:00:11. > :00:19.Hello, I'm glad you're here. It is Wednesday, welcome to Strictly - It
:00:19. > :00:25.Takes Two. Louis and Flavia are here. This boy has left his My
:00:25. > :00:32.Little Pony in the stable, but he's come in to try his hand at the Pro
:00:32. > :00:38.Challenge - Vincent Simone. Glorious. And as semifinal hysteria
:00:38. > :00:44.sets in among our celebrities, we look closely at their footwork, and
:00:44. > :00:48.to tell us how they are doing, Ian Waite is here. And another matching
:00:48. > :00:58.shirt. You could have made an effort, Vincent. This is Strictly -
:00:58. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:33.Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly - It Takes Two, please
:01:33. > :01:36.welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello and welcome to Strictly - It
:01:37. > :01:40.Takes Two. At the weekend, Darcey said it was one of their best
:01:40. > :01:49.dances. In just a moment I'll be chatting to Lewis and Flavia, but
:01:49. > :01:54.before I do, let's take a look at their fantastic fusion. Rumba and
:01:54. > :01:58.tango, two dances each end of the dance spectrum and you pulled it
:01:58. > :02:05.off great. Well done. The emotion was perfect. It was expressive -
:02:05. > :02:10.one of your best. You danced that with effortless dexterity. I have
:02:10. > :02:20.one complaint - your thumb was up in the tango. The climax at the end,
:02:20. > :02:24.
:02:25. > :02:30.oh, yes you're masterful. 9, 9, 10! And we got a 9 from Craig.
:02:30. > :02:37.highest yet. Where did that come from? She's been on at me all week,
:02:37. > :02:42.act it, perform it. I even put my face like this on the tango. Please
:02:42. > :02:48.welcome Louis and Flavia. Good evening you gorgeous twosome. Top
:02:48. > :02:52.skills at the weekend lieu business, -- Louis. You really looked the
:02:52. > :02:57.part. How was it for you on the floor? It was challenging, because
:02:57. > :03:02.I knew we had to keep the level, if not step it up from the Charleston
:03:02. > :03:06.week, so to come out with that intensity, I was worried whether I
:03:06. > :03:12.would be able to pull it off. think you pulled it off. I couldn't
:03:12. > :03:18.take my eyes off you. You do feel you are finally getting this dance
:03:18. > :03:22.malarkey, the character, being able to do the faces, the whole shebang?
:03:22. > :03:27.Yes, I think so. Getting there. Some weeks are harder than others,
:03:27. > :03:33.but to keep improving, you have to put so much in. You can't take your
:03:33. > :03:39.foot off the gas. Flavia, your first 9 from Craig. Congratulations.
:03:39. > :03:45.Thank you very much. It is about time. I know! Do you think if there
:03:45. > :03:52.hadn't been the up-thumb it might have made a 10? To be honest, if
:03:52. > :03:57.Craig picks on a thumb, I'm happy, a 9 is great. Rumba historically
:03:57. > :04:01.very difficult for men. No men have ever got a 10 from a rumba in
:04:01. > :04:07.Strictly history, so you should be really pleased with your scores.
:04:07. > :04:11.No-one told me that the rumba was so hard. She said a Latin dance,
:04:11. > :04:18.challenging, and left it at that. I remember you saying no-one picks a
:04:18. > :04:22.rumba. Nobody in their right mind. It was a good option. It is good
:04:22. > :04:28.psychology from Flavia. If she said this is really hard, you wouldn't
:04:28. > :04:32.get it. This has happened a few times. I knew he would be good at
:04:32. > :04:36.it. And it was. It is all in the teaching. You are the last man
:04:36. > :04:41.standing in this competition. Does that feel good? Or do you miss the
:04:42. > :04:47.lads? I do miss the lads. Sometimes if I'm in the make-up room, the
:04:47. > :04:55.girls tease me anyway, but now I haven't got Nicky to stand up for
:04:55. > :04:58.me... Oh, bless you. Let's feel sorry for him. He got a 10, stop
:04:58. > :05:02.moaning. Flavia, it really does feel like you guys are back in the
:05:02. > :05:06.competition. How determine ready you to get lieuisto the final?
:05:06. > :05:10.think we are all so close. This is the hardest week, I keep saying.
:05:11. > :05:15.One, you've got two dances. Secondly, everybody's tired and
:05:15. > :05:20.thirdly you've come so far, you don't want to go now. It is going
:05:20. > :05:23.to be really hard on Saturday, a real nail-biter I think. It is
:05:23. > :05:28.getting really tense. We are all feeling it. You may well feel that
:05:28. > :05:34.you are back in the race - you never really left the race, to be
:05:34. > :05:40.honest with you. It is not just the glitter ball trophy Louis has his
:05:40. > :05:49.eyes on. Maybe it is a number one in the hit parade.
:05:49. > :05:54.I've been on the floor a few times. I fall in a heap on the floor.
:05:54. > :06:02.I would like to lay on the floor, I like to lay on the floor... I like
:06:02. > :06:10.to lay on the floor. It is like my place of refuge. I like to lay on
:06:10. > :06:14.the floor. Come on. Come on. It is like my place of refuge. From the
:06:14. > :06:18.top, from, from, from the top. He does like it better down there,
:06:18. > :06:23.better down there, better down there. The floor's my place of
:06:23. > :06:30.refuge. APPLAUSE
:06:31. > :06:34.Everybody is getting tired, the VT room have gone barmy, but here it
:06:34. > :06:43.is. Andi Peters has brought this in. It is not available in any shops.
:06:43. > :06:50.There you go. The remix, the re-re- remix. We think you look a bit like
:06:50. > :06:55.Bo Selecta's Craig David in that. It even has a bar code! How is the
:06:55. > :06:59.foxtrot? The foxtrot is cool. There's a lot of ups and downs and
:06:59. > :07:03.rises, and gliding and driving. It's a tricky dance. I'm liking
:07:03. > :07:10.that you got all the terms right. This is hopeful. And what about the
:07:10. > :07:17.jive? Well, the jive. We started the jive today, at 10 o'clock in
:07:17. > :07:24.the morning. Just today? It's Wednesday! Flavia said come on,
:07:24. > :07:28.like this! We have no time. We have to do it at 10.30am. How tough sit
:07:28. > :07:31.for the celebrities? It is so hard. You are so tired, you have to fight
:07:31. > :07:34.that. It is not just a matter of listening to what we tell you, but
:07:35. > :07:43.you have to do it with energy in the training room. When you're
:07:43. > :07:47.tired it is really difficult, so we get frustrated and it is like a
:07:47. > :07:52.vicious cycle. When I feel, that she gets annoyed and I get stressed.
:07:52. > :07:56.You've done the most training hours so far, so you are determined. Sum
:07:56. > :08:00.on Louis and Flavia. It is only two more weeks to the final. Good luck
:08:00. > :08:06.for this weekend. Thank you. Flavia you are back tomorrow for
:08:06. > :08:11.the Pro Challenge. Yes! Pasha and art emare in. This weekend it is
:08:11. > :08:21.double the trouble for our couples, as they have to learn two routines.
:08:21. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:31.Here to separate the dancers from the prancers, here's Mr Ian Waite.
:08:31. > :08:36.Please welcome the gorgeous Mr Ian Waite! CHEERING Hello darling.
:08:36. > :08:42.Hello gorgeous. Another matching tie-shirt come bomb. I'm trying.
:08:42. > :08:46.Festive. A real Christmas cracker. It's the semifinals. You've been in
:08:46. > :08:49.the semifinals twice, once with Denise and once with some other
:08:49. > :08:55.daft blonde. Two dances. They should be able to pick up the
:08:55. > :09:00.review teens, because it won't be a problem learning the steps now. It
:09:00. > :09:04.just, physically I think they will be absolutely knackered. Remember
:09:04. > :09:11.semifinal week, you foregoat the routine. I think there were tears.
:09:11. > :09:18.It's so close to the final now, you've got to fight. Lisa and robin,
:09:18. > :09:22.how are they looking in the training room? Very Fred and Ginger.
:09:22. > :09:28.What's typical is side by side, which has become their trademark.
