Episode 17 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Tuesday. On tonight's show they had the fright of their lives

but they danced to fight again. Colin and Kristina will be here.

Nicky and car listen be here. She's got us all under her spell. I'm

talking about the enchanting Karen Hardy. And he's such a scream,

Julien MacDonald is here to talk Strictly Fright Night fashion. This

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hello and welcome to Tuesday's

edition of Strictly - It Takes Two. Saturday night was terrific and

terrifying. For one couple it almost turned into a complete

nightmare when they nearly left the competition. I will be talking to

Colin and cyst crist in a moment. First a re-- and Kristina. First a

reminder of their performance. footwork for me was a little happen

hazards, you but the positive side is you do have that disco groove,

which is lovely to watch. Maybe it wasn't a dirty salsa but it was

definitely a saucy salsa this time. Hit a lovely rhythmic tick

throughout. I was very encouraged that but it wasn't just a little

mistake. There was a major incidents.

I had a groovy time but the bit in the middle where the footwork went,

that's always been a sticky one. happens. What can you do? You don't

get away with anything out there. Those guys are professionals. We'll

find out who will be back to dance again next week. Judges it is

decision time. Colin and Kristina. Colin and Kristina. Colin and

Kristina. Please welcome Colin and Kristina! CHEERING

Well done on making it through. It is so tough, even watching that

back then my stomach was churning for you. You were ninth on the

leaderboard this week, which is the lowest position you've been. Did

you have a feeling this was coming. Kristina, we were watching you on

the stairs and you were hiding in Colin's chest. I was. I kind of had

a feeling. It always a dangerous position to be in that low to

middle part of the board. And it had been a weird week. The whole

Hallowe'en vibe, it wasn't good in salsa. I've been dressing up as a

black cat. It is not good idea. Unlucky for some. Yes. How did you

feel it had gone on the night? was an incredible show. Everybody

danced at the top of their game when the error did occur, it was a

horrible feeling. Watching that back, that's emotional stuff there.

You - you actually turned away. You mentioned going wrong there.

Why was Len so hard on you, do you think? I think Len is an expert in

his field and ultimately it is about the steps and executing them

proper. The rhythm and steps and if something depose out of time, for

him it's the deal breaker. I totally understand what he was

saying. It was one of the dances that didn't gel with us. It does

happen, you have dances that really you and you get the right music and

the outfit and other weeks it feel as little... Superstition is an

incredible fun track. I was back in the club basically. We know it is

quite tough for you Kristina coming up with choreography week after

week, so we thought we would lend How sexy was that!

APPLAUSE That's my stuff. There is a huge

party of ladies waiting to take you disco dancing and I'm driving the

bus. This week you are doing the foxtrot.

You can't do lifts, hate to be classic ballroom. I think he is

happy there are no lifts. His shoulder is killing him. I've been

strapped up for weeks. You made it look so effortless. But it is tough.

This week foxtrot, a nice bit of calm dancing. A great piece of

music with all the rhythms in it. Darcey wantsed a dirty arrange Tyne

tango and a sexy salsa, what are you going to do in the foxtrot -

fruity? I was trying to think. Fruity foxtrot, yes. Fleet of foot.

You've been consistent with your scores, in the 20s. How are you

going to up your game and stay out of the bottom two? What's the plan?

To work as hard as possible and think about what music you have and

bring it on the dancefloor, the moves. And the lyrics, he really

likes the tune and hopefully it will be his dance. You are not

allowed to tell us. It is romantic and it swings. It's jazz. What have

you learnt about yourself in this competition, Colin? I've learnt, I

was really pleased with myself on Saturday night. It sounds a crazy

thing to say, but dealing with the criticism and withing in that

position, I was interested to see how I would react. I've had a good

time and I feel I have given it 100%, so I realise if you do the

prep and you give it all you have got there is nothing you can't do.

That and working with Kristina as well. It is brilliant. You are a

special couple and your journey isn't over yet. A foxtrot this week.

Will it be beautiful. Give it up for Colin and Kristina! Here to

talk us through Her Majestyic moments of the weekend, here's

She can't be tricked but she's always a treat, please give it up

for Karen Hardy, Gangnam style. That was a great moment. Bruce, who

would have thought? Also of props and gimmicks, did

they add to the choreography or did they distract? In general it added.

The whole show was alive, full of energy. There were some that were

even greater than others, but for me this year not many disasters.

