Episode 7 Strictly - It Takes Two

Welcome to Tuesday's show. I have a stellar line-up. They live to dance

another day - Richard and Erin are here. APPLAUSE Pull yourself

together! We discuss skirt-ography with Fern and Artem.

And fresh from their fleckerl-fest of Saturday night, Louis and Flavia

are here. And to explain what a fleckerl is and how to spell it,

Karen Hardy is here. APPLAUSE Shall This is Strictly: It Takes Two.

Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE

Hello. Welcome to It Takes Two. The weekend is over and the celebs are

back in the training room. For one couple, there is an air of relief

after Sunday night's close call. Richard and Erin survived the

dance-off after their cha-cha-cha. Here is a reminder of what happened.

It was the weirdest cha-cha-cha, but in a sick way I enjoyed it!

Those cha-cha-cha walks, darling, belong in a drag show! This is the

Richard I wanted to see. Relaxed, full of life. You are a better

dancer than having to camp it all up. You can just go for it.

wasn't entirely convinced. They wanted a bit of a show so we put on

a show. We fliend out which of you will be back -- find out which of

you will be back again to dance next week. Richard and Erin.

Richard and Erin. Richard and Erin. So they may have withered a bit at

the weekend. They are back in full bloom - Richard and Erin! APPLAUSE

Oh... My palms are clammy watching that back. It is not nice. It is

not ideal. You have been there yourself. I know. Never in the

dance-off, love! I see! So it starts! Were you expecting to find

yourselves in the bottom two at the weekend? How much of a shock was

that? Everybody was so nervous backstage during Saturday's show

because it was such a level playing field in the fact we had all put in

so many hours and it was the first time one of us would go. So no-one

could call it. We all watched the rehearsals and everyone was like,

"Wow, that is good." Then when you put in an outfit like that - with a

dry weave, which I have kept for you! Please... LAUGHTER Shall I

give it back to Jedward. That is really - can someone remove this

from me? It's the gift that keeps on giving! How did the routine go

on Saturday? The routine went well. There's this bit at the beginning,

you do your clicks down the floor, sometimes they are out of time and

sometimes they are spot on. I'm doing this, and they were spot on

time. She was all over the place! It was awful. There was one bit

when I slide between your legs and I had a pair of fish-nets on - and

one of my heels got stuck and I didn't know whether I was going to

get up on time. Don't you hate that?! Where do you go from there?

It is Saturday night. After a call to camp it up last week, this week

then Len says Richard is too good for that. Are you getting mixed

messages? There is a blurring of the lines. When Craig said it was

like a Vegas showgirl - that's the first time I have been called that

- well on television! You have to give everything you have got. The

most extraordinary thing was standing there, your heart thumping,

knowing you could be voted off and trying to keep a straight face when

you know you are standing there with this weave. In Mary Berry's

bomber jacket! Bang on trend. have to say. Could I borrow it?

Mixed messages from the judges aside, it does seem that you may

have got yourself a bit confused as to which show you are competing in?

Oh no. # Old man river

# He just keeping rolling... # This is on the other channel! We

are not doing that show! # You make me want to shout. #

# Hey, world, here I am. # # Breaking up is hard to do. #

# Knees up Mother Brown... # # Love shack... #

# Baby, I remember... # See what I have to put up with?

APPLAUSE Well, you can't take it away from us. We have fun. We do

have fun. We work hard. If I'm hitting a Duff note, I would like

to hit one note in rehearsals! is Hollywood Week. Yes.

# Hollywood. # You are doing a quickstep. What

more can you tell me? At this juncture, it's - what can we say?

Breakfast television is more 5 to 9 this, is more 905! I cannot wait. -

- More 9 to 5! I cannot wait. There's still plenty to talk about

from boyband moves to a jive so bad it was good. Here to offer her

Welcome, Karen! APPLAUSE A whopping five styles of dance at the weekend.

So much to discuss. Lisa and Robin in their Viennese waltz, another

great performance. Did come in for some criticism about Lisa leading

Robin. Did you think that was the case? Shocked and stunned! No-one

wants a wet lettuce on the end of their arms, especially no

professional! It's beautiful in these early weeks that you have an

active woman in your arms. There is a point where you can see she's

going into a step and she potentially is about to go wrong

here. She is behind. Because she's got this energy she's able to save

her own steps rather than Robin having to take a hold and pull her

into place. She did it herself. So moving on through this, she will do

well because you have an active woman in front of you. She can't

lead, that's all. OK. Fern and Artem and their Viennese waltz. Now,

this is what we want. An improvement on last week, which is

good. She is climbing up the ladder. The judges said she needed to

extend her lines more. Yes. I was intrigued about this. Something we

always talk about is the arms. If you have a masterpiece of a

painting, you need it on the wall and framed. The framing is when we

use the arms, that is what shows the masterpiece. Now, potentially

here what we are talking about - when I looked at her, she is using

her arms. What I think we have got here - she's got the frame on the

wall, but we are not got the masterpiece in the middle. If that

is what they are picking on in week two, she will be here for a long

time. OK. Louis and Flavia and their Viennese waltz. Great

comments from all the judges. Darcey was so thrilled to see a

fleckerl. What is a fleckerl? know. We have new viewers. Limited

steps in the Viennese waltz, it basically goes around the outside

of the floor and then suddenly, as we see here, it stops on the spot

and goes round and round on the spot. Now, many greats haven't

attempted this in the past. I love the fact in week two they put the

fleckerl in and even the attempt of some nice footwork. Ball flats and

many I have seen before have tippled around on their toes. A

very good attempt at a very difficult step. Well done, Louis!

Jerry and Anton and their foxtrot. Len said Jerry was too vertical. Is

foxtrot hard for a tall lady? not at all. It is more elegant, but

what we have to say is back in the 19 20s, she would have been perfect.

That was the position, vertical and draped over the man. In the 21st

Century, you have got to grab her pony-tail and do a face-lift and

pull out. When you think you are out far enough, you stretch again.

You can't just throw your head out because it flicks back again. So

what you have to do - strength from down below, strength through the

torso and create that arch and just keep giving to the man and take

away the head. Everyone is practising that at home! She was

marvellous. Colin and Kristina. Len and Craig commended Colin for

dancing to his height. How was he achieving this? He is doing so well.

Dancing to your height - I have chosen an excellent piece of

choreography and then I have asked the man upstairs if he would

freeze-frame it? He is doing a beautiful freeze-phrase. Look how

he goes into hold. From the elbow down is where he is able to adjust

the hold. Can we see here from the elbow down, he is still maintaining

good elbow line. What we see with this - he's maintained his strong

core and all he's adjusted is the lowering of the hand. The lowering

of the hand. He's maintaining this. First-class. Good. You are very

pleased with Colin. I am. Victoria and Brendan. Huge improvement on

last week. She was told she needs to work on her turns. What is wrong

with them? We always talk about turning. The main thing we talk

about is head-spotting. Look where you are going. This is different.

She goes into the turn, but then decides I really don't want to do

this any more. Now, imagine you are on a rollercoaster and you are

going into the loop the loop. When you go into that, you go in with

gusto. You don't go into a loop the loop slowly. What she has got to do,

she's got to commit to them so you go full pelt and then what happens

is, you drop the energy way after because it has a natural finish to

it. What's happening is she is jumping out of the rollercoaster

half-way through the loop the loop. Her feet are catching up with her

body. She will take your advice and work on it. We have much more to

discuss with Latin later on. Karen Hardy! APPLAUSE So after a shaky

debut Fern and Artem bounced back with their ballroom on Saturday

night. Even managing a little bit of skirt-wafting for Len. They

spoil him! You give us such a beautiful feeling when you dance.

There was a bit of wafting going on early on. We put it in for you!

like a waft! You come alive when you are in the arms of your

strapping young man. You seem to like it. The flow around the floor

was fantastic. Look, he's smiling. He's being affectionate. He won't

be on Monday morning! Please welcome Fern and Artem. He is

happy! APPLAUSE We laughed for a couple of seconds. Brilliant.

and-a-half! That is progress. How was Saturday for you? Was it good

not having to start the show? Blissful. Fourth position was very

nice. Lovely. Then you get the rest of the show with your feet up. It

was lovely. Do you feel more at ease with ballroom than the Latin?

I probably do. The first day Artem showed me the steps for the

Viennese waltz, I thought, this is pretty, this is nice. It was lovely

careering around the room together with him shouting at me! It was

good fun. How much does he shout at you? Quite a bit. Is it scary?

has been. I have got it now. I think if he's happy, then I'm happy.

That's the formula! Make him happy, he is... He looks so lovely.

haven't seen me. I don't want to see that. Great comments from the

judges as well Fern. Darcey said you give her a beautiful feeling.

Did that make you feel special? There's a strange moment when you

are relieved you have done the dancing and you go over and not a

lot of it is going in. I'm going yeah, yeah. Then afterwards you go,

what did they say? We couldn't hear it. We are deaf as posts! Then they

tell us all these comments afterwards. Did they? You seem very

proud of Fern on Saturday? I am. Are you? Yes. She is doing great.

What is it in particular that you are proud of her with? What is it

in particular? She tries her hardest to do the step every single

time. OK. It does seem we have noticed that he does like to drill

a message home. Oh yes. Have a look. Head, shoulder, knees, toes, knees,

toe. Head, shoulder, knees, toe. Could I have a cup of tea? Thighs,

hips... Hands, feet, turn out... Heads, shoulders, knees, toes.

else? That is about it. In that case, why was I worrying?! APPLAUSE

That's a lovely pink scarf. wasn't. It was tied around my

ankles. Look what she can do! That's got to come out. Don't show

them what we can do! It is Hollywood this week. A bit of

glamour. Looking forward to it and what dance do you have? Are we

allowed to say? We are. Charleston. And are we allowed to tell you the

film? No. You can tell me. I won't tell any of them. Charleston is

popular with the audience. It is so much fun. How are you coping with

the training? Well, we kind of got the basics done. I say that - it is

like dance terminology! I can't necessarily do the steps yet. I

know what they are supposed to be. OK. You have them in the right

order. That about right? Yes. you holding out a lot of hope for

this? I think it will be very good. We have a trick in there, too,

which I hope will be very exciting. We have? We have a good trick.

It will be pretty impressive. Is it daunting learning a whole new thing

on a Monday? In a strange way it isn't so much. I found the three-

week run-up to the first programme much harder. Having done that

training on This Morning, I prefer to learn like that. Good luck with

your Charleston. Very impressed with the legs. Fern and Artem!

Thank you. APPLAUSE I will be chatting to Louis and Flavia in a

moment. First, this is a reminder of how they got on with their

Viennese waltz. It was like a Valentine's Day postcard brought to

life. I do need an emotional connection between you and Flavia.

That is just as important. I saw the best dance I have seen tonight

or last week. Fabulous! That's what I'm talking about! Team work!

cool. We are slowly improving. Darcey needs more convincing. We

are working on it. We will get there. They have conquered Latin

and ballroom to top the leaderboard. Louis and Flavia! APPLAUSE So

excited. I have to say a lot of people are in love with your

performance on Saturday. Ruth said, "I had tingles up-and-down my spine

for this wonderful dancer and his partner." How much did you enjoy

it? It was really good. That is what we were trying to portray,

tingles in the spine in the right way. Definitely. Very pleasing.

Bruno loved the romance between you. Darcey felt there was an emotional

connection missing. Why do you think the judges were split on

that? I think the Viennese waltz is a tricky one. It depends on what

music you have. We had quite a romantic one so that is what we

were trying to put across. Having said that, in the ballroom, you

have got a lot of distance and you don't look at each other. I think

maybe Darcey was picking up on the fact we were in hold for some time

so we had no connection there. It is just trying to build that

connection when you are together, like the introduction and the

ending. Bruno was looking at the overall effect. Bruno was swept

away with the whole romance. Speaking of emotional connections,

you didn't look best pleased when Bruce was attempting to match make

you with Kimberley? It was a bit embarrassing. Just before we have

to go on as well. A nightmare. much was made of the now very

famous fleckerl? I wasn't expecting that. I have always wanted to

attack it on Strictly. This is the chance. I put a little bit of a

reverse fleckerl which is quite hard and a natural fleckerl. I'm

happy they picked up on it. Sometimes you can pretend you are

doing one by running forwards on the spot. You are not doing the

correct footwork. She didn't tell me it was difficult. Of course not!

It was a bit challenging, but I cracked it. She said, "This is

going to be really difficult..." You would... I probably would have

struggled with it. We think you have a great teacher. We think that

there may be is a secret ingredient behind your success. Oh yes!

feeling full of beans? Tummy rumbling? I can't stop thinking

about beans on toast! You need mum's Baked beans. Woah! Thanks,

Mum. It's less sugar and salt beans as well. Beans are good. This is

great fuel for me. I needed to have it. They get me back on track.

healthy fuel for your kid. My Mum is a hero. Look at what mums do.

Mum's baked beans, recommended by mummies, now with added Flavia!

Very good. Did she bring cheesy beans in for you? She did offer.

