:00:08. > :00:15.It's Thursday. Welcome to It Takes Two. Tonight's show, it's a cracker.
:00:15. > :00:24.They almost came a cropper, but luckily the lady managed to keep
:00:24. > :00:34.with it! Denise and James are here! Is the welcome return of Miss
:00:34. > :00:35.
:00:35. > :00:40.Whiplash, Erin Boag is here. I will leave no gemstone unturned tonight.
:00:40. > :00:50.It's the last time he is on the show this run because he has to do
:00:50. > :01:00.panto. Russell Grant is here, the Stats Man!
:01:00. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:37.This is Strictly: It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.
:01:37. > :01:41.APPLAUSE Hello! Welcome to It Takes Two. It is Thursday which means
:01:41. > :01:46.time is running out for our celebrities to perfect their dance
:01:46. > :01:53.fusions. Let's see how Nicky and Denise are getting on. We are
:01:53. > :01:58.dancing a fusion of the Samba and the American Smooth foxtrot.
:01:58. > :02:04.that foxtrot or Samba? I'm not asking! Dance fusion is driving me
:02:04. > :02:08.insane. Oh! I can't get the feet in my head. Stkpwh we have to go from
:02:08. > :02:11.different timings to the different -- We have to go from different
:02:11. > :02:16.timings to the different characteristics of the dance. Try
:02:16. > :02:23.to go away from the leg. Does that make sense? No! None of it does.
:02:23. > :02:28.Samba is the hardest one. What I'm finding hard is - see these heels?
:02:28. > :02:38.High heels on a guy doesn't work. I'm giving everything to this. I'm
:02:38. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:42.not going to let this fusion beat me. I'm hoping it is not going to
:02:42. > :02:47.be dance confusion week. James has chosen the quickstep and the jive.
:02:47. > :02:52.The way which I want to do it is to go in-and-out so ballroom into
:02:52. > :02:57.Latin, ballroom into Latin. Mix it up a bit makes it more interesting.
:02:57. > :03:06.It is difficult. I'm tired. How many more? We have got a really
:03:07. > :03:08.fast dance to do on Saturday. could fall asleep standing up! Both
:03:08. > :03:14.the fastest dances you can possibly form and we are combining the two
:03:14. > :03:18.together. It is going to be gruesome! There is so much to think
:03:18. > :03:23.about. It is such a high-energy dance that the moment if I'm honest,
:03:23. > :03:33.I'm struggling to get through it. This time, he has taken it a step
:03:33. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:41.too far! Please welcome Denise and James. APPLAUSE You have started
:03:41. > :03:49.something now that may never ever end. Congratulations on surviving
:03:49. > :03:54.the salsa curse. It was brilliant. Except that little bit - one minor
:03:54. > :03:59.hiccup, which was quite funny. thought it was hilarious! It wasn't
:03:59. > :04:05.at the time. I was worried at the time. I didn't know if it was me
:04:05. > :04:09.until I heard James going, "Don't worry!" LAUGHTER It is under
:04:09. > :04:17.control. The funniest bit was when I jumped into the splits at the end.
:04:17. > :04:22.There was so much music to fill. Look. LAUGHTER Why did James decide
:04:22. > :04:27.to go da-da?! It was brilliant. What was going through your mind?
:04:27. > :04:31.Have you ever gone wrong like that before? No. Not that you would ever
:04:31. > :04:36.tell us. We are still talking about it. This is after a week of him
:04:36. > :04:42.saying - because I didn't know the dance at all - "Don't worry, I'll
:04:42. > :04:47.lead you. Nothing can go wrong." Look what happens! We had so many
:04:47. > :04:51.messages of people saying you handled it well, Denise! LAUGHTER I
:04:51. > :04:57.thought James was a real gentleman admitted that he lost it. Very hard
:04:57. > :05:03.for a pro to admit that they are wrong. Not really. I was upset on
:05:03. > :05:08.the night. Did you cry? You did! I didn't! I was upset. You cried
:05:08. > :05:12.like a baby! LAUGHTER Sobbing on the floor. I had to pick him up.