:09:28. > :09:36.Robin nearly fell over there but don't worry about that! Look at her
:09:36. > :09:41.use of arms. And she is matching him perfectly. Look at her
:09:41. > :09:50.finishing off the hands. A bird in flight. And looking in the same
:09:50. > :09:54.direction as robin. This is what they look like, in unison. And she
:09:54. > :10:00.looks so elegant. Denise and James are doing a tango. I imagine that
:10:00. > :10:06.is a good dance for Denise, with a fire in her belly after being in
:10:06. > :10:11.the bottom two. It is a great dance to come back to. It is very compact,
:10:11. > :10:18.the top hold. Looking fantastic. My only worry, only a slight problem,
:10:18. > :10:22.every time she does a promenade, if I can highlight that... It is
:10:22. > :10:28.basically that right side. She does open it up sometimes in a promenade
:10:28. > :10:33.position. So on a link step she opens it up. Sometimes when you
:10:33. > :10:40.pivot, opening out into promenade, she opens up the left side. Where
:10:40. > :10:44.does she need to be? Keep the left side up a the man and turn her head.
:10:44. > :10:49.And then it will be perfection. Absolutely. I notice they are
:10:49. > :10:55.wearing knee pads. They have sliding going on.
:10:55. > :11:04.Louis quite likes the foxtrot. There is so much content. A reverse
:11:04. > :11:11.wave, triple chasse into fall away, into chasse to the right, feather
:11:11. > :11:16.finish, a promenade. I can hardly keep up there! CHEERING Honestly!
:11:16. > :11:23.There's so much content in, there no wonder he is struggling. Ah.
:11:23. > :11:28.to be honest he is capable of doing it. And he will do it. He's an
:11:28. > :11:34.Olympician. He be be amazing. Dani and Vincent are doing an American
:11:34. > :11:38.Smooth. Dani is back in her magic ruby slippers. Vincent, what
:11:38. > :11:42.fantastic choreography. He isn't listening to me, he's talking over
:11:42. > :11:48.there. Last Saturday his choreography was brilliant, as I
:11:48. > :11:54.said on Twitter. APPLAUSE Let me point out this lift. He does a
:11:54. > :12:00.cradle sit-lift and then throws her over. It is a simple lift but looks
:12:00. > :12:04.very effective. Well done. Kimberley and Pasha, can they carry
:12:04. > :12:08.on that success? It is looking very good, although all of the footage
:12:08. > :12:12.I've seen is open. There's no hold, no ballroom hold there at the
:12:12. > :12:19.moment. In the American Smooth there should be 40% in hold, so I'm
:12:19. > :12:23.hoping they will do that. A couple of points. One, two, three...
:12:23. > :12:28.quickly. Balance - superb balance on this step. To do this step you
:12:28. > :12:33.have to have a strong core. Three, a lovely point and it is brilliant.
:12:33. > :12:38.The way she does that, it is like a professional. Looking good. We'll
:12:38. > :12:40.talk about their second dance later. You are going to get a second
:12:41. > :12:43.dollop after Ian Waite tonight. APPLAUSE
:12:44. > :12:46.Rock legend Rod Stewart is going to be performing on the Strictly
:12:46. > :12:51.Christmas Special. Last week he popped into our studio with his
:12:51. > :13:01.gorgeous wife, Penny Lancaster, for a bit of a gossip. Take a look.
:13:01. > :13:01.
:13:01. > :13:09.Penny didn't get into the final though did she?
:13:09. > :13:14.Please welcome the gorgeous Rod Stewart and his wife Penny
:13:14. > :13:20.Lancaster! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hello darling.
:13:20. > :13:23.This is very, very exciting. Thank you so much. I like the sparkle.
