:00:11. > :00:16.It's Wednesday. This is It Takes Two. I have two fragrant and
:00:16. > :00:25.fabulous couples on the sofa tonight. Victoria and Brendan are
:00:25. > :00:31.here. Their cheeky Charleston was brilliant and saw them on the top
:00:31. > :00:36.spot again. Good grief they're good. Denise and James are here. And your
:00:36. > :00:46.magnificent man with his wandy machine, Ian Waite is here with his
:00:46. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:29.Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello and welcome to It Takes Two.
:01:29. > :01:35.In just a moment I will be catching up with Victoria and Brendan. First,
:01:35. > :01:39.a reminder of their paso doble at the weekend. Ole.
:01:39. > :01:44.You really tried to do something that you couldn't quite get right
:01:44. > :01:48.at the moment. Too ambitious. shoulders always start creeping up.
:01:48. > :01:52.You've got to keep those down. started so well. The shape and the
:01:52. > :01:57.arms did start well, but I think you did get overwhelmed with the
:01:57. > :02:01.space. You just lose that focus. Much as these are saying so many
:02:01. > :02:11.negatives, Victoria, I thought it was pretty good. Don't listen to
:02:11. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:16.them. Five. Six. Seven. Six. We got a lot of love from the crowd. I did
:02:16. > :02:19.my best but it is at the stage in the competition that everybody is
:02:19. > :02:22.doing so well. You can't just do OK and there is exceptional talent
:02:22. > :02:28.here. Please, give it up for Victoria and
:02:28. > :02:31.Brendan. They are going mad for you here
:02:31. > :02:36.today. Well done for surviving Wembley and being the first person
:02:36. > :02:41.to do a paso doble on a BMX. It was amazing. Did you have fun out
:02:41. > :02:47.there? Yeah. I was quite worried about getting stuck up in the
:02:47. > :02:51.rafters somewhere at Wembley going - nooooo! I would pay a lot of
:02:52. > :02:55.money for that. Had you had practice up there and are you good
:02:55. > :03:01.with heights? It was pretty high. I'm fine with heights. I was more
:03:01. > :03:07.concerned with getting the harness off in a limited timeframe. And you
:03:07. > :03:11.had a big skirt. Skirt and diamantes. Were you worried what
:03:11. > :03:17.you would have done for two-and-a- half minutes?? Worried? I probably
:03:17. > :03:23.would have danced a bit around like a fairy on the Wembley stage, as I
:03:23. > :03:28.usually do. Like a fairy?! Amazing. A lovely landing. And then, Brendan,
:03:28. > :03:33.you did have a bit of a moment with your cape. When you walk in
:03:33. > :03:40.swirling, you can do it fine. When you stand still it, gets stuck.
:03:40. > :03:45.Stuck around the neck. So annoyed about that. How cross were you that
:03:45. > :03:50.that had happened? I laughed. It was an amusing thing. You are live
:03:50. > :03:54.and anything can ha. I liked it. was flying in on a BMX. We couldn't
:03:54. > :03:57.take it too seriously. You can't sometimes. Darcey did say she
:03:57. > :04:03.thought that perhaps the size of the whole place had overwhelmed you
:04:03. > :04:07.a bit. Was that true? Was it scary in there? It is a will the bigger
:04:07. > :04:12.than the studio and somewhere you rehearse. It is a big space to fill.
:04:12. > :04:17.I'm not a performer. I was a bit like - oh, wow, yeah, I wish I was
:04:17. > :04:24.just cycling around in circles. had to come in on ak by and go up
:04:24. > :04:29.steps to the podium. -- in on a bike. Bruno said he thought it was
:04:29. > :04:37.ambition, or did you say it is rubbish? I would say Bruno put his
:04:37. > :04:42.pants on too tight. For a change. It was a basic routine, a little
:04:42. > :04:47.bit of pass content. Flying around in a bike. I don't get that comment.
