:00:12. > :00:15.Hello. It's Monday. Welcome to It Takes Two. Wasn't it a wondrous
:00:15. > :00:21.Wembley weekend? It was marvellous. After seven weeks of glorious
:00:21. > :00:22.entertainment, sadly, he has salsaed his way out of the
:00:22. > :00:28.competition. Richard and Erin are here!
:00:29. > :00:31.APPLAUSE They put the ooo into the American
:00:31. > :00:36.smooth this weekend. It's Michael and Natalie.
:00:36. > :00:41.APPLAUSE And despite the sense of occasion
:00:41. > :00:51.this weekend, his ten paddle remains mothballed. Craig Revel
:00:51. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:29.Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly It Takes Two. Welcome
:01:29. > :01:33.your host, Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE
:01:33. > :01:37.Hello and welcome to It Takes Two. So our celebrities danced through
:01:37. > :01:47.the decades, wowing both the judges and the 6,000-strong audience. In
:01:47. > :01:51.case you missed any of it. Here are the headlines: Good evening, here
:01:51. > :01:55.is the news. Finally it happened, Denise and James blew the judges
:01:55. > :01:59.away with their charleston to receive the first, second and third
:01:59. > :02:03.ten of the series. Craig called it Strictly's best ever charleston
:02:03. > :02:13.Strictly's best ever charleston then gave it a nine.
:02:13. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:24.That is the best charleston I've ever seen on Strictly. Go, go girl.
:02:24. > :02:34.Only the show with the Car Wash Lisa and Robin unveiled their
:02:34. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:41.surprise for Wembley. Yes, Lisa can Absolutely amazing wh. You dropped
:02:41. > :02:45.into the splits darling, I thought I was going to have a coronary.
:02:45. > :02:49.She might get a Dickie hip after. That was it a bird, a plane,
:02:49. > :02:59.viewers finally got to see Victoria's big entrance. Sadly, it
:02:59. > :02:59.
:03:00. > :03:06.wasn't quite enough to impress the It mains me to say so, but the bike
:03:06. > :03:10.didn't quite make it all the way to Spain.
:03:10. > :03:16.And finally, in a huge space like Wembley, you'd think it would be
:03:16. > :03:26.easy to sneak in a nap, isn't that right hobbin and Pasha? Some people
:03:26. > :03:51.
:03:51. > :03:58.He's going to be so angry. He's big Robin's angry. They were the
:03:58. > :04:06.Strictly headlines. And now, even more gossip from Wembley. Here's
:04:06. > :04:10.all the action from behind-the- # It's all so quiet
:04:10. > :04:16.# It's all so still # It's Wembley. I'm excited and I
:04:17. > :04:20.can't wait. The minute you get through the door, you're just
:04:20. > :04:30.buzzing. There's no comparison between here and the studio. Nice
:04:30. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:39.that the judges are further away, Just a little skirt, you know, we
:04:39. > :04:42.didn't want to go over the top or middle of Wembley and to start the
:04:42. > :04:45.routine these gorgeous hunks lift me into the sky. My life is
:04:45. > :04:51.complete. I think we are ready to embrace
:04:51. > :04:58.Wembley Arena. It's going to be ridiculous tonight. I can just
:04:58. > :05:03.imagine, the screaming fans. There's a rumour that I'm going to
:05:03. > :05:08.close the show at Wembley Arena. I never thought I'd say that. Lad
:05:08. > :05:14.from Sheffield closing the show, New York, New York, Frank Sinatra,
:05:14. > :05:17.three big lifts - what possibly can go wrong? It's crazy back here.
:05:17. > :05:22.Everybody's running around and I cannot wait to go out there with
:05:22. > :05:25.everybody and perform tonight. Costume and hair and make up,
:05:25. > :05:32.everything is so important here. Because it's so big everything on
:05:32. > :05:36.us needs to be bigger, brighter, grander. Look, fluro, huge hair. We
:05:36. > :05:39.love it. I honestly didn't believe I was
:05:39. > :05:43.going to make it to Wembley pwhi started the programme. I thought I
:05:43. > :05:49.would be first or second off. I'm really glad to have made it to the
:05:49. > :05:54.halfway point. Tomorrow you'll be pinching yourself, to wake away and
:05:54. > :05:59.take in the atmosphere of tonight is just going to be mind blowing.