:13:23. > :13:30.Sometimes it is a bit much. Thank you so much for popping in to see
:13:30. > :13:35.us. You are here because Rod, you are going to be singing Let It Snow
:13:35. > :13:40.from your new album, on the Christmas Strictly Come Dancing. Is
:13:40. > :13:46.it getting you into the festive spirit? I'm so excited. I really am
:13:46. > :13:50.in the Christmas spirit. Why has it taken you so long to do a Christmas
:13:50. > :13:57.album? I always thought I was a dyed in the wool rocker, but the
:13:57. > :14:04.older you get, and with two small kids, Penny pressed me into doing
:14:04. > :14:09.it. And the record company gave me a good deal. And you get a bit more
:14:09. > :14:15.sentimental as you get older about Christmas. You do. Is he getting
:14:15. > :14:21.awe good present? He is. Penny, you appeared in series five, one of the
:14:21. > :14:26.lucky ladies to dance with the gorgeous Ian Waite. He is magic
:14:26. > :14:31.isn't he? What's your favourite dance? Probably one of the ballroom
:14:32. > :14:37.dances as opposed to the Latin. were really good at the Latin. He
:14:37. > :14:44.is a very adoring hubby. between two tall blondes, that's
:14:44. > :14:50.why! Very tall blondes. I love this. Wow! I've gone funny. Did you teach
:14:50. > :14:59.Rodney moves? We've seen you over the years pulling a couple of moves.
:14:59. > :15:04.He is a mover, but nothing choreographed. You are touring
:15:04. > :15:09.loads, and you've got a rock album out next year. It is 11 songs
:15:09. > :15:13.written by Rod Stewart - that's me! We are genuinely excited. If you
:15:14. > :15:19.weren't doing the tour could you be tempted to put on a pair of dancing
:15:19. > :15:24.shoes for something like this? really, my knees barely get through
:15:24. > :15:30.playing football, let alone dancing. On the Christmas album we do dance
:15:30. > :15:36.around the kitchen to it. It is irresistible. And we dance around
:15:36. > :15:41.the ironing board. Does Rod Stewart ever do the ironing? Never. Do you
:15:41. > :15:45.remember when you did the series, do you remember, did it change your
:15:45. > :15:50.shape because of training every day? It did. Alastair was still
:15:50. > :15:55.quite young. We had got married but I hadn't quite got back to that
:15:55. > :16:01.pre-baby thing. I see the images of all the dances as the weeks went by
:16:01. > :16:09.and it did help. We want to test you now, we want to know how well
:16:09. > :16:19.does Rod Stewart know Penny's body. Are you up for this? Of course.
:16:19. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:32.It is time for Penny's Pins! CHEERING
:16:32. > :16:36.Penny is here with her pins. Rod, we are going to show you - he is
:16:36. > :16:42.very, very keen! We are going to show you three sets of legs on
:16:42. > :16:51.Strictly Come Dancing. All you have to do is tell us which pair are
:16:51. > :17:01.Penny's. Oh! Rod Stewart, good luck. Round one. Your three sets of pins.
:17:01. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:14.Is Penny is A? B or C? A! You said A. The correct answer is... B! Oh,
:17:14. > :17:21.Rod you are in trouble. It was Lisa Snowdon. I knew that. And it was
:17:21. > :17:28.Kelly Brook at the end. Round two. Which sexy pair of leg rgs Penny's?
:17:28. > :17:36.Grounds for divorce! Are they A, B or C? The hint, it is the same
:17:36. > :17:46.colour dress as the one before. cheating. I'm looking at the shoes.
:17:46. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:54.I'm going for B. The correct answer is... A! Oh, no. One last chance to
:17:54. > :18:04.redeem yourself or you could be in serious trouble. Which pair of pins
:18:04. > :18:13.belong to Penny? A! Look at the toes. It is of course... A!
:18:14. > :18:19.CHEERING Well done Rod. You've won a meal
:18:19. > :18:27.for two at the Taj Mahal in Shepherd's Bush. Thank you! Thank
:18:27. > :18:28.you for being such good sports. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:18:28. > :18:32.I love Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster.
:18:32. > :18:34.And don't forget the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special is on at
:18:34. > :18:37.6.15pm on Christmas Day. Now, this year we set our
:18:37. > :18:40.professionals the challenge to see who could perform the most kick
:18:40. > :18:43.ball changes in 30 seconds. Currently, nobody has managed to
:18:43. > :18:53.knock Miss Boag off the top spot. Please welcome the next contender,
:18:53. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.Vincent Simone. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:19:01. > :19:07.Hello. Hello my darling. Ciao. How are you today? I'm good. I've never
:19:07. > :19:12.been here on my own before. I need a woman next to me. At least one.
:19:12. > :19:17.Any offers? Last year you weren't able to take part in the botafogo
:19:17. > :19:25.challenge. Artem won. Do you think you could have beaten him? I think
:19:25. > :19:30.so. I would have. You are really good at the Argentine tango, so
:19:30. > :19:33.you've got quite nifty feet I would imagine. I've always been fast in
:19:33. > :19:41.my life. That's why I got involved in the tango, to make the most of
:19:41. > :19:46.it, so I should be fast. The only problem is that I was rubbish.
:19:46. > :19:53.LAUGHTER Simple as that. We are not holding out much hope then. We are
:19:53. > :19:57.judge for ourselves. It is time to see how Vincent got on.
:19:57. > :20:02.It will be amazing to win the record today, because I've never
:20:02. > :20:08.won anything in my life. I'm doing it because I want to make sure I am
:20:08. > :20:12.going to be the best off out of all the professionals. Hello Vincent.
:20:12. > :20:17.Hello. How are you feeling about it. I'm feeling quite nervous, because
:20:17. > :20:25.I haven't done anything like this before in my life. Are you going to
:20:25. > :20:30.change legs or favour one leg? going to try to stick with one leg.
:20:30. > :20:40.Which leg? This right one. Not the other right one! Please Vincent,
:20:40. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:17.It is not as easy as one would suspect. Do you mind if I lay here
:21:17. > :21:21.a bit? I'm, you know, I'm little, and fragile.
:21:21. > :21:28.I'm too little for this world. Vincent, please crawl off the floor.
:21:28. > :21:33.Thank you. Now he's got rhythm! I'm exhausted
:21:33. > :21:40.and probably a bit upset. I lost the rhythm halfway through. I think
:21:40. > :21:45.I should have practised more before I came here today. APPLAUSE
:21:45. > :21:50.You do make us laugh. embarrassing. It is like the
:21:50. > :21:55.Italian take on Riverdance. Exactly. Irish Italian-ish. How many do you
:21:55. > :22:00.think you managed? If I did one correct one I will be over the Moon,
:22:00. > :22:09.honestly. Vincent, your kick ball changes have been counted and
:22:09. > :22:19.verified. I can reveal thaw performed...
:22:19. > :22:20.
:22:20. > :22:25.-- that you reformed... 53 kick ball changes in 30 seconds.
:22:25. > :22:34.Are you happy? Amazing. You got more than one. The good thing is
:22:34. > :22:40.you are above Karen Hauer. Really? What's the point of turning the up?
:22:40. > :22:45.33? Erin Boag is at 71. Tomorrow we have Artem, Pasha and flaveia. Do
:22:45. > :22:52.you think any of those three could beat Erin Boag? Flavia yes. Thank
:22:52. > :22:58.you Vincent. You are adorable. Every home should have one. Vincent
:22:58. > :23:05.Simone! Every country. Time for Karen and Ian to reveal all about
:23:06. > :23:10.the Viennese waltz. This week they have fun in the dressing up box.
:23:10. > :23:14.The oldest of all the ballroom dances the Viennese waltz, dating
:23:14. > :23:24.as far back as the 18th century. Before the 18th century men and
:23:24. > :23:25.
:23:25. > :23:32.women wouldn't have dared dance in hold. Sir, please, I'm a lady.
:23:32. > :23:37.However, in the classic balls of England and Bavarian Germany a new
:23:37. > :23:43.dance was causing quite a stir. the first time men and women were
:23:43. > :23:48.lustily embracing one another. Originally the dance was seen as
:23:48. > :23:58.scandalous, a man and a woman embracing each other on the
:23:58. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:04.dancefloor. Gasp. Children, cover your eyes. But the controversy soon
:24:04. > :24:10.died down and the Viennese waltz became the staple dance in the
:24:10. > :24:17.courts of the upper classes. Who, I reckon, quite liked the thrill of
:24:17. > :24:22.being a bit ris Kay. Who, dear, you dear? Me, dear? No, dear.