:04:47. > :04:50.I find it a nonsense comment. will move on from that. You were
:04:50. > :04:54.the bottom of the leaderboard but you escaped the dance off. It means
:04:54. > :04:58.the general public love you and are voting for you. That must feel
:04:58. > :05:02.great. I couldn't believe it. I honestly felt we were going to be
:05:02. > :05:08.in the dance off. I was like - here comes the red light. I was thinking
:05:08. > :05:13.- get the BMX ready. Then when our name was called out to go through
:05:13. > :05:18.to this week, I could not believe it. So shocked and grateful. Thank
:05:18. > :05:23.you to everyone. It means a lot. Your paso leaps, we have actually
:05:23. > :05:27.been discussing. They had a bit of a mixed reaction but our It Takes
:05:27. > :05:33.Two bods love them and thought you didn't get enough credit for them
:05:33. > :05:43.so they have made you a special gift. Enjoy. Let's have a jump-off.
:05:43. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:22.Not bad. That's wicked. Very good. APPLAUSE
:06:22. > :06:26.Why would you not put 59 of them? Exactly. We should have done that
:06:26. > :06:32.the whole time. To use the space better. The salsa this week. You
:06:32. > :06:36.weren't mad keen on the samba. But it is a party dance, salsa. How is
:06:36. > :06:41.it going? Quite amusing, that's for sure. Hopefully it will be
:06:41. > :06:51.entertaining. I'm not that sure about my Latin ability. Here you
:06:51. > :06:55.are. I'm still trying from the jumps. You can take that home. She
:06:55. > :07:01.is hysterical. Doctor! How are you getting into the salsa
:07:01. > :07:09.spirit? We are not. Do you want a jug of sangria? I would love one.
:07:09. > :07:16.Let's do that tomorrow. You are dancing to Robbie Williams.
:07:16. > :07:21.How can you not get into a salsa mood with that. Are you a Take That
:07:21. > :07:26.fan? Yes. Who was your favourite? Gary. Who was your favourite?
:07:26. > :07:31.goery but Robbie, he is one of my idols. I look up to him as a
:07:31. > :07:35.performer and entertainer. He says the same about you as well. He does,
:07:35. > :07:41.honestly. This is a fascinating fact. You have lost 11lbs of muscle
:07:41. > :07:47.mass. Is that a good or bad thing, Victoria? Don't say it out loud.
:07:47. > :07:52.She will only cry. My body shape has changed a lot. I feel sad about
:07:52. > :07:59.it. Well it is different. I used to have muscley legs. I was proud of
:07:59. > :08:04.them and I'm watching them go... But I guess it is because you are
:08:04. > :08:08.using different muscles doing this. Be a slaughtly. Have you had --
:08:08. > :08:12.Absolutely. Have you had a chance to get out on your bike. I got on
:08:12. > :08:16.the track for the first time on Monday morning. It was really
:08:16. > :08:21.enjoyable. I'm looking forward to having a bit more time cycling
:08:21. > :08:26.after Christmas. Me too. It is all body weight change in your house
:08:26. > :08:31.too, your lovely wife is expecting a baby. Yes, not far away. Have you
:08:31. > :08:36.ready? Have you got your bag packed? No, I haven't packed the
:08:36. > :08:41.bag. I know it'll come and I'll go into panic mode. But there will be
:08:41. > :08:48.no panic because it will be fantastic. Good luck with the salsa.
:08:48. > :08:52.You go to a salsa club later. That will get you in the spirit.
:08:52. > :08:56.Good luck, Victoria and Brendan. We know our professional dancers are
:08:56. > :09:06.good with their feet. But can you guess whose twinkle toast are
:09:06. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:32.these? -- Twink yell toes -- I rather love those ankles. Whose
:09:32. > :09:36.feet might they be? Armed with his trusty wand and eagle eyes, our
:09:36. > :09:46.training room spy is back with his weekly report. Time for Mr Ian
:09:46. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:57.Hell will he hand some one. Ian Waite give him a round of applause.
:09:57. > :10:02.I must mention Aussie Bird has tweeted. She has been Ian Waiteing
:10:02. > :10:07.for this moment all week. What did you think of Wembley? I loved it.
