Episode 33 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Wednesday. This is It Takes Two. I have two fragrant and

fabulous couples on the sofa tonight. Victoria and Brendan are

here. Their cheeky Charleston was brilliant and saw them on the top

spot again. Good grief they're good. Denise and James are here. And your

magnificent man with his wandy machine, Ian Waite is here with his

Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello and welcome to It Takes Two.

In just a moment I will be catching up with Victoria and Brendan. First,

a reminder of their paso doble at the weekend. Ole.

You really tried to do something that you couldn't quite get right

at the moment. Too ambitious. shoulders always start creeping up.

You've got to keep those down. started so well. The shape and the

arms did start well, but I think you did get overwhelmed with the

space. You just lose that focus. Much as these are saying so many

negatives, Victoria, I thought it was pretty good. Don't listen to

them. Five. Six. Seven. Six. We got a lot of love from the crowd. I did

my best but it is at the stage in the competition that everybody is

doing so well. You can't just do OK and there is exceptional talent

here. Please, give it up for Victoria and

Brendan. They are going mad for you here

today. Well done for surviving Wembley and being the first person

to do a paso doble on a BMX. It was amazing. Did you have fun out

there? Yeah. I was quite worried about getting stuck up in the

rafters somewhere at Wembley going - nooooo! I would pay a lot of

money for that. Had you had practice up there and are you good

with heights? It was pretty high. I'm fine with heights. I was more

concerned with getting the harness off in a limited timeframe. And you

had a big skirt. Skirt and diamantes. Were you worried what

you would have done for two-and-a- half minutes?? Worried? I probably

would have danced a bit around like a fairy on the Wembley stage, as I

usually do. Like a fairy?! Amazing. A lovely landing. And then, Brendan,

you did have a bit of a moment with your cape. When you walk in

swirling, you can do it fine. When you stand still it, gets stuck.

Stuck around the neck. So annoyed about that. How cross were you that

that had happened? I laughed. It was an amusing thing. You are live

and anything can ha. I liked it. was flying in on a BMX. We couldn't

take it too seriously. You can't sometimes. Darcey did say she

thought that perhaps the size of the whole place had overwhelmed you

a bit. Was that true? Was it scary in there? It is a will the bigger

than the studio and somewhere you rehearse. It is a big space to fill.

I'm not a performer. I was a bit like - oh, wow, yeah, I wish I was

just cycling around in circles. had to come in on ak by and go up

steps to the podium. -- in on a bike. Bruno said he thought it was

ambition, or did you say it is rubbish? I would say Bruno put his

pants on too tight. For a change. It was a basic routine, a little

bit of pass content. Flying around in a bike. I don't get that comment.

I find it a nonsense comment. will move on from that. You were

the bottom of the leaderboard but you escaped the dance off. It means

the general public love you and are voting for you. That must feel

great. I couldn't believe it. I honestly felt we were going to be

in the dance off. I was like - here comes the red light. I was thinking

- get the BMX ready. Then when our name was called out to go through

to this week, I could not believe it. So shocked and grateful. Thank

you to everyone. It means a lot. Your paso leaps, we have actually

been discussing. They had a bit of a mixed reaction but our It Takes

Two bods love them and thought you didn't get enough credit for them

so they have made you a special gift. Enjoy. Let's have a jump-off.

Not bad. That's wicked. Very good. APPLAUSE

Why would you not put 59 of them? Exactly. We should have done that

the whole time. To use the space better. The salsa this week. You

weren't mad keen on the samba. But it is a party dance, salsa. How is

it going? Quite amusing, that's for sure. Hopefully it will be

entertaining. I'm not that sure about my Latin ability. Here you

are. I'm still trying from the jumps. You can take that home. She

is hysterical. Doctor! How are you getting into the salsa

spirit? We are not. Do you want a jug of sangria? I would love one.

Let's do that tomorrow. You are dancing to Robbie Williams.

How can you not get into a salsa mood with that. Are you a Take That

fan? Yes. Who was your favourite? Gary. Who was your favourite?

goery but Robbie, he is one of my idols. I look up to him as a

performer and entertainer. He says the same about you as well. He does,

honestly. This is a fascinating fact. You have lost 11lbs of muscle

mass. Is that a good or bad thing, Victoria? Don't say it out loud.