:24:22. > :24:27.From the first time it was danced, up to today, the Viennese waltz
:24:27. > :24:32.really hasn't changed much at all. Despite being fairly simple, the
:24:33. > :24:38.footwork, lines and movement have to be revise in order to sell the
:24:38. > :24:44.beauty of the dance. The three steps that we should see within a
:24:44. > :24:52.Viennese waltz are a natural turn, as in a turn to the right. And the
:24:52. > :25:02.reverse turn, which is a turn to the left. And finally, a change-
:25:02. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:11.step, and that's it. APPLAUSE Waite gait a powdered wig,
:25:11. > :25:19.ladies and gentlemen. Jennious. One more of those for Ian Waite. A
:25:19. > :25:27.third dollop of Ian Waite. grandmother, nanny Ethel, it is her
:25:27. > :25:34.89th birthday today. Happy birthday nanny Ethel. Let's look at the
:25:34. > :25:40.second dancing. Lisa and Robin are doing a sal Sam. It is looking good,
:25:40. > :25:44.lots of -- doing a salsa. It is looking good, lots of armography.
:25:44. > :25:49.Recently they've been a little bit, some of their technique has been a
:25:49. > :25:56.bit suspect, and the judges haven't said anything, but in is looking
:25:56. > :26:01.very good. Good. One of the things I wanted to point out, and I hope
:26:01. > :26:06.she doesn't mind me doing that, that's the only thing missing that
:26:06. > :26:10.I can see at this early stage, the body rhythm. She needs to keep the
:26:10. > :26:15.body rhythm going. If you continue like that... You continue doing
:26:15. > :26:21.that for the rest of the show. Denise and James are doing a rumba.
:26:21. > :26:28.Yes. This is looking fabulous. Fantastic lines. It looks sensuous,
:26:28. > :26:33.touching. As you can see, they go into this lunge and they finish.
:26:33. > :26:38.All the lines are fantastic. This is going to be one of their best
:26:38. > :26:42.dance. What I wanted to talk about, if I am going to emphasise that, is
:26:42. > :26:49.her feet. The way she's using her feet, the way they are using the
:26:49. > :26:54.floor. He is articulating her toes, arches and ankles. That's something
:26:54. > :26:59.we miss on the live show. You see the performance but not the finer
:26:59. > :27:04.details. She's doing a brilliant job. Does she get the thumbs up
:27:04. > :27:08.from you? She does. Louis and Flavia and their jive. How is this
:27:08. > :27:13.one looking, and he is over there listening. It is a bit flat, to be
:27:13. > :27:22.honest. I would like a little bit more bounce. More on the balls of
:27:22. > :27:28.his feet. He's coming! I would like him to flick and stretch his toes.
:27:28. > :27:33.Che flex them at the end. He is nodding. Good boy. It is only
:27:33. > :27:37.halfway through the week, you can take that on board.
:27:37. > :27:42.Dani and Vincent dancing the tango. She's dancing with the master.
:27:42. > :27:46.at what Vincent is doing - sliding her along the floor. When I first
:27:47. > :27:50.saw that, I thought they've made a mistake, but we are going to see a
:27:50. > :27:58.different part of the choreography and she does a similar thing. She
:27:58. > :28:04.goes down into a... What is the that call? I don't know. A low
:28:04. > :28:09.lunge. Very interesting choreography again. But the
:28:09. > :28:14.difficulty is when she's swinging round, she's got to get back up on
:28:14. > :28:20.to her balance without falling or slipping. The transitions. It is
:28:20. > :28:25.going to be difficult for her. She's going to be perfect by the
:28:25. > :28:30.weekend. Kimberley and Pasha, got a 40 last week. Can she continue her
:28:30. > :28:35.success? It is looking very good, very fast and frenetic. Which is
:28:35. > :28:40.what we want. Lots of side by side, fun, characterful steps of the
:28:40. > :28:49.Charleston. I like that! Did you see that step? I thought we could
:28:49. > :28:55.try that. Can we? I'm taking my shoes off for a start. We are going
:28:55. > :29:01.to turn you in, face me. Down. And turn.
:29:01. > :29:05.CHEERING Look at that! That was great fun. The it worked. Thank
:29:05. > :29:09.goodness. Careful trying this at home. Remember that this man is a
:29:09. > :29:13.professional. I do my best. Thank you very much to Waite way. We love
:29:13. > :29:16.you. That's it for today. A big thank you to all my guests.