:05:12. > :05:18.Does anyone else want to dance with her?! Two weeks, that is all you
:05:18. > :05:22.have got. Exactly. If we stay. said an interesting thing that the
:05:22. > :05:26.pros get nervous. I find that amazing. Do you still get nervous?
:05:26. > :05:31.We do. I remember, we joined the show the same time as Vincent and
:05:32. > :05:36.Flavia. We always speak to each other before we go on, Vincent says,
:05:36. > :05:41."I'm so nervous. Honestly, James, I don't want to do it." Flavia says,
:05:41. > :05:45."Why do we always do this to ourselves?" It means a lot to us as
:05:45. > :05:50.well. I just suddenly got to the step which, for me, was the easy
:05:50. > :05:59.part of the routine - we had got past the difficult part and I went
:05:59. > :06:05.blank. Oh. That makes me go cold. was saying, "Don't worry!" What did
:06:05. > :06:10.you say last week? If in doubt get your shimmy out! I did half a
:06:10. > :06:18.shimmy. I didn't know what to do. So he went like this and I ran at
:06:18. > :06:22.him! I can't believe you did that lift. You did show off your
:06:22. > :06:28.flexibility. It's been years since I have done the splits! I thought
:06:28. > :06:35.they would have to carry me off! have noticed in the training room
:06:35. > :06:39.you have another talent. Contortionism. Do not try this at
:06:39. > :06:44.home, kids. You think you will fit in there? Yes. It is impossible.
:06:44. > :06:54.Ready? You can't get in there. can. Watch. You will be able to
:06:54. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:08.close it. Let me get my hair in. Put my hair in. LAUGHTER I'm going
:07:08. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:19.training! Can I come out now? you later! JAMES! I will take you
:07:19. > :07:29.to court. I have a good CASE against you! I told you I could get
:07:29. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:36.in. I rest my CASE! Brilliant. That was so good. Please don't try that
:07:36. > :07:46.at home. Denise was a magician's assistant. I was, years ago, for a
:07:46. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:52.summer season. Did you ever saw the lady in half? I did all of it.
:07:52. > :07:59.LAUGHTER Let's discuss dance fusion. You have jive and quickstep.
:07:59. > :08:03.Married together quite nicely? Is it working? It is working. To try
:08:03. > :08:07.and get from the beginning to the end of the routine... Without
:08:07. > :08:11.forgetting it. How will you make him not forget? This week, I have
:08:11. > :08:14.put sticky notes on him. I came up with this idea at home to say right
:08:14. > :08:20.shoulder, left leg, so he knows what he is doing. I have had a lot
:08:20. > :08:29.of fun this week. This is the music you are doing your quickstep/jive
:08:29. > :08:39.to. It's a goody. It is a goody. Old school. We are enjoying it. It
:08:39. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:49.is really physically demanding. I have literally wasted away! I know.
:08:49. > :08:55.Skinny Jimmy. Good luck. Denise and James. APPLAUSE Try to remember it,
:08:55. > :09:00.love! Less him. You might think that innocent but our pros are a
:09:00. > :09:07.mischievous bunch with plenty to hide. Here are some of their more
:09:07. > :09:17.revealing secrets. I'm Erin Boag. James Jordan. Robin Windsor. I have
:09:17. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:24.a confession to make. I stole every single piece of furniture that was
:09:24. > :09:32.in the judges' dressing room so when they came back, everything had
:09:32. > :09:37.gone. I thought it was very funny. However, they didn't. On show days
:09:37. > :09:42.I go around to all the celebrities bar mine and I try and sabotage
:09:42. > :09:46.them so if they are supposed to do heel leads I tell them it should be
:09:46. > :09:52.a toe lead. If their right arm is supposed to be up, I say it should
:09:52. > :10:01.be down. When the man puts his hand on their back, I tell them it
:10:01. > :10:08.should be open. I danced a waltz with Patsy Kensit. I led her to
:10:08. > :10:17.believe that she went wrong on that routine, but it was me. Sorry.
