:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to another jam-packed edition of It Takes Two. It's
:00:08. > :00:11.Wednesday and I have two gorgeous couples gracing the sofa tonight.
:00:12. > :00:18.Their beach-themed quickstep gave us plenty of pleasure. It's Abbey and
:00:19. > :00:20.Aljaz! CHEERING
:00:21. > :00:27.They left the judges salivating with their smouldering paso full of tasty
:00:28. > :00:29.morsels. Susanna and Kevin are here! CHEERING
:00:30. > :00:32.And speaking of smouldering... Save on your heating bill and warm up
:00:33. > :00:34.with him instead. It's Ian Waite here for his Wednesday Warm Up!
:00:35. > :01:21.CHEERING This is Strictly It Takes Two.
:01:22. > :01:32.Live from London. This is This is Strictly It Takes Two.
:01:33. > :01:38.Live from London. This is Hello and welcome to Wednesday's It
:01:39. > :01:38.Takes Hello and welcome to Wednesday's It
:01:39. > :01:53.under way, fingers Hello and welcome to Wednesday's It
:01:54. > :01:59.say Wednesday Warm Hello and welcome to Wednesday's It
:02:00. > :02:12.has his eye firmly on the ball - sadly not me,
:02:13. > :02:19.has his eye firmly on the ball - I know you loved every minute
:02:20. > :02:19.has his eye firmly on the ball - have to say who's made the most
:02:20. > :02:26.improvement? They all remarkable improvement from the
:02:27. > :02:34.first week, from being remarkable improvement from the
:02:35. > :02:40.producing a fantastic job. Fantastic remarkable improvement from the
:02:41. > :02:47.Craig said he wanted to see a remarkable improvement from the
:02:48. > :02:54.Not enough from me. I would like Be careful with the gapping.
:02:55. > :03:14.more work in his Be careful with the gapping.
:03:15. > :03:23.Normally it would be OK in Be careful with the gapping.
:03:24. > :03:23.you've got to try and keep it. Be careful with the gapping.
:03:24. > :03:44.is early days. There'll be Be careful with the gapping.
:03:45. > :03:54.is driving better. I'm very impressed with him. His posture's
:03:55. > :03:59.improved so much. You can see in his top frame, he
:04:00. > :04:07.looks like a professional almost. Lowering, lovely heel lead. But
:04:08. > :04:11.there is a but the and when he does his side closes, at the moment
:04:12. > :04:16.there's a lot of passing the feet. What should he be doing? I would
:04:17. > :04:22.like him to close his feet together. Because it is a Viennese waltz.
:04:23. > :04:27.Always closed, tidy up Ashley. Apart from that, good work. Very good.
:04:28. > :04:32.Sophie and Brendan are doing a rumba, a very expressive and
:04:33. > :04:37.emotional dance. The judges said they wanted more from her, they got
:04:38. > :04:42.that from her in Blackpool. I do think this could be a very good
:04:43. > :04:47.dance for her. She has lovely long legs, a lovely shape to them. You
:04:48. > :04:52.need aesthetically lovely legs for the rumba. To get those rumba walks.
:04:53. > :04:58.I wanted to point out this area here. Her centre. Sometimes it goes
:04:59. > :05:02.a little bit long. In rumba you have to tuck at this time up underneath
:05:03. > :05:09.and keep it very short and tucked under, so that's all compact in this
:05:10. > :05:14.area. Then you can use the sides but the centre stays short. It is all so
:05:15. > :05:20.uncomfortable this. Stick it out, tuck it in... It will be brilliant.