:10:07. > :10:10.The start, the opening show, Tulisa's number into the splits and
:10:10. > :10:18.to see Michael finish the show with New York, New York. Did you have
:10:19. > :10:22.tears in your eyes? I was emotional. He was very emotional. We are in
:10:22. > :10:26.week 8. What are you expecting from the couples? We only have four
:10:26. > :10:30.weeks left before the final. What are we going to do? So only four
:10:30. > :10:35.weeks left to go. I would imagine most of them, they have got their
:10:35. > :10:39.goal on the final now. Yeah. Their eye on the final And they are very
:10:39. > :10:46.aware if they make a mistake or they have a bad performance they
:10:46. > :10:51.can go out at any time. Everything to fight for now. Absolutely.
:10:51. > :10:55.and flafia, doing a paso doble. -- flafia. By his standards he has
:10:56. > :11:00.slipped on the leaderboard. Can he get back up there? I think he can.
:11:00. > :11:03.He has the ability. He certainly has the best body. There is nothing
:11:03. > :11:09.he can't do. He should be able to do anything. The thing is with
:11:09. > :11:12.Louis, our expectations are so high, that when he doesn't produce a
:11:12. > :11:16.particularly fantastic show, then we think - that's a letdown. But
:11:16. > :11:20.the boy is doing brilliantly. And he was great on Saturday. This week,
:11:20. > :11:24.again, I think he is going to be very good. It is a character-driven
:11:24. > :11:29.dance. If he can get those arms out and a strong poise. Mostly I would
:11:29. > :11:36.like to see him getting his hips underneath and straightening his
:11:36. > :11:41.legs. Demonstrate for us. So we get the strong walks. Tight buttocks.
:11:41. > :11:44.Strong lead. So manly. I'm doingmy best, dear, in this shirt.
:11:44. > :11:48.matching tie. Quite special, I think.
:11:48. > :11:52.Kimberley and Pasha are doing the tango this week. She was great with
:11:52. > :11:56.her salsa as Wembley. She has been great at ballroom. How is this
:11:56. > :12:01.looking? To be honest, they have got - she has a lot of potential.
:12:01. > :12:10.This dance looks great already. There is a lot of switches. A lot
:12:10. > :12:14.of turns and same-foot lungs. -- lunges. What I wanted to point out
:12:14. > :12:19.is her hold. When she is pivoting, she tends to drop the left side and
:12:19. > :12:25.the head goes with it. Is that aed about thing? It is. She needs to --
:12:25. > :12:29.is that aed about thing? She needs to keep her elbow up. It is only
:12:29. > :12:33.really in the pivots we see that from her. But I'm sure by the end
:12:33. > :12:37.of the week Pasha would have sorted that out. It will be perfection.
:12:37. > :12:40.Nicky an Karen doing a Charleston. I'm imagining a good one for them
:12:40. > :12:44.but obviously they have to follow Denise and James' brilliant one
:12:44. > :12:48.from the week before. I don't think that really matters. What matters
:12:48. > :12:51.is that he did a jive last week and the transition from jive to
:12:51. > :12:57.Charleston will be easy. They are a similar sort of energy. There are
:12:57. > :13:01.three points I wanted to point out, though. One, two and three. Three
:13:01. > :13:09.lovely points. Point one is he has to look out for this crossing of
:13:09. > :13:14.the feet, which I can't do. swivel. I can't do it. I can do it
:13:14. > :13:19.one leg but the other one doesn't do it. Swivel. The judges want that.
:13:19. > :13:23.They do. Especially Craig. You know what he is like. Point two, the
:13:23. > :13:28.arms. It is very important the arms match. A lot of side-by-side stuff.
:13:28. > :13:33.You have to make sure the arms are matching in the funny arm positions.
:13:33. > :13:39.Whatever. Three, facial expressions. Lots of funny facial expressions to
:13:39. > :13:44.each other and to the camera. That kind of stuff, jazz hands and that.
:13:44. > :13:50.Dani and Vincent are doing a samba. I have had a sneaky look it. Looks
:13:50. > :13:55.seriously good. It is a masterclass of out to dance basics in psalm
:13:55. > :13:59.BThey did a lovely whisk, and open rocks here. Now they go into
:13:59. > :14:09.something rather special and I have slowed it down. Look at that. I
:14:09. > :14:15.wonder what dance that is. recognise it, recognise it. Beyonce.
