:00:10. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to Friday's It Takes Two. We have so many stars on
:00:17. > :00:23.the show tonight we have gone positively supernova. Nicky and
:00:23. > :00:26.Karen are here. APPLAUSE Later on, we will sneak into the studio next
:00:26. > :00:31.door and have a look at Dani and Vincent's tango and have a chat
:00:31. > :00:38.with them. Our Friday Panel - well, what can I say? Three glorious
:00:38. > :00:43.folks. We have Pop Prince, Conor Maynard. APPLAUSE From West End to
:00:43. > :00:48.Walford, John Partridge is here. APPLAUSE And perhaps my favourite
:00:49. > :00:58.Dame of all time - she should be one - Su Pollard! APPLAUSE My life
:00:59. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:36.Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly: It Takes Two. Please
:01:36. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:44.welcome your host, Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE The shoes are quite high!
:01:44. > :01:51.Hello and welcome to It Takes Two. Just 23 hours 57 minutes and 58
:01:51. > :01:54.seconds to go until the live show tomorrow. Our live instalments of
:01:54. > :02:00.dancefloor classics - Nicky and Karen will be tackling a foxtrot. I
:02:00. > :02:03.have no words on camera one! I will use this one here! It is live telly,
:02:03. > :02:13.everybody! APPLAUSE I will be chatting to them in a moment. Here
:02:13. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:17.is how they rated with the rumba. I think that started quite well(!)
:02:17. > :02:25.actually felt he had a lot of chemistry. He was playing the girl.
:02:25. > :02:30.He was playing it too much! He was like Usain Bolt. The ice skating
:02:30. > :02:36.lift where you held her and that went on and on, that was great
:02:36. > :02:44.control. For me, it was a series of presentations, not enough basic
:02:44. > :02:50.rumba in there. What did Craig give us? Four. It is about a journey. It
:02:50. > :02:57.is about working hard. I am giving it my all. Hopefully, I am
:02:57. > :03:07.improving. Please welcome Nicky and Karen. APPLAUSE Hello, guys.
:03:07. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:14.Welcome to the show. How much did you enjoy being the rumba love
:03:14. > :03:18.adonis? It was fun. To be able to dance that slow and deliver, it
:03:18. > :03:21.reminded - you are acting as best you can. I watched it back. I felt
:03:21. > :03:25.good on the night. I watched it back and I thought I can't do it
:03:25. > :03:31.any better than that. That was as good as I can deliver it. I have to
:03:31. > :03:36.say that I loved it. We loved it. Darcey and Craig, they said there
:03:36. > :03:39.wasn't enough basic. But take heart. When Karen Hardy was in this week -
:03:39. > :03:43.and she is a judge - she said she thought your choreography was
:03:43. > :03:47.fantastic and there was lots of rumba in there. What did you think
:03:47. > :03:52.about this? I always take into consideration what the judges are
:03:52. > :03:56.saying and I always respect their criticism. But sometimes I may
:03:56. > :04:01.disagree with them. I thought the rumba had a bit of everything in it.
:04:01. > :04:06.Thank you, Karen. Maybe I was named after Karen! LAUGHTER Maybe you
:04:06. > :04:12.were. Sevens from all the judges and a four from Craig. Did that
:04:12. > :04:16.hurt? It did. The sevens were great. When you look back. I think I was
:04:16. > :04:20.being hard on myself. The four left a bitter taste in my mouth as if I
:04:20. > :04:27.hadn't done it well. But when I look back and three sevens are
:04:27. > :04:32.really good for a rumba. I'm still happy. Yes. And also we end on a
:04:32. > :04:37.positive. Bruno did disagree and he said he thought you brought the
:04:37. > :04:42.performance out there. That must have been encouraging? Darcey said,
:04:42. > :04:49."I want you to seduce Karen!" What more can I do?! Bruno said, "You
:04:49. > :04:54.were like Usain Bolt!" Yes. Well, let's hope that tomorrow night the
:04:54. > :04:58.judges are all on your side and I think that if your choreography,
:04:58. > :05:05.Nicky's own choreography, pays off, you should win them over. Have a
:05:05. > :05:12.look at this. Oh no. Do you want to dance like a star? Then try burning
:05:12. > :05:18.up the dancefloor, the new dance DVD. Follow his simple step by step
:05:18. > :05:23.guide. One, stop. Two, stop. Discover original choreography.
