Episode 3 Strictly - It Takes Two

Hello. Have I got a great Wednesday line-up for you, with three lovely

couples. First up, they waltzed their way to the top of the

leaderboard on Saturday - Abbey and Aljaz are here. It wasn't murder on

the dancefloor, but they killed it out there anyway - Sophie and

Brendan join us. Craig said their energy was sublime. Let's hope I can

control them tonight. It's Susanna and Kevin. And finally, the

wonderful Ian Waite is back with his first Wednesday Warm Up. This is

Strictly It Takes Two. Live from London, this is Strictly

It Takes Two! Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball!

CHEERING Hello and welcome to It Takes Two.

Tonight's show is bursting with Strictly goodness, so let's not

waste any time. First up Abbey and Aljaz wowed the judges with their

waltz on Saturday. But before we meet them, let's find out a bit more

about Aljaz. Oh yes. I'm Aljaz. I would describe myself

as charming, cheeky, a Slovenian gentleman. As a teacher I'm very

strict. I love discipline, but definitely I love fun as well. I've

dedicated my life to dancing 100%. I won 19 Slovenian championships and I

just want wait to put together an amazing routine and perform it in

front of many millions of people. Millions of people. Sorry, I'm

Slovenian. Wooh! Welcome to the show Abbey and Aljaz!

APPLAUSE Lovely to timely have you in the studio. Congratulations on

your performance on Saturday night. It was absolutely stunning. Bruno

said what an incredible debut. But I hear, Abbey, that you were really

struggling in rehearsal in this the afternoon? Yes, we had like three

goes at doing it and I messed every one up, so I was petrified. I

thought I was going to vomit, it was horrible, but we managed to bluff it

on the night. But they do say if it goes wrong in the rehearsals, you

have the best performance. Alarblings we s, you have the best

performance. Alarblings we expect the -- Aljaz, we expect the

celebrities to be nervous but you might have been nervous, because it

was your first time? I'm not sure who was the most nervous. We put a

lot of time in and when it came to do it, we pulled it out. He said,

I'm glad it is over, I was so nervous. I said, what? ! Cassee sums

it up online. Online. I'm I'm an emotional blubbing mess watching

Abbey and Aljaz. You look like you are a natural. I've got the best

teacher. You will go far. No, I feel slightly under pressure this week,

because the cha-cha is not going half as well as this one. It is a

whole different ball game before we talk about the cha Chancellor of the

Exchequer how are you finding the juggling? You've got a little girl,

Sofia, and your job as well, and training for Strictly. How are you

finding the juggling act? It is really hard, because I'm used to

spending so much time with my baby. To be waving her off at the nursery

every day and picking her up when it is dark and putting her straight to

bed, it is horrible, but it is important to have a bit of you time

as well. It's great and it's only a few weeks. Or it could be longer,

as well. It's great and it's only a who knows? Is she enjoying watching

mummy dance? Pete my husband face timed her when I was on and she

said, mucky looks like a princess. Maybe you can be excused for not

always been the model student in the training room. Oh, God. I think

Aljaz may have noticed I have a shorter attention span to most

people. Shall I put these on? Don't like me hair. What's that? Show me

that. What's that? I haven't eaten today, have you? My belly is

rumbling, can you hear it? Yes. What are we going to eat? You need to

focus. Put some bronzer on. Promenade, two, three. Come on, stop

messing around now. Focus, focus. Aljaz, it's not all bad in training

for you, because you got to meet one of your heroes, Abbey's husband,

Peter Crouch. Definitely. I have known him since I was a kid, because

I love football, and he is even taller than I thought he would. We

did some football the other day. A kick about? Yes. He is a bit of a

mover as well. Sign him up. He thinks he is. Aljaz taught him some

cha-cha and he wasn't bad. No, he picked it up pretty good. His feet

like countries You can imagine the length of the trousers! You said

you've been finding the cha-cha difficult. How's it going? I think,

the steps, to get the steps is the easier part. It's putting all the

detail in this and putting it to the music. When it is one, two,

cha-cha-cha it is fine, but the music comes on and it's a million

times quicker and it guarantees out of the window. I'm not enjoying it.

You've got these incredibly gorgeous legs that go for for miles but it

can be a disadvantage with the cha-cha. I'm like age with the

cha-cha. I'm like Bamly. -- I'm like Bambi. On that statement now we are

ticking the boxes. She's doing good. He looks hard to please. It is only

halfway through the week. I think you are an extraordinary looking

couple. You are ones to watch. Have a great weekend with your

cha-cha-cha. Abbey and Aljaz! CHEERING Swoonsome I think might be

the word. It is the moment we've all been waiting for. Back to talk us

through this week's training with the help of his sparkling wand it is

Ian Waite and his Wednesday Warm Up. Oh, it's Ian Waite! Welcome back.

Darling. Hello. Hello gorgeous. How I've missed you. It's been so long.

It has been a long, long time, but we've got so much to get through.

Did you enjoy the shows at the weekend? I loved it. I caught up

with it on Sunday, under the duvet with my dog, laughing and crying.

Now there's an image. Let's talk about Deborah and Robin. An amazing

cha-cha. I love her. I'm a little bit in love with this old Dragon. A

sense of rhythm and fluidity through her which is great. What I wanted to

point out first of all is the feet. OK.. Because stepping a little bit

in this cha-cha and I need her to get her heels down to straighton

legs and a proper cha-cha a. Use the feet, Deb ra. That isn't a verruca

sock. She's done her ankle in. Vanessa and James are doing the

waltz. How is she looking in ballroom, our Vanessa? Lovely usage

of arms. In and out. Everything she does open is very good. What I

wanted to talk about was her posture. Sometimes she isn't shaping

the head properly. If I just get my lovely sparkly wand. The wand's out!

How we've missed the wand. She needs lovely sparkly wand. The wand's out!

to shape this way towards him from the waist. Hips into him. We need to

see her head over his shoulder. Like she's looking around the corner?

Yes.a and Anton, a great tango. This week they cha-cha-cha. How is Ms

Fullerton looking? I'm pleasantly surprised with her. She is looking

very accomplished in this dance. I want to show you how strong her

core. All of those drops she does. Look here, how straight she is in

the body. That is not an easy step. If have ever done the plank in the

gym. Well, anyway. You have to keep this really strong. She's producing

an amazing line there. Good stuff. And Anton's face. Look at that. He

looks positively animal there. Rachel and Pasha. This week they are

salsaing. How is Rachel looking Looking OK. Struggling a bit with

the armography. Very complicated and difficult. Like Deb remarks I want

to focus on and difficult. Like Deb remarks I want to focus on the feet

-- like Deb remarks I want to focus on and difficult. Like Deb remarks I

want to focus on the feet -- like Deb remarks I want to focus on the

feet - Deborah. It is not quite as stripped as the Latin dance. She

needs to go on the balls of her feet and use her feet. They are looking a

bit lazy, sloppy and stiff. Work on the footwork.

Natalie and Artem are doing a walls. Bit lazy, sloppy and stiff. Work on

the footwork. Natalie and Artem are doing a walls.

-- doing a waltz. A She doesn't look like she's been dancing ballroom for

a matter of weevencts it likes like a matter of years. It is a really

difficult style to do. But apart from occasionally losing a gap, I

have to say, this couple are going to get my thumbs up, because they

are looking amazing. Your cuticles need a bit of work, but Natalie

looking good. Just talking to Abbey and Aljaz, who were amazing at the

weekend. One word o were amazing at the weekend. One word for this

couple - gorgeous. She is lovely, long and lean, but that is more

difficult to control your arms and legs. As you would know, Zoe. I have

the same problem. What I want to do is highlight this area. Look at her

tummy. And she is had a baby. We are all slightly envious. What I would

like her to do is tuck that tummy under so she makes that side

shorter, so that's nice and tucked under. All the Latin dances should

have that tummy tucked in. I'm mortified. Don't you worry, you've

got an amazing tummy. She looks gorgeous. Sophie and Brendan are

doing a Charleston. Sophie's waltz, footwork waimz peckable. Come on

Sophie. It shoot have been mentioned on Sunday. The Charleston is looking

really good. They've got side by sidekicks and flicks. It looks a bit

jivey, but it is very good. I've slowed it so you can see how in

co-ordination they are. That's good. Love that legal. Even the Trotty

leap there. They are very good. Susanna and Kevin are doing a tango.

I was expecting this should not to be as good as their jive, but it is

every bit as good. Very fast transitions. Very intense. The

character is there. The only thing I will say is she's got a dropped

chin. Bend your knees and chin up. It is all coming back. Susanna, chin

up. That's the girls done. We'll talk about the boys later on. Ian

Waite! Gorgeous. Judges described them as understated, gorgeous and

beautiful on Saturday. That's enough about me and him. Here's Sophie and

brend damage. My darling I could really sense the aura of

sophistication. So Audrey Hepburn. You've got the mood absolutely

right. I loved the fluidity of the dance. It had beautiful movement

across the floor. Your top line is sadly letting you down. That would

across the floor. Your top line is have been absolutely beautiful if

you didn't ruin it with the top half. Beautiful. Thank you.

Seven, Seven. Seven. . That was a real test of nerves but I actually

enjoyed it. My mum came along tonight. She was always going to

crime. She cries at everything. Anything sets her off. Oh, Janette,

we were all with but. Welcome Sophie and Brendan.

CHEERING You were positively dreamy on the floor on Saturday. Thank you.

And you are no strange tore the stage as a pop star. But how, did

that help with the ner at at all on Saturday? I've been saying to

Brendan already, thing about music, if I don't do a brilliant verse or

bridge, chorus is still going to happen. If I forget dance steps I'm

not going to necessarily get the crowd to do the waltz for me. The

onus is all on you. Brendan, your performance left a lot of people at

home really emotional. Alison in Dublin says, so sweet, this brought

a tear to my eye. I heard somebody else had watery eyes after this

performance? I did. I sent Sophie to the side and I came in and I

realised that we had finished the dance. I was so proud. You've put so

much time and evident into trying to make a spectacular dance. My key

thing was emotion. I want people at home watching to feel like they've

been on a little journey with us and Sophie achieved that so well. I was

so proud, so I did get a little emotional. It is hard not to.

Brendan Cole, it is so lovely to sigh softened up. Bruno compared you

to Audrey Hepburn, Sophie, not bad for your first Strictly outing. I

was really choughed with the judges' comments. I watched it back

afterwards and picked holes in it. Maybe I should just take the

positive and move on to the next thing. Brendan, is that good? It can

be good, but often it doesn't feel like it looks and you can learn from

seeing, when you didn't feel you did something but it looks amazing. And

four sevens? So disappointing not to get four tens. Did you have an ink

until training it was going to go well? The training went superbly. I

missed doing it this week. To get four sevens out of the blocks,

that's great. It gives us somewhere to go. Going to the training room

we've spotted Brendan there is one particular aspect you are keen to

work on with Sophie again and again and again. Shaping in ballroom is

such an extreme position, especially for the woman. Push back to the

foot. Push out. Start the shaping. Go on, that's a nice position.

Shape, shape, shape. I'm worried that my body will go... One and two.

Where's your shape. One more time. More, more. Shape. It seems to me

that the times I'm doing it right is when I'm moderately in pain. Chin.

That is your position thaw want for the whole thing. Now that's

waltzing. Girlfriend. It is so ridiculously uncomfortable. So

unnational to be in that position. How is your Charleston shaping up? ?

There aren't as many rule in this Charleston. It is more playful,

looking effortless. You were so hot on the shaping and I do feel I lost

my shaping with the waltz. She is going to give herself a heart

attack. A stat flash everybody. Brendan Cole, ten years on the show

and never done a Charleston. Charleston. This is your first time.

I can do it and I really enjoyed Charleston. This is your first time.

putting the choreography together. We did it together. We went into the

studio and worked on the ideas. It was a lovely thing to do as a

partnership. I liked it. Sophie dances it brilliantly. We haven't

had to really work on the Charleston action, so we can concentrate on the

exciting bits. Get the survive Elland you are halfway there. A

crazy dance. Good luck. Thank you Sophie and Brendan!

CHEERING It is time to see how the boys have

been getting on in our training, with our second instalment of

Waite's Wednesday Warm Up. Ian's back. How I've missed you.

It's been ten minutes. I've missed you so much. First of all very

exciting news ladies and gentlemen, we can reveal that our Ashleigh, his

girlfriend has given birth to a lovely baby boy, called Mason.

Congratulations to the whole family. He's been a little bit busy, so we

Congratulations to the whole family. are going to start with Dave and

Karen. Dave was incredible. One of the most talked about couples. This

weekend the American smooth. One word on talked about couples. This

weekend the American smooth. One word on my sofa - hilarious. This is

very concerned compared to last week. This is the American smooth.

What I want to talk about first of all is the arms. You know like the

Fred Astaire movies. Off he goes. Sid shar's. He needs to keep that

frame up. When he is holding Karen he needs to keep the al-Bose up. It

is still a ballroom dance, so he needs to keep his frame. Dave will

have taken it on board. Julien and Janette, this week he is tangoing.

Bags of energy and enthusiasm, sometimes a little too much. But

posture, posture, posture. He needs to work on it. As we can see here,

I'm going the highlight this area. I think we know what's coming.

Everywhere he is sticking out his bottom. My teacher used to talk

about tucking your tail under the. Do it in prayer position. You get on

your knees. You wouldn't stick your bottom out like that if you were

praying. Keep it tucked. You can bend your knees but keep it tucked.

Patrick and annia, they are doing the tango this weekend. How is his

ballroom looking? It doesn't look as good as their dance last weekend but

there's still time for it to get better. What I wanted to talk about

was basically his frame. If I can just get hold of you from a minute.

Must you? It is a little bit like that. Yep. And he should be equal

like that. All the turns and stuff, unless you are doing a line. It's

all coming back. It is swaying but other than, that shoulders upright.

Ben and Kristina are doing the waltz. This is from Sunday training.

How is he looking in the ballroom, our Ben? In the cha-cha-cha he

looked a little bit unnatural. He wasn't as natural as some of the

others, but in the ballroom he is probably a ballroom boy. Because

he's got his shoulders down, his head up in the right position.

You're pleased. His elbows are up. Lovely. And that lovely handholding

Kristina. And they've got a little bit of a height difference. To be

honest I was amazed, but he is a a rugby boy. Tony is doing the

Charleston. They are having lots of fun but it looks like he is

struggling with this Charleston. fun but it looks like he is

There are lots of intrib Kate moves -- intricate moves and swivelling of

the feet. They are having fun but think about the character of the

dance. And sell the character, Tony. It is 90% character and 10%

technique. We don't really worry about the technique so much in

Charleston. It is about the fun of the dance. Selling the dance. Mark

and Iveta. Mark was brilliant on Friday with his tango. He's doing

the salsa this week. Look at those hips to. He is really light on his

feet. For a big guy he's light on his feet and he's fun and

entertaining. I love that ripple. That ripple is what I wanted to talk

about, because I thought we could try that Zoe. I'm not good at

ripples. Just the head and not the body. Go in with the head. Throw the

head back and carry on with the body. And in... That is not a

natural position. LAUGHTER Sorry about that Mark.