And they are all really improving. Denise and James and their cha-cha

chat. Bruno said Denise needs to get more to grips with the basics,

you do agree? The problem here was the gamble with this dress. We know

she's good and we've talked about how technically strong she, is but

if you are taking the gamble of putting a lady with no skirt, it

means a little bit of movement only and you are going to expose any

weaknesses. In the short time they have been learning, to master this

really perfect straight legs with the hip action, it is very

difficult. It was a gamble that I think possibly exposed her a little

bit too much, but just for James, completely loved the natural top my

darling. Absolutely beautiful. I know lit probably go over the heads

of most. Like me. Very difficult basic step which she nailed very

well. Natural top. Tell me afterwards in the bar. Lisa and

Robin and their Charleston ston. Every week they get a standing

ovation, but are we going to see all the virth? I'm going to be the

-- All the variety? I'm going to be the bad lady. All I'm getting every

week is the hand dance all the time. If we complete turn the music off

we should be able to identify what the dance is. I'm finding it hard

now that each week they are coming out side by side and just carrying

out the arm dances. I'm looking for a lot more partnering between them.

Richards ander inand the paso doble. The judges aren't satisfied. Craig

said he needed to dance through the floor more. What does that mean?

you don't get the basics right, it creates a weakness. What it has

done here is just made him look very straight. Now, I'm going to do

a little demo. Is that alright? APPLAUSE Thank you. Paso doble.

We've got to take the weight right over the balls of the feet, so the

toes are gripping. Because we are doing, that its means the knees are

always soft. Lovely knees? pelvis is pushed right the way

forward. It is a very hard position to hold. Then you have to elevate

your ribcage so it is much higher so that everything creates this

huge shape. Matador! That says Flamenco when you do that. It is

taking the weight that far forward, drives you into the floor rather

than Tippie toeing across the top of the floor. And the shape's not

quite right. That's what Craig is talking about. Aha! Now I

understand. Kimberley and Pasha. Len said he wanted more aggression,

but Craig said fiery and punchy. Who do you agree with? The thing

with a panel of adjudicators everyone has different elements. We

often see Craig go for the more theatrical and Len is more

technical and in-depth. You can see here as she goes the locks it is

really high and soft and too sweet. The assertiveness needs to be

because of the technique, but getting that shaping that I said

and the pushing into the floor and driving with the heels. That's

tougher. A lot harder. I'm learning a lot today. Fern and art emand

their American smooth. Len said there was no wow factor and Craig

said it was dulling. What did you think of the American smooth?

agreeing here. She's so in fear of getting it wrong for him. There's a

moment I've got here, a beautiful move, they are stunning. I was like,

push him away. Be involved with it, not, "Art em, am I doing this

right?" This is it. Take control. Yes. Even if we make mistakes we

make the mistakes look brilliant. She video should have been the

killer Queen of this performance. Louis and Flavia and their tango.

He got the first nines of the competition. Did he deserve them?

Absolutely, and so brilliant by our Flavia. Took a gamble. Why? Such

complex choreography. It could have gone drastically wrong, but he

nailed it. He managed to create the acting of the Hallowe'en, there's a

brilliant moment here when he goes into the dance and then bites into

her neck supposedly and that's not important, I want to tango. Gets

straight on with it and he makes a heap of mistakes afterwards but

he's so confident with his delivery that you couldn't even fault it.

made mistakes and we had no idea. Brilliant stuff. Michael and

Natalie and their quickstep. It seems that ballroom is his forte.

This is a ballroom boy. I'm in a suit, I've got a woman in my arms.

I'm going love this. And he flies across the room. Gets his timing

right. Why is is he goes wrong in the Latin and getting it flight the

ballroom? His mentality, he's a ballroom dancer. Physically I think

the more you leave him on his own he's in a danger zone. If a man

goes out Dan dancing with a woman, he wants to hold her. He likes to

hold Natalie and then he feels all macho and manly. You can't blame

him though, she is gorgeous. Victoria and Brendan and the tango.

You wanted to see the Olympician on the floor and she did. Her highest

score, 31. Is it encouraging? brilliant. I don't want to show you

what I'm going to show you but it is important. And we are going to

learn from it. We've been looking for the flawless performance.

She made a tiny mistake but what's important is how she recovers. We

are going to show it here. A tiny mistake, the feet go wrong there

but bang! I am in this. There are those eyes. I am in this. What has

happened before when she went wrong, "We've had this moment on the

dancefloor..." this is what we've been looking for. That's what we

want to see from her every week. Move forward, drive, forget about

that. I didn't notice that footwork. Karen, brilliant. Thank you as

always. APPLAUSE On Saturday whacky Nicky and his

lab assistant had all the chemistry to create their tango. Here is how

they got on. The whacky professor has found his secret formula. You

went at it like a rooster with a booster.

