:00:12. > :00:16.Hello. Welcome to Thursday's It Takes Two. We are bursting at the
:00:16. > :00:23.seams with guests today. They are kicking and flicking their way to
:00:23. > :00:30.Wembley. Nicky and Karen are here. You may have noticed It Takes Two
:00:30. > :00:34.to tango and these two are very good at it. We'll have a little
:00:34. > :00:41.look at the frocks and a sneaky peek into the training rooms and
:00:41. > :00:51.bringing his own joy to the studio Russell Grant is here.
:00:51. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:28.This is It Takes Two. Oh, I could This is Strictly It Takes Two.
:01:28. > :01:33.Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello. Welcome to It Takes Two.
:01:33. > :01:37.There are just 48 hours to go until the big event. Our celebrities will
:01:37. > :01:46.dance through the decades on the biggest dance floor they have ever
:01:46. > :01:51.seen. No pressure then! Let's see This week, we're doing a samba,
:01:51. > :01:56.live at Wembley. I'm going to throw myself into it -
:01:56. > :02:01.it is bouncy, bishopy - that is what it -- it is boppy, that is
:02:01. > :02:05.what I like to do most. It is lively. It is a carnival dance.
:02:05. > :02:10.have to shake this week - it could be a good or a bad thing!
:02:10. > :02:15.hardest thing is getting all the technical stuff in there. Samba
:02:15. > :02:20.rolls - a bit of a miss. Move with your feet. I don't know
:02:21. > :02:27.how to do them. Get the bend right - pushing me and pulling me.
:02:27. > :02:31.your head go. I was throwing Lisa around like a rag doll for a bit.
:02:31. > :02:37.Where I come from - samba - you eat it. This week I am doing the
:02:37. > :02:42.American smooth. I can not wait for this dance. Three big lifts. There
:02:42. > :02:46.are elements with the lifts - risky at times. If you miss it or get
:02:47. > :02:51.your body in the wrong position, there are big problems and you
:02:51. > :02:56.could get seriously injured. With the American smooth it is about 30%
:02:56. > :03:02.in hold and the rest is out of hold. It is not easy. Me being on my own
:03:02. > :03:07.a little bit in this American smooth. I want to try and produce a
:03:07. > :03:14.stylish dance. Come on - this is Wembley, not a small studio any
:03:14. > :03:23.more. It comes off, it could be my best. If it goes wrong, it could go
:03:23. > :03:28.badly wrong. This week we have the jive. It will be fun. It is
:03:28. > :03:33.extremely active. It's all about the kicks and flicks and the flare.
:03:33. > :03:38.You look like you're kicking a ball. I have never, ever seen anybody
:03:38. > :03:46.kick a ball like that! There is turning - the energy has to be as
:03:46. > :03:52.high as possible. Kick and kick and kick and kick. It is so full on.
:03:52. > :04:02.After one performance, you are out of breath. This is probably the
:04:02. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:08.quickest I have ever thought, never Can they get everybody talking
:04:09. > :04:14.about their jive? Please welcome Nicky and Karen.
:04:14. > :04:20.I must say, anybody who didn't have a crush on you before Saturday
:04:20. > :04:24.night, most surely has now. Were you giddy afterwards? It was great.
:04:25. > :04:29.It was a fun song to do. The opening there - I was counting in
:04:29. > :04:35.my head again - I had Shane in the front row. I thought, don't fall
:04:35. > :04:40.down the stairs! It was a bit of Vegas. I am glad Bruno said Vegas.
:04:40. > :04:48.That is what I was thinking. Having been in a boy band, that is you.
:04:48. > :04:54.Look at me.... It could happen - don't laugh! What are you laughing
:04:54. > :04:57.at!? Charming! Karen, the mic, when you talked last week you said about
:04:57. > :05:01.the microphone during the routine and you threw it away. What
:05:01. > :05:06.happened with the idea? We wanted to surprise you guys. I like it.
:05:06. > :05:11.You are lying to us now! This is what happens though!
:05:11. > :05:20.Brilliant! And you caught it every time and you did every time. It was
:05:20. > :05:25.brilliant! Craig said "Vast improvement." Was that music to
:05:25. > :05:29.your ears? Tess had said something about a standing ovation. I didn't
:05:29. > :05:35.see that. I looked at the judges. Craig said, it wasn't an
:05:35. > :05:41.improvement. I thought, "Not again. Please." And then he said "A vast
:05:41. > :05:46.improvement." Then I did my golf swing - which I think they missed
:05:46. > :05:50.on camera. We put so much effort into getting it right. You don't
:05:50. > :05:53.know what will happen for that minute and 30 seconds. I love the
:05:53. > :05:59.fact you didn't know there was a standing ovation until you watched
:05:59. > :06:02.the show back. When I watched it back that is when I heard Tess say
:06:02. > :06:09.it. You are relieved you got through it at that point as well.
:06:09. > :06:17.Craig is known for his catty remarks, but we think this may be
:06:17. > :06:27.rubbing off on you. Karen makes a hising sound when she is displeased
:06:27. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:55.with me! It is cat like. HISING THAT MUST BE SLIGHTLY OFF-PUTTING!
:06:55. > :07:01.Wembley this weekend, in case you had not realised, and you are doing
:07:01. > :07:08.the jive. Is it going well? It is going well. I'll be honest. Day one
:07:08. > :07:13.was OK, and then day two was a disaster. Tuesday - it is always
:07:13. > :07:19.the way. Karen told me on Wednesday night, after we got it all through
:07:19. > :07:22.Wednesday, she told me she sped the music up by 10%. Naughty Karen!
:07:22. > :07:29.the hours of Monday night. Tuesday was horrible. I thought, what is
:07:29. > :07:33.going on. She sped it up by 10% and didn't tell me... She's playing
:07:33. > :07:39.with your mind! But it worked. It is probably good.
:07:39. > :07:46.If you did not tell him he would carry on and not complain. She said,
:07:46. > :07:53.we're doing it, we're doing it. Your music is cool.
:07:53. > :07:59.JAILHOUSE ROCK. A bit of Elvis for you. Can you do
:07:59. > :08:05.an Elvis impression for you. Oh, look at that! Are we going to have
:08:05. > :08:11.some Elvis pelvis movement? Is that incorporated into a jive? It is
:08:11. > :08:18.there. It is mostly about the legs. What about the quiff? I have been
:08:18. > :08:24.asked could I go with one. I will probably have to have extra stuck
:08:24. > :08:29.in there but I don't want a Jedward. A weave like Vincent had. This is
:08:29. > :08:36.catching on this week. I am finding it worrying. It will be your first
:08:36. > :08:45.time at Wembley, Karen. Are you excited? I am scared. I am excited,
:08:45. > :08:49.but I am scared. We're not doing the stadium - it's the arena.
:08:49. > :08:56.the arena. The stadium would be truly terrifying. You have your
:08:56. > :09:02.hands there. You have played there loads - there's the Nicky Bar -
:09:02. > :09:06.probably named after you. Is it like going home for you? We played
:09:06. > :09:12.there a lot with Westlife over the years. Our hands are in concrete
:09:12. > :09:17.outside. If I get a moment I will try and see if my hand is still the
:09:17. > :09:21.same size! Do hands grow? This is a discussion for later? Who knows!
:09:21. > :09:28.Good luck with your jive on Saturday. Hopefully you'll be the
:09:28. > :09:33.king and not the heartbreak hotel! It's Nicky and car raen.
:09:33. > :09:43.-- Karen. Noses and ears keep growing. And nails. And hair. Over
:09:43. > :09:45.
:09:45. > :09:52.This week, we're doing the samba. I really love the samba. It is such a
:09:52. > :09:57.fun, baup beat dance, with loads -- up beat dance, with loads of energy.
:09:57. > :10:02.It is a dizzy routine. A lot is going on. A lot of shaking.
:10:02. > :10:06.I do feel a lot more comfortable in this style of dance though. I am
:10:06. > :10:13.enjoying shaking it a bit. The little slide will be exciting.
:10:13. > :10:18.The only thing is, I need to make sure that I land on two feet.
:10:18. > :10:21.After last week, I feel like I really need to go through this one
:10:21. > :10:27.and make sure that everybody realises how much I want to stay in
:10:27. > :10:32.this competition. We have the charleston - it is a
:10:32. > :10:42.bit of a tricky one. The one thing I want from Denise is the swive vel
:10:42. > :10:49.in the feet. You have to swivvel both feet at the same time. Women
:10:49. > :10:53.are good at multi--tasking - but that's not my bag. It is like she
:10:53. > :10:58.had lead in her pockets. There is so much to think about, lots of
:10:58. > :11:01.arms and legs. I am struggling to learn it a bit. At the moment, I
:11:01. > :11:05.look like I have two birds talking to me.
:11:05. > :11:14.If I don't get the Egyptian arms right, then this dance will look
:11:14. > :11:18.We have a great dance for the arena - it's the American smooth. That
:11:18. > :11:24.means we can do some lifts and tricks, which on a big floor will
:11:25. > :11:32.be good fun. I am nervous about dropping Flavia and doing different
:11:32. > :11:36.lifts. I have been out of the gym for a bit. I may get a workout
:11:36. > :11:41.lifting Flavia. I am not saying she is heavy or anything! We have been
:11:41. > :11:45.doing this for five or six weeks now. You is to dance with the pain.
:11:45. > :11:53.You have to push yourself. She is used to it. She has built up a
:11:53. > :12:03.tolerance. This is new to me. I am in pain. You can go home and have a
:12:03. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:08.bath. I cannot go home and have a Two? Time to talk to Vicky Gill.
:12:08. > :12:13.Head of wardrobe. We're going to Wembley this week. I am imagining a
:12:13. > :12:18.huge task for you. It is massive this week. We are hanging on in
:12:18. > :12:21.there. How many costumes do you have to make? 100. 100! You are
:12:21. > :12:25.making all of them. Myself, obviously!
:12:25. > :12:29.It is a team of you in wardrobe. How many all together? There are
:12:29. > :12:36.about 30 people that are core to creating Strictly every Saturday
:12:36. > :12:41.night. It is not a few - it is a lot of hard-working people. In
:12:41. > :12:45.terms of dancers and skaters - we have loads of people that are
:12:45. > :12:55.kicking about in the background. We think, where did that extra person
:12:55. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:59.come from? They need a frock. have heard men in trunks. Yes.
:12:59. > :13:07.roller-skaters. I cannot go backwards, but I can go forward. If
:13:07. > :13:15.anyone drops out, I'm in. Lisa is doing a samba this weekend. It is
:13:15. > :13:21.Dancing Through the Decades - hers is Rose Royce. Very bright. We have
:13:21. > :13:27.orange and pink upper body. We have crystal stones all over the top
:13:27. > :13:32.half, so she will sparkle. A lot of movement, obviously with the car
:13:32. > :13:36.wash theme. Robin is well again. He is back in the rehearsal room today.
:13:36. > :13:40.That is good news. Victoria is doing a paso doble. She may appear
:13:41. > :13:46.on a bicycle. What she will do, we are not sure. Obviously riding it,
:13:46. > :13:51.but how, we are not sure. You have a Team GB theme. Because the bike
:13:51. > :13:55.was playing part, we thought we should reference it. It has been
:13:55. > :14:01.exciting. A lot of pattern-cutting skills in this number. So the red,
:14:01. > :14:06.white and blue dress is an over- dress, split down the centre, like
:14:06. > :14:11.the cape effect, like Denise. does she have underneath that?
:14:11. > :14:17.white cat suit underneath. I like the sound of this. Excellent! Which
:14:17. > :14:20.dress has taken the most work, time and effort and energy? Collectively
:14:20. > :14:26.Kimberley's dress has taken the most time. We have spoken to a lot
:14:26. > :14:30.of departments, from lighting, to projection. Speaking to lighting
:14:30. > :14:34.about Kimberley's dress. It sound exciting. Apparently it is huge.
:14:34. > :14:40.There is 30 metres in her dress. That is like half of the Wembley
:14:40. > :14:46.floor. We are talking a big dress. Will she do the whole dance in this
:14:46. > :14:52.dress? I hope not. I have not been told yet. I will see this evening,
:14:52. > :14:56.when I am told, it is not working. Mind boggling! It will be a
:14:56. > :15:04.spectacle. OK, who is under the dress this week? Who is under the
:15:04. > :15:09.dress - you know what I mean! I say! There's not much to that dress,
:15:09. > :15:16.is there? What can you tell us? is an Egyptian theme. The couple,
:15:16. > :15:20.they are always having lots of fun and pulling pranks on others or on
:15:20. > :15:24.themselves. Spectacular. I think this week could be your best work
:15:24. > :15:32.yet. Good luck to you and all your angels and evils who are helping
:15:32. > :15:38.you. -- elvess who are helping you.
:15:39. > :15:44.Back to the training room. Move on. This week at Wembley we will dance
:15:44. > :15:49.the paso doble. There'll be some individual dancing.
:15:49. > :15:52.I can't turn that way. At least I can have a mean, moody face of
:15:52. > :15:58.concentration while I am doing it. I think that will be the only thing
:15:58. > :16:03.I cling to. No, no, no, no. I want Victoria to get better at doing
:16:03. > :16:06.things on her own. This could be the week it happens. The paso
:16:06. > :16:13.requires a lot of strength internally and externally. Victoria
:16:13. > :16:18.is good at that. I find being stern and serious a lot easier to do.
:16:18. > :16:22.so powerful. I am confident it will be a good one. It is all about the
:16:22. > :16:26.performance. We are doing a salsa. We'll have a party in front of
:16:26. > :16:30.6,000 people. We are at Wembley - which is brilliant. You want to do
:16:30. > :16:35.the dance justice. Richard has struggled this week, just coming to
:16:35. > :16:39.grips with the salsa. It has been an uphill struggle. No two ways
:16:39. > :16:47.about it. This is a nightmare. is keeping the rhythm of the dance
:16:48. > :16:52.Richard is finding the hardest. is the Latin dance which is most in
:16:52. > :16:57.character. There is a party going in my head. You cannot go around
:16:57. > :17:06.shouting Wembley, unless you have the feet right. Richard can salsa.
:17:06. > :17:12.He has to focus on it. Complete his This week, we are going to be
:17:12. > :17:16.dancing at Wembley. We'll dance to the quickstep. You get a lot of
:17:16. > :17:20.travelling. I picture myself and Dani running around Wembley Arena.
:17:20. > :17:26.I am only five foot one. I am confused as to whether people will
:17:26. > :17:31.see me. I talked to the BBC. They'll have binoculars - all 6,000
:17:31. > :17:35.people! I feel overwhelmed this week. The quickstep is a dance I
:17:35. > :17:40.was dreading. I am getting confused. We've done it every which way now.
:17:40. > :17:46.This is the first time I have seen Dani panicking. It will be OK! It
:17:46. > :17:50.will be OK! I believe in her and that she can do it. I will not get
:17:50. > :17:59.any sleep tonight. I will run the quickstep over and over and over
:17:59. > :18:05.The little munchkins are going to Wembley. Please welcome Dani and
:18:05. > :18:10.Vincent. What a tango it was! It was truly
:18:10. > :18:13.terrific at the weekend. Were you pleased with your performance?
:18:13. > :18:17.was chuffed. It is by far my favourite dance. I loved every
:18:17. > :18:23.second of it. I want to do the tango every week. What a teacher
:18:23. > :18:27.you have! What a teacher I am. Come on!
:18:27. > :18:31.highest score, you are creeping nicely up the leaderboard. I mean,
:18:31. > :18:38.34, that is an amazing score. a huge score. I was not expecting
:18:38. > :18:42.that at all. I loved it so much. I really liked being aggressive and
:18:42. > :18:49.passionate. The actress in you came out in that performance. Vincent,
:18:49. > :18:54.Len picked up on the light and the shade of your choreography. Is it
:18:54. > :18:59.great to be praised for your brilliance? Everything happens by
:18:59. > :19:04.magic on this show. If I think about it, there's no way - it just
:19:04. > :19:09.happens, obviously you give me inspiration. Inspirations!
:19:09. > :19:14.Myself and even at the end, even the public - massive standing
:19:14. > :19:19.ovation at the end. You are just priceless!
:19:19. > :19:23.Also, Vincent, you have been prepared to a sausage sandwich and
:19:23. > :19:29."finger licking good" you were called on Saturday. How delicious
:19:29. > :19:33.are you, Vincent? How long have you got? It is impossible!. There's no
:19:33. > :19:38.words! Darcey did say a strange thing on Saturday. She said there
:19:38. > :19:43.was a moody teenager - what did you make of that remark? It was
:19:43. > :19:52.interesting, seeing I was a teenager not too long ago. I took
:19:52. > :19:57.it as a compliment in a way. I played tracey Beaker for 11 years.
:19:57. > :20:02.Maybe she made an appearance on Saturday. You are more than a woman
:20:02. > :20:08.to me! He has all the comments today!
:20:08. > :20:11.I'm in love. She's in love! Craig commented that your dance
:20:11. > :20:15.finished a little bit before the music ended. There has been a bit
:20:15. > :20:21.of a problem for you two with speed, generally, in the training room.
:20:21. > :20:26.Look at this. Little people are very powerful. Very fast.
:20:26. > :20:32.Too fast. I'm going to push Dani to the limit. The Strictly speed limit.
:20:32. > :20:39.Preparation. Come on!
:20:39. > :20:44.We're little, but fast and furious. I want it to look like you have
:20:44. > :20:52.little wheels rather than legs. Just little wheels.
:20:52. > :20:59.We are very, very speedy. I'm a little Ferrari!
:21:00. > :21:07.Run like the wind. Only professionals are allowed to
:21:07. > :21:11.do this. Very good! I think that you should do
:21:11. > :21:15.motivational cassettes for people to listen to, your voice talking in
:21:15. > :21:19.their ears. Wembley this weekend then - the quickstep for you and it
:21:19. > :21:22.is a fast one. How are you coping? I am all right now. At the
:21:22. > :21:27.beginning of the week it was horrible. Our terrible Tuesday was
:21:27. > :21:34.probably the worst terrible Tuesday I have ever had. It is really quick.
:21:34. > :21:42.There a -- are a lot of steps. It is called the quickstep for a
:21:42. > :21:46.reason. We had the ped of metre. We counted how many steps. 206 she's
:21:46. > :21:51.doing. Which is apparently a step-and-a-
:21:51. > :21:55.half a second. So, it is quite quick. Are you feeling more
:21:55. > :22:00.confident about the weekend? I am. I cannot wait to get to Wembley.
:22:00. > :22:06.You have never been there before?Vy Never been there in my life -- I
:22:06. > :22:12.have never been there in my life. You must be excited about the whole
:22:12. > :22:22.thing? I can not wait to see the audience. All the women. Let's list
:22:22. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:32.on the your music for the weekend. YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE
:22:32. > :22:38.Please tell me what you'll be wearing? I don't know if I can cope
:22:38. > :22:43.with a wig! And has it been tricky to
:22:43. > :22:47.choreograph - a big place, two tiny people? I don't know how many steps
:22:47. > :22:53.I can fit in. We have managed to do knit the studio. We need to find
:22:53. > :23:01.out soon really. We need to find out soon. Good luck this weekend.
:23:01. > :23:05.Tomorrow sees the return of Strictly icons Russell Grant and
:23:05. > :23:11.Ann Widdecombe to the floor for a Children In Need special - very
:23:11. > :23:17.special. I will cht with statistics with -- chat with statistics with
:23:17. > :23:21.Russell in a moment. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage. Today
:23:21. > :23:26.we're doing a Children In Need Strictly. I am nervous. I didn't
:23:26. > :23:30.think I would be! Getting close to Christmas, so you want to think
:23:30. > :23:34.about tidings of great joy. I am not sure it will be great joy to
:23:34. > :23:42.the judges to have me back on the dance floor, but here I am, in an
:23:42. > :23:45.gel lick form. Ann-jel-ic!
:23:45. > :23:54.I have never been happier than I am right now. I am dancing with Ann.
:23:54. > :24:01.It is the sunshine of my life. We are being harnessed because we
:24:01. > :24:07.are angels. Ann doesn't want to go very high. I want to go very high.
:24:07. > :24:11.Two Queens will be flying in - I don't mean Bruno and Craig!
:24:11. > :24:18.It is wonderful to be back, so long as Anton remembers not to look at
:24:18. > :24:23.the audience, but to keep telling me what to do!
:24:23. > :24:28.Please welcome Russell Grant. Hello, my darling. You have been
:24:28. > :24:32.very busy, as we saw there, with Children In Need, dancing back in
:24:32. > :24:39.the arms of Flavia. It was so good and against Ann Widdecombe and
:24:39. > :24:43.Anton du Beke. I mean, what competitive spirit! Don't reveal
:24:43. > :24:47.what will happen. We will watch it tomorrow night. You have been very
:24:47. > :24:54.busy. What can you tell us about training hours so far? Training
:24:54. > :25:00.hours - can I stress this is up until the end of play yesterday. Up
:25:00. > :25:07.at the top now - look who has zoomed - dean neez, 26 hours.
:25:07. > :25:17.Michael, he is still up there. He was -- Denise. 26 hours. Michael,
:25:17. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:24.It is tricky. It is hard. What does this mean for training hours
:25:24. > :25:28.overall? Overall, this is up until the end of play yesterday - please
:25:28. > :25:34.note. Michael couldn't be shifted out of the wicket, when he played
:25:34. > :25:44.for England. He cannot be shifted from the top of Strictly. 254-and-
:25:44. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:54.a-half hours and Denise is not far Come on, Byrne! Pull your finger
:25:54. > :25:58.out. What other things you have discovered in your investigations?
:25:58. > :26:06.This series is called Strictly Come Dancing. I had a brain wave. It was
:26:06. > :26:16.a ping, a ping came over my head. It said, ee Check out the -- "check
:26:16. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:25.out the dancers, Rusty." I like that name. That is what Holly
:26:25. > :26:32.called me. Any way, 906 competitive dances. 906! That is a lot of
:26:32. > :26:38.dancing. That is over the past nine series. Want to see the top five.
:26:38. > :26:43.Cha-cha-cha, is at the top. You are our fairy godmother. You can see
:26:43. > :26:50.the rest. That was my Venus coming out of the shell. You were very
:26:50. > :26:56.good at it as well. They are the top-performed dances. What else?
:26:56. > :27:02.This has been unpredictable. Who would have thought Al would have
:27:02. > :27:12.gone out last week! I think we should look at what our couples are
:27:12. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:29.All the show-stoppers. How do these dances fare? I have been doing some
:27:29. > :27:37.digging and I found... Here are the average scores of dances over the
:27:37. > :27:47.past nine series. Up the top, the American smooth, good for Michael
:27:47. > :27:52.
:27:52. > :27:59.-- Louis. So, what does this mean if you add
:27:59. > :28:03.it all together? If you add it all together can work out how unlucky a
:28:03. > :28:07.dance is. We take the number of times it has been performed and
:28:07. > :28:11.look at how many people have been eliminated after it. Then you can
:28:11. > :28:15.work out the elimination percentage. I am glad you've done this. Show
:28:15. > :28:25.your working out, everybody, please!
:28:25. > :28:34.
:28:35. > :28:39.nation rates of dancers and look - charleston and samba.
:28:39. > :28:43.charleston, I am surprised about that. Wembley is huge. It is six
:28:43. > :28:48.times bigger than the usual studio. That is another amazing fact.
:28:48. > :28:56.have got to cover all of this. Down here, the luckiest, unlucky dance
:28:56. > :29:05.is the quickstep. 6.3%. That is a tiny elimb nation percentage.
:29:05. > :29:09.look -- elimination percentage. So looking at it - who will be here?
:29:09. > :29:15.Dani's quickstep. This could well be looking at our winner.