:14:15. > :14:22.I do that in my Zumba class, actually. It looks like that. And
:14:22. > :14:27.back rocks into pivots and prem nad runs. It will be great -- promenade
:14:28. > :14:36.runs. I think a lot of people have overestimated her. We are asking
:14:36. > :14:41.for a pivot. A pivot? Like that. are making him do these things for
:14:41. > :14:44.your swear entertainment I think we should give her a thumbs up. Stick
:14:44. > :14:49.around. We will talk more with you and your lovely tie a little bit
:14:49. > :14:53.later on. Ian Waite. Over the years Strictly has had
:14:53. > :14:57.some iconic dance routines. Many of them have made us laugh. Some have
:14:57. > :15:07.made us crime. Others have left us speechless. You have been
:15:07. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :16:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds
:16:06. > :16:10.recreating some memorable moments A huge round of applause please for
:16:10. > :16:16.Abby and Alice and before that the teachers Catherine and Michelle
:16:16. > :16:22.from St Will Fred's Catholic School in Featherstone. Did you wait until
:16:22. > :16:26.the kids went home? Clear the desks. They do that every night. Send your
:16:26. > :16:29.clips into us. They should be no longer than 30 seconds. If you are
:16:29. > :16:34.under 16 please get permission. Full instruction and terms and
:16:34. > :16:40.conditions can be found on our website. Bbc.co.uk/ittakestwo.
:16:40. > :16:50.In a moment I will chat to Denise and James but first, a little
:16:50. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:59.reminder of their brilliant success The jewel of the Nilex-. It really
:16:59. > :17:04.was a treasure of a Charleston. -- Nile. That is the best Charleston I
:17:04. > :17:13.have ever seen on Strictly. Such a polished performance. You had
:17:13. > :17:22.everything in it. That's the dance of this series so far. Nine. Ten.
:17:22. > :17:26.From Len, the ten. Ten. It was my dream to get a ten at
:17:26. > :17:36.Wembley. But to get three was amazing. So happy. I was just happy
:17:36. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:41.to get through it. Please welcome Denise and James.
:17:41. > :17:45.Wowzers, it was fantastic on Saturday night but to get three ten,
:17:45. > :17:50.you must have been over the moon. Have you come down yet? It was
:17:50. > :17:55.brilliant. We really enjoyed the day. It was such good fun but three
:17:55. > :17:58.tens, I was over the moon. Especially because on Thursday, we
:17:58. > :18:02.couldn't get through from the beginning to the end of the routine.
:18:02. > :18:07.You were exhausted. It was hardz and fast and kicking out. I was so
:18:07. > :18:12.out of breath. -- it was hard. are professional dancers. For
:18:12. > :18:18.normal people it is a lot of energy to come up with every week. And for
:18:18. > :18:23.professional dancers. He is gasping for air, oxygen. What was the
:18:23. > :18:27.atmosphere like there and did it drive you on? Definitely. 6,000
:18:27. > :18:32.people screaming. Especially when we went into the lifts and you
:18:32. > :18:36.heard the audience erupt. It was a goose-pimpley moment. Going into
:18:36. > :18:40.that last lift where I had to jump, the crowd got me there. We had
:18:40. > :18:44.rehearsed it so many times and I had fallen on the floor. That got
:18:44. > :18:50.me up. Was it your favourite so far? I would say this and the jive.
:18:50. > :18:56.I still loved our jive. Yes your jive in the red. That was pretty
:18:56. > :19:00.good. Craig said, "Best Charleston ever." Did you have any tips from
:19:00. > :19:05.your lovely wife who performed the other brilliant Charleston in the
:19:05. > :19:11.show, Ola? No, obviously Ola saw the routine before we performed it
:19:11. > :19:14.and she said it was amazing. Her Charleston was iconic. Chris was Mr
:19:14. > :19:23.Charleston with his whole facial expressions. But it was different.
:19:23. > :19:27.Our r ours was more themed to the evepgs song. His was more -- to the
:19:27. > :19:33.Egyptian song. His was more traditional. And coming in with the
:19:33. > :19:38.guys. Yes. I loved it. What was better. He gets jealous. I was
:19:38. > :19:43.talking to Ian and I could see him saying - I'm here too. I do it on
:19:43. > :19:48.purpose. What was more exciting, being carried in by four burly
:19:48. > :19:52.men's or the tens? A tough one. They are equal. Bruce mentioned you
:19:52. > :19:58.had had a bad dress run. Was that when you hadn't got the lift or
:19:58. > :20:04.something? No, it was a wardrobe malfunction. My left booby came out.
