Episode 8 Strictly - It Takes Two

Hello and welcome to Wednesday's bumper-packed edition of It Takes

Two. On the sofa tonight and ready for their close-up, Jr.ry and Anton.

Also, getting ready to rumba, it's Victoria and Brendan.

And he has hips and boy can he use them! Sid and Ola are here.

And where would we be on a Wednesday without him and his magic

wand? Ian Waite is here! What a wand!

Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly It tp takes Two. Please

welcome your host, zo Ball. -- Zoe Ballment

It's a long way down there! Hello and welcome to Wednesday's It Takes

Two. It's Hollywood week and today we'll get our very first glimpse of

our celebs' All-Star performances. I cannot wait. Hoping to be a box

office smash with my first guests Sid and Ola. Here is a recap of how

they did in the salsa. It was like, it's hot and spicy,

it's from Kingston Jamaica, this was more Kingston upon Thames!

performance was very high but you couldn't disguise the lack of

technique. I was so confident watching you do all those lifts

with her. Haphazard, hit and miss. On the good and bright side, I

loved the routine. There is a lot of good in there. Six. Six. Five.

Don't be disapointed with yourself. No, I did lose steps, it was live

TV. That's what happens. All the comments were fair.

It's Owen and ollafplt all right, Sid!

-- Ola. Were you disappointed with the results then? No, I was quite

happy because, most importantly, all I was worried about was the

lifts and the hand stand. They went brilliantly? I screamed at the end

because I felt relief. In the results show, your names were

called out quite near the end. How anxious were you that it was dance-

off time? They made us sweat. hands were wringing.

Did they go pruney? She said "Don't touch me!" Your salsa was full-on.

There was a lot of squealing going on in the ballroom household when

we watched this. Did you enjoy yourself? Loved it. Look at that!

Come on! You went too fast I think is what they said. You certainly

made an impression on one of the judges. Look at this. This is very

Sometimes he goes "I'm happy with this" or "I'm not so sure", but the

judges loved it generally but thought you perhaps ran out of

energy, Craig said haphazard. Ola, how do you think the performance

well? Well, I think he gave 150%. The steps and the timing went off a

bit, but... But I'm not very good at makes excuses but it's different

when you are in the studio. The atmosphere is electric, very loud

and, you know, you are rehearsing all week to the original. I'm not

making excuses. Legs are like jelly before you go out. Exactly.

You got carried aawa the crowd, like "Come on!" I thought you were

going to whip your shirt off. Doreen said: She reckons you should

have had a higher score. Adored by Dor, you see. Bruno nicknamed you

Sid Vicious, but it's not the first time he's made an appearance, he's

always in the training room. Check this out. Arc... Ouch. (he belchs)

argh... Argh Argh...

Argh Argh. Yeah. Argh.... LAUGHTER.

Ouch. Wait until you see what I have to

put up with! She's not smiled all week. Because of the tango? Yes,

you see you are not supposed to smile on tango. I know, I'm not

supposed to look at you. Are you getting the intensity, Sid?

doesn't matter what I say, it's obviously not going to be right,

but I thought today went well but ol what said "Shocking". -- Ola

said "Shocking ". It went well. He wants to go for a lunch break you

see if I say it's good. She cracks the whip and you need it! With the

tango, it's intense, the actor in you, are you bringing out that

character, is this easy for you? I've got to be a rock star as well.

Please tell me you are going to be stripped to the waist and wearing

leather. Yes! A rock star tango, yes, Hollywood, not a holiday one.

I wish it was a holiday, I need one. Is this a Rock Of Ages? That's

right, yes. Oh, my lord, this sounds great. Are we going to see

any more one-armed acrobatics? I'm doing a back somersault into

the splits this week. Yes, exactly what we need... Not really. Hoping

for good scores? I'm hoping it will be good. Good luck, can't wait.

Crack that whip, Ola. Can't wait. Ola and Sid!

APPLAUSE Time to find out how our

celebrities are coping with the pressure of Hollywood week. Who

will be a hit and who will go straight to DVD? Only one man can

The delectible Mr Ian Waite, ladies and gentlemen.

Our first elimination is out of the way, sadly it was my dad! Bless him,

he's fine. Let's crack on. We'll talk about

the girls first. Dani and Vincent, groovy salsa from our little minx

last week and back to the Latin, how is she shaping up in the

foxtrot? Nice heel turn together with the feet. Toes were in the air,

I would like to see that more flat. I wanted to talk about, if I stop

it here, look! Out comes the wand! Oooo...

Look at the lovely lines that she's making. Look at that. Beautiful.