She will only cry. My body shape has changed a lot. I feel sad about

it. Well it is different. I used to have muscley legs. I was proud of

them and I'm watching them go... But I guess it is because you are

using different muscles doing this. Be a slaughtly. Have you had --

Absolutely. Have you had a chance to get out on your bike. I got on

the track for the first time on Monday morning. It was really

enjoyable. I'm looking forward to having a bit more time cycling

after Christmas. Me too. It is all body weight change in your house

too, your lovely wife is expecting a baby. Yes, not far away. Have you

ready? Have you got your bag packed? No, I haven't packed the

bag. I know it'll come and I'll go into panic mode. But there will be

no panic because it will be fantastic. Good luck with the salsa.

You go to a salsa club later. That will get you in the spirit.

Good luck, Victoria and Brendan. We know our professional dancers are

good with their feet. But can you guess whose twinkle toast are

these? -- Twink yell toes -- I rather love those ankles. Whose

feet might they be? Armed with his trusty wand and eagle eyes, our

training room spy is back with his weekly report. Time for Mr Ian

Hell will he hand some one. Ian Waite give him a round of applause.

I must mention Aussie Bird has tweeted. She has been Ian Waiteing

for this moment all week. What did you think of Wembley? I loved it.

The start, the opening show, Tulisa's number into the splits and

to see Michael finish the show with New York, New York. Did you have

tears in your eyes? I was emotional. He was very emotional. We are in

week 8. What are you expecting from the couples? We only have four

weeks left before the final. What are we going to do? So only four

weeks left to go. I would imagine most of them, they have got their

goal on the final now. Yeah. Their eye on the final And they are very

aware if they make a mistake or they have a bad performance they

can go out at any time. Everything to fight for now. Absolutely.

and flafia, doing a paso doble. -- flafia. By his standards he has

slipped on the leaderboard. Can he get back up there? I think he can.

He has the ability. He certainly has the best body. There is nothing

he can't do. He should be able to do anything. The thing is with

Louis, our expectations are so high, that when he doesn't produce a

particularly fantastic show, then we think - that's a letdown. But

the boy is doing brilliantly. And he was great on Saturday. This week,

again, I think he is going to be very good. It is a character-driven

dance. If he can get those arms out and a strong poise. Mostly I would

like to see him getting his hips underneath and straightening his

legs. Demonstrate for us. So we get the strong walks. Tight buttocks.

Strong lead. So manly. I'm doingmy best, dear, in this shirt.

matching tie. Quite special, I think.

Kimberley and Pasha are doing the tango this week. She was great with

her salsa as Wembley. She has been great at ballroom. How is this

looking? To be honest, they have got - she has a lot of potential.

This dance looks great already. There is a lot of switches. A lot

of turns and same-foot lungs. -- lunges. What I wanted to point out

is her hold. When she is pivoting, she tends to drop the left side and

the head goes with it. Is that aed about thing? It is. She needs to --

is that aed about thing? She needs to keep her elbow up. It is only

really in the pivots we see that from her. But I'm sure by the end

of the week Pasha would have sorted that out. It will be perfection.

Nicky an Karen doing a Charleston. I'm imagining a good one for them

but obviously they have to follow Denise and James' brilliant one

from the week before. I don't think that really matters. What matters

is that he did a jive last week and the transition from jive to

Charleston will be easy. They are a similar sort of energy. There are

three points I wanted to point out, though. One, two and three. Three

lovely points. Point one is he has to look out for this crossing of

the feet, which I can't do. swivel. I can't do it. I can do it

one leg but the other one doesn't do it. Swivel. The judges want that.

They do. Especially Craig. You know what he is like. Point two, the

arms. It is very important the arms match. A lot of side-by-side stuff.

You have to make sure the arms are matching in the funny arm positions.

Whatever. Three, facial expressions. Lots of funny facial expressions to

each other and to the camera. That kind of stuff, jazz hands and that.