:05:23. > :05:29.Heads, shoulders, knees and toes... And learn from the master. If you
:05:29. > :05:36.make a mistake, you don't stop! wrong, you're right. You too will
:05:36. > :05:43.be burning up the dancefloor. cool and he's slick. I was in awe.
:05:43. > :05:49.Thank you for bringing me alive. Coming soon to a DVD store near you.
:05:49. > :05:53.Maybe. LAUGHTER It could happen. I'm going to buy it! Back into the
:05:53. > :05:57.ballroom this week and you have the foxtrot. How has it been going?
:05:57. > :06:02.It's been going well. Very good. You are in hold, you are in frame
:06:02. > :06:06.for most of it. If you do go wrong, Karen can pinch your shoulder to
:06:06. > :06:11.get the frame up. And it's slow. The foxtrot is a bit tricky. When
:06:11. > :06:17.it goes in, and it went in on Wednesday, it is in a good place.
:06:17. > :06:27.We have a little prop. Tell me about that. Mic stand? Yes, it's
:06:27. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:31.taken the Freddie Mercury mic, the half stand. Is it wise to keep it
:06:32. > :06:37.for the whole routine? They wanted content and something in there. So
:06:37. > :06:42.we have put something else in! have a great track as well. Bit of
:06:42. > :06:47.Buble. Come on! # The best is yet to come. #
:06:47. > :06:52.Is the best yet to come? Yes. The best is yet to come. I'm trying.
:06:52. > :06:55.I'm working hard. That is all you can do. Hopefully, I can stay in.
:06:55. > :07:00.Thanks to everybody for voting for me. I know. They want to see more
:07:00. > :07:04.of you dancing. You have a little friend coming in tomorrow. Shane's
:07:04. > :07:08.coming? He is. Shane and his wife are coming in. So pop royalty will
:07:08. > :07:12.be in the room. Does that make you a bit nervous to have one of the
:07:13. > :07:19.boys in? Of course. Shane has always classed himself as a better
:07:19. > :07:24.dancer than me. He will be going, "You didn't nail that bit." Harry
:07:24. > :07:28.from McFly tipped you as his top to win last week. He said you are his
:07:28. > :07:35.number one? Did sne That is a nice thing. I'm very happy with that.
:07:35. > :07:40.Good luck with your foxtrot and with the prop. Nicky and Karen?
:07:40. > :07:44.APPLAUSE Now, last week, Our Lady meerkat friend was bang on with her
:07:44. > :07:50.prediction that Denise and James would be top of the leaderboard.
:07:50. > :08:00.Encouraged by her success, Fleur, a Brazilian aardvark, wants in on the
:08:00. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:35.Look at that, you two! He knows what he's talking about. Are you
:08:35. > :08:39.familiar with them? Can you trust them? I think you can now and I
:08:39. > :08:44.think they will buy our DVD as well! Let's hope Fleur is right.
:08:44. > :08:51.Good luck tomorrow. Nicky and Karen. APPLAUSE In a moment, my Friday
:08:51. > :08:57.Panel will be here including, yes, watch out Nicky, Conor Maynard.
:08:57. > :09:01.Here he is in action. # Don't turn around
:09:01. > :09:11.# Floating so high # Turn around
:09:11. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:26.# Together nothing can stop us now. # Turn around
:09:26. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:38.# Together nothing can stop us now. Here we go... Hi-de-hi, campers. It
:09:38. > :09:47.is time for our Friday Panel! I can only apologise. Please welcome a
:09:47. > :09:55.dream line-up, Conor Maynard, John Partridge and Su Pollard. APPLAUSE
:09:55. > :10:00.Welcome, welcome. What a glorious threesome. Congratulations to you,
:10:00. > :10:05.Conor. We have been discussing how young you are. You are 19? I am.
:10:05. > :10:10.could be your Mum? You could be. You were four when Westlife
:10:10. > :10:14.started? Yes. Welcome. Thank you very much. Your third top ten hit.
