:00:14. > :00:26.from all our couples, blues, they brought the roaring 20s to Elstree.
:00:27. > :00:30.Fiona and Anton are here. His paso-doble showed plenty of front.
:00:31. > :00:33.It's Ben and Kristina. Last weekend's performance had Craig
:00:34. > :00:40.feeling under the weather. We loved it. Will there be sunshine on
:00:41. > :00:44.Saturday? It's Dave and Karen. Lovely impact! Plus it's Vicky Gill.
:00:45. > :01:40.How will we squeeze it all in! Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball!
:01:41. > :01:44.APPLAUSE Hello, and welcome to Strictly: It
:01:45. > :01:47.Takes two. It's Thursday, which means another weekend of delicious
:01:48. > :01:51.dancing just around the corner, and, with no theme this week, it's back
:01:52. > :01:55.to basics for our couples. In a moment, I'll be chatting to Dave and
:01:56. > :02:00.Karen, but, first, let's see how the first of our boys are getting on in
:02:01. > :02:07.training. This week, I am dancing the quick
:02:08. > :02:12.Steph. One, two, three, four. I want to push Ashley. I want him to
:02:13. > :02:13.improve. You're pulling this to to a connection with me. I've put a lot
:02:14. > :02:36.of content in, maybe a bit too much. week.
:02:37. > :02:40.To show the judges we are improving. Last week, I had my highest score.
:02:41. > :02:45.If I can get my posture right, hopefully, I can improve on that.
:02:46. > :02:49.Karen and I will dancing the Tango. It's passionate, and I need some
:02:50. > :02:56.passion in my dance this week if I am going to stay in the competition.
:02:57. > :03:00.Shoulders down, belly up, in the pose! Attitude!
:03:01. > :03:05.Dave is going to find it really difficult when it comes down to the
:03:06. > :03:12.technique. Heel leads, keeping his frame, everything has to be precise.
:03:13. > :03:16.I keep going on one, two, three on that one. We're having issues here
:03:17. > :03:22.and there, especially with timing. It's getting so confusing now. I do
:03:23. > :03:24.- I do get it confusing. I want to get it right for myself and Karen as
:03:25. > :03:45.well. get it right for myself and Karen as
:03:46. > :03:52.Get it now in case! On Saturday, we briefly said farewell to cuddly nice
:03:53. > :03:59.Dave, as you embraced the monster within. Was it begun to go dark
:04:00. > :04:03.side? I am like a panda with an attitude problem, you know what I
:04:04. > :04:06.mean! Did you enjoy it out on the floor on Saturday? I did, yes. I
:04:07. > :04:11.really enjoyed the jive. Funnily enough, my dance was better in
:04:12. > :04:15.rehearsals than on the night. Brendan said they had that problem
:04:16. > :04:21.this week as well. Funny. Frustrating. Yes. Karen, on Tuesday,
:04:22. > :04:26.Karen hardy was saying that she did see lots of jive content in Dave's
:04:27. > :04:29.performance, and she was actually for the first time, I really liked
:04:30. > :04:33.it. Bruno said on Saturday night the jive content was nonexistent. What
:04:34. > :04:53.do you say? I didn't understand that, because I thought I put so
:04:54. > :04:54.do you say? I didn't understand human met gnome. After your
:04:55. > :04:58.performance, you did say that you thought you had lost your nerve a
:04:59. > :05:03.bit, and you were a little bit angry with yourself. Why was that? About
:05:04. > :05:07.two eighths in, there's a trip emstep, and I forgot to do it. It's
:05:08. > :05:12.funny, because I saw a cold ice flash across Karen's eyes, and I
:05:13. > :05:20.felt this in my head, but I just held it there for longer, and nobody
:05:21. > :05:24.else noticed. Hurray! That's because you're improving as a dancer, you
:05:25. > :05:26.know how to get yourself out of a situation like that. Len really
:05:27. > :05:30.enjoyed it. Karen, is it good to have Len in your corner? It's
:05:31. > :05:33.fantastic to have Len, really. His support means a lot to us. First of
:05:34. > :05:41.all, himming the head judge, you know, he really knows his stuff. I
:05:42. > :05:45.mean, they're all magnificent, the junction -- judges, but we really
:05:46. > :06:02.trust Len. We're glad we have him in the
:06:03. > :06:04.trust Len. We're glad we have him in get on very, very well, but when
:06:05. > :06:10.somebody leaves, it is really hard, and the fact it got down to the last
:06:11. > :06:12.two, the fact it wasn't us, we felt really sorry for the person who had
:06:13. > :06:17.to go into the dance-off. So, really, at that point, it is not
:06:18. > :06:22.appropriate to start cheering and rejoicing. That's why, that was it,
:06:23. > :06:25.really. Very much so. But great, everybody phoned and voted so that
:06:26. > :06:29.is all good. Yes. We know you tried really hard to bring out the scary
:06:30. > :06:33.monster at the weekend, but we've also noticed that dancing has
:06:34. > :06:41.brought something else out in Dave. Where is your frame? I am not a dog.
:06:42. > :06:46.You are a dog. Rarrr! You are being well trained. Who's your friend!
:06:47. > :06:54.You're a pedigree, come on. Down! Up! Up! It's like Crufts! Boaaah!
:06:55. > :07:15.Walkees! At least a dog gets a chocolate drop.
:07:16. > :07:20.Hopefully, we won't snip you! Let's hope she doesn't snip snip
:07:21. > :07:27.you. This week you're doing a Tango. Let me see your face. Oh! It is
:07:28. > :07:31.different to a doble face. It's proud, and I am there for the
:07:32. > :07:37.battle. It's not funny, it's a serious Tango
:07:38. > :07:38.face! Your music is amazing. Have a listen.
:07:39. > :07:40.It's not funny, it's a serious Tango face! Your music is amazing. Have a
:07:41. > :07:45.listen. # I would have walked 500 miles. #
:07:46. > :07:49.I mean, Craig apparently and Charlie from the Proclaimers have got
:07:50. > :07:53.involved, sent you a member, they're very proud. What did they say? They
:07:54. > :07:57.wished us the best of luck. They said a lot of people have basically
:07:58. > :08:02.bust some shapes to their tunes and can't wait to see what we do. I bet
:08:03. > :08:04.they've not brought a Tango into it. How do you bring a Scottish feel to
:08:05. > :08:22.it? How do you bring a Scottish feel to
:08:23. > :08:24.Don't answer that! APPLAUSE In
:08:25. > :08:28.a little memorandum, I'll be chatting to Ben and Kristina, but
:08:29. > :08:32.first it's back to the training rooms to see how the rest of the
:08:33. > :08:38.boys are getting on. We are dancing the rumba, one of
:08:39. > :08:42.Iveta's favourite dances. I will do my best to get it right. A good
:08:43. > :08:46.rumba is when you show a great timing, when you create beautiful
:08:47. > :08:50.lines. You see how it softens. We just sort of got the routine mapped
:08:51. > :08:53.out, so I am looking forward now to really trying to polish it for the
:08:54. > :08:57.next couple of days and really try and get the technique. He has a
:08:58. > :09:03.rhythm, and he has by the movement, hip movement. I think his challenges
:09:04. > :09:09.will be keeping it clean. My ambition this week is to get my
:09:10. > :09:12.footwork right and the arms and hips right. There are a lot of different
:09:13. > :09:31.things I've got to bring together for Saturday.
:09:32. > :09:34.things I've got to bring together would like to emulate in that dance.
:09:35. > :09:40.It's very big movements, and you have to cover the whole floor.
:09:41. > :09:44.I am already there. I am going to go round. In terms of the brains,
:09:45. > :09:47.suddenly kicking in and passing it down to the legs, it's a huge
:09:48. > :09:54.challenge for me. I've got to work hard in terms of trying to get it
:09:55. > :09:59.in. This week, we're doing jive. I know
:10:00. > :10:05.it's going to be quick and a lot of footwork. It's the fastest dance of
:10:06. > :10:09.the Latin dances. We are really struggling.
:10:10. > :10:15.It's been tough. I am tired this week, and it's a lot to take in. Th
:10:16. > :10:20.is driving me insane. Hopefully, I can get it right. One of my
:10:21. > :10:23.favourites was again, and again. And again, and again, and again.
:10:24. > :10:43.I am sure he hates again, and again, and again.
:10:44. > :10:47.On Saturday night, that icy paso got judges hot under the collar. Let's
:10:48. > :10:52.hope their next dance gets just as warm a reception. Please welcome Ben
:10:53. > :10:58.and Kristina. Hello, you two. two. , You found your top, thank goodness.
:10:59. > :11:03.Well done! Someone had hidden it! Can I have it back! A personal best
:11:04. > :11:07.for the two of you. Yes. Are you still on a high, Ben? I actually am
:11:08. > :11:10.pretty grounded after I started the jive this week. It's been tough,
:11:11. > :11:14.but, it was nice to get a good result. Especially after all the
:11:15. > :11:18.hard work you put in, so, yes, a good score but you quickly move on
:11:19. > :11:23.to your next dance. Bask in the glory a little bit longer if I was
:11:24. > :11:29.you. Kristina - I told him to enjoy all the comments. They were amazing.
:11:30. > :11:32.When you first drew the psao, did you do an internal fist pump of this
:11:33. > :11:50.is going to be brilliant for Ben? Yes, I knew it would be a good
:11:51. > :11:55.is going to be brilliant for Ben? happen to your shirt? When did you
:11:56. > :11:59.decide to go topless? Christ You know, it wasn't necessary that we
:12:00. > :12:03.were going to go topless, it was the fact that the bolero impact looked
:12:04. > :12:09.like I had borrowed one of my kid's impacted. It was no way I was going
:12:10. > :12:12.to wear that. There was a big debate about it whether we would do it or
:12:13. > :12:18.not. It happened. And it worked. It did work. I must apologise for a
:12:19. > :12:23.little bit of swearing there. Family viewing, I hope you weren't offended
:12:24. > :12:27.by that. Len gave you the first nine of the series. Well done.One point
:12:28. > :12:31.short of perfection. How pleased were you? I am so proud of this man.
:12:32. > :12:39.We started seven weeks ago, never danced before, never put a left foot
:12:40. > :12:41.and the right to music, you know. I am so proud of you, and thank you
:12:42. > :13:03.for putting in all am so proud of you, and thank you
:13:04. > :13:09.dance, which was good, so, yes, it worked. Look, it worked. Moving on
:13:10. > :13:12.to the jive, right! We think we know what you might be
:13:13. > :13:20.doing to dazzle the judges this week. Have a little peak.
:13:21. > :13:31.-- peek. Struggling with your Strictly smile. Cohengate for fresh
:13:32. > :13:42.breath and a glowing smile! I can smile no problem now. Today was the
:13:43. > :13:50.smile. Smiling again!
:13:51. > :13:52.Available nowhere! APPLAUSE
:13:53. > :14:12.Not cheesy at APPLAUSE
:14:13. > :14:16.high heels. It's too bad. Will you be all right on Saturday? I have to
:14:17. > :14:21.dance on flats. I can't put my foot and a dance shoe. This was because
:14:22. > :14:24.this strong man threw you halfway to Birmingham!
:14:25. > :14:28.Don't blame him because actually it was a real accident. We were too
:14:29. > :14:32.close to the wall when I did the sliding through his legs with all
:14:33. > :14:37.the power and momentum, I hit the wall so hard. I thought I had broken
:14:38. > :14:42.the toe, but - Apart from the accident, how is the jive going for
:14:43. > :14:46.you, Ben? Incredibly frustrating, I've got to say. I am used to quick
:14:47. > :14:50.footwork with playing rugby, but trying to put it into a sequence and
:14:51. > :14:53.trying to make it rhythmic, and trying to have rhythm to it is hard
:14:54. > :14:56.work. It's been very, very frustrating this week. Something
:14:57. > :15:00.exciting in your routine, though. I hear there's going to be a trick,
:15:01. > :15:03.and somebody's been helping you with that. Tell me more? You know too
:15:04. > :15:23.much! So, that. Tell me more? You know too
:15:24. > :15:28.my friends is Louis Smith who helped me learn. How handy. We have a clip.
:15:29. > :15:35.This is Ben doing his first back flip.
:15:36. > :15:40.That's made it into the routine on Saturday? Yes. Thanks, Louis, for
:15:41. > :15:48.helping me. He's been absolutely fantastic. Good luck, I hope your
:15:49. > :15:52.foot is all right. Ben and Kristina! Thank you, guys. Good flip.
:15:53. > :15:57.Right, let's head back to the training room to check up on some
:15:58. > :16:03.more of our celebrities. Brendan and I will be dancing the
:16:04. > :16:07.Argentine Tango. It's an exciting dance. Audiences love it. That's
:16:08. > :16:11.cool. I am excited because I think the choreography is superb.
:16:12. > :16:30.Sophie has the attack and the performance, it is just a matter
:16:31. > :16:33.Sophie has the attack and the started out dancing on Strictly, I
:16:34. > :16:37.never imagined I would be able to attempt a routine like this, so, in
:16:38. > :16:43.a personal way, it is incredibly exciting. We are dancing the waltz.
:16:44. > :16:47.It is lovely. It's such a wolf dance. It's the most romantic dance
:16:48. > :16:54.out of all of them, which is a challenge because we tend to just
:16:55. > :16:58.laugh all the time. If I've just come off a news programme, it's hard
:16:59. > :17:02.to access my soppy romantic side. Kevin has been teaching me tumble
:17:03. > :17:05.turns and I still don't really understand.
:17:06. > :17:12.They're quite difficult step to pull off because they are tricky footwork
:17:13. > :17:15.wise. We've done it a number of times today, and I've probably got
:17:16. > :17:20.them right about 25 per cent of the time. If one of in four of those
:17:21. > :17:40.times is on Saturday night, we are sorted.
:17:41. > :17:43.times is on Saturday night, we are much costumes did you have to make?
:17:44. > :17:47.65, something like that. Four or five days you had to do that? Yes.
:17:48. > :17:50.Are you relieved to be back to a normal themed week with the
:17:51. > :17:55.classical Latin? Yes, it's hard going for everybody, but we love it,
:17:56. > :18:02.we need a little calm. Two words: men's impacted, OK? Mark has lost a
:18:03. > :18:11.lot of weight doing the show, and they're saying his impacted are too
:18:12. > :18:18.-- impacted are - jackets are too big. We have to defend the Taylor.
:18:19. > :18:22.The jackest is cut so when they are in hold, when nanograms with
:18:23. > :18:27.standing with air harm down, they look ill-fitting. Mark could do with
:18:28. > :18:30.some taking in. Because he has lost so much weight. Step with me this
:18:31. > :18:49.way. Let's go along here. Thank you very much. You can see
:18:50. > :18:53.way. Let's go along here. Turner is known for a fringe dress,
:18:54. > :18:58.and Natalie was keen to embrace the number. She's got the barnet. Lots
:18:59. > :19:01.of fringing. This is longer. It hasn't been trimmed or fitted. I
:19:02. > :19:07.think that Natalie will take it really short the weekend because she
:19:08. > :19:13.thinks she's Tina. She is bold. Yes. Artem, as we shuffle to Anya, across
:19:14. > :19:18.to a quick shuffle, and what about Artem. Will he have any themes in
:19:19. > :19:22.his costume? He often takes longer than Natalie. I don't believe that!
:19:23. > :19:27.We've got great prints for him but we'll have to see whether he goes
:19:28. > :19:31.with it. This is Anya's dress. Yes. She's doing an American Smooth with
:19:32. > :19:33.the wonderful Patrick. What can you tell us about the design of this
:19:34. > :19:36.dress? We fitted this dress in the summertime and hoped that it would
:19:37. > :19:41.find its way to the show because we guess in terms of dances, and - That
:19:42. > :20:01.far ahead? Yes, they don't often make it to
:20:02. > :20:05.far ahead? Yes, they don't often lifts in the American Smooth. Let's
:20:06. > :20:07.talk about Sophie's dress. She's doing the first Argentine Tango -
:20:08. > :20:11.everybody is very excited about that. Talk me through the design.
:20:12. > :20:15.The design for the dress this week, we've really taken a directive from
:20:16. > :20:18.Brendan because he has been looking at certain influences and would like
:20:19. > :20:21.us to take that on board, so we have. It's a little bit
:20:22. > :20:25.work-in-progress the fitting tomorrow, so hopefully it's what he
:20:26. > :20:28.wants it to be. I like that they get involved. I guess they know the
:20:29. > :20:30.movement and the mood, don't they? Yes. Talk us through the materials.
:20:31. > :20:35.The material on the skirt is important because we don't want
:20:36. > :20:43.Sophie to get her heel caught so if it is a stretch fabric, she will get
:20:44. > :20:48.her heel caught. One layer of satin, no binnedings, so the so the legal
:20:49. > :20:51.can slide off it. It can get tricky with the kicky dog-leg. Karen is
:20:52. > :21:12.doing a Tango to with the kicky dog-leg. Karen is
:21:13. > :21:15.will have to see. I didn't want to know the answer to that. Whatever he
:21:16. > :21:21.does, I am sure it will be glorious. What about Ben Cohen? Is he going to
:21:22. > :21:26.have top on or off this week? Kristina said unfortunately top on.
:21:27. > :21:32.It's top on, but, it's side of stage, he thinks thinks, "Shirt off,
:21:33. > :21:39.on?" And then makes his mind up. Quickly, Mark and Yvet have a Bond
:21:40. > :21:44.theme? Their numbers have been fun, again, embraced, they're having a
:21:45. > :21:49.giggle and having a good time. It is Bond, she's the villain and she's in
:21:50. > :21:55.a gold metallic cat suit. She wears a cat suit so well. Maybe Mark will
:21:56. > :22:01.have his top off next week, you never know.
:22:02. > :22:19.From fashion back to footwear as we check in with
:22:20. > :22:26.From fashion back to footwear as we to make sure that it is fast but
:22:27. > :22:30.technically good. Open, now why doing extra steps? I don't know. I
:22:31. > :22:33.don't know how to do it. It's really, really technically
:22:34. > :22:38.difficult. There is so much bounce action throughout the dance, and it
:22:39. > :22:42.has to be precise but not look too careful otherwise it's not
:22:43. > :22:50.interesting to watch. It's going to be wild, and I can't
:22:51. > :22:54.wait. This week, we're doing a Charleston
:22:55. > :23:00.which is a very upbeat, a lot of lifts, very funny, very cheeky. S
:23:01. > :23:04.such a quick dance of the that's really frightening me. How am I
:23:05. > :23:07.going to remember it? You learn it slow and then the music comes on.
:23:08. > :23:10.There is a lot of content in the number, and I really think it's
:23:11. > :23:29.going to be very difficult for both of us, really. It's a
:23:30. > :23:35.bang to and hopefully we get it right on the night and everything
:23:36. > :23:39.goes well. We're dancing the paso-doble. Quite
:23:40. > :23:44.a dramatic dance, which I quite like.
:23:45. > :23:47.The timing of the paso-doble is really important because it is what
:23:48. > :23:56.gives you the drama as well, helps to drive the dance forward, and one,
:23:57. > :23:59.and five, one, two, three, four. Those and counts are really
:24:00. > :24:03.important. Working with a skirt is quite difficult because the
:24:04. > :24:11.movements have to be very broad, large, elegant movements. There is a
:24:12. > :24:17.lot of style, a lot of shaping, a lot of acting from from Fiona, and
:24:18. > :24:21.if I can get those things going in the paso, we should have a great
:24:22. > :24:22.paso. I don't know about you, but I think that looks
:24:23. > :24:42.paso. I don't know about you, but I think it suited you. You looked so
:24:43. > :24:46.young, about 25 out on the floor there. I love you! Was it one of
:24:47. > :24:49.your favourites? Definitely one of my favourites. That and the
:24:50. > :24:53.quickstep. But, it's so great when you can find a little character like
:24:54. > :24:57.that, and that gets rid of the nerves because it's not me Fiona out
:24:58. > :25:05.there, it's somebody completely different and that really, really
:25:06. > :25:13.helps. Cute! I love it! Did you feel the judges undermarked you? Oh,
:25:14. > :25:16.controversial, straight in! This is good. I did, really, because I
:25:17. > :25:20.thought the dance was excellent. I would say that of course naturally,
:25:21. > :25:26.and I looked at it back because I listened to the comments that the
:25:27. > :25:29.judges made and thought fair enough, we weren't in sync apparently
:25:30. > :25:30.because we were dancing side by side and looking forward so it might have
:25:31. > :25:50.been a little bit out of and looking forward so it might have
:25:51. > :25:56.I had difficulty picking up my hoe, which is a very heavy hoe. Karen
:25:57. > :26:01.hardy was on your side there was it wasn't like they had made it out to
:26:02. > :26:05.be. She said if it had been a bit wilder it wouldn't have been an
:26:06. > :26:08.issue but then it wouldn't have fitted the music. There you are. You
:26:09. > :26:12.pitch it where you think it's right and you do the best you can. We
:26:13. > :26:15.loved it, you loved it, who cares! We must talk also about your
:26:16. > :26:19.reactions in the results show on Sunday. Let's have a look at it
:26:20. > :26:24.again because the change in Anton's face is incredible. Here we go.
:26:25. > :26:30.Waiting, waiting. Did they say our name! Were you
:26:31. > :26:36.genuinely surprised? Yes, I was - Did you think it was curtains time?
:26:37. > :26:39.Indidn't think we wou be -- I didn't think we would be called out in the
:26:40. > :26:40.first half. I thought if anything they would be down the back. There
:26:41. > :27:01.might be a potential chance we they would be down the back. There
:27:02. > :27:04.Is that us and argh! Thank you to everybody who voted. Looking forward
:27:05. > :27:08.to dancing it again because it was such fun. Don't say that! I said if
:27:09. > :27:12.we have to do it again, that's great. Because it's one you love?
:27:13. > :27:17.Yes. I never want to have dance another dance again so I dancing it
:27:18. > :27:21.once is plenty enough for me. I thought we were great. That's
:27:22. > :27:25.enough! This week, it's the paso. No politeness, are you enjoying the
:27:26. > :27:30.spirit of it all, Fiona? I am loves it. It is powerful, dramatic,
:27:31. > :27:35.passionate. It is a great dance. I mean, that training - yesterday. It
:27:36. > :27:40.is just, I don't know, I love it, and again, if I can find the
:27:41. > :27:44.character, and immerse myself in that character, hopefully it will be
:27:45. > :27:46.OK. We need to listen to your music because it is unexpected for these
:27:47. > :28:08.two. acting background to help you with
:28:09. > :28:12.this dance, Fiona? You're saying there if you find a character, it
:28:13. > :28:19.really helps? He is, yes, definitely. I think we've been
:28:20. > :28:24.having lessons in being a very arrogant Spanish senorita, but it
:28:25. > :28:27.does help if I can find that character, so it is been quite fun
:28:28. > :28:35.and training this week. It does look great when we are looking at it.
:28:36. > :28:44.Good luck on Saturday dancing to Nat King Cole. Fiona and Anton!
:28:45. > :28:51.That's it for today. Thanks to all our lovely guests. Join me at 6.30
:28:52. > :28:56.tomorrow. Plus my Friday panel of John Barrowman, Emma Willis and
:28:57. > :28:57.Suggs from Madness. Good