:05:59. > :06:09.Last year, I didn't make it. This year I have, so... This is my first
:06:09. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:20.Wembley, so it's very, very special. I'm very much looking forward to
:06:20. > :06:24.the show tonight. 6,000 adoring fans loving the show, hopefully
:06:24. > :06:33.everyone will dance brilliantly. We want to see some 10s today. Bring
:06:33. > :06:39.it on. Good luck guys. I just walked into the arena for the first
:06:39. > :06:45.time about to dot group dance. The crowd are going crazy. When the
:06:45. > :06:50.arena is empty, it doesn't look as big. Now it's filled with people,
:06:50. > :07:00.it's daunting. Makes me feel like I can't mess up at all. It does not
:07:00. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:11.Now it sounds loud. We're all worried we won't be able to hear
:07:11. > :07:17.the music in our dances because the noise. It could go horribly wrong.
:07:17. > :07:22.Everybody in the Wembley show is just -- has just got better and bet
:07:22. > :07:29.ir -- better. We have to say goodbye to Richard and Erin. I hate
:07:29. > :07:32.seeing people go. Richard is such the entertainer. I think just
:07:32. > :07:36.technically he's missing big elements from the technique, where
:07:36. > :07:41.everybody else has upped that and he hasn't. I love him as a
:07:41. > :07:46.performer. He's fabulous to watch. It's tough.
:07:46. > :07:49.Unfortunately it was a case of wham, Bam thank you ma'am last night as
:07:50. > :07:57.their Strictly dream came to an end. Welcome Richard and Erin!
:07:57. > :08:02.APPLAUSE Darlings, darlings, first of all,
:08:03. > :08:07.VPL, are you all right? I've kept myself tidy. You're fine. Those
:08:07. > :08:13.slacks were incredible, they were incredible. They didn't do us any
:08:13. > :08:17.favours did they? Commiserations to Dickie A and Erin B. How are you
:08:17. > :08:22.feeling today after the exit last night? Like Geri Halliwell when she
:08:22. > :08:27.left the Spice Girls. I thought I will have to tape certain phrases
:08:27. > :08:32.on my phone because I can't cross the road without you. You've become
:08:32. > :08:36.like a married couple. You do. Six to eight hours a day at least and
:08:36. > :08:40.it's been the best part of three months. It has. It was like tumble
:08:40. > :08:45.weed through the livingroom this morning and that was just Daybreak.
:08:45. > :08:49.Cheeky! You said that, not me. You have had great success with the
:08:50. > :08:52.dances. You've survived two dance- offs. What was different last
:08:52. > :08:57.night? The couple we danced against night? The couple we danced against
:08:57. > :09:01.was better. I think we knew, unless they did something terribly wrong
:09:01. > :09:06.that we were going to go. You knew at that point. I'm very proud of
:09:06. > :09:09.Richard because he made Wembley, seven weeks. We were in the very
:09:09. > :09:13.first dance-off, which you survived. It was the most extraordinary
:09:13. > :09:18.feeling being out. There it was unbelievable to. Leave under the
:09:18. > :09:23.biggest glitter canon known to man was a dream come true for me.
:09:23. > :09:28.was fantastic. In our household, we were -- rewound you pushing her
:09:28. > :09:36.onto the crash mat about four times because it was so funny.
:09:36. > :09:42.It was like smack, goodbye. You did all your own stunts. I do. It's
:09:42. > :09:47.Merv lus. The banana hammocks, we loved. That Canary yellow is not a
:09:47. > :09:52.colour I can wear. They wore it for you. You have been one of
:09:52. > :09:58.Strictly's great love affairs. we? I think so, always smooching
:09:58. > :10:02.and cuddling. I have loved it. will you miss about boy wonder?