She's complimenting Vincent. But she doesn't just stop there. Watch

this. She goes on to do another gorgeous line. Not one but two

lines? Yes, another gorgeous line. Sorry to draw on your face, Dani.

She'll forgive you. Another gorgeous line. Watch this. What is

that step called there when you do that? Sort of an Eros. Nice, thank

you! Type of. Type of, say that and you can never go wrong! The fourth

one. Four lines! And they're all good! Shall we give her a crown

because Dani's been a very good girl I would say. Very good, Dani.

Kevin sent have one too? Yes. give him one too. Jerry and Anton

are dog the quickstep. Very foxy foxtrot. How is our sexy Texan

going to do in this? Anton's given her some complicated footwork. It's

quickstep and they are quick steps. I want to stop it here. We don't

have to zoom in because the camera is so close. I'm going to do lady

now. I'll do the man. It's like being at

convent school again. Where I do I go? A watch it! Where do I go?

stay there. Jerry... I'm being manly. Jerry's a bit in like this,

she needs to get her hips under. Ooh, I like it when he does that.

I'm taller than you. You can still feel his arm. Got that, Jerry?

Private lesson later! Anton will love that! Kimberley and Pasha.

Last week she did a beautiful foxtrot. How is her transition to

this one? She's a great dancer, I don't feel we've seen the best of

her yet. I wanted to emphasise this area here. I didn't want to do that.

I'll do that again. We are going to highlight that area. See the hips.

She's opened up her hips. She needs to close the hips to her partner so

that she's not opening the hips. As soon as she opens her hips, she

opens her side. You have got to keep your hips to your partner?

facing each other and looking in that direction. Beautiful! Denise

and James, top of the class for Denise last week with incredible

jives. She's back in ballroom and foxtrot. Look at the footwork. It's

good isn't it? Very, very good heel turn. They've highlighted the

footwork which is very handy for these guys because she's got

impeccable footwork. We come up here and you can see the hold.

Sometimes I feel she comes in. Again it's the same scenario as

Jerry, all the women have the same problem, the celebrities, it's very

difficult. They've got to tuck their hips underneath and then

extend from the waist out. You also I think are quite scared and get

quite tense. You are worrying about your footwork that it's hard to

worry about your shoulders and head as well. Lisa and Robin, luscious

Lisa, we loved her jive, more Latin from her, cha-cha-cha? As you can

see at the beginning, lots of gesticulations, very much like the

cha-cha-cha. I thought they could have had more cha-cha-cha steps in

there to show how good she is, because they are doing more jive

steps 234 this routine -- in this routine. We are following you...

Which is good! Really good! The only thing I have an issue was is

she's wearing her boots. Is it the colour?! It's the colour - she

needs to wear dance shoes and get on the balls of her feet. She's

flat-footed. Lift up the bum?! lift up the bottom and up on your

toes. I just love making you do that. You carry on. Fern and Artem,

discussing how sexy Fern is last night with my hubby actually

because she's looking so good. Doing the charleston, always a

crowd pleaser, how does she look? Fantastic. This is a dance made for

her really. I've stopped it here. I wanted to show you the sin con isty

between them. Look at the lovely synchronised legs, everything. They

look very matched. It's very important on side by side positions

and charleston is full of those. Good, good, good. Fern, well done.

Thank you Ian, that's the girls done.

We'll discuss the boys in a moment. On Saturday, the judges were left

wanting more from Jerry and Anton. They'll join me in a moment, but

here is a reminder of how they did at the weekend oofplt -- weekend.

Anton, Jerry's stuck on you! Like velcro she was stuck on you.

start with this beautiful posture but you do lose it very early on.

The last time I saw posture like that was this summer in my garden

on a praying mantis. I liked the content and the mix of steps. Your

problem is you are too vertical. loved it! I thought it went really,

really well. We didn't make any mistakes. None at all. Come on!

Maybe I need to work on this backbend thing!

That is its technical term. Putting the fox into foxtrot, Jerry and

Anton! APPLAUSE

You looked beautiful. This backbend thing, what is the official term

for it? It will do! Makes more sense than Ian Waite. Bless him.

Are you going to have a word with him afterwards? Yes. 18 points in

the first week and last week. Happy with the scores? Consistent. No, I

think it was unfair. Did you want more, frankly? Definitely.

You see, if you said that to Len, surely... We didn't make any feet

mistakes. I was disappointed. posture exI think it takes 10,000

hours to perfect. Exactly. Where are you up to at the moment?