:10:17. > :10:21.naughty bunch! It is Vicky Gill! APPLAUSE So another great show last
:10:21. > :10:25.week. This week, a nice calm week and then they throw fusion dance at
:10:25. > :10:31.you. What was your reaction? thought oh my goodness. We will
:10:31. > :10:37.have loads of live disasters. you have to do is you have to
:10:37. > :10:40.design a costume that incorporates two dance styles. How easy is that?
:10:40. > :10:44.It is quite difficult. We thought one dance would take the lead so
:10:44. > :10:51.they may start with the tango and finish with a cha-cha. It feels
:10:51. > :10:58.like it is 50/50. They are mixing it up. Kimberley, she is dancing a
:10:58. > :11:03.tango and a cha-cha-cha to It's Raining Men. What have you got for
:11:03. > :11:09.her? Kimberley, we have tried to mix the two styles. It looks like a
:11:09. > :11:15.cha-cha dress from the front. We have loads of beads down the front.
:11:15. > :11:20.Red is always good on camera the back of the dress is more like a
:11:21. > :11:26.tango dress. A bit like Victoria's at Wembley with the Union Jack
:11:26. > :11:34.panels running through. It has that feel. I love that. With the long at
:11:34. > :11:43.the side and short... Lisa is also doing the tango. And a cha-cha-cha
:11:43. > :11:49.to Voulez Vous. What have you got for her? We have strong colour at
:11:49. > :11:53.the top and then we are going into cha-cha. The concept was a Studio
:11:53. > :11:56.54 feel. So on Saturday this will look very different because we will
:11:56. > :12:01.have more sapphire blue for the tango element and we will be
:12:01. > :12:11.revealing the underfrock at some point. With the girls, you can do
:12:11. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:23.add-ons, boys - have they got any costume tricks? No, I they haven't.
:12:23. > :12:27.What a shame. Has anyone gone chest out? We have - yeah, a few. OK. Any
:12:27. > :12:35.dancers - some of them are doing dances they have done before. Any
:12:35. > :12:42.of the outfits being reused? No. We never reuse for our main show.
:12:42. > :12:45.Let's see what is under the gold cloth this week. Wow! What a
:12:45. > :12:51.gorgeous colour. What can you tell us about the lady who will be
:12:52. > :12:58.wearing this dress? She is little and she is fast! That gives a lot
:12:58. > :13:02.away. Going for the cut-out... is stealing the style. Wow! You are
:13:02. > :13:08.doing such a brilliant job. We love you. Two more weeks. You will miss
:13:08. > :13:16.us? I know. She is counting the days. Thank you. Thank you.
:13:16. > :13:21.Back to the training rooms. This week it is dance fusion. We
:13:21. > :13:28.are dancing the quickstep and the Charleston so we will call our
:13:28. > :13:32.dance the qickston. It is all about personality. She has loads. We have
:13:32. > :13:39.the Charleston, which I have never danced before, so it is a first for
:13:39. > :13:42.me, ever, on Strictly. The thing I'm most struggling with is - it is
:13:43. > :13:47.really quick and there's a lot of steps. I'm better at the Charleston.
:13:47. > :13:52.If Vincent gets five points for his quickstep and I get five for my
:13:52. > :13:57.Charleston that makes ten! I love it. Can I have a drink first?
:13:57. > :14:03.tricky part is to connect the two dances together so you don't see
:14:03. > :14:13.the connection. If it goes well, we will be in the semifinal. If it
:14:13. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:17.goes wrong, goodbye! We are dancing the cha-cha and the tango. I love
:14:18. > :14:23.dance fusion because it's merging a Latin and a ballroom and making a
:14:23. > :14:31.new dance. This week is all about technique. Left, right, left.
:14:31. > :14:36.have to tap my foot. I'm saying that in massive capital letters -
:14:36. > :14:41.TECHNIQUE! Lisa has had a few problems. Boom, boom, boom. Good.
:14:41. > :14:44.It wasn't. It was absolutely rubbish! It was average. I can't do
:14:44. > :14:50.it. What is the matter with me? is having trouble picking up the
:14:50. > :14:54.most simple of steps. My brain will not swallow the steps. Fusion week.
:14:54. > :15:02.Fusion week! I have been driving myself crazy. When I get angry, I
:15:02. > :15:06.do get angry with myself! Could be in a bit of trouble. Last week he
:15:07. > :15:16.was all about the music. I can't wait to see what he's got up for
:15:17. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:27.his sleeve. It is time for Stats Please welcome a man who always
:15:27. > :15:31.brings us joy, Mr Russell Grant. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE
:15:31. > :15:35.you. It is always lovely to have you here. So what have you got for
:15:35. > :15:40.us this week? Shall we start off with something different? No, let's
:15:40. > :15:46.go the same! LAUGHTER I'm rolling up my sleeves, I mean business.
:15:46. > :15:55.It's the training hours! We always start with this. This is up until
:15:55. > :16:00.the end of play yesterday. Denise has gone top. What a surprise(!)
:16:00. > :16:05.That's because Michael went out. know. Denise saw her chance and
:16:05. > :16:10.whipped in there. 25-and-a-half hours to our Denise. And at the
:16:10. > :16:17.bottom, Louis Smith 12-and-a-half hours. What has he been doing?
:16:17. > :16:27.about the whole series? The whole series - here we go. It is Denise!
:16:27. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:37.Shock, horror(!) Or Dennis, as you like to call her! I know. I do like
:16:37. > :16:42.to call her Dennis! Dani, I'm doing a Dani voice, Dani, a double Nelson,
:16:42. > :16:51.which is cricketing terms for 222. Of course it is! Michael will
:16:51. > :16:55.understand that!-And-a-half. So Dani. What else have you got for us
:16:56. > :17:00.this week? Something special? now, what makes this whole show
:17:00. > :17:05.tick? Without them there would be no choreography. What about the
:17:05. > :17:07.professional dancers. Yes, please. Come on. A nice bit of
:17:07. > :17:12.competitiveness. They are so fabulous. They have changed over
:17:12. > :17:18.the past ten years. Shall we stick with the current line-up? Yes. So
:17:19. > :17:23.as not to confuse us. What have we got? Here we go. It is like this.
:17:23. > :17:32.Our veterans, Anton, Brendan and Erin. They have been with us since
:17:32. > :17:36.day one. Really? They were there at its birth. Seven - Flavia and
:17:36. > :17:42.Vincent. They popped over from Naples for a weekend and stayed!
:17:42. > :17:52.James and Ola, who probably popped over from somewhere else and stayed.
:17:52. > :17:56.
:17:56. > :18:02.Karen - fingers crossed she will be back next year. Which pro has
:18:02. > :18:07.scored the best? Now, to do this fairly, we have had to take an
:18:07. > :18:16.average score. Obviously, some have done more than others. You can see
:18:16. > :18:26.up here 33.9 is Pasha. Only two series, but he's done so well. 0.1
:18:26. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:35.behind is Aliona. And then we have got Natalie 32.9, Artem 32.4, James
:18:35. > :18:43.31.7, Vincent 30.7. Who is at the bottom? No, it's Anton! No?! He
:18:43. > :18:50.will be gutted. He is a fairy cake just behind Karen. We have to be
:18:50. > :18:58.fair about Anton. He's had more than his detkwree of -- degree of
:18:58. > :19:04.Nancys! It is true. So that's our average scores. We know how many
:19:04. > :19:14.tens our celebrities have had. How many tens have the pros had? Right.
