover.

Especially in the cha-cha-cha, when you're in hold it might be easier.

My only add advise 5 vice, would be make up your own steps. Then we

might not be aware. Just make it up. Make it up, darling and a smile

covers everything. Denise and James and their waltz, you said on Friday

they had saved the best to last. Were you surprised then when Len

was tough on her foot work? Yes, I think he was being a bit picky, but

he has every right as a professional dancer and an

adjudicator. Yes, she has problems as everybody does. There's good and

bad about every single dance. I could easily say how wonderful

everything is, but it's much better to know, if you're the celebrity to

know what is wrong and improve on it. Now my dad. I was tweeted on

Saturday and asked "did you want to lamp Craig for being so mean to

your dad." You didn't like him miming the words. No, I'm not fond

of that because it distracts from looking at the dance and dance

tells a story with your body. did he get right? The fact that he

got all the steps right. He did them. In the right order, which was

fantastic. It's just the execution of the steps that I was slightly

bewildered by. Richard and Erin's waltz. The word came out, I thought

you might have saved it -- spatulistic. Oh, yes. What do you

mean by that? You can't tell in this because he's in hold. But when

he is out of hold his hands look out of shape and like a spatula.

And using your arm in the correct way. And to have at least some...So

How should it be? You want it to be shaped and formed. And the other

judges said they wanted him to be more camp? No, I don't agree with

that. I think he played the waltz perfectly well. It's a serious and

beautiful dance, but one can smile through it, however. And I thought

he looked butch. We don't want a reooccurrence of Julian Clary, do

we. I don't know. No, we don't. Colin's dance you said there could

have been bits it could have done without. What did you mean? He did

a lot of this nasty freestyle stuff which I didn't take to at all.

Isolation, yes, and then there's horrible isolation. If you're going

to isolate your body then isolate in a proper fashion that is at

least watchable. Are we all following? ALL: Yes. Dani and

Vincent and their waltz. A glorgeious little couple. You said

she needs to lengthen her line, but you loved her back. She also needs

to lengthen that leg. I loved her back because it's quite loose and

what I mean by that is when she does that spin on one leg and she

releases her leg she has a lovely curve to her spine. Some people

have a very stiff back, which never looks good. But all in all not bad

for the first week. Not bad. next week, the dance-off is back.

Power to the judges. I feel all powerful. Thank you for coming back.

But we must point out the sparkly shoes. To match your set. You have

to match the cushions. Thank you, darlingment

Earlier on, we heard the judges thoughts on this year's teams. Time

now to hear what they thought of the boys. Rickkkkkay! We all like a

bit of rough. I'm hoping he will come literally from the dance

gutters up and surprise us all. Michael Vaughan. Actually

cricketers, historically have done very, very well. I think he is

obviously up for the challenge. Even though he's used to the

audience and the tension, when you get on the dance floor it's very

different. It's not like a cricket pitch. Let's hope Richard uses his

time wisely and doesn't get involved in show business gossip.

He must concentrate on dancing. like him. He can be a bit camp and

that does a world of good. Johnny Ball, the oldest contestant ever.

He looks very fit for his age. on, Johnny, do it for the oldies.

Colin Salmon. 007! Will he be shaken and not stirred? A little

bit of Salmon every day is very good for you. That sounds filthy.

Westlife just stand up on a key change, they very rarely dance.

hope he comes out and gives it welly. I think he will find it

tough. Louis Smith will be a great surprise for us all. Hunky dunky on

the pommel horse. Come on. If he can only replicate his success in

the Olympics, he will be a sensation.

He is a bit of a sensation, he scored silver and bronze in the

Olympics, but can his partner steer him to the glitter ball? It's Louis

and Flavia. You had to wait until the end to go on, how was it for

you? It was tough. She was jumping around all night, but I tried to be

composed. He was very composed I couldn't believe it. Five minutes

before he got a bit nervous. does this pressure compare to the

Olympics? It's two different types of competition, obviously. The

Olympic Games was horrible. The nerves were really stressful.

Whereas this, it's like a fun scaryness, if you know what I mean.

So it's two very different types. So slightly less pressure? Slightly.

So far, Darcey could not take her eyes off you on Saturday. That was

hilarious. We had a camera on her. It was almost disbelief! I think

she loves you! Did you know the thrust of your hips could have that

effect? I didn't realise she was licking her teeth through that

routine. She'll be going "oh, no." And she said you used muscles you

never thought you had, but have you found you've got new ripples?

thought I would be more prepared for how sore the training would be,

but I am aching. Flavia is working you hard. And last year, you were

working with Russell. Yes. Is your approach slightly different? Yes,

it has to be. Each year, a new partner and new challenge. This is

totally different. Last year I had the best time ever, but, yes, a

very different mind set this year, with a little of last year. A few

judges said you were serious on Saturday, but we've watched you in

training and we've seen you have # I've got the moves like Jagger

# I've got the moves, moves, like Jagger

# I don't need to control you # I'll love you to my eyes, I'll

own you # I've got the moves like Jagger

# I've got the moves like Jagger # I think Vincent has a bit of

eyebrow competition this year. How is the Viennese waltz going so far,

familiaria? Obviously the ballroom is different. At the moment I think

you're a Latin boy, but I think you'll get into the ballroom. We

have to keep working on the posture and the drive it's harder than you

thought. Definitely. It when she stands there and watches over me.

have to see what you're doing. luck with it this weekend.