:10:02. > :10:06.Richard is probably the most tactile men I've ever met ever.
:10:06. > :10:09.Anton is tactile, but you top the lot. He's warm, friendly, bubbly.
:10:09. > :10:15.He made me smile every day. Of course, I'm going to miss. That
:10:16. > :10:22.Kiss me. Go on. Where were we? won't believe it. Richard Arnold,
:10:22. > :10:31.this is your Strictly story. The dancer you'll share your gossip
:10:31. > :10:35.with is Erin Boag. I love Erin. She is terrific. Turn your blinking
:10:35. > :10:42.hips. Against all odds she may have turned me into a ballroom dancer.
:10:42. > :10:47.I'm a dancer. He has a great character and I hope that shows.
:10:47. > :10:52.Your foot work was the best of any waltz I've seen. It's a dream come
:10:52. > :10:58.true to be out there on the Strictly dance floor. I thought I'd
:10:58. > :11:07.be Saimo Chahaling all my life. But apparently I've just been mincing.
:11:07. > :11:17.I'm going to need another one. Those Saimo Chahal walks darling
:11:17. > :11:21.really do -- cha-cha-cha walks belong in a drag show. The dance-
:11:21. > :11:25.off finished, that was really good. You can do this. The thing is for
:11:25. > :11:33.us is to move on. There is so much that can go wrong. It won't go
:11:33. > :11:38.wrong. You can do this. I didn't mind it actually. Nimble foot work,
:11:38. > :11:42.well done. When you see people take to the floor and do it, you think I
:11:42. > :11:46.wish. Erin's given me the chance to do that? He's like a kid in the
:11:46. > :11:55.candy store. It's a pleasure to be in the studio with him. I love her.
:11:55. > :12:02.She's wonderful. You great big, butch bull fighter. You come out
:12:02. > :12:06.and give it some. That's what you've got to do. This week, I'm
:12:06. > :12:11.dancing the foxtrot. I am nervous about this one. This is hard. Erin
:12:11. > :12:21.has decided I have to hoik my trousers up to see my feet. There's
:12:21. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:28.no hiding. Heel, toe, toe, toe - I went blank. I won't lie to you,
:12:28. > :12:32.it was terrifying. I was numb. was like a puppet, when you cut the
:12:32. > :12:36.strings. Oh, God I don't know what I'm doing. You've heard about this
:12:36. > :12:40.happening to people before. You never imagine it will happen to you.
:12:40. > :12:45.I never dreamed for one second that I would ever get to this point in
:12:45. > :12:53.the competition where Wembley was actually a possibility. If I can
:12:53. > :13:01.just nail this charleston... really enjoyed it, really did.
:13:01. > :13:05.Your best dance to date. Come on Wembley. I'm buzzing that I'm going
:13:05. > :13:08.to Wembley. It doesn't get any bigger than this. The minute we
:13:08. > :13:17.hear the crowd roar, I'm sure it will all come together. It will,
:13:17. > :13:24.won't it? Plenty of wham, Bam thank you ma'am. It was a proper party.
:13:24. > :13:29.The technique was sketchy, but then the fun factor compensated for. It
:13:29. > :13:34.Judges, it's decision time. Nicki and Karin. Nicki and Karin. Nicki
:13:34. > :13:38.and Karin. We've been through so much together and you held my hand
:13:38. > :13:42.throughout the whole time. God bless you, I shall miss you very
:13:42. > :13:46.much. You have been an salute star. I couldn't have asked for a nicer
:13:46. > :13:53.partner to dance with. I want to say thank you and I love you lots.
:13:53. > :14:00.APPLAUSE Glitter tissue. Have you got a
:14:00. > :14:03.favourite moment? He's gone. It's been amazing. It really has. You've
:14:04. > :14:09.given me such courage. It's been extraordinary. I've loved every
:14:09. > :14:12.minute of it. Who would you like to see win out of all your buddies?
:14:12. > :14:14.never want to see either of them again.