:19:14. > :19:19.First of all those who have had none. Bless - Anton again. Anton
:19:19. > :19:25.Robin and Karen. Robin could get one this year. Ola has seven.
:19:25. > :19:33.Flavia 11. She got two on Saturday for that fabulous Charleston.
:19:33. > :19:41.Louis. Kristina 12. And Erin 13. Let's go to the top lot. And the
:19:41. > :19:51.top lot - Pasha 18. He's only been here two series! James has 21.
:19:51. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :20:03.Moving up Brendan 22. Artem 23. Vincent 26. Who is second? Aliona.
:20:03. > :20:10.Who is at the top? Legs. It is! She has never won. No. 34. I find that
:20:10. > :20:16.incredible. That is incredible. How many times have our pros received
:20:16. > :20:21.the perfect score? That being four tens? That's right. In series seven,
:20:22. > :20:29.there were five tens. Yes. We had a special guest. I will have to refer
:20:29. > :20:39.to my paperwork. Please do. This didn't take much reference but
:20:39. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:44.Robin, Karen, Artem, Erin and Anton have got none. The next lot we have
:20:44. > :20:51.Pasha, Flavia, Natalie and Ola. You would have thought that Flavia,
:20:51. > :20:56.being Queen of Tango, but she didn't. She didn't get a perfect
:20:56. > :21:06.score. She got it with Matt Di Angelo in the waltz. Fascinating.
:21:06. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:15.We move up to two perfect scores - Vincent, Aliona, Kristina. Vincent,
:21:15. > :21:24.Tango King, he got the perfect score with Rachel Stevens and the
:21:24. > :21:29.foxtrot. Our top? Brendan and James - three times. Salute them. Brendan
:21:29. > :21:37.got it for the cha-cha, quickstep/foxtrot with Lisa Snowdon.
:21:37. > :21:47.She never got to win. And James with Pamela Stephenson, a quickstep
:21:47. > :21:47.
:21:48. > :21:53.and two Viennese waltzs. How many of our pros have won this? We only
:21:53. > :22:03.have four winners from the current line-up. Brendan Cole won it with
:22:03. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:09.Natasha Kaplinsky. Ola and Chris, then Artem and Kara, they were
:22:09. > :22:14.great. Still together. Aliona and Harry series nine. What does this
:22:14. > :22:20.mean? They are all out! So it means... It will be a new one.
:22:20. > :22:26.will be a brand-new winner. will it be? I cannot guess. But it
:22:26. > :22:31.also means that no pro has ever won it twice. Oh! Fascinating facts
:22:31. > :22:36.from Stats Man! Give it up for Russell Grant! APPLAUSE A pleasure.
:22:36. > :22:40.Thank you, darling. Good luck in panto. We love you. Thank you.
:22:40. > :22:46.Gorgeous! Back to the training room for the final time to see how Louis
:22:46. > :22:52.and Kimberley are coping. This week we are doing the rumba
:22:52. > :22:55.and tango. The rumba is very one slow step, two quick ones and the
:22:55. > :22:59.tango is different. You are in hold. It is very quick and snappy.
:22:59. > :23:04.There's two very different dances. We have tone the ballroom tango
:23:05. > :23:09.before and Louis did very well. It suits him. Rumba will be a new
:23:09. > :23:14.dance for him. It is very difficult for the male celebrity. But I think
:23:14. > :23:20.if anyone can do it, Louis can. Good. Really good hips. I will have
:23:20. > :23:29.to step it up. I will have to get this passionate kind of become
:23:29. > :23:36.across. That is not me. Dramatise it. Hopefully, I can make the rumba
:23:36. > :23:46.as powerful and as effective as the tango should be. We are doing a
:23:46. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:50.cha-cha and tango fusion. Those two dances are opposite in character
:23:50. > :23:59.and in rhythm. So we have to be very creative and marry them
:23:59. > :24:04.together. One, two, three. One, two, three. You want to make it seamless.