I'm sure she will be coming back. My Mum is a hero. She brings it on

a tray for you. So it is Hollywood Week, are you looking forward to

unleashing your inner showman? think so. We are dancing to Dirty

Dancing. Which one? The big... Had The Time Of My Life. Are you

going to be doing... You will have to wait and see. We have had a

dabble. Have you got crash-mats in the studio? Yes. Just in case.

was thinking about practicing in the lake! Quick, film cameras - I

have a pond. Come over! And it's back to Latin for you. Is it a

salsa-based Dirty Dancing number? It is a bit more of a Mambo feel.

We will try and re-create as much of the movie as we can. I can't

wait. Don't drop her. I won't drop her. Do you feel safe in his hands?

We will be all right. Are you ready to dazzle Darcey again with your

hip action? I will try. I'm looking forward to bringing back some of

the hips. That is the plan. Good luck in training. Louis and Flavia!

APPLAUSE So she's already broken down the ballroom. Time to look

over the Latin. It is Round Two of Karen's back! APPLAUSE Let's get

straight to it. Denise and James. Highest scoring dance of the series

so far. It was good. Darcey loved the kicks. Why were the kicks so

good? She had retraction. Retraction. Explain that? The snake

goes in for the kill and it goes... That is the retraction. If you look

at these great kicks? It is not like a dad's wedding where you do a

floppy kick. She pulls back each time. I'm on to the word "layering"

already. What does that mean? That means we have not only got

choreography and good timing, we have the essence of quality going

in already on week two. Very good girl. Excellent. I have never to

this day actually - I would have to look back - ever seen a jive to

that level before. Wow! That's - not even Gill Halfpenny?

history books will change! It was a very difficult dance. -- Jill

Halfpenny. Bless Michael and Natalie. Bruno said it would have

been impossible for Michael to jive worse. What did you think? Was it

that bad? Listen, let's talk about the counts of a jive. It is quick,

quick, quicker, quicker, quick. Get one of those quicks wrong, and this

is what could happen. OK. We have this section where - oh missed it.

Quick. No, look, he is back off again. No, we are back off again.

Now, we are talking one quick wrong. Then you are thrown? That's that.

That was the problem. We were more than one quick wrong, sadly. This

shows the difference. If you get one quick wrong, sadly - the thing

that happens with this as well, the professional ladies cannot save you.

In this dance, we are being thrown from one arm to the other. You have

to keep up and you are on your own! He will be better next week. Sid

and Ola, great energy. I really enjoyed this performance from Sid.

The timing was off a little bit? Yes, let's have a look at this

timing. We will listen. One, one, two, one, two, one, one, two... Now

the "w" and the "t" - why am I doing that? We have salsas -

there's arguments where it comes from. We have some that break on a

one and some that break on a two. One, two, three, five, six, seven.

Two, three, four, six, seven, eight. What are you doing? If one breaks

on one count, another breaks on another. What happened was Sid was

living the Shakira DVD dream! He was there. He forgot he was in

Shepherd's Bush London and he got it all wrong. If you get your

counts wrong, your choreography will go wrong. Focus, Sid! He's my

dark horse. I know. He is. He is good. Dani and Vincent and their

salsa. Darcey praised Dani's amazing isolations in the upper

body. What is an isolation? easiest way to show it - Vincent

has the most classic isolation of them all when he raises his eyebrow

up-and-down. The rest of the body can't get involved. If we look at

this bit of choreography that they put in the middle, this shows it.

The feet staying still and then moving the other way and rippling

through and when we are rippling, you have to move this muscle and

you have to roll down your body. Hence the ripple! Hence the

isolation. We were always taught we were never allowed to use the

isolation word. Today, isolation brings like a texture to it, a bit

of interest, but in general you want the dance to flow, you want

that continuity. OK. A bit of that isolation gives it a bit of texture.

Nicky and Karen and the cha-cha-cha. The judges felt it was too boybandy.

What did you feel was missing? mean, he's explained that he got

the flicks wrong. In general, what they have got to be doing in the

early weeks, they have to get the basics in. The basics in one dance

help you in other dances. Now, I know with that bashing that he got

they wanted to come back really strong. Bring that club music in,

bring that boyband look into it. This is what happened. If you look

at this piece of choreography where they have the real boyband, he

looks great. Then they pick up a cha-cha-cha step that is about to

happen. He gets it all wrong. He's got so much into that theme of the

clubbing. What I would like to say to them - what he did week one was

beautiful. He just got a big old bashing from the judges. Someone

gets it every year. Sadly, it was him. Come back with confidence and

quality. He will be gorgeous. will be. Please come back very,

very soon. Let's not forget, ladies and gentlemen, footwork is the

foundation of movement! I thank you. Karen Hardy! APPLAUSE You said it,