:14:14. > :14:18.LAUGHTER It's so difficult to call. I mean,
:14:18. > :14:21.the fact that we made a sharp and dignified exit at just the right
:14:21. > :14:28.time means you have eight extremely talented couples in the competition
:14:28. > :14:31.now. I will be at home popping a cork on my 43rd year in show
:14:31. > :14:35.business and I will watch to see who is in the final two. It's
:14:35. > :14:38.difficult to call. It's so close. We have loved getting to know you.
:14:38. > :14:47.You've been amazing. You waltz in with such style, it's only fair
:14:47. > :14:50.that you exit with such style as well. Welcome Jonathan.
:14:50. > :14:59.Off you go, Richard Arnold and Erin Boag! I love you.
:14:59. > :15:04.CHEERING Bless him. He's so gorgeous. Right.
:15:04. > :15:14.Put him down. Soon Craig will be here. First another true or false
:15:14. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:29.puzler from Bruno. It is Strictly Hallowed, you Strictly experts, I
:15:29. > :15:35.am here to test your knowledge -- a hello. Bruce is in the Guinness
:15:35. > :15:44.Book of Records for leading the world's longest conger, is it true
:15:44. > :15:54.or false? -- conga. From one Strictly legend to another. Please
:15:54. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:07.welcome Craig Revel Horwood! My goodness! I was hideously out of
:16:07. > :16:13.time. With all of you later. Hello, Hanson, did you enjoy Saturday?
:16:13. > :16:23.enjoyed it, at the atmosphere was electric, thousands of screaming
:16:23. > :16:23.
:16:23. > :16:31.people, it was brilliant. Are you sad to see Richard and Erin
:16:31. > :16:37.go? For morale, he has been so blind, and the best sportsmen. And
:16:37. > :16:41.he enjoyed it. Let's talk about Nicky and Karen.
:16:41. > :16:45.Back to a six from you again, yet you voted to save them. Why did
:16:45. > :16:50.they deserve to stay? Because of the energy, and the content, there
:16:51. > :16:57.were a lot of steps. I could not give a higher score because of
:16:57. > :17:02.technique because it was meant to be the Jive, not Locum role. But it
:17:02. > :17:08.is not -- but it is in a rock and roll style, but rock and roll goes
:17:08. > :17:11.more into swing. It was meant to be the Jive and you do expect it
:17:11. > :17:21.pointed foot and a retraction. said there was no retraction in his
:17:21. > :17:27.kicks. Denise and James, E said this was the best ever Charleston.
:17:27. > :17:33.I liked the amount of steps and the difficult ones they included. A
:17:33. > :17:39.birdie, when you're on has come up like this. Before it goes with the
:17:39. > :17:46.flat foot so it is not taken on the toe. -- for foot. The reason I did
:17:46. > :17:52.not give it 10 was it was at little bit slick and that sounds strange
:17:52. > :17:57.but in the Charleston, you need a limp wrist and it estrange to do it
:17:57. > :18:04.with a straight one. But you gave Chris a 10 and you say this is
:18:04. > :18:13.better. He it is all comparative, that year he won, the dancing was
:18:13. > :18:23.not up to much. Cheeky! But you gave him a tenner. In the end! He
:18:23. > :18:29.did by me a pint. Kimberley and Pasha, you look at this. You said
:18:29. > :18:37.they were challenging events that crossed the music. The rhythm has
:18:37. > :18:42.to cross the music, they are not always in time it. You or do A1 and
:18:42. > :18:49.two, at you have cross-rhythms and then you go quick, quick, quick
:18:49. > :18:54.slow. She was brilliant and I love her dancing, she is fantastic.