:10:14. > :10:18.Are you living the dream? It has been amazing so far. That is why I
:10:18. > :10:23.can relate to the celebrities in this show. I was kind of - I'm an
:10:23. > :10:28.amateur in the music industry and I was thrust into this - you saw a
:10:28. > :10:34.big fancy music video there, one of the coolest artists in the world
:10:34. > :10:40.and I'm like next to him doing yeah! Bless you. I pulled through
:10:40. > :10:43.and did it. You are learning all the time? Definitely. John,
:10:43. > :10:52.Christian is saying goodbye to Walford next week. Is he leaving in
:10:52. > :10:56.a taxi or in a coffin? Neither of those. Hankys at the ready! It must
:10:56. > :11:01.be emotional to say goodbye? It was. Five years of my life. I absolutely
:11:01. > :11:07.loved it. New things. New things. Move on. That's what we do. Su
:11:07. > :11:11.Pollard is here. APPLAUSE Thank you. So excited. You are no stranger to
:11:11. > :11:19.Strictly. You did the Christmas Special last year. My feet are
:11:19. > :11:24.still killing me! My toes were pinched in a size five! I'm a six-
:11:24. > :11:29.and-a-half! I know. You do watch with your Mum, the show? Yes, she
:11:29. > :11:33.will say, this is Hilda... Are you listening, Hilda? She is 90. She
:11:33. > :11:39.will say, "This is my favourite part of the day, I've got the
:11:39. > :11:44.chocolates." She will say, "Oh, haven't they done well? They have
:11:44. > :11:49.so improved. I would never know who to choose." She chooses everyone!
:11:49. > :11:53.We love Hilda. Let's look at all our couples and see who her
:11:53. > :12:00.favourite would be. Michael and Natalie are doing the salsa to the
:12:00. > :12:10.jackion Five. Love this. I Want You Back. He has been one of the major
:12:10. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:16.surprises, made great improvements. Salsa is all about timing. His
:12:16. > :12:20.timing looks like it has improved. He looks like he wants a wee! I
:12:20. > :12:24.will put that aside. Maybe he does! LAUGHTER He has not had a lot of
:12:25. > :12:31.luck with his Latin so far, could this be the moment that it changes?
:12:31. > :12:36.It could be. Maybe when he is wanting to catch the ball, or do
:12:36. > :12:40.the bat, he is preparing - have you seen him - he is preparing. He's
:12:40. > :12:48.loosening up now. He is smiling a lot more. I think that is what it
:12:48. > :12:53.is about. It is confidence. Exactly. Look at you two! Denise and James,
:12:53. > :12:57.or Denise and Ian at the moment. The latest is James' foot is still
:12:57. > :13:01.very bruised. They will make a decision about whether he dances
:13:01. > :13:05.tomorrow. Controversial. Doing a paso doble. How difficult will it
:13:05. > :13:08.be to swap partners? If she is being led by the gentleman, it
:13:08. > :13:17.shouldn't matter who she dances with. She will cope with it
:13:17. > :13:24.amazingly. She's used to it. they are dancing to White Stripes,
:13:24. > :13:30.Seven Nation Army. Is this going to work? Da-da-da... He is going to go
:13:30. > :13:33.somewhere, this chap! No, I think that's an amazing song to dance to.
:13:33. > :13:37.You create a connection with the person you are dancing with. If you
:13:37. > :13:42.have to change, it will be an adjustment. She is top of the table,
:13:42. > :13:46.right? Yes. She will be fine. will do it. Victoria and Brendan
:13:46. > :13:52.are doing the quickstep. Second from the bottom last week. Do you
:13:52. > :13:57.think, looking at this, that she can turn it around and get higher
:13:57. > :14:00.up the leaderboard? Once again, she's out of her comfort zone
:14:00. > :14:06.bodily and physically. There is all that cycling. And she has to turn
:14:06. > :14:12.it around. No, you can see - look at that line there. Good line.
:14:12. > :14:21.know how hard that is. Anton would be so proud of you! He wasn't at
:14:21. > :14:30.the time! LAUGHTER He kept saying, "Stick your bum in!" Pelvis
:14:30. > :14:36.forward! Pedal, pedal. Frank Sinatra they have? Come on!
:14:36. > :14:40.parents would love that one. Probably your grandparents! Exactly.