:20:04. > :20:08.What, and we missed it! I had no idea. She didn't know. I stopped
:20:08. > :20:13.and covered her. I didn't know what to do. You can't put your hand on
:20:13. > :20:23.it. Half way through the dress rehearsal. I was going in my ear.
:20:23. > :20:25.He is going, "Boob", "boob", I'm think - why do you keep saying
:20:25. > :20:29."boob"? We have noticed, you have had a bit
:20:29. > :20:36.of a thing for some of the professional dancers. Pretty much
:20:36. > :20:42.all of them. This week, another one. She is insatiable. Look I have
:20:42. > :20:47.massive ones. Not as good as Artem's. Massive bingo wings.
:20:47. > :20:52.just has massive boobies. He has a much better physique than you.
:20:52. > :20:58.love the fact you wind him up. James you have such a big head. It
:20:58. > :21:04.is good to wind you up. Another one for your collection. Another one.
:21:04. > :21:08.We will see if we can get you a whole rangement I don't want to
:21:08. > :21:12.upset Kara. The American smooth, how is it going, a joy?
:21:12. > :21:16.necessarily that smooth. Considering he dropped me on my
:21:16. > :21:22.head today. Were you all right? didn't drop you. I just didn't lift
:21:22. > :21:26.you. Stpoo You walked away from me. -- you walked away from me. I was
:21:26. > :21:32.mid-air. He said if you are going to do it, you have to commit. I'm
:21:32. > :21:35.thinking - I will go for it. It was my fault initially, I put my arm
:21:35. > :21:42.around him and almost hilt him on the face and he ducked but I
:21:42. > :21:46.carried on jumping. And walked away. I'm really bad. Darcey loved your
:21:46. > :21:49.choreography. It must be great for the professionals to have that
:21:49. > :21:59.recognised. But we think we have noticed you have more skills than
:21:59. > :22:07.
:22:07. > :22:17.just choreography. Oh, man. Check Oh, hello love, oh, sorey.
:22:17. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:29.I'll do Artem, ready. "Again." Vincent, "That's so good bella, so
:22:29. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:35.nice." # And they call it puppy love... #
:22:35. > :22:45.# Walk like an Egyptian # It's low key anyway. Don't sing it.
:22:45. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:03.I feel picked on. It is fun picking on you. Thank you. Let's all join
:23:03. > :23:08.in. You at home join in. Week 7, James Jordan looking back through
:23:08. > :23:12.the history books. 39 is your highest score in week 7. Can you go
:23:12. > :23:15.top again this week and can you better that? We actually don't
:23:15. > :23:20.necessarily think about the scores. For us it is about trying to create
:23:20. > :23:25.a dns we enjoy and hopefully the people at home enjoy. -- a dance.
:23:25. > :23:30.The scores are an added bonus. This week I think we love the song.
:23:30. > :23:34.when you are singing it, though. And if you don't drop her, it will
:23:34. > :23:37.be beautiful. It could be an amazing dance but right at this
:23:37. > :23:43.moment of time it is not necessarily American smooth.
:23:43. > :23:47.couple of days to come up with it. We have a couple of days. Denise
:23:47. > :23:57.and James. Good luck. Thank you. Earlier on, we teased you with
:23:57. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:05.another one of '''. - Whose Feet Are These Anyway? Let's see if you
:24:05. > :24:11.knew who was boogying in these fancy heels? It was Vincenzo. What
:24:11. > :24:14.a great pair of legs he has. It is time to check in with Ian to find
:24:14. > :24:24.out how the other half of our celebrities are getting on in
:24:24. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:33.Ian Waite is back. Oh, lovely. We are down to just
:24:33. > :24:37.eight celebrities. How much does the pressure start to increase on
:24:37. > :24:41.all our couples? Well you know, you have been there. I have. A little
:24:41. > :24:46.bit over half way and you are getting tired. It gets more intense.
