Episode 12 Strictly - It Takes Two

Hello. Welcome to Tuesday's It Takes Two. Despite giving us the

Full Monty on Saturday, well almost, Michael and Natalie are here.

APPLAUSE Making an appearance after their steamy ar Tyne tango, it is

Colin -- Argentine tango, it is Colin and Kristina. She has all the

moves - Karen Hardy is in the house. He is our very new fashion

ambassador, please salute Mr Julien Macdonald. APPLAUSE Oh what fun!

This is Strictly: It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.

APPLAUSE On Saturday night, Michael and

Natalie served up a cha-cha-cha, but the judges thought it was more

tepid than hot! They will be here to talk to me in a minute. Let's

take a look at their weekend story. Hot, it was not! You give your all

and that's so important. Well done. I thought you had good hip action.

Last week was Borehamwood - this week is Hollywood! Well done.

was waiting for the Full Monty to distract me. Six! I got a six off

Len! That will do for me. Craig is harsh! He is tough. Every week.

Judges? Michael and Natalie. Michael and Natalie. Jerry and

Anton. Michael and Natalie. Please welcome Michael and Natalie. Hello.

APPLAUSE Were you surprised to be saved from the bottom two? Yeah.

When you get yourselves in that position, Jerry has been great,

she's been great value behind-the- scenes. None of us really wanted to

see her go. I didn't want to go. So you dance-off and it is a horrible

position. It is awful. You could see when the names were being read

out, you were waiting, I could see the look on Natalie's face?

didn't want Jerry to go. We love her. It is really difficult. She's

gone and you are here! Oh no! move on. Yeah! Your performance, in

places it was quite funny. Are you playing it for laughs? Or is it in

your personality? I'm not going out to dance to make everyone laugh. I

am clearly getting my steps wrong in terms of timing. The chair

incident wasn't meant to happen. That was brilliant! I thought that

was my best move(!) You were in the bottom two. Has that knocked your

confidence? You don't want to be there. When you come through it, I

spoke to Richard afterwards, you get a lift. You give it your all

every time. You always give everything. I can't ask for any

more than that. I will be back next week to do the same. Come on! The

judges' comments were a bit mixed. Is he improving? Absolutely. You

only have to see the difference from the jive week to this week. We

have worked on the timing. In the dance-off I was holding you back,

giving you the evils so you could stay in time. Every time she

mentions "jive" I go... You get damp hands! Was it fun to wear

glitter cricket whites? If I was in charge of cricket now, having seen

those whites, I would get the team to wear them! Really? I would. A

bit of glamour. How would that go down amongst England cricketers

right now? Well, knowing a lot of the players quite well, I know they

like a spray tan and they like to wear the odd sequins... Doesn't

that play havoc with whites? creates havoc with your bedsheets!

LAUGHTER Let's discuss that later. This week, it's quickstep time. You

got 20 for your waltz. Have you high hopes for the quickstep?

think so. Very, very happy with this one. It might be your dance.

feel more confident in ballroom. Yeah. I want to arrive one week and

just try and get some positive comments from Bruno and Craig. That

is my goal. Work hard and then you never know. I might slide across

that floor. You never know! Look what happened to Richard, he got a

compliment from Craig. Yes. Dreams do come true. We know you are

finding the quickstep a bit tiring, but we think we know why. Have a

look. Like an old man! I'm not old. LAUGHTER

# Granddad... # I need a rest! Rest time. Is that

your favourite bit? Yes, sitting down!

# That's what we all think of you... Raving - that will look quite cool.

Great tune, this. I'm going to look a right fool! Cup of tea? No. Not

yet. Brew? No. Come on! I thought you would have brought some cakes!

I need a brew. # Granddad... #

LAUGHTER Oh. Isn't that brilliant, when they

fall over? It's been happening a lot lately. What has he done to

you? How is quickstep training going? We are working on the timing,

making sure all the steps are in place. Making sure you know it like

the back of your hand! It is Hallowe'en Week. Will it be...

are playing it straight this week. Just good dancing. It will be a

great dance. That is the difficult bit. LAUGHTER You can do it! What

about the criticism with the timing? How are you working on the

timing? Well, I think it's one thing we really need to work on the

most. You remember steps really well. I don't have a problem with

you remembering the routine. We have to keep it in time. It is a

matter of drilling every day, listening to the music and making

sure that Michael can hear the counts properly. I can't wait.

of repetitions. Lots of repetition. And do it again and again! We love

you. We don't care what the others say. Thank you. Good luck. Thank

you. APPLAUSE The choreography on Saturday involved some great

storytelling, had some dangerous lifts and what Craig described as

stompy, clompy and clumpy. Please APPLAUSE

Karen Hardy! In gloves! Look at those. They are beautiful. The

dancers had to combine the ballroom and Hollywood. Did they manage it?