:14:40. > :14:45.I think that helps you when you have an amazing song. It makes it
:14:45. > :14:48.easier. And it can inspire them. Lisa and Robin are doing the
:14:48. > :14:53.foxtrot. Now they are dancing to Natalie Cole.
:14:53. > :15:02.# This will be. # We love this. She's been told to
:15:02. > :15:06.concentrate on her footwork? has said this? Name names. Len.
:15:06. > :15:11.not looking at her feet. I couldn't care less what her feet are doing.
:15:11. > :15:14.I absolutely love her! She brings great energy? I think Len, in his
:15:14. > :15:19.own way, because he is Head Judge, and not just because of that, he
:15:19. > :15:22.can see she's got such potential, I think if she goes the extra mile,
:15:22. > :15:28.she can do it technically brilliantly, too. I think he is
:15:28. > :15:32.saying that to help her. I think she is doing it. I love her. That
:15:32. > :15:40.sounds great. Louis and Flavia are doing the Viennese waltz to Andy
:15:40. > :15:43.Williams Moon River. He is dead! is. Bless him. A few weeks ago.
:15:43. > :15:47.Louis found himself in the middle of the table last week. Can this
:15:48. > :15:56.see him return to the top? Right now, he looks like a floating
:15:56. > :15:59.butterfly. You are going to be friends, I think! He looked very
:15:59. > :16:06.focus. Excellent. He is a bit of a Strictly heart-throb, do the
:16:07. > :16:13.muscles do it for you? Absolutely. Several people on my street agree
:16:13. > :16:16.with me! LAUGHTER Name names? up my street! Get them out! I sound
:16:16. > :16:25.so common! Richard and Erin are doing the Charleston this week.
:16:25. > :16:30.They are dancing to Paolo Ntini. What do you think? How can you not
:16:30. > :16:35.love him? He is giving a good shot! He is having a good go. That is
:16:35. > :16:41.what we like. Absolutely. No. are not thinking this is going to
:16:41. > :16:46.be a winner? No. That's awful, isn't it? Only because, you know
:16:46. > :16:50.what it is like, you are bouncy and he is very, the way he is, I guess
:16:50. > :16:58.people automatically and himself included think... The way he is?
:16:58. > :17:03.What does that mean? With all this... He is camp! LAUGHTER He's
:17:03. > :17:08.got lifts for the first time. Should Erin be nervous? I feel like
:17:08. > :17:16.he looks like he was enjoying himself so much, I think if he did
:17:16. > :17:26.drop her, he would carry on! I love him! Fern and Artem are doing the
:17:26. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:33.salsa. They are dancing to Gloria Estefan! Look at those legs!
:17:33. > :17:41.Fabulous. I hope she is wearing something like that. I hope so, too.
:17:41. > :17:45.You are only nine! John, she's been criticised for not giving enough.
:17:45. > :17:51.What do you think? I think sometimes less is more. We don't
:17:51. > :17:54.want to all be like this. Exactly. We wouldn't know what she was
:17:54. > :17:57.talking about! Sometimes it is. Sometimes less is more. She is
:17:57. > :18:02.thinking about technique and style. She is very graceful. I don't think
:18:02. > :18:07.she needs to oversell. Lovely legs as well. Kimberley and Pasha doing
:18:07. > :18:10.the Viennese waltz. They are dancing to Christina Perri from
:18:10. > :18:15.Twilight. Do you like Girls Aloud? They are just wonderful. Do you
:18:15. > :18:20.have a favourite? The way her hair flows and... LAUGHTER She is a
:18:20. > :18:25.wonderful person, really. I want to take you home with me. How do you
:18:25. > :18:30.think, what do you think of Kimberley? Very good! VERY! Amazing.