:05:21. > :05:24.Natalie and Artem are doing a tango this weekend. Natalie is going from
:05:25. > :05:29.strength to strength. Could we see a full house do you reckon of tens? I
:05:30. > :05:34.think it is early days yet, but for me every time I watch her, I feel
:05:35. > :05:38.secure in the fact I know she's going to do a good dance. She has
:05:39. > :05:47.that level of understanding of quality of dance that you know it is
:05:48. > :05:53.going to be good. What I wanted to point out is her posture really. She
:05:54. > :06:00.needs, she's a bit upright. If I can get hold of you Zoe. Someone needs
:06:01. > :06:08.to. Needs bent? Lovely. As you can see, she's a bit straight in his
:06:09. > :06:16.arms and you're, you need to create a bit more shape. Like that? If I do
:06:17. > :06:22.a link, open your head? Like that? Just to create that space between
:06:23. > :06:26.the partner... Oh goodness me. It's all coming back. Never left me. I
:06:27. > :06:33.would like to see that a little bit more. It would create the space
:06:34. > :06:44.between the two of them. Do you need me to come close again? Are you
:06:45. > :06:47.sure? Please thank Ian Waite. After Saturday's fantastic
:06:48. > :06:50.performance earned them a trio of tens, there's a high chance that my
:06:51. > :06:53.next guests are still walking on sunshine. Abbey and Aljaz join me
:06:54. > :06:57.next after this reminder of their quickstep. That really was a
:06:58. > :07:01.quickstep on Pleasure Beach. Unbelievable. There was a lot of
:07:02. > :07:06.gapping throughout. I thought the frame was loose. . These are minor
:07:07. > :07:11.details, darling. I absolutely loved it. It was beautiful. You travelled
:07:12. > :07:17.with control across that ballroom. If you were a stick of Blackpool
:07:18. > :07:19.rock, you would have "talent" written right through you. That was
:07:20. > :07:34.blipping good. First time we got three. I wish it
:07:35. > :07:40.was four. Next week, if we're still in. High fives. Please welcome Abbey
:07:41. > :07:45.and Aljaz! APPLAUSE You clever, clever monkeys.
:07:46. > :07:48.That was amazing on Saturday. The loveliest thing about you Abbey was
:07:49. > :07:53.it was like you couldn't believe it was happening. Has it sunk in yet,
:07:54. > :07:58.three tens? No, I don't think it has. It was a tricky week, so so
:07:59. > :08:04.much content. I was knackered. We had a terrible dress run and we
:08:05. > :08:09.managed to pull it off on the night. Susanna's pep talk helped with that.
:08:10. > :08:14.She took me aside and gave me a mum chat and said, just have fun.
:08:15. > :08:20.Looking at that I think I had too much fun! Aljaz, Craig had a little
:08:21. > :08:26.list of criticisms. He did say they were only finer details, but he gave
:08:27. > :08:30.you a 7. Did that spoil it or did you agree? No, I thought his
:08:31. > :08:33.criticism was spot on. All the things he mentioned were really
:08:34. > :08:37.important, so we are definitely going to work on her posture even
:08:38. > :08:41.more to make sure she does it even better. Make sure the gap's not
:08:42. > :08:46.going to be there any more, so the next ball resume dance will be...
:08:47. > :08:51.Get some Velcro. Yes, stick to you. He also said he was shocked that the
:08:52. > :08:57.other judges gave you a ten. What do you say to that Well, he's the
:08:58. > :09:02.expert. I can't say anything really. I always agree with Craig's
:09:03. > :09:08.comments. When I look back, he was right. All we can do, we are in it
:09:09. > :09:15.again for another week and we can just try to apply to - what's the
:09:16. > :09:23.dance? The quickstep. The new one. The paso doble. Oh, my God! Aljaz,
:09:24. > :09:28.you pushed Abbey so much. There was so much content in that quickstep.
:09:29. > :09:33.Is it brilliant for you that she can take it all on board and give it
:09:34. > :09:39.such finesse. I absolutely love it. From week one I'm trying to put in
:09:40. > :09:43.so much and we end up dancing from the beginning to tend. I'm thrilled
:09:44. > :09:47.with the way she's getting the choreography. She does all the
:09:48. > :09:53.steps, does everything that I ask her to do. So far she can pick up
:09:54. > :09:57.anything. Goodness. It is so exciting. You did say when you were
:09:58. > :10:02.here a couple of weeks ago you had been to Blackpool before. Yes. And
:10:03. > