Episode 27 Strictly - It Takes Two

Hello dance lovers. Welcome to Tuesday's It Takes Two. It's Bonn

Fire Night and I have got some sparklers for you tonight. There

were fireworks on the dance floor when they found themselves in the

bottom two, Abbey and Aljaz are here.

bottom two, Abbey and Aljaz are Corner. This is It Takes Two!

From London, this is strictly: Strictly: It Takes Two. Please

welcome your host Strictly: It Takes Two. Please

impressive! Abbey, you have got me, and I tell you, you are here to

stay. Just watch, smoothen out the transitions between each move, but

the chemistry is brilliant. For someone who seven weeks ago had done

no dancing, you are amazing. To get comments like that from the

judges makes me really happy and I have the best teacher in the world.

We will find out which of you will be back to dance again next week. I

would like to save Abbey and Aljaz. Abbey and Aljaz. Abbey and Aljaz.

Please welcome Abbey and Aljaz! Hello you lovely two. My,

Please welcome Abbey and Aljaz! did Aljaz. Two seconds before our

name got called I was like, I don't want to go home and I have never

said that. We found ourselves in the bottom two. You could feel it in the

air. Why do you think it is that you ended up in the bottom two? I think

because Abbey is doing so well in terms of scores I think the public

automatically think she's safe. It shows that voting is really, really

important. We really need every single vote. Exactly. If you have a

favourite you have to support them. Abbey, Rachel said when you found

out you were both in the dance-off, she was adamant she was leaving. She

had been there before. Did you have a feeling the judges would save you,

how was that moment? It was... I think the judges genuinely based who

they pick on... I can't talk! Sorry. and being up against her was

horrible. A horrible situation. Cow tell. -- you could tell. Everyone

was crying, it was emotional. Is it hard not to take it personally? I

think so. You try your best. You get good scores off the judges and you

find yourself in the bottom two and you are like, what have I done

wrong? It makes you feel weird. It gives you a terrible fright. I don't

want it to end yet. I know. Make t-shirts! You have a great

connection on the dance floor. Sometimes in the training room it

seems communication isn't always that straightforward. Do you find it

difficult to understand me? Yeah. But I think that's more of an

advantage because I can't understand. Thanks! How does it feel

with shoes? Better. Better? No, better. Like up. Like up! I can't

with shoes? Better. Better? No, though, don't they, though? They do.

I think. I mean, it's so many don'ts and do in one sentence, it would be

never in my grammar really, would it? You are so adorable. It's almost

ridiculous. The Charleston you are doing this week. How is it going?

It's a great dance. Loads of energy. We have a great song. It's Cabaret.

We have little bowler hats and it's a cheeky fun dance. Superquick.

Loads of hours in the practice room. You had me at Cabaret! The outfits

will be amazing. Are you going to use your near-miss to spur it on and

turn it around? I am going up and down. I am like, right I want to do

it great and then a bit like... down. I am like, right I want to do

how aring -- how are you going to build Abbey's confidence back up? I

keep telling her she's doing an incredible job for someone that

never danced before in six weeks she looks amazing. There's always bumps

in life, we need to get through that one and need to enjoy the Strictly

experience. I think, yeah, I just think she needs to keep doing what

she's doing. She's doing a brim January job. -- brilliant job. When

someone has a bad day, we need to watch that, bumps in life and carry

on: How has the experience been for your family? Peter Crouch is just

there by the way. How has it been for Peter and the family? It's an

emotional experience for them. Everyone has loved every second. My

daughter's obsessed with it. We have it on repeat every day in the

daughter's obsessed with it. We have it up for Abbey and Aljaz.

Saturday night brought us another week of dancing delights. Here to

take a closer look at the routines it's Karen Hardy and her

Choreography Corner. Welcome back, Karen. You look

beautiful Thank you. I love your outfit. Great dancing this weekend.

Hallowe'en show. Let's get straight on. Abbey and Aljaz, shocker in the

bottom two. Great comments from Darcey. She said she needed to

smoothen out the transitions between moves. Tell me more. We have to

really emphasise that Abbey is not worthy of that bottom two yet. Her

dancing this weekend I just feel really lucky actually to

be here, to be dancing with you, to be getting that reception. It's

just... I am pretty lucky. There you go, look at that! Already crying.

Please welcome Natalie and Artem. We were laughing at you casually

leaning on the door there. You clever cats. Well done. I am not

sure if anyone mentioned this, you got the first 10s of the series!

What a thrill. You must have been chuffed. Completely overwhelmed. It

was a magical night. It was... The atmosphere was buzzing. Everyone was

superexcited with all the costumes and the audience were really pumped

up. It was just quite a special night. The perfect night. Artem,

up. It was just quite a special not because... It is because it adds

more pressure from now on. You have to keep going up. The highest score

you get, the more difficult to top it up. People might think you are

getting 10, why aren't you happy? I am happy because I am pleased for

Natalie, she deserved a 10. Then saying that, it goes, oh, my, next

week, what's it going to be? Just keep going up! What do you think got

you the extra mark? Was there a little something that you felt this

week that clicked into place? I just loved it. I mean, the whole

atmosphere and the concept and we had a real story this week. We try

and work on a story every week, but yeah, I just loved it. It felt

really lovely. It's brilliant. Now let's talk about Len. He

really lovely. It's brilliant. Now comment was. There is a fine line

between telling a story through the dance and having rules applied and

having song choice that it all works together and comes together as one.

The difficulty is if you are in hold it's hard to do storiline, because

it was a themed week like a Hallowe'en and we had specific

characters to do, it was almost like crucial to do that. If it's - that

wouldn't be done it would be pretty costumes, pretty bridge, lots of

smoke on the floor. And just dancing. You kind of cheated a

little bit but it was happen owe wean so it doesn't -- Hallowe'en so

it doesn't matter? No! I wouldn't say that. I like it. A couple of

people said you should have been penalised because it should have

been more in hold, what do penalised because it should have

the audience will relate to and find the dance emotionally xhekted --

connected to, what do you choose? I am convinced, that was great. Taking

chances and, well, that's what you receive. OK. Brilliant. That got

intense there. We do know you listen well to Artem when he is telling you

about choreography. We have noticed that you have been trying to squeeze

in one or two of your own moves. Are you going to have me crawling out of

a chair? Those chairs would be too thin I am afraid. You are going to

be stuck... How very dare you! Let's try. Let's see. Let's give it a go.

Come on then. go on. Do it smoothly then. Thanks.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Too late. She made her

point. I love the fact you are going slightly mad. This week it's the

jive. Lots of kicks and flicks. How is it going? Oh, I love it. I can't

wait to get out there and be fierce on Saturday with it. We are dancing

to Proud Mary and we are really excited. It's hard. It's fast and

furious. If you miss a step it's kind of all over. Natalie can take

it, she can do all these dances, she takes them in her stride... Are you

pushing her harder? I think it's a matter, like I mentioned before,

pushing her harder? I think it's a go for the harder routine. Sometimes

it doesn't come across as effective. You need to find a contrast between

light and shade that makes it interesting. I don't think it's

about getting it harder, it's about getting it right. Good. I think you

are right. He has a lot to say tonight! Kara was in the audience on

Saturday, was it nice to have her support you? It was, because of

schedule, it was really lovely. Good luck this weekend with your jive. It

will be brilliant. Natalie and Artem!

Now a treat for all my fellow shoe-aholics, we sent fashion

designer and lecturer Oonagh O'Hagan to find out

those perfect dance shoes. OK. This is where it all begins.

This is where we make all the shoes here. What are we going to see

today? A Latin shoe. You said you would make it in 45 minutes. OK,

let's go. This is where the process will

start. They've to cut a pattern for your shoes. It's like a giant pastry

cutter. Yes. That's the back of the shoe. Now we are going to get it

stitched. This would make a nice handbag, I have to say. Oh!

OK, this is where we are going to do the insole part. Now we have all the

pieces of the shoe we are going to put them together. Yes.

Hello again Karen! I am so glad you are here. Let's start this session

with Mark and Iveta. A disco doble. Bruno said it was fun but it didn't

quite have the right content. Was there enough paso for you? Of all

the ones I have seen so far this was somebody who I actually got to see

the unique arm lines that we are after. Look, he has the arms, the

curving. after. Look, he has the arms, the

professional. She's being creative, wants a twist in the performance.

Was it too long? Might have been. But overall, once again, I was quite

pleased with that. Good work, Mark. Fiona and Anton and their

Charleston. A lot of criticism over her timing, did you agree? A couple

of timing issues. Charleston, the one they've done, had a lot of side

by side elements. You get it slightly wrong and it will look out

of sync. Play it back there weren't as many mistakes as implied.

However, what was looked at was the monkey step. What is that? We are

going to have a go. We will get everybody up. You should be up with

me. Go on then. everybody up. You should be up with

up! Let's get it! I can't stop! I love it. Sit down. Time is up. Demo

over. I hope you did that at home. We are going to pick up on to make

sure we are clear, see how we got down and into that step. With her

Charleston it was too light, too fluffy. Get down and get into a

Charleston and it's a lot of fun. As I saw. Ashley and Ola and the tango.

Craig said he needs to sort his head out. What's wrong with it? The head

position, if you go back a couple of weeks I said that needs to be sorted

out. It's still Crowning forward. What I teach students sometimes,

take your eyes out and put them on your chin. Of course. You are

damaging your eyes are on your chin. It helps them to elevate. The

trouble is he is using it to lead with. What I have

celebrity boy going out with a topline and pro boy competing

against each other, if he doesn't get that in, get that head out, he

could look too weak. Eyes on chin. Everyone remember. Dance from the

chin. Looking from your chin. We will all try that at home later.

Dave and Karen and their jive. Bruno said it was non-existent. The first

time I have seen Dave doing the actual steps that are required. Back

rocks, OK, they're not the best. But it means he is improving because he

is beginning to deliver the choreography. Actually he did really

well for me this week. Well done, Dave. Thumbs up from Karen. Natalie

and Artem and the waltz. First 10s of the series. Everyone was excited.

Len did say the waltz was more of an American smooth. Was he right? I am

100% behind Len here. Every year we criticise

100% behind Len here. Every year we should have been for a minute and a

half, we should have had a good 60, 7080 bars of dancing. I was a little

disappointed. That said, when they did do that little moment of

Viennese waltz it was still really good. We have to be really clear

here, this is a Viennese waltz, it's not a show dance, not an American

dance. They want to be creative with the music and let the... And it's

Hallowe'en. It's still up to you to deliver the Viennese waltz.

Otherwise he could be doing a rumba to that music, anything. The

challenge was to do a Viennese waltz to that bit of music. This girl is

amazing, I would liked to have seen it. I want her to show herself even

more to the audience. Thank you for clearing that up. You are a goddess!

It's Karen Hardy! That's it for tonight.