:18:54. > :19:04.it keep her out of the bottom? hope so, but you have to thank the
:19:04. > :19:06.public for that. Louis and Flavia and the American Smooth. The other
:19:06. > :19:12.judges weren't blown away, but you called it "refreshing." What did
:19:12. > :19:19.you enjoy about it? Normally, we see Fred and Ginger, and we expect
:19:19. > :19:23.that. But he puts in things that he is good at and I do not mind that,
:19:23. > :19:33.and the music was not Fred and Ginger. She was right to break it
:19:33. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:37.up a bit and go for a quickstep. did not want you to feel left out,
:19:38. > :19:45.so we are escorting you out with Jonathan again. Finally, it comes
:19:45. > :19:48.out! On Saturday night, Michael and
:19:48. > :19:58.Natalie delivered the big finale to the big night. I'll be chatting to
:19:58. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:04.them in a moment, but first, here's a reminder of their American Smooth.
:20:05. > :20:09.Amazing, brilliant performance. thought the whole thing was a
:20:09. > :20:19.proper production and justified being the last dance of the evening,
:20:19. > :20:19.
:20:20. > :20:29.well done! A fitting finale for a fantastic night! From the dance
:20:30. > :20:32.
:20:32. > :20:39.gutters to that, fantastic. Nine. Craigan gave me a two and now he
:20:39. > :20:44.has given me a nine, that is incredible -- the Craig. I have not
:20:44. > :20:53.had that feeling since 2005, when we won the Ashes.
:20:53. > :21:03.Please welcome Michael and Natalie. It was one of those moments, those
:21:03. > :21:07.magic moments. Will Saturday be a night you'll always remember?
:21:07. > :21:13.played cricket at Lord's forgot an ovation, but that matched it. To
:21:13. > :21:18.get a standing ovation at Wembley, to finish the show with Frank
:21:18. > :21:26.Sinatra, it does not get better. When did you know you were going to
:21:26. > :21:33.be the finale? The night before. I could not believe a at! The finish
:21:33. > :21:38.it -- to finish the show, it was incredible. He she sent me a text
:21:38. > :21:44.saying we were finishing the show - - she sent me. It actually gave me
:21:44. > :21:47.a lot of confidence. To know they trusted me to finish the show, we
:21:47. > :21:51.must have been doing something right in rehearsals, so it gave me
:21:52. > :21:58.a lot of confidence. You must have been thrilled with your first nine,
:21:58. > :22:03.we will forget Bruno with his eight! I went to bed with Craig one
:22:03. > :22:09.week and got a good score. literally! You have to be nice to
:22:09. > :22:14.them. We have had so many amazing messages and many viewers want you
:22:14. > :22:22.to go to the final. This message says, win, win, win for the
:22:22. > :22:27.underdog in all of us! Is the final next? Every time you go to the
:22:27. > :22:31.studio for the next dance, it is it clear and piece of paper and you
:22:31. > :22:36.have to work hard and hope you produce a good dance by Saturday, I
:22:36. > :22:40.am not thinking about the finals. am thinking about the Argentine
:22:41. > :22:50.tango, and to play -- and to try and entertain. I love it and would
:22:51. > :22:52.
:22:53. > :22:57.love to last a few weeks. Darcey likened Michael to Fred Astaire.
:22:57. > :23:05.Did you ever think he'd be able to dance so well? We were channelling
:23:05. > :23:11.Fred Astaire all week! The almost! He has the capability of being
:23:11. > :23:17.incredible. I have always trusted you and had at faith in you.
:23:17. > :23:24.thought I would be like Freddie Flintoff! I know you can do it.
:23:24. > :23:29.Whatever you do in the training room, don't stop! Just.! What is
:23:30. > :23:34.wrong with that? When she tells me to stop, it reminds me of my coach
:23:34. > :23:44.told me -- he used to shout at me when I got things wrong. I do not
:23:44. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:55.know how many times I have to tell him to stop! Stop... What are you
:23:55. > :24:03.on about? So stop it! Stop! Do you get embarrassed when you see that?
:24:03. > :24:12.I'd do! But it is working at. So this week, the Argentine tango, are
:24:12. > :24:18.you loving it? Stock! -- stop! I have loved every dance and this is
:24:18. > :24:24.a new challenge, very emotional, a lot of movement with the legs and
:24:24. > :24:32.three more left. I have not dropped you yet. Is you are becoming the
:24:32. > :24:35.left King. We were saying, please don't proper! I was not nervous on
:24:35. > :24:39.Saturday night. I was living the Wembley experience and I looked at
:24:39. > :24:45.the face and I could tell she was nervous for the first time.