Dani and Vincent are doing a samba. I have had a sneaky look it. Looks

seriously good. It is a masterclass of out to dance basics in psalm

BThey did a lovely whisk, and open rocks here. Now they go into

something rather special and I have slowed it down. Look at that. I

wonder what dance that is. recognise it, recognise it. Beyonce.

I do that in my Zumba class, actually. It looks like that. And

back rocks into pivots and prem nad runs. It will be great -- promenade

runs. I think a lot of people have overestimated her. We are asking

for a pivot. A pivot? Like that. are making him do these things for

your swear entertainment I think we should give her a thumbs up. Stick

around. We will talk more with you and your lovely tie a little bit

later on. Ian Waite. Over the years Strictly has had

some iconic dance routines. Many of them have made us laugh. Some have

made us crime. Others have left us speechless. You have been

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In a moment I will chat to Denise and James but first, a little

reminder of their brilliant success The jewel of the Nilex-. It really

was a treasure of a Charleston. -- Nile. That is the best Charleston I

have ever seen on Strictly. Such a polished performance. You had

everything in it. That's the dance of this series so far. Nine. Ten.

From Len, the ten. Ten. It was my dream to get a ten at

Wembley. But to get three was amazing. So happy. I was just happy

to get through it. Please welcome Denise and James.

Wowzers, it was fantastic on Saturday night but to get three ten,

you must have been over the moon. Have you come down yet? It was

brilliant. We really enjoyed the day. It was such good fun but three

tens, I was over the moon. Especially because on Thursday, we

couldn't get through from the beginning to the end of the routine.

You were exhausted. It was hardz and fast and kicking out. I was so

out of breath. -- it was hard. are professional dancers. For

normal people it is a lot of energy to come up with every week. And for

professional dancers. He is gasping for air, oxygen. What was the

atmosphere like there and did it drive you on? Definitely. 6,000

people screaming. Especially when we went into the lifts and you

heard the audience erupt. It was a goose-pimpley moment. Going into

that last lift where I had to jump, the crowd got me there. We had

rehearsed it so many times and I had fallen on the floor. That got

me up. Was it your favourite so far? I would say this and the jive.

I still loved our jive. Yes your jive in the red. That was pretty

good. Craig said, "Best Charleston ever." Did you have any tips from

your lovely wife who performed the other brilliant Charleston in the

show, Ola? No, obviously Ola saw the routine before we performed it

and she said it was amazing. Her Charleston was iconic. Chris was Mr

Charleston with his whole facial expressions. But it was different.

Our r ours was more themed to the evepgs song. His was more -- to the

Egyptian song. His was more traditional. And coming in with the

guys. Yes. I loved it. What was better. He gets jealous. I was

talking to Ian and I could see him saying - I'm here too. I do it on

purpose. What was more exciting, being carried in by four burly

men's or the tens? A tough one. They are equal. Bruce mentioned you

had had a bad dress run. Was that when you hadn't got the lift or

something? No, it was a wardrobe malfunction. My left booby came out.

What, and we missed it! I had no idea. She didn't know. I stopped

and covered her. I didn't know what to do. You can't put your hand on

it. Half way through the dress rehearsal. I was going in my ear.

He is going, "Boob", "boob", I'm think - why do you keep saying

"boob"? We have noticed, you have had a bit

of a thing for some of the professional dancers. Pretty much

all of them. This week, another one. She is insatiable. Look I have

massive ones. Not as good as Artem's. Massive bingo wings.

just has massive boobies. He has a much better physique than you.

love the fact you wind him up. James you have such a big head. It

is good to wind you up. Another one for your collection. Another one.

We will see if we can get you a whole rangement I don't want to

upset Kara. The American smooth, how is it going, a joy?

necessarily that smooth. Considering he dropped me on my

head today. Were you all right? didn't drop you. I just didn't lift

you. Stpoo You walked away from me. -- you walked away from me. I was

mid-air. He said if you are going to do it, you have to commit. I'm

thinking - I will go for it. It was my fault initially, I put my arm

around him and almost hilt him on the face and he ducked but I

carried on jumping. And walked away. I'm really bad. Darcey loved your

choreography. It must be great for the professionals to have that

recognised. But we think we have noticed you have more skills than

just choreography. Oh, man. Check Oh, hello love, oh, sorey.

