:00:13. > :00:19.Welcome to Thursday night's blockbuster of It Takes Two. I have
:00:19. > :00:27.three couples on the sofa. They get to dance again. It is Michael and
:00:27. > :00:31.Natalie. APPLAUSE If their dancing was a Hollywood film, it would have
:00:31. > :00:35.had five-stars - Denise and James are here. Hoping for a ballroom
:00:35. > :00:39.smash this weekend, it is Dani and Vincent. I would be premiering what
:00:39. > :00:49.some of our couples will be wearing on Saturday. All of that and we
:00:49. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:32.have the training room trailers. Hello, everyone. Welcome to
:01:32. > :01:37.Strictly: It Takes Two. This weekend, we can sit back and enjoy
:01:37. > :01:41.a night of Hollywood glamour. Eight different dance styles are being
:01:42. > :01:45.shown on Saturday - that was eight - and our couples are hoping for a
:01:45. > :01:49.box office success. I will be talking to Michael and Natalie.
:01:49. > :01:55.Before I do, let's take a look at how our leading men are shaping up
:01:55. > :02:00.in training. I am doing the quickstep. Quick, quick, slow. All
:02:00. > :02:04.the stops have to be pulled out this week. It is very much content,
:02:04. > :02:12.content, content and getting my technique right. Quick, quick, slow.
:02:12. > :02:18.You stepped into it too quick! Posture. You look like a soldier!
:02:18. > :02:27.Footwork. Slow, quick-quick, slow. Don't get into those habits. It is
:02:27. > :02:33.not called Strictly Come Easy! We are here to impress. Smoking!
:02:33. > :02:39.This week, I'm doing the tango, another tricky, good routine. One
:02:39. > :02:44.minute I can get it. The next, you lose it! I can't remember that bit!
:02:44. > :02:49.We learn the steps and I put the timing in and he forgot everything.
:02:49. > :02:57.Five, six... No! Count the beat for me. I am still trying to get to
:02:57. > :03:03.grips with the counting. What is after four? Five. Good! I am
:03:03. > :03:08.finding it hard. One, two three and five... No, not three and five!
:03:08. > :03:14.will be OK on Saturday. And learn about one, two, three! The dance we
:03:14. > :03:18.are doing this week is a salsa. It is a hips-moving, sexy style.
:03:18. > :03:23.is it. This routine will be tricky. There will be a couple of lifts.
:03:23. > :03:27.Then you spin round. One of them is particularly difficult. Oh! Louis
:03:28. > :03:31.is very strong. But the difficult thing is the technique. It is
:03:31. > :03:38.knowing when to lift, where to put your hands, how to jump in time
:03:38. > :03:44.with your partner. I dropped her. She almost put a hole in the
:03:44. > :03:51.ceiling. He nearly broke my kneecap! Argh! Sorry. If we don't
:03:51. > :03:58.pull it off, then it could be disastrous. This week, I'm doing
:03:58. > :04:04.the quickstep. It is quite quick. Blimey! I am utterly spent! You all
:04:04. > :04:08.right? Yes. One foot wrong and you are all over the place. Forward.
:04:08. > :04:15.Oh! The thing is for us to move on. There is so much that can go wrong.
:04:16. > :04:19.I won't go wrong! You can do it. We have to bring the morale out and
:04:19. > :04:24.make them feel good and positive. That was really good. You can do
:04:25. > :04:33.this. The dance-off is over, finished! That's my girl. Richard
:04:33. > :04:37.has the potential to be a great dancer. I did it! LAUGHTER This
:04:37. > :04:42.week, it is the cha-cha-cha. The cha-cha-cha is a cheeky dance. I'm
:04:42. > :04:49.going to nail the basics. Two, three, four and one. I am trying to
:04:49. > :04:53.drum in the importance of timing and musicality. We have found a
:04:53. > :05:03.very good formula today. I work best when Natalie sings the song.
:05:03. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:10.# I want some hot stuff... # All of Michael's cues have a word.
:05:10. > :05:17.Her singing is atrocious. I'm understanding you now! I'm hoping I
:05:17. > :05:21.produce something better than last week. Now you are dancing!
:05:21. > :05:25.Loving Natalie's singing! Colin is filming in Canada so we don't have
:05:25. > :05:31.any footage of him in training. He will be joining me tomorrow to let
:05:31. > :05:41.me know how he is getting on. Please welcome Michael and Natalie.
:05:41. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:46.APPLAUSE Love the new hair! Direction! I know. I like it. Let's
:05:46. > :05:50.talk about last weekend, you were in the bottom two. Did you fear it
:05:50. > :05:56.was exit time? Yes, when you are in the bottom two you are in the
:05:56. > :06:01.danger zone. I had a real lot of fun. You had an amazing time.
:06:01. > :06:06.was all over with the timing! were hysterical! My little boy
:06:06. > :06:12.looked at me and said, "At least you smiled this week." What is your
:06:12. > :06:16.boy's name? Archie. Nice one! I can tell you, you have managed to break
:06:16. > :06:21.Strictly history. This is really impressive. You now hold the result
:06:21. > :06:27.for the lowest scoring jive in history! Get in there! Come on!
:06:27. > :06:31.APPLAUSE Get in! Well done(!) is what it is about(!) One point
:06:31. > :06:35.less than Fiona Phillips. She is devastated. The judges might not be
:06:35. > :06:40.fond of it, but you are Bruce's favourite. He loves you. When I
:06:40. > :06:43.decided to do the show, there was two things I would love - a seven
:06:43. > :06:49.off Len - that is miles off at the minute - and I wanted Brucie to say
:06:49. > :06:54.we were his favourites. I got that. You have never danced before. Are
:06:54. > :06:58.you loving your experience? It is tough. I have had a ball. I really
:06:58. > :07:02.have. I have had such a good time. It is really difficult picking up
:07:02. > :07:06.all the steps. She is a good teacher. The jive didn't go as well
:07:06. > :07:10.as Natalie probably would have hoped, but I had fun, we had fun.
:07:10. > :07:15.It wasn't supposed to be that comical. Natalie, where did he go
:07:15. > :07:19.right for you last weekend? Energy. I was laughing the whole way
:07:19. > :07:24.through that. It was so much fun. The waltz was very serious the week
:07:24. > :07:29.before. I don't necessarily think that that agrees with you. You have
:07:29. > :07:33.great personality and we showed that. The energy, we were laughing,
:07:33. > :07:36.we were enjoying it. That is the key. The thing is, you were talking
:07:36. > :07:41.about the smiling and your son saying you were smiling. There was
:07:41. > :07:51.one judge who wasn't particularly smiling. I think you may have
:07:51. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:07.petrified Bruno. Have a look at this. Here's Vaughany! Argh! Argh!
:08:07. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:20.APPLAUSE I am loving the cameras on the
:08:20. > :08:24.judges' faces! Another week, another Latin dance. How is your
:08:24. > :08:29.cha-cha-cha? I can't believe they didn't let me do the jive again!
:08:29. > :08:33.That was my choice! We can demand it. How is the cha-cha-cha? It is
:08:33. > :08:37.very different. This week, it's another fun dance. It's been great
:08:37. > :08:44.learning it. It's not as quick, but it still has some quick moments in
:08:44. > :08:51.there. Dancing to a great movie, a great song. It is from The full
:08:51. > :08:58.Monty. It is this. # Hot stuff baby tonight. #
:08:58. > :09:03.That is enough! LAUGHTER The big question is, of course, will you be
:09:03. > :09:09.giving us the Full Monty? It would be wrong of me to do the Full Monty
:09:09. > :09:12.without taking my kit off! OK. Is that some kind of little tease?
:09:12. > :09:17.Maybe. Maybe, possibly. How is your stomach? Well, I started the show
:09:17. > :09:23.with a one-pack, it is now to one- and-a-half! Getting there. It is
:09:23. > :09:27.working. In the training room, we have seen that you have got a scarf
:09:27. > :09:31.tied around your chest. This is not a fashion item. What does that do?
:09:31. > :09:37.I'm doing everything I can to get Michael to open his chest up, not
:09:37. > :09:41.put his head down, so I tied a scarf around his neck to make him
:09:41. > :09:49.realise he has to stand up more. It is for him to understand that this
:09:49. > :09:54.needs to be more open. Is it working? He is not sure. We tied
:09:54. > :10:01.arms up, ankles up... This is sounding a little dodgy. Good luck
:10:01. > :10:05.on Saturday. I can't wait. Michael and Natalie! APPLAUSE She is a
:10:06. > :10:09.naughty girl. Last week, we showed you a couple of our favourite dance
:10:09. > :10:17.moments re-enacted by our production staff and their pets.
:10:17. > :10:27.Over the weekend, some of you have sent us some performances from your
:10:27. > :10:27.
:10:27. > :11:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds
:11:19. > :11:25.most memorable Strictly moments. We We love those! APPLAUSE Thank you
:11:25. > :11:31.so much. So good. Please keep sending them in. For all the
:11:31. > :11:34.details on how you can send your Strictly re-enactments, visit
:11:35. > :11:37.bbc.co.uk/ittakestwo. I grabbed a couple of minutes with the Strictly
:11:37. > :11:44.costume department to get a look at what the couples will be wearing
:11:44. > :11:49.this weekend. This is what I found out. Say hello to Vicky Gill.
:11:49. > :11:52.APPLAUSE Head designer. Hello. Hollywood week, we are very excited.
:11:52. > :11:59.I am imagining quite a challenge for you. What kind of challenges
:11:59. > :12:05.does it bring? Really busy. Then trying to match up to all the
:12:05. > :12:09.different themes in terms of being Hollywood week. Much to do. Yes.
:12:09. > :12:13.How would you make the costumes to reflect the film without being too
:12:13. > :12:18.fancy dress? We don't want them to be fancy dress. We want a nod to
:12:18. > :12:23.the film or the production that we are using this week. So it maybe
:12:23. > :12:32.that the colour of the underskirt, or maybe a little hint of the shoes
:12:32. > :12:37.that are different. Let's talk about Kimberley. She is dancing to
:12:37. > :12:43.Get Happy from Summer Stock. A '50s feel? Yes. Her lovely tiny waist.
:12:43. > :12:50.The base of the costume is classic black-and-white. It's Strictly and
:12:50. > :12:56.it has to be fun so we've got nice bright lining going underneath with
:12:56. > :13:00.fuchsia gloves, possibly. A lady loves to change her mind! That is
:13:00. > :13:08.the size of Kimberley's waist! It is. Let's talk about the boys. What
:13:08. > :13:13.are you doing with them? Lots of costume s for the boys. Candy-
:13:13. > :13:19.striped jacket, yellow suits, one of the pro boys is reflecting a
:13:19. > :13:29.toy! More on that in a minute. This pin-stripe belongs to Richard? He
:13:29. > :13:33.is dancing to 9 to 5 from 9 to 5 - well done, Zoe(!) He is the office
:13:33. > :13:37.geek. This is a trouser leg. Just the one leg. If we save more money,
:13:37. > :13:43.we can afford the other one! LAUGHTER That is one of my Dad's
:13:43. > :13:49.gags! Terrible. Who has been the most fun this week? Denise. Again,
:13:50. > :13:56.we have spoke about one of the pro boys, this... They are doing Toy
:13:56. > :14:01.Story, You've Got A Friend In Me. She is being Jessie and he is Woody.
:14:01. > :14:05.That's right. That is an interesting mix. Can we have a look
:14:05. > :14:10.under the gold cloth? See if you can guess whose outfit this is?
:14:10. > :14:15.Look at that! It's a beauty. You should be very proud. That is quite
:14:15. > :14:19.saucy. What can you tell us about the lady? She is extremely fit.
:14:19. > :14:23.That's all of them! I know. This one is extremely fit and has
:14:23. > :14:29.amazing legs. Nice pins. It is gorgeous. Her partner... Look at
:14:29. > :14:34.that split. What is her partner wearing? He is in a suit, he is in
:14:34. > :14:38.uniform. That bit may reduce me to tears! Thank you very much. We
:14:38. > :14:43.can't wait for Saturday. Vicky Gill. Thank you. APPLAUSE
:14:43. > :14:48.I love that lady. Please welcome now the rather accident-prone
:14:48. > :14:53.double act Denise and James. APPLAUSE Hello. We were worried
:14:53. > :14:58.about you last Friday after you got your... I was worried. You were
:14:58. > :15:02.worried, weren't you? No! A little bit. Slightly. How much pain were
:15:02. > :15:07.you in on Saturday night? couldn't feel a thing. I was so
:15:07. > :15:11.hyped up that I couldn't really feel anything. I had painkillers.
:15:11. > :15:16.Sunday morning, I couldn't move. I have had physio. It's eased up
:15:16. > :15:25.since then. It didn't affect your performance at all. It was great!
:15:25. > :15:30.Thank you. I can't stop watching myself! No change there then(!)
:15:30. > :15:37.Because of my injury, we couldn't rehearse it properly. Hence even
:15:37. > :15:44.better. James, incredible comments from the judges. You got your first
:15:44. > :15:50.fab-u-lous from Craig? I'll take that! At last. How good did that
:15:50. > :15:54.feel? Great. Not as good as when I kissed him! That was a nice moment.
:15:54. > :15:58.Top of the leaderboard as well. You must be chuffed? Yes. More pressure
:15:59. > :16:04.this week. We have the foxtrot this week. It is not my strength. Is it
:16:04. > :16:12.not? Do you think Denise is naturally better at Latin? Or
:16:12. > :16:17.ballroom? I'm good at being bouncy! The jive suited her. We have tried
:16:17. > :16:22.a couple of ideas and it is not as good as the jive. Foxtrot this week,
:16:22. > :16:31.we are working on footwork because of the waltz, Len said her footwork
:16:31. > :16:36.wasn't very good. We are working on that. Ian pointed out yesterday and
:16:36. > :16:40.he saw your heel-toe. Last week, going back a little bit, you danced
:16:40. > :16:50.to Tutti Frutti. You have been getting quite fruity in the
:16:50. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :17:00.training room. Really. One at a time. One, two, three... LAUGHTER
:17:00. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds
:17:53. > :18:01.-- 14. 19. 19 grapes! Your turn. Where's the nearest loo?! APPLAUSE
:18:01. > :18:07.32! Please do not try that at home because you could choke on grapes.
:18:07. > :18:13.Do you want me to tell you what the record is? The world record is 57.
:18:13. > :18:18.I could have got more in. I can do that. Smaller grapes. Foxtrot for
:18:18. > :18:21.you this week. What are you going to do to stay top of the
:18:22. > :18:25.leaderboard? Have you struggled with any of it? Yes, I find the
:18:25. > :18:32.ballroom really difficult because of the footwork and the posture.
:18:32. > :18:36.So... Look at it there! It is awful. All right! He is always giving me a
:18:36. > :18:40.hard time. Does he give you positives? You are supposed to
:18:40. > :18:46.encourage her. You are dancing to this music.
:18:46. > :18:51.# You've got a friend in me. # Your little girl is two. Yes, she
:18:52. > :19:00.is nearly two-and-a-half. She must love Toy Story. Loves it. Is she
:19:00. > :19:05.excited about seeing Mum dress as Jessie? Very. Did you cry? No.
:19:05. > :19:09.anything make you cry? We will make you cry! We thought last week you
:19:09. > :19:14.wanted to dance with Brendan and you could have used Anton because
:19:14. > :19:22.he does look like him. He does. That freaks me out. Listen, good
:19:22. > :19:28.luck this weekend. Denise and James! APPLAUSE So Denise and James
:19:28. > :19:31.are hoping their foxtrot will be worthy of an Oscar nomination.
:19:32. > :19:37.Let's see how our other girls are getting on in training. This week
:19:38. > :19:43.we are doing quickstep. It is a very, very fast dance. Steps are
:19:43. > :19:47.not that difficult. We will be on our toes running around the
:19:47. > :19:55.ballroom non-stop. One... Yes. Got it? No. I'm starting to realise
:19:55. > :19:58.that I am a little bit hard on myself. I think it doesn't actually
:19:58. > :20:03.help me. Different step, different Kimberley. Hopefully, we will get
:20:03. > :20:12.lost in the dance and enjoy it. This week, I will try and let all
:20:13. > :20:17.of that go and just dance. Flying legs! This week, we are doing the
:20:17. > :20:22.jive. Bringing the bounce back. you thought our cha-cha was fast,
:20:22. > :20:27.wait till you see this. This needs more speed. I can make more speed
:20:27. > :20:31.if you want. For this one, she needs to be herself. It is all
:20:31. > :20:41.about being lively, and having a good time. One, two, three, four,
:20:41. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:46.five... What's that noise? She seems to make these funny noises.
:20:46. > :20:56.Zzzz... If it works, she can do whatever she needs to. It is fast,
:20:56. > :21:01.fun and furious. Let's hope it is not fatal! This week, bren dand
:21:01. > :21:05.aare -- Brendan and I are doing the rumba. I must admit I am struggling
:21:05. > :21:10.with the performance element of the dance. It is extremely slow, so it
:21:10. > :21:13.needs to be a lot of control. There's also a lot of emotion. She
:21:13. > :21:18.is getting into the spirit of it. She is holding her position. She is
:21:18. > :21:22.occasionally looking in my eyes as if she means it. I have to portray
:21:22. > :21:25.a convincing scene of us being totally in love with each other.
:21:25. > :21:32.want to show that intensity, that chemistry, that romance. It is a
:21:32. > :21:38.big ask but if it happens, it will be magic. This week, we are doing a
:21:38. > :21:45.quickstep. Jerry is going to love it! Hello, tiger! The quickstep is
:21:45. > :21:50.very fast and there's a lot of steps in it. Tap, a tap. Yes! Great.
:21:50. > :21:55.Love that! It is physically exhausting. So I don't think I'm
:21:55. > :22:01.going to be lazy this week. Is there a bit where I can lay down?!
:22:01. > :22:06.LAUGHTER My stamina has been building and I'm giving it 100%.
:22:06. > :22:13.I'm going to get my posture right and walk along. I'm going to
:22:13. > :22:16.concentrate on my posture and show those judges! We are dancing the
:22:16. > :22:24.foxtrot. It is really important this week that I impress Len. I
:22:24. > :22:27.have to be honest, I struggle with ballroom. What am I doing there?
:22:27. > :22:31.Stop sighing. She doesn't feel comfortable extending away from me.
:22:31. > :22:38.It really hurts. She wants to get close to me, most women would want
:22:38. > :22:44.to be very close to me(!) It kills. I know. She needs to work on the
:22:44. > :22:52.posture. Now we are looking at the technical side. Let's impress Len
:22:52. > :22:57.this week. When we get it right, it feels lovely. I want to enjoy it.
:22:57. > :23:03.This week, we are dancing the Charleston. Charleston is hard and
:23:04. > :23:08.fast. Plenty of swivels. Seven, eight. I know. Charleston needs to
:23:08. > :23:13.be really well performed. The best thing about Fern, when she performs,
:23:13. > :23:18.she really performs. Seven, eight... Much better. Good. Charleston is
:23:18. > :23:23.doing this and doing that and then linking your eyes at the same time.
:23:23. > :23:27.My brain is catching up! When she does what needs to be done, it
:23:27. > :23:33.looks great. It is quite precise. I'm not as precise as I could be.
:23:33. > :23:39.But he seems to be quite pleased. The foxtrot is one of the most
:23:39. > :23:44.difficult ballroom dances. It is so slow, but it is full of technique.
:23:44. > :23:49.Slow, isn't it? You have to work harder. Dani is struggling a lot
:23:49. > :23:54.with the dance shoes. I need your shoes. I'm so sorry. You are so
:23:54. > :23:58.mean! They hurt so much! They are horrible. Please can I do it in my
:23:58. > :24:03.socks? Dance shoes are supposed to be her best friends. They need you.
:24:03. > :24:07.They don't. They hate me! I want to be able to dance in trainers. That
:24:07. > :24:14.wouldn't look lady-like. I will have to shut up and put up with it!
:24:14. > :24:24.How do they feel? Horrible. Please welcome Dani and Vincent.
:24:24. > :24:29.APPLAUSE Hello. Congratulations on a top weekend. Did you enjoy it?
:24:29. > :24:34.absolutely loved it. Finally, got to shake my booty and show a bit
:24:34. > :24:38.more of my personality. It was wicked. I loved that bit. I taught
:24:38. > :24:42.him that bit! I did. She is teaching you already? She is.
:24:42. > :24:46.love that fact. Who is the pro? Third on the leaderboard, that is
:24:46. > :24:50.great. Were you pleased? Yeah. I was really shocked actually. I
:24:50. > :24:56.didn't think we would do that well. Really chuffed. Craig was in on
:24:56. > :24:59.Monday. He had a grumble about the lift and the dismount. Let's...
:24:59. > :25:09.Just because he couldn't do it himself, his double chin would be
:25:09. > :25:12.in the way! LAUGHTER It is one of those things - it is not the
:25:12. > :25:16.tidiest dance ever. The lift is supposed to look at it from the
:25:16. > :25:22.front and the camera was on Dani's face in the landing, he was in
:25:22. > :25:27.Dani's face in the landing, which wasn't pretty, but... He is so
:25:27. > :25:30.polite! It is a very hard lift. go upside-down and then you are not
:25:30. > :25:34.sure where you are. Where your legs are? Exactly. I could have been
:25:34. > :25:41.more graceful with it. That's the best I have probably ever landed
:25:41. > :25:44.that so I was - it was all right. thought it was great. You are
:25:45. > :25:49.talking about the salsa being a sexy dance and all about the booty.
:25:49. > :25:55.We did notice on the big show that one of the female professionals had
:25:55. > :26:00.a little fixation with your bottom. Check this out. I hope you are
:26:00. > :26:10.settled in for a night of sheer ballroom bliss? Anyone ready for
:26:10. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:18.some more? Come on, Bruce! She is so naughty! I felt something. Now I
:26:18. > :26:23.have remembered. It is such a lovely bottom. You are doing the
:26:23. > :26:26.foxtrot this week. Yes, we are. are you liking it? It is going all
:26:26. > :26:29.right. It is technical and difficult to pick up. It is all
:26:29. > :26:33.about the posture and looking elegant, which is completely
:26:33. > :26:37.different from the salsa. So I am getting there, I think. I need to
:26:38. > :26:41.work more on my footwork and my posture and my neck and... What is
:26:41. > :26:46.the toughest thing about the foxtrot? I think it is the speed.
:26:46. > :26:53.It is really slow. So it is harder to dance slower than it is to do it
:26:53. > :26:58.really fast. Your legs have to go long? Exactly. I have short legs.
:26:58. > :27:02.Only got little legs. We've got little legs! Online, Annie says,
:27:02. > :27:07.she was loving the super salsa from "the pocket rocket"s! Thank you
:27:07. > :27:14.very much. You have got some lovely music. It is Hollywood Week and you
:27:14. > :27:18.are dancing to this. # Somewhere over the rainbow... #
:27:18. > :27:22.You will be Dorothy, are you the Tin Man? I will try. You have
:27:22. > :27:27.played Dorothy before? I have. I have done it quite a few times. The
:27:27. > :27:32.first time I was 16, I think. So, yeah, it is close to my heart. I
:27:32. > :27:40.love the character. We tried to mock-up a picture of how we think
:27:40. > :27:45.you will both look. This is special. Look at Toto! That is creepy! I
:27:45. > :27:50.don't like that. Make it go away. The exciting news is, we have real
:27:50. > :28:00.live animals on Saturday. You will have a real Toto? Yes. Yes. Is it
:28:00. > :28:02.
:28:02. > :28:07.one of the Totos that has been in the West End? I hope so. Are your
:28:07. > :28:11.shoes getting more comfortable? Between you and me, they are not
:28:11. > :28:17.attractive shoes. They are really uncomfortable. Try and point your
:28:17. > :28:22.toe, they don't bend. I prefer the Latin ones or maybe to dance in
:28:22. > :28:30.trainers. Maybe they will dance in some glittery trainers one week.
:28:30. > :28:35.You never know. Thank you. Give it up for dab Dani and Vincent!
:28:35. > :28:39.APPLAUSE That is it for today. Thank you to all my guests. Join us
:28:39. > :28:46.tomorrow when my guests will be Kimberley and Pasha, Lisa and Robin
:28:46. > :28:50.and I will be on the Strictly set to have a catch-up with Colin and