:24:45. > :24:51.Terrified! What were you nervous about? Something to do with that!
:24:51. > :24:56.So much effort goes into Wembley, thousands of people are trying to
:24:56. > :24:59.mate that -- of trying to make that moment perfect for us, make-up,
:24:59. > :25:07.costumes, the production is incredible and I did not want to
:25:07. > :25:10.let anybody down. You did not, you are amazing! 6,000 people came to
:25:10. > :25:18.watch as in Wembley and it was the most incredible feeling that the
:25:18. > :25:22.world, the highlight of my career - - and watch us. Good luck this week.
:25:22. > :25:32.I imagine it will be glorious. How many are left? We are only allowed
:25:32. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:43.three, but I much -- but I might have put in more. Michael and
:25:43. > :25:47.
:25:47. > :25:49.Natalie or! They love you! Earlier, Bruno set us another fiendishly
:25:49. > :25:55.difficult teaser, but was it Strictly True or Strictly Baloney?
:25:55. > :26:05.I asked you, Bruce is in the Guinness Book of Records for
:26:05. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:09.leading the longest conger. -- conga. He is actually in the
:26:09. > :26:16.Guinness Book records for having the longest a showbusiness career
:26:16. > :26:23.of any male entertainer. Joined the next time for another Strictly True
:26:23. > :26:33.or Strictly Baloney?. With me, at the one and only Bruno, just for
:26:33. > :26:34.
:26:35. > :26:39.you. -- the one and only. Craig is back, did you know that.
:26:39. > :26:42.thought that would have been true. We did half of our celebs earlier,
:26:42. > :26:47.time for the rest. We've just chatted with them, let's start with
:26:47. > :26:52.Michael and Natalie. What a transformation. It was thrilling
:26:52. > :26:58.and it was pure showbusiness. Exactly what you would expect to
:26:58. > :27:03.see on a West End stage or Broadway, it was just wonderful, fantastic
:27:03. > :27:08.left so. It was not completely perfect, I was further -- it was
:27:08. > :27:12.further away from her than he should have been, but it was just
:27:12. > :27:22.completely thrilling to watch and the music, all the elements came
:27:22. > :27:27.together. And we will all remember it. Lisa and Robin, another great
:27:27. > :27:32.performance. Another great performance. Has your heart
:27:32. > :27:39.recovered after watching Lisa do the splits? I thought something had
:27:39. > :27:46.gone horribly wrong, but she stayed there and was able to walk back.
:27:46. > :27:54.Fantastic, the energy in this woman. Just the amazing action of her
:27:54. > :28:02.dropping down into the splits. Wembley shock, darling! It did.
:28:02. > :28:09.Victoria and Brendan, the Paso Doble. For You said it "wasn't
:28:09. > :28:16.good." What went wrong? She was acting it will but she did not get
:28:16. > :28:22.that Spanish -- Spanish flavour, the on shaping is so important. You
:28:22. > :28:27.do not have that many steps to do. -- the on shaping. You have to keep
:28:27. > :28:34.your chest height and keep the shoulders down. Would it be better
:28:34. > :28:42.with more Spanish and traditional music? You can do that to anything,
:28:42. > :28:48.it was a matter of shaping. Dani and Vincent. You didn't get to say
:28:48. > :28:52.much, other than that you loved it. What was so good? She was flighty,
:28:52. > :28:58.fantastic, and she is so precise about everything, I adored the
:28:58. > :29:02.routine. Her and Vincent makes such a sweet, gorgeous couple. He
:29:02. > :29:10.totally believe they have been dancing for years together. One for
:29:10. > :29:15.the final? At think so. I did not have as high an opinion of her and
:29:15. > :29:22.she has been growing on me every week. Ben queue, but gorgeous, I
:29:22. > :29:25.hope you enjoyed Jonathan that. Thank you very much, Craig, we'll