Whatever you do, don't do it like that. Thank you Ian. See you next

week, darling. Next up Susanna and Kevin gave us an amazing performance

on Friday. Let's find out more about Kevin from Grimsby. I'm Kevin

Clifton and I'm from gripsy up north. LLOW I'm Kevin Clifton and

I'm from gripsy up north. -- Grimsby up north. The north is the spiritual

home of ballroom dancing. When you think about Blackpool and all the

years of people dancing there, I'm incredibly proud to be representing

the north. As a youth I was world number one before going on to win

four British championships. I also performed on the Broadway and West

End stage. What I love about dancing is seeing the smile on people's

faces at the end of a performance. What a buzz that gives you. My

family have always wanted me to be a part of Strictly Come Dancing, so my

mum is really chuffed now. I can't wait to get started. Please welcome

Susanna and Kevin from Grimsby! CHEERI It is so exciting to have you

on the show. Well done, fabulous, fruity, flirty jive on Friday. It

was so much fun. You are used to life telly Susanna, did that prepare

you for the dancefloor? I was very glad the Breakfast sofa was there

and I had a script. That grounded me. But once I,000 those over my

head and deposit dancing I did feel the nerves. My legs went a bit jelly

and it was terrifying but luckily Kevin was there and I could look at

what he was doing. You disguised that so well. You were having so

much fun. It was infectious Susanna. Kevin you must have felt the

pressure being one of the new kids Kevin you must have felt the

on the block. At first I was really excited leading up to the event. I

called my mum and she started crying. I said, why are you crying,

stop it. And she said, it is just my baby boy's going to be on the telly

in front of millions. I thought yes, millions of people are going to

in front of millions. I thought yes, watch this and I got really nervous.

Ring your mum after the show. We've learnt that one. So many wonderful

messages for you. Sarah Reid, no relation. From Suffolk says online:

Considering she is a novice, for me best dance of the night. A huge

surprise. Thank you Sarah. Does that give you a warm feeling? I does.

When I saw the messages and what people were saying, I couldn't

believe they were talking about us. It takes a while to sink in. I can't

believe we've danced a jive on national television in front of the

four most notorious judges on British television. But unanimous

praise from them as well. Kevin, when you were training could you see

that was coming or were you quietly confident? You always hope. I was

hoping for it and then I was really hoping that maybe I was going to get

like a seven from Len. I was really hoping for that. Maybe six would be

OK. And Len went om Len. I was really hoping for that. Maybe six

would be OK. And Len went on about, "Chicken soup, it was chicken soup."

All these crazy analies. I got all confused. I like chicken soup, but

is that good? Good? Did he mean chickens or is this a good thing?

And he gave us an 8! The cartwheel, Craig said you shouldn't have done

it. How but feel about it afterwards Susanna? Just a little slip. Perfect

landing from Reid. I'm just glad I recovered at the end. In a faintly

elegant position. We were training and that wasn't part of the routine

and I think Kevin was doing an interview and I did a cartwheel in

the background. Instantly he saidings, that's going in. You've

got to be careful what you tell him. We know you can move your feet but

it is not the only part of you that you move in dancing around the

training room. Have a look at this. I obviously express my feelings

through my face much more than I realised. She's giving me a big

smile. And then the face will go... Like that for a second. Which means

she hates it. Turn to look at me this way. Which face did you just

do? We only had seven scary faces in

that one. You don't even know you are doing this? No! Ian impressed

with your tango. How's it going Susanna, are you happy so far? It is

much harder and I've got to do a different look, which is a

smouldering look. You looked alright in the training. Give us the

smouldery face. I can't do it. Is that smouldery? I was trying my

best. Good luck with your tango. Lovely having you on the show.

Susanna and Kevin. APPLAUSE That's it for today. Thanks

to all my guests. Join me here tomorrow at 6.30pm, when I'll be

joined by Fiona and Anton, Vanessa and James and Patrick and Anya.

Goodnight.