I'll do Artem, ready. "Again." Vincent, "That's so good bella, so

nice." # And they call it puppy love... #

# Walk like an Egyptian # It's low key anyway. Don't sing it.

I feel picked on. It is fun picking on you. Thank you. Let's all join

in. You at home join in. Week 7, James Jordan looking back through

the history books. 39 is your highest score in week 7. Can you go

top again this week and can you better that? We actually don't

necessarily think about the scores. For us it is about trying to create

a dns we enjoy and hopefully the people at home enjoy. -- a dance.

The scores are an added bonus. This week I think we love the song.

when you are singing it, though. And if you don't drop her, it will

be beautiful. It could be an amazing dance but right at this

moment of time it is not necessarily American smooth.

couple of days to come up with it. We have a couple of days. Denise

and James. Good luck. Thank you. Earlier on, we teased you with

another one of '''. - Whose Feet Are These Anyway? Let's see if you

knew who was boogying in these fancy heels? It was Vincenzo. What

a great pair of legs he has. It is time to check in with Ian to find

out how the other half of our celebrities are getting on in

Ian Waite is back. Oh, lovely. We are down to just

eight celebrities. How much does the pressure start to increase on

all our couples? Well you know, you have been there. I have. A little

bit over half way and you are getting tired. It gets more intense.

It gets more competitive. So it does get more difficult. The stress

levels will go higher but it should be easier at this stage because you

have learnt so much. It doesn't get easier. It just gets harder. No.

Because then you master one and they are like - do two dances and a

group dance. Everyone goes loopy. Michael and Natalie. A lovely dance

on Saturday. This week the Argentine tango. How does it look?

I think this will suit Michael. It is more of a holding dance again.

It is very different than the ballroom tango. Very different.

Ballroom tango is very much - bend your knees. Bend your knees. It is

very much that you keep the body towards each other and heads away.

And Argentine tango is kind of leaning in. You lean in with the

chest and you dance it all forward and back leaning in with the chest,

you see. Nice, look. So it is a lot closer up the top. Just stay there

a little bit longer. Oh, he smells lovely, ladies and gentlemen.

are such aly ar. Victoria and Brendan, we talked to them. How is

she looking in the training room? Oh, look at that, impressive.

Fantastic lifts as you saw at the beginning. I slowed this down,

there is an awful lot of arm graphy. -- armography.

Victoria looks like she is thriving on the experience and loving the

salsa. I pointed out the armography. There is intricate stuff where

Brendan is going twice under her arms and she is going in under his

arms. As you can see they are laughing because they missed an arm

then. You have to be careful that you don't get the wrong arm.

Sometimes you have to cross the arms to get the right position. If

that goes wrong, this is quite a long section. It is a big risk.

is make mieg head hurt thinking about it. -- making my head hurt.

It is a long section. Denise and James at the top of the leaderboard

for the last two weeks, can they make it a hat-trick? She is doing

fantastically. They have three lifts. I heard she got dropped on

her head today. I hope school' recover depr that. Already looking

polished. -- recovered from that. Her arms are great. I wanted to

show you her arms. We have stopped it mid-spin. You can see she has

her arm placed lovely there and looking out with her eyes. That is

James' arm. That confused me. How many arms has a woman got? An

unfair advantage. All I should say is I think we should give it a

thumbs-up because it is so brilliant. Looking good, as long as

he doesn't drop her. Lisa and Robin dancing the rumba this week. Tell

me stuff. What an opening she danced on Saturday. Now the rumba,

as you can see, she was doing quite well because she is doing toe leads.

You have to do toe leads, no ball leads. But when going back, I just

wanted to zoom in on this, look at that. She has released her toe.

that good? No, wrong. In ballroom you are allowed to release your

toes so move into the other foot. In Latin, rum barks you hold on to

your toe to keep your weight forward. -- rumba. Do you remember

the move we did in rumba? Which one. Any excuse. This may go wrong.

Ready? Yes, round and down. hang on! I could stay here all

night. Thank you very much, Ian Waite. Good job. Thank you to all

my guests. Join me here tomorrow when I will be joined by Lisa and