:18:30. > :18:35.Wonderful! Where is she?! She is great. Lock yourself in your
:18:35. > :18:39.dressing room! She is great. Dani and Vincent? We love them. They are
:18:39. > :18:45.doing a tango. We will talk to them in a minute. Do you think they
:18:45. > :18:48.could be top of the leaderboard? She is a dark horse. He's the tango
:18:48. > :18:52.king. They will come with a killer routine and they are going to kill
:18:52. > :18:56.it. She is the one to watch. From what you have seen so far, I
:18:56. > :19:03.want a name from each of you, who do you think will lift the
:19:03. > :19:09.Glitterball Trophy? Kimberley. John? Louis. Denise! You have been
:19:09. > :19:16.marvellous. Thank you so much. APPLAUSE Please stay. Thank you so
:19:16. > :19:21.much. Great panel! Thank you so much. So, it's been an intense six
:19:21. > :19:25.weeks of competition for our celebrities. Here are the highs and
:19:25. > :19:31.the lows that they have all experienced over the last couple of
:19:31. > :19:36.weeks. The toughest moment for me so far
:19:36. > :19:41.has been week two when we did cha- cha. I felt a little bit like this
:19:41. > :19:46.isn't the real uphill struggle. toughest moment of Strictly so far
:19:46. > :19:50.was standing, waiting for the Samba to start. Definitely the toughest.
:19:50. > :19:54.Hallowe'en week, the start of our Charleston where I had a full dance
:19:54. > :20:02.all by myself. That was nerve- wracking. The dance-off. The
:20:02. > :20:06.dreaded dance-off. Dancing the cha- cha. It is so technical that I did
:20:06. > :20:11.really struggle. Toughest moment of Strictly so far is recovering from
:20:11. > :20:15.forgetting my entire routine on the dancefloor in the front of ten
:20:15. > :20:19.million people! Being really, really ill and having to perform on
:20:19. > :20:24.the Saturday. There have been some tough moments to get this far. My
:20:24. > :20:30.own lack of thinking that I can remember anything, do anything.
:20:30. > :20:33.Messing up the foxtrot on week two. I felt like I really let Pasha down.
:20:33. > :20:38.That first elimination because I had no idea what to expect. Thank
:20:38. > :20:43.goodness I had Vincent there to calm me down. The best moment for
:20:43. > :20:48.me without a shadow of a doubt was at the end of our cha-cha when I
:20:48. > :20:54.caught Robin in my arms! I'm dead proud of that. Throwing Erin to the
:20:54. > :20:59.floor after spinning her around and giving it that! Our salsa on
:20:59. > :21:02.Saturday. I kind of let all my inhibitions go for that minute-and-
:21:02. > :21:06.a-half. Every single dance I have given it everything. Six weeks' ago,
:21:06. > :21:12.I would have never thought that I would get this far. I was
:21:12. > :21:16.particularly proud of myself for managing to turn twice all by
:21:16. > :21:20.myself in the tango. The best moment so far has to be the Dirty
:21:20. > :21:24.Dancing, nailing that lift at the end. Got to be the jive. I would
:21:24. > :21:29.happily do it every week. favourite dance move was in the
:21:29. > :21:33.jive and it's called the Lindy! It was like I was skipping again!
:21:33. > :21:38.Standing up straight and falling back on to Artem's shoulder!
:21:38. > :21:45.moment when we finished The Mask and Karen dropped and I looked into
:21:46. > :21:50.the camera and I went, "Smoking!" So it's Friday, which means that
:21:50. > :21:52.all of our couples get the chance to walk through their routines for
:21:52. > :21:56.the first time on the proper Strictly floor. As you have been so
:21:56. > :22:06.good this week, we are going to give you a look at Dani and
:22:06. > :22:34.
:22:34. > :22:43.APPLAUSE Dani and Vincent, come over for a chat. How good did that
:22:43. > :22:48.look? Very, very good indeed. Hello, darlings. Hey! The Fonz is back! I
:22:48. > :22:52.want to talk about the tango in a minute. Let's talk about the jive.
:22:52. > :22:57.Congratulations, your highest score yet with 33. Were you loving it?
:22:57. > :23:03.absolutely loved the jive. It was so much fun. Knackering, but loads
:23:03. > :23:08.of fun! It did look a bit tiring. You have such great energy. Of
:23:08. > :23:13.course, a nine from Len. Yes! did that feel? Amazing. If he could
:23:13. > :23:18.do that every week, that would be great. Looking at that tango, this
:23:18. > :23:22.week could be. Vincent, we did dig the wig! Second wig for you. Are we
:23:22. > :23:27.going to get one every other week? I'm planning to. I'm pushing myself
:23:27. > :23:37.through the wig situation! Yes, they suit me. They do. I make the
:23:37. > :23:46.wigs look better! You do. Did you enjoy playing the Fonz? I did. I am
:23:46. > :23:51.the Fonz. Everybody goes hey! a shame Henry Winkler is not here!