Yes, there were some highs and there were some lows. We see some

that are nailed and some that fall into the traps. Not so many this

year. However, the best of mastering Hollywood has to be...

Drum roll! Louis and Flavia? Yes. Their salsa was so good. How easy

is it for everyone to pull off Dirty Dancing? It was good?

Choreography in general is normally a no-no to copy something. You want

to be new, exciting and bring something to the floor. Such a

dangerous gamble but what I loved was the attention to detail. So

having picked the obvious moves that they did, let's look at what I

have chosen here. Remember this body ripple that Patrick Swayze

did? Oh yes! Brilliant. There's a whole big talking about how the

marking went on this. This was Hollywood. It was great

choreography. She had everything from the classic lifts, to the

detail of the body rolls. He worked exceptionally hard. When you looked

closely at the dancing, it was a little bit weak. Really? Never mind,

for Hollywood, it was phenomenal and a standing ovation rightly so.

I leapt up at the end of that. Lisa and Robin and their jive. Some of

the jumings said it needed -- the judges said it needed more bounce?

Yes. If we have a look here, she has to bring her weight much more

forward. You have to have a saggy bottom. Then the legs can kick much

easier. You always kick from the knees, if you kick from the feet it

doesn't look like it is light and springy. So what she did there,

sadly, the weight was too vertical. Richard and Erin and their

quickstep. He was in the bottom two last week. It was so good to see

him do well this week. What did Erin do with Richard to make him

look so good? We had more dancing and less prancing, which made me

very happy. The greatest thing of all is the hidden clever elements

that they are doing. Look at this. What he does, he leads her into

place. And now he leads her on the dancefloor. How do I know that? She

is going backwards all the way around the dancefloor. This puts

Richard in control. She has to trust him. This will give him a

feeling of confidence. That sort of choreography really lifted Richard

and I just thought it was a great performance. He gets a gold star!

Now, Sid and Ola and the tango. Was it a case of too much head banging

and not enough tango? Yeah. What he had to do, and the piece I have

chosen here, he's meant to be going into tango. Actually, this bit of

choreography is clever. He is doing tango without a hold. It didn't

look like tango because he stomped around and all he's thinking about

is this music... He was trying to play the guitar, too! Maybe he

should have thrown the guitar aside? He should have done. The

character of tango, what is it? You did one of the most memorable

tangos of all. Do you remember, down in the knees, if he had done

that as well, he would have been brilliant. Sadly, we lost all that.

Oh. The thing is, if you get angry when you do the tango, it works!

Colin and Kristina and the Argentine tango. Kristina

choreographed some incredible lifts. Did she do this to distract from

the lack of Argentine tango? It is really sad. I heard they only had

ten hours and... That's all they had. He was filming in Canada.

we have a look at this straightaway, you can see he's standing and

supporting. It was the best they could do. Could you imagine, do you

remember the leg decorations, when they do the whole... Can you

imagine rubbing Colin's leg?! Oh. It would have been gorgeous. Let's

hope that she doesn't have to go through that again and let's look

forward to what they are going to do. I loved it. Fern and Artem, the

judges were disappointed. What does she need to do to get them on her

side? Let's have a look. It just looks like, OK it is soft and

elegant. Maybe she was trying to be Mary Poppins? She has got a bit of

punch to her? She does. What did we talk about? The character is there,

the music is there, but they have to deliver the character of the

Charleston, not the character of Mary Poppins! It is so confusing.

They can do it. Kimberley and Pasha. Has Kimberley shown that she is a

real strong contender? Jerry was saying she would like to see her

win? Yeah, I think I said before she fell into that nice category

for me. Never want to be in that area. What I saw this time was the

fight came back. I loved it. I was excited to watch her performance.

That is what Hollywood Week is about. This is something that will

go through the entire competition. She goes in beautifully, there was

a little hiccup there. There's a moment here that we are going to

freeze on. Len picked up on this, saying that she was too much to

Pasha's right side. That made the arm out straight. We can see it

here. We should never see the right side of the body. Her tummy should

be closer to Pasha's tummy? What we teach, take your belly button and

turn it into the man. You turn your belly button - look what it will do

to my head. My head goes out. simple. Everything else goes out,

this is what happens. Think. Belly buttons in. Nicky and Karen and

their quickstep. He's here! He's turned it around? He has.