You've got to have tighter hold and you stomped with your footwork but

it was sharp, it was crisp and you got through it beautifully.

need to sort your posture out. That is the main priority and concern.

You are picking your feet up way too much and that's why it is

looking stompy, but I really liked the routine.

My feet were lifting. I was so aware if I didn't lift them to do

the turns the I wouldn't get round quick enough. To get a six from

Craig is really impressive. They may have found the formula for

dancing success. Please welcome Nicky and Karen!

CHEERING Hooray! Well done you two on

Saturday. It was great. First of all was it a shocker Colin and

Kristina being in the bottom two? How was it among the rest of the

troops? I think that was a shock. Colin was pretty shocked as well. I

think backstage I don't think Fern was happy with her performance. She

probably felt she was going in and right at the last minute Fern was

kind of announced out of the dance- off and Colin was in. Look, every

week now you can't pick it, because there's people who are very good

and there's people who aren't, say, brilliant but they are putting in

so much evident to be good. You can't call it. And six different

couples have been in the bottom two. My dad pointed that out to me.

How's he doing? He's going to Venice and it's flooded but

anyway... You dropped two places on the leaderboard but how happy were

you with your tango on Saturday? It was brilliant. It was happy, I'm

not going to lie. If I get to the judges and they are smiling and

they say, "We love the aggression and the character" that's it for me.

The technical side of it we work so hard on. I did stomp but all week I

was trying to keep my feet close to the floor. I was trying to glue his

feet on the floor. The posture, to be honest with you, I don't know

what more I can do. It is really like this at this point. The feet

yes, the posture, even when I see those clips I'm like, to my eyes I

can't see the posture being wrong. What do you think about the judges

keep going on about his posture? What do you think of his posture?

We've been working really hard and it has improved. There's little

things, he is not as consistent in but we are working on it. I think

he's done a great job on it. We has to stay away from me. I keep

telling him, "Keep away from me" but one step at a time. I was a

goalkeeper by trade so I was train to do so be on my toes and to. So

when I'm dancing I'm like, I've got be on my heels. It is retraining

your mind and it is not a natural position, that ballroom. Quickstep

is that position and this week tang other is bent leg and this week it

is straight again. It is so confusing. There is we think when

you two are training possibly a bit of a language barrier between you.

Boom! Boom. I have no idea what you mean.

Ka-ka. Are you sure about that? I speaking in Spanish? I think you

should check the man yum. Choop, ka-ka... What's that? Up pom-pom.

OK, alright! APPLAUSE She's a lunatic. How am I supposed to get

the posture right if I'm dealing with that? That doesn't mean

anything in English, Spanish or Irish by the way. Goodness me,

brilliant. You are doing the rumba this week. How is the romance and

the speed? Are you loving it? started yesterday and it's

different. The song is a really good song, which for me coming from

a musical background, if the song is brilliant, I kind of feel you've

got half the battle won with the public. I'm learning the rumba. It

is very slow. I'm one, two... I think how I do it in my head is

learn the steps... Learn the character and put it together in

the week. I'm the opposite, character and put the steps on to

the character. It is a bit crazy, but I think he's doing great though.

It started out good. A bit hectic, a bit unstable, but we are going to

get there. Really? She's telling you this now. It is for your own

good. Your wife Georgina was persuading tow do this competition,

is she proud of you, and your boy? They are loving it, they've been

over every week in the audience and the kids watch it at home. Week one,

they said you shouldn't have lifted her. I didn't get the memo.

last week it was like, "We like Craig, he was the Tin Man, he's

cool." It does take over your life. My mother and sister and Georgina's

sister and brother, everybody loves it. Good luck with your rumba and

keep it slow. I will remember, one, two and three. And slower again.

Nicky and Karen! CHEERING

Saturday's theme was of course Hallowe'en and the Strictly costume

department went into overdrive. Here is our very own dedicated

follower of fashion, Julien Please welcome our ambassador of

fashion, it's Julien MacDonald! CHEERING

Welcome back to Strictly - It Takes Two. The costume department

surpassed them with Hallowe'en. was incredible. It took me by

surprise - a glamorous new Hallowe'en. You really were like,

wow, this is brilliant. You picked out your top three must-see looks

of the weekend. In reverse order. Who is your number three of the

weekend? My number three of the week is the gorgeous Fern Britton.