:24:04. > :24:11.It is hard. You switch between tango and cha-cha. I keep sort of
:24:11. > :24:17.going, "Is that cha-cha or tango?" Argh! What is up with your face? It
:24:17. > :24:27.is neither tango or cha-cha face. will have to find a way of smiling
:24:27. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:33.while pouting! I have to smout! That is my new favourite word!
:24:33. > :24:43.Yesterday, we launched our 2012 World Record Pro Challenge. Please
:24:43. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:54.welcome our second contender, Erin How you doing? I'm doing just fine.
:24:54. > :24:59.Nice to have you back. Last year, you managed a total of 51 botofogos.
:24:59. > :25:05.You came last. I did. Do you feel you have something to prove this
:25:05. > :25:10.year? I didn't really try last year. Did you not? I'm sorry. Oh yes!
:25:10. > :25:14.That is what she is saying! And also the last three have all been
:25:14. > :25:19.won by boys. Do you think the girls could be in for a winner this year?
:25:19. > :25:23.It would be good. It would be great. I don't know how much chance the
:25:23. > :25:27.girls really have. But it would be nice if a girl won. It would be
:25:27. > :25:36.brilliant. It would be brilliant. We can't wait to see how you got on.
:25:36. > :25:41.Ready for this? Yes. Let's see how you do! Come on! This is a world
:25:41. > :25:45.record to set as many kickball changes in 30 seconds as possible.
:25:45. > :25:51.A kickball change is a supporting leg with a kick from the other leg
:25:51. > :26:01.and a back replace. Today, we turn up the heat which of our dancers
:26:01. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:08.It is more mental than physical this one. It is staying switched on
:26:08. > :26:17.for the whole 30 seconds. It would be nice to have a girl win this.
:26:17. > :26:22.Come on, girls! Hello, Erin. How will you do? I don't know. Remain
:26:22. > :26:27.focused. Get in there and do your best. Ready? Ready. Choreographer
:26:27. > :26:37.to the stars, ready? I have never been reddier! For the record, three,
:26:37. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:10.Wow! Not bad. What was great was that you kept your rhythm all the
:27:10. > :27:15.way through. Richard, what do you think? Very clean. Done very
:27:15. > :27:20.precisely. Therefore you may have got quite a few more kickball
:27:20. > :27:25.changes in. You let yourself go. I'm very intrigued to find out how
:27:25. > :27:32.I went. Hopefully, we got a good one in there. Maybe, who knows.
:27:32. > :27:38.APPLAUSE Come on, Erin! It was so neat. Robin could barely stand
:27:38. > :27:43.afterwards yesterday. How was it? It was fine. I looked really
:27:43. > :27:47.stupid! I was like a proper girl running! Like a 12-year-old! Do you
:27:47. > :27:52.think you have managed to beat your score from last year? That looked
:27:52. > :27:58.really slow. So probably not. It would be nice to. It would be nice
:27:58. > :28:05.to. OK. Let's see then. After each of the professionals had attempted
:28:05. > :28:08.their kickball changes, Richard Marcel and Elizabeth Smith watched
:28:08. > :28:13.the performances in slow motion. How many do you reckon you have
:28:13. > :28:21.managed? I would like more - what did you say last year? 51? I would
:28:21. > :28:31.like to have done 52. OK. Your kickball changes have been counted
:28:31. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:41.and verified. You performed a whopping 71 kickball changes! You
:28:41. > :28:45.have completely smashed it! APPLAUSE How brilliant is that?
:28:45. > :28:50.That is good. Are you sure? Let's look at the leaderboard. You are at
:28:50. > :28:57.the top. Not sure how long you will stay there for. Look at that!
:28:57. > :29:01.good. Tomorrow, it is Brendan's turn. Can you beat him? Absolutely.
:29:01. > :29:06.Erin Boag! APPLAUSE That is it for today. Thanks to all my guests.
:29:06. > :29:09.Join me tomorrow at 6.30pm when I will be chatting to Dani and