:23:51. > :23:56.Craig saw more of you than expected? I know. I did flash him a
:23:56. > :24:00.bit and I'm so sorry, it won't happen again, hopefully. Big pants!
:24:00. > :24:04.Now, the tango, after a cha-cha and a jive, is that quite difficult to
:24:04. > :24:09.change your head space? No, because I have this amazing man, who is
:24:09. > :24:14.like the King of the Tango! I'm talking about you. It is quite easy.
:24:14. > :24:18.As much as I love the jive, I really like the tango. It is my
:24:18. > :24:24.favourite. They are having a few difficulties in the training room
:24:24. > :24:34.this week. The main issue being to pause or to pose. Have a look at
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:43.this. This one is a pose. A pause? A pose. Pause? Are you saying pose?
:24:43. > :24:49.Are you saying pause or pose? Pose. Like pose. Pause then? Pose.
:24:49. > :24:55.A pose would be like. What is the other one? A pause is when you
:24:55. > :25:05.like... Sounds the same. You mean pause? Pause. Pause. Yes. What is
:25:05. > :25:14.the other one? Pose. A pose. Where you hold. OK, yes. Are you taking
:25:14. > :25:22.advantage of me because I can't speak England very best?! LAUGHTER
:25:22. > :25:28.I still don't know the difference. I love it. A pose. A pose. The Fonz.
:25:28. > :25:33.A pause. Vincent, you are priceless! Sorry. The tango is one
:25:33. > :25:36.of Vincent's favourite dances. Does that add pressure to you? There's
:25:36. > :25:40.not so much pressure on me. There is more pressure on you because you
:25:40. > :25:46.are the God of the Tango. Nobody is expecting anything from me. That is
:25:46. > :25:54.good. You can go ta-da, look at me! That is the plan. Nice to see these.
:25:54. > :25:58.What are these called? Magic ruby slippers. He's got it right! Now,
:25:58. > :26:03.Dani can cope with everything you throw at her. Are you taking the
:26:03. > :26:07.choreography to another level this week? I am. Strangely enough, she's,
:26:07. > :26:12.well so far she is the most improved dancer in my opinion,
:26:12. > :26:17.improved celebrity. I have been trying to do more difficult things
:26:17. > :26:21.thinking that she wasn't able to do it, but she can. It is amazing. I
:26:21. > :26:24.have the freedom to do whatever I want. Does that scare you? Yes! A
:26:24. > :26:29.little bit. You can do it. He wouldn't give you anything if he
:26:29. > :26:34.couldn't do it. It is nice to know he has faith in me. It is good. You
:26:34. > :26:39.have a dramatic fight scene, I have heard as well? Tell me more. Yes.
:26:39. > :26:45.It is to get Dani into the mood more. I was trying to make up like
:26:45. > :26:51.a mystery dancer just make her jealous, so she was laughing when I
:26:51. > :26:59.said a name. I said, "We will try Rachel Stevens" and that got her.
:26:59. > :27:03.That got me. The thing is, Rachel Stevens got 39 out of 40. Yes.
:27:03. > :27:07.Can you match that? I have no idea. Depends on what mood the judges are
:27:07. > :27:14.in. Maybe if I send them some flowers beforehand! Yes. That might
:27:14. > :27:17.work. Have faith, girl. I will try. You wanted to say happy birthday to
:27:17. > :27:23.somebody? Happy birthday Georgia. Happy birthday, Georgia. Listen,
:27:23. > :27:28.good luck tomorrow. I hope it all goes well. You have a skirt to the
:27:28. > :27:33.knee so no flashing tomorrow? Hopefully not. Are you wearing the
:27:33. > :27:38.slippers tomorrow? I will wear them. Enjoy your tango. Thank you so much.
:27:38. > :27:45.Thank you. APPLAUSE Thank you very much to all my guests today. The
:27:45. > :27:53.big show tomorrow is 6.30pm on BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing: It