I love Fern. She always looks super chic and elegant. I want to be that

won. She's great! -- I want to with that -- I want to be that woman,

she's great! That can be arranged. This is rich, deep velvet, gorgeous.

Very sexy. And here we have this incredible embroidered neckline.

The neckline is baroque. It has hundreds of crystals and beads. It

takes hours to do something like this. And we see the straps of the

dress, which helps her look very slim and elongates her body.

has lost loads of weight. Why does this outfit work so well for a

curvey woman? The combination of the velvet, the georgette, the full

skirt. The vev et helps you to suck in and the stretch neck on the arms

wrap round the dress. It makes you look and feel confident and feel

like a woman. With the way you talk it makes it sound so sumptuous,

oozing. Who is your number two of the week? The gorgeous Victoria

Pendleton. I love this dress. The thing is apparently it is three

dresses which have been chopped up and made into one fabulous white

wedding dress. It is incredible isn't it. She says she is getting

married and is taking ideas for her own wedding. What stood out for you

about this dress? Skirt I love, because it is made from tulle. It's

a transparent net with our fashion designers use to make frothy skirts.

I am learning so much. You get so excited it is almost disturbing.

What about the del tail? Lots of chains and crystals draped around

the body. It reminds me a bit of Madonna in Desperately Seeking

Susan. It is very 1980s fashion. You could see a young girl wearing

this dress perhaps with a pair of big black boots. It is very Camden

market for young kids. We'll all be out this weekend buying three

dresses and sewing them together. What's about the make-up? It is

gothic, dark eyes, and long eyelashes. If they get any longer

they will touch the ceiling. I love the fascinator hat. It is a shame

she didn't wear it on the night. It reminded me of something that

Carrie Bradshaw would wear in Sex And The City.

Yes! Incredible. And your number one spot this week July afternoon?

The number one Strictly fashion pick has to be... Kimberley!

Marvellous. What did you love about her outfit? She's a very saucy and

sexy Red Riding Hood, the red cape, the glamorous hood and, my God, the

body that is underneath. She has this incredible body. I've dressed

Kimberley lots of times. She is so curvey and gorgeous stkhfplt That

tiny waist. Not many women could wear this waist with the hips?

wouldn't recommend this look to a lot of people, as you do have to

have an incredible body. If you want to go for a crop top I would

layer it and layer it and layer it. Like a vest? I would put a body, a

T-shirt and the crop top on the top. This is a theatrical costume and

you could turn into a fashion disaster if you left the house with

nothing but that top on. Goodness me. I shall put mine aside. Even I

did spot the Gawdets in this dress. Apparently there's sight in one

skirt. Outrageous! It is a fashion designer's dream.

But these are dip dyed, pleet, nipped with silk and covered in

hundreds of cyst ands! I'm really hoping that someone will sample

that and make into it a record. And now your guilty pleasure of the

week. My guilty pleasure is the very handsome this week Richard

Arnold. Butch, handsome, countries eled jaw line, a -- chiselled jaw

line. Covered in rocks. Look out. The thing is an embroiledered

jacket is the fashion must-have of the season for women. Not many men

can carry that look off. It is not fair that you girls get all the fun.

Us guys need a bit of sparkle as well. Stunning. Did he have

painted-on stubble? I don't think he shaved for a week. All that

dancing around. So good. We've talked a lot about Strictly fashion

and translating into the real world. You've got a treat for us I

believe? I'm taking Denise van Outen's dress and put it on Amy who

works in a zoo. Fantastic. Let's see fit worked.

Hi I'm Amy and I'm a zoo keeper at Battersea Park children's zoo. This

is what I usually wear at work. Let's go feed some animals. My

colleagues have very jealous. They would have loved to have done it

themselves but I'm the fan, so I got to do it.

It is such an unglamorous job normally so it is nice to wear

something pretty and sparkly rather than wellies. These are the ring-

tailed lemurs. Let's see how they take to my outfit.

Wearing the outfit is fantastic. There are a few issues with wearing

stilettos in the enclosures. Wearing heels in sand doesn't

really mix. This isn't the most glamorous part

of the job but let's see if this will give it a bit more sparkle.

When I was cleaning out the enclosures and I was bending down,

I was trying to convince my boss that this is the way forward for

the new uniforms. But it is not practical enough. Who knows, maybe

some of the glamour has rubbed off. Let's here it for Amy -- hear it

for Amy! A lot of women in you said you will be wearing Denise van

Outen's dress, they would be terrified. She's got an amazing

body, and here is Amy looking gorgeous. Cleaning up lemur poop.

Will you come back next week Julien? Definitely. Julien