:24:46. > :24:50.It gets more competitive. So it does get more difficult. The stress
:24:50. > :24:55.levels will go higher but it should be easier at this stage because you
:24:56. > :25:01.have learnt so much. It doesn't get easier. It just gets harder. No.
:25:01. > :25:07.Because then you master one and they are like - do two dances and a
:25:07. > :25:11.group dance. Everyone goes loopy. Michael and Natalie. A lovely dance
:25:11. > :25:15.on Saturday. This week the Argentine tango. How does it look?
:25:15. > :25:21.I think this will suit Michael. It is more of a holding dance again.
:25:21. > :25:26.It is very different than the ballroom tango. Very different.
:25:26. > :25:31.Ballroom tango is very much - bend your knees. Bend your knees. It is
:25:31. > :25:35.very much that you keep the body towards each other and heads away.
:25:35. > :25:39.And Argentine tango is kind of leaning in. You lean in with the
:25:39. > :25:43.chest and you dance it all forward and back leaning in with the chest,
:25:43. > :25:47.you see. Nice, look. So it is a lot closer up the top. Just stay there
:25:47. > :25:54.a little bit longer. Oh, he smells lovely, ladies and gentlemen.
:25:54. > :25:59.are such aly ar. Victoria and Brendan, we talked to them. How is
:25:59. > :26:02.she looking in the training room? Oh, look at that, impressive.
:26:03. > :26:12.Fantastic lifts as you saw at the beginning. I slowed this down,
:26:12. > :26:16.there is an awful lot of arm graphy. -- armography.
:26:16. > :26:21.Victoria looks like she is thriving on the experience and loving the
:26:21. > :26:26.salsa. I pointed out the armography. There is intricate stuff where
:26:26. > :26:29.Brendan is going twice under her arms and she is going in under his
:26:29. > :26:32.arms. As you can see they are laughing because they missed an arm
:26:32. > :26:36.then. You have to be careful that you don't get the wrong arm.
:26:36. > :26:41.Sometimes you have to cross the arms to get the right position. If
:26:41. > :26:47.that goes wrong, this is quite a long section. It is a big risk.
:26:47. > :26:52.is make mieg head hurt thinking about it. -- making my head hurt.
:26:52. > :26:57.It is a long section. Denise and James at the top of the leaderboard
:26:57. > :27:03.for the last two weeks, can they make it a hat-trick? She is doing
:27:03. > :27:08.fantastically. They have three lifts. I heard she got dropped on
:27:08. > :27:15.her head today. I hope school' recover depr that. Already looking
:27:15. > :27:19.polished. -- recovered from that. Her arms are great. I wanted to
:27:19. > :27:25.show you her arms. We have stopped it mid-spin. You can see she has
:27:25. > :27:30.her arm placed lovely there and looking out with her eyes. That is
:27:30. > :27:34.James' arm. That confused me. How many arms has a woman got? An
:27:34. > :27:38.unfair advantage. All I should say is I think we should give it a
:27:38. > :27:44.thumbs-up because it is so brilliant. Looking good, as long as
:27:44. > :27:47.he doesn't drop her. Lisa and Robin dancing the rumba this week. Tell
:27:47. > :27:52.me stuff. What an opening she danced on Saturday. Now the rumba,
:27:52. > :27:57.as you can see, she was doing quite well because she is doing toe leads.
:27:57. > :28:02.You have to do toe leads, no ball leads. But when going back, I just
:28:02. > :28:07.wanted to zoom in on this, look at that. She has released her toe.
:28:07. > :28:11.that good? No, wrong. In ballroom you are allowed to release your
:28:11. > :28:19.toes so move into the other foot. In Latin, rum barks you hold on to
:28:19. > :28:26.your toe to keep your weight forward. -- rumba. Do you remember
:28:26. > :28:36.the move we did in rumba? Which one. Any excuse. This may go wrong.
:28:36. > :28:36.
:28:36. > :28:42.Ready? Yes, round and down. hang on! I could stay here all
:28:42. > :28:46.night. Thank you very much, Ian Waite. Good job. Thank you to all
:28:46. > :28:52.my guests. Join me here tomorrow when I will be joined by Lisa and