42... To go, that is. To go, oh! More movement from week one, but

the judges still not sated. What sit do you think they are

expecting? What will make them happy? I don't know, I can't deny

that I don't know what they are after. Bruno said something like, I

want more or something, I don't know what he wants more of. We did

a lot of steps. That was a superb foxtrot. I thought Jerry danced it

beautifully. Fall-aways and pivots, everything you want from start to

finish, so in that regard I don't know what he's after. Also, I

thought Jerry danced the dance, wonderfully. It's Strictly Come

Dancing and I thought they could have given her more, sort of, marks

essentially for that. Yeah! More credit for that because the posture

is all right, it's only one element. I know you've got other questions

you want to ask! This week, we are working on the posture. We are

working on it. A lot. Was not doing any steps at all. 20 hours of

posture. We are just going to walk! Craig said you were like a praying

mantis and Bruno mentioned velcro. Do you want more constructive

criticism? I don't know what they are talking about. No. I would

rather they didn't speak. I would be happy with that. All these

ladies in the audience they were all like waving at Anton saying

hell loaf. I felt like an access si. -- accessory. I felt like he was

the start of the show, I felt like I was his feather boa constrictor.

It was like groupie days with the Rolling Stones, I had to mark my

territory! There you are. Have you ever been

compared to that? Never, never! Safe to say. That's the most

rock'n'roll I've ever felt in my life. Craig doesn't mince his words

but were absolutely loving the language of Miss Jerry Hall. Thank

you. I'm just not naturally fast. I'm more of a Marvin Gaye kind of

girl. Oh, he's so charming, like girl. Oh, he's so charming, like

butter dripping off a hot corn. Ooh. Just ride me with a tight rein....

I've got a weird memory which is bad at short-term and good at long-

term. If you are looking for a good stallion, you don't want to look in

the donkey corral... the donkey corral...

So good! We are going to give you that on VHS to take home! How is

the quickstep going? It's lovely. Joyful and fun. A bit of a Mrs

Robinson theme? Yes, he's my Benjamin. Uh -hu. Do you mind her

taking charge? No, I profr it I don't know what I'm doing so she

might as well take charge -- I prefer it. It's quite nice, it's a

lovely little play on the theme. Yes. And being all see ductive.

Lovely music. Great music. The thing with the thing and the light

and the thing and... Don't give away too much! We got a little

bedroom scene. On Strictly Come Dancing! It's going to be glorious.

Good luck to both of you. Jerry and Anton!

APPLAUSE It's time now to concentrate on the

boys in the second instalment of Let's just discuss my favourite

subject, the boys! Ian's back! Sid and Ola and the tango? Yes. How is

my new favourite Mr Owen doing? Apart from overreacting earlier on,

he's doing well. Low in the base and struggling a little with his

Viennese crosses. But I just wanted to emphasise the faces after they

danced that. See that? Look at the huffing and puffing going on after

they danced. It's exhausting though. I was told by him today that it's

gone well. He's sorted out his Viennese crosses so I'm very

pleased about that, Sid. And it's only Wednesday. Good. Come on!

Colin and Christina. Colin's working on a film in Canada, so

this was just them walking through the tango on Wednesday. Just one

day. I wonder what film he's dog. Is it the Goonies or Snakes on a

Plane?! Answers on a postcard! fax! Dancing the Argentine tango,

so I'm sure it will be dramatic. Exciting. The first one of the

series. Stand back, ladies and gentlemen! I'll emphasise his leg

there. I would like him to stretch that out and point that toe. He has

a few places like that. I know her only walking through it, but that

will help tremendously, especially the fact that it's tango.

Richard and Erin. He's back in the ball rooment, you see, he's great

there. How is he looking in his quickstep? Not letting the camp

hands nigh away with him. Erin is a fantastic teacher. Says he! Just

kidding! Lovely charleston steps there which he did very well. Just

emphasising his line there, his shoulder line, which isn't so great.

What is wrong with it exactly? see, what he does is, if I can show

you? Please demonstrate. He has his shoulders up, so I would like him

to bring his shoulders down. He drops that right elbow so he needs

to lift that right elbow like that. OK. Nice. A lovely look at your bum

there. Louis and Flavia are doing the salsa, a number from Dirty

Dancing, there may be lifts, fingers crossed. How are the lip

hips and his flat feet? It's salsa, so you can use your feet how you

like, but he's loosening up. The main area with Louis is his waist.

Yes. Is the middle area. What is wrong with it? Salsa is very

rhythmical and you need to create all the moving. Show us. Like that?

Yes, he needs to relax his hips and just, you know... Also I think it

will bring his personality out as well because he's very guarded.

Maybe he's a bit shy. Michael and Natalie from the jive of the

weekend which I personally loved. Stop laughing, madam! To the cha-

cha-cha. How is he looking? Bless! I know how hard they work because

Natalie's my professional dance partner and he's really putting in

the hours. It's a shame, but he probably doesn't have...

LAUGHTER He doesn't have the natural talent as some of the

others which is a shame. But he's learning? Yes and he's working

really hard and he'll progress. Just pointing out his hands. He

needs to keep them facing the familiar and his thumbs down. Don't

want no spatula hands. Looks like he's bowling a maiden over. Do you

know what that means? I have no idea. Exactly! Nicky, two tough

weeks, he's doing the quickstep. Is he going to win the judges over

this time? No. Time for a change? No. He keeps losing his frame, he

needs to pick up his elbows and maintain a frame and look elegant.

He is stomping through the steps. He has an amazing physique so

there's no reason why he can't be a brilliant dancer. I have faith. You

watch and wait. Thank you very much, darling, as always. Ian Waite!

APPLAUSE My next guest received a lot of compliments from their

foxtrot last week. Here is how Victoria and Brendan turned it all

around on Saturday. Clean, classy and confident. A

fantastic improvement on last week. You remembered it so that's a very

good start. Victoria is back in the race! Well done, my darling.

nerves have gone. It's wonderful to see. You are beautiful.

For Darcey to say it was beautiful is a huge compliment. You are a

little ballroom girl. Yes, maybe one day.

Please welcome Queen Victoria and her Knight in shining armour,

Brendan! Get you, girl, look at that. Ten

points up on your first week! You must have been absolutely thrilled?

I was, I was so happy. Just to get through the routine and not make a

complete disaster of it except the turn at the beginning which was

slightly wobbly. I was really pleased. You were talking about how

nervous you were before you went out with you cha-cha-cha. Were you

any less nervous this week knowing you were going to be in hold or

equally as terrified? When you are in hold, it gives you a lot more

confidence. It's good to know that Brendan was guiding me around so I

can't go too wrong, if I just keep hold of him, so yes, definitely

helped. The funny thing about that, they get a new lease of life that,

security brings them ahive and they don't need the security but they

like the opportunity to do it because they can. Very good. Norman

and I call that the Norman revrs Brian psychology. Len said clean,

classy, confident, Bruno said you are back in the race. Have you

started to believe in yourself as the dancer now? No, not yet. We are

working on that? Please go through another week and maybe I'll start

to, but not yet. I'll ask you that question again next week! Brendan,

you are described as the Knight in shining armour again. You always

come to the ladies' rescue? It's nice to be known as someone who's

nice to his partners. I don't know where this reputation came from,

maybe last year with Lulu, I don't know. I love working with this girl,

I've got on with 70-80% of my partners. Let's not mention any

names! Yes, one thing I have to say, Victoria's foxtrot on Saturday blew

me away. Very few foxtrots on Strictly have strode out, if that's

the right word, but you have got to have a lot of distance between your

feet and drive out of your foot. This girl managed it in bucket-

loads. Most people tip around the floor and that's not foxtrot to me.

I finished the dance thinking, what a blooming star! You see! Well said,

Brendan. It's not always you who's the

Knight in shining armour. She's not always the dam sell in distress.

Some times the roles are reversed. Check o this out. -- check this out.

Ola would never be able to lift me. How much do you weigh? About 80

kilos. So seriously strong. Not even breaking a sweat. I reckon she

could do double if not treble. week James and Brendan! You are

doing the rumba this week. It's a sexy dance, it's romantic.

Notoriously trickyment how are you finding it? I couldn't stop

laughing on the first day of training. I'm going to confess, I

felt like a silly schoolgirl because it's a little bit

embarrassing at times, but it's gone really well, it's gone well

today, I'm really happy and looking forward to us actually. It's

difficult because of the slowness meaning you have to have a lot of

control. Anything that's not controlled ora bit sloppy gets seen

right from the start and we've got it and if we can get the

connection... The good news is, I love this girl to bits so it's not

hard to portray this look into each other's eyes. If you don't like

someone very much, don't look into their eyes. Pretend they are

someone else. We've all done it. We know that Brendan puts you through

your paces, so we thought we might reverse that. Come with me. Sounds

good. We have this expensive piece of technology here. Brendan. Ie I'm

changing me boots here. How many hours of cycling would wow do a

day? Hundreds. Hundreds of hours in a 24-hour day, wow!

LAUGHTER Give him a hard time and imagine he needs training for Rio.

Ready, Brendan? The show is about to fun Nish, come on. With haven't

got all day! What t she'd he's going to get up to is incredible.

Harder, harder! Looks painful. That is it for today. Thanks to all my

guests. Keep going! Join me tomorrow when Denise and James,