Absolutely brilliant. He's got that fight. I refuse to give in! I will

get it right! Then he gets it so wrong from the first step. No! Why?

Look. They were all commenting about our lovely Nicky looking like

he is doing tango. I need to explain what this means. He

delivered a fantastic routine with great exertion. The problem is

technically he was wrong. Those knees, can you see they are so low?

Yes. If we play this on, it makes it look heavy. It is not that you

want the legs to be dead-straight, but in a quickstep you need to be

slightly higher out of the knees so we call them straight not locked.

He's gone to the opposite which was those really heavy knees. However,

I have faith in this man. He is going to nail it and he will come

out from nowhere. Each time he is getting stronger and stronger.

Denise and James? Every week she is sharing the top spot with Louis.

What can she do to trump him? was elegant and beautiful. She was

a doll, but she's got to sell the emotion of the foxtrot, not the

emotion of a doll. Her quality was exceptional. The dragging of the

heels, the closing of the feet, first-class, in the hardest dance

of them all. She's got to sell each one now. OK. She looked really

nervous, Denise. Yes. Stunning. Victoria and Brendan and their

rumba. Do you think Victoria would benefit from simpler choreography

or do you think she is getting it? No. She needs her cycling coach

back in the room, or she needs the big bad Brendan back. I think it is

too nice and too sweet. Too much giggling going on. I would like to

see that competitive edge. Get the coach in, get big bad Brendan back

and say, "If you want to be in this competition, fight!" The only

reason I'm saying this is she can be brilliant. She can be brilliant

because I have seen it now. Get the coach in! Thank you very much.

She's gorgeous. Karen Hardy! APPLAUSE I salute you. Right, our

next couple received stellar comments for their passionate

Argentine tango and they have lifted themselves up the

leaderboard. Let's relive their golden moment from the weekend.

only thing in an Argentine tango I would have liked to have seen a

much dirtier spy. For me, there wasn't enough Argentine tango going

on. But what you did, you did OK. You can take anything they throw at

you and she will throw you everything! It was full of

authority, dominance, which I loved. Fantastic work. Thrilled. I like

the getting dirty! What she asks for she always gets. Please welcome

Colin and Kristina! APPLAUSE Hello. Can I say in our household, when we

were watching your routine, there was air punching at the end of it.

That bit with the... Fantastic choreography. Thank you. She is

good. She is great. Were you pleased with your scores? As the

weeks have gone on, you got 23, 24 and 26. You are going in the right

direction? Absolutely. That is the key. Eventually, you will get to

the right place. Were you pleased? I was. It was a tough week. We went

to Canada. Skipped three days of training. You did ten hours in

total? Yes. In total. It was very challenging. I tried my best. I'm

so proud of him. See, what would happen if you gave him only nine

hours? No, I don't think we need that experiment! No. The judges

loved the lifts. We loved them. Did you? I did enjoy the lifts. It is

lovely to flex a beautiful woman in your arms. LAUGHTER Not many can

say that! No. Not with such skills. How risky were those lifts? They

were. I'm too excited to have Colin as my partner. He is a very

strongman, he is tall, I can use my height with the lifts. So quite

excited. I can just do many difficult lifts. Imagine where this

is going to go. "Absolutely loved it, what a show, fabulous!" Thank

you. Lots of praise for your acting as well. Were you more comfortable

this week as it was Hollywood Week and you had the Bond character to

play? It was more the Argentine tango that gave me the focus. When

I was doing my research, if you look online, there's some seriously

sexy men on there, who smoulder and the girls have no escape from them.

They are these wolves. I used that as my inspiration. There is no

secret that you have appeared in a Bond film. We thought we would make

You drop us in, we do what we have to do and we get out. We will

achieve our mission. I can do this. You can do everything! I know.

Pretend it doesn't hurt. Pretend there's no pain. Colin is my James

Bond. He is a strong, handsome man and nothing is impossible for us.

Very good. Very good, Mr Bond. Kristina is a natural Bond Girl,

she is sexy, she has skills. She is dangerous. APPLAUSE Really good.

You can keep that forever and show your grandchildren. Thank you.

Let's talk about the salsa. I'm imagining that this is a dance you

will really enjoy? I am looking forward to it. The hips are back

into play. It is sexy. I can smile. I can have fun. I'm out of the

frame. He wants to be dirty. Let's discuss this, Darcey wants you to

be dirtier. Well, I say, how can you bring that out in a salsa?

salsa literally means "sauce" in Spanish, so it is spicy, it is hot,

there's lots of different ingredients in there. That is what

we will have on Saturday night. few peppers... OK. What are your

family thinking of your performance in the show? Are they enjoying the

experience of being a Strictly family? My Dad, my family,

everybody is backing me, but I spoke to my Dad today, he said, "It

is great, but you have to bring yourself to smile more." Is he a

good dancer? He's the Dad dancer. He stands and his hips go. I will

be using some of your moves, mate! Come on, Dad! Excellent. Are you

thinking this could be a good one, Kristina, this weekend? I think so.

I think the cha-cha was really good. Colin really enjoyed it. I think

the music is really great. We have a great tune. So hips are moving,

he feels the rhythm so I am hoping it will be a good dance. I want to

throw down! You are going to get dirty? Apparently so. Colin and

Kristina! APPLAUSE Thank you. can't wait. Hollywood Week meant

the fashion bar was raised higher than ever before. Here to tell us

who dazzled on the dancefloor is our new member of the It Takes Two

Please welcome our fashion ambassador, Julien Macdonald.

APPLAUSE Thanks for bringing more sparkle into our Glitterball studio.

So, you have chosen three of your favourite outfits on Saturday night.

We will go in reverse order. Who did you like at three? This is the

fabulous Lisa! Work it! What was so great about this dress? I love her.

Everybody needs a little black dress, but wow, this is an

incredible little black dress. It is amazing! What is so amazing? I'm

going to fall off my chair! What is so amazing about it? What are the

Strictly touches that they have put to this? It is very 19 20s, it has

the flapper style. She looks amazing. She is having so much fun

in the dress. She is. There's all that movement there. And you have a

little black dress but with that extra Strictly thing, the red in

there and the red in her hair? red makes it on trend. Red is a

great fashion colour. It highlights a fabulous little black dress

making it into a fashion must-have. Is this a flattering shape for

Lisa? She looks incredible. I want to wear that dress myself! That can

be arranged, we have it here. LAUGHTER Well done to Lisa. She was

at three. Who is your number two this week? My number two this week

is the gorgeous Dani. She is definitely a friend of Dorothy.

She's so pretty, so feminine, so light. It looks like candy floss.

Yes. So sweet and very girlie and useful, like she is. What arest

Strictly touches on this frock? Everybody loves a Prom dress. This

is a really Strictly Prom dress. I love the touch of colour. I like

the red, I like the fashion details. The fabulous fashion bracelets.

With a bit of sparkle on them there. Tell me about the bodice of this.

You have still got the gingham, haven't you, of Dorothy?

gingham is a great fashion trend at the moment. It's been Strictlified

in crystals! I have never seen them in my life. I don't believe that. A

beautiful dress and she wore it so well. Did na help her with the

dance? She did. She obviously loved the dress and the red shoes and she

was amazing, effortless and a total dream to watch. Which leads us to

your number one outfit of the weekend. Which belongs to? The one

and only Jerry Hall! Jerry, oh, she did look great. What did you like

about this dress? Well, she's definitely the lady in red. She's

effortless, she is Hollywood. She is a Hollywood star. I can't

believe she's gone. I know. Bring her back! Do you think that - this

dress looks amazing, but could she wear anything and make it look

good? She could make a black bag look fabulous. She has it all -

long legs, incredible hair, that she swoops over one side, fabulous

red lips. The dress is just effortless. It is a wrap-around

dress. She makes it look like she's been sleeping in the dress all

night! She probably did. Tell us about the back detailing. It is

quite saucy at the back and the reveal of the leg? It's got an

amazing split. Look at those godets! I was wondering how long it

would be before "godet" came into this. What is a godet? A triangle

that is inserted into a skirt to give it lots of volume! It's a

godet! Underline that three times! Brilliant. The detailing at the

back, you liked that? The detail is great. It is great to see her in

something backless. It is a tale of two cities. It is chic at the front

and she turns round, wow! Very Katharine Hepburn. One mention - it

is not just on Saturday night that our celebrities are working on

these fashion trends. Also in the training room, and you have spotted

something, haven't you? I have spotted something very, very funny.

My fashion fix this week has to be Louis' hair. Look at it. He's

shaved all his hair off. It is this little strip, it is like a

moustache on the front! LAUGHTER He does fashion it into all different

styles. Can we all try this look? I'm going to give it a go myself!

Come on! Beautiful. I have a little Louis strip. LAUGHTER But in true

Strictly style, it needs a bit of sparkle. It needs a bit of crystal.

So... What have you done? I have added a touch of a crystal bow, a

bit of Dorothy. Look at that. APPLAUSE I'm doing a Louis! Will

you wear that out tonight? I'm not taking it off! Thank you so much to

Julien Macdonald. APPLAUSE You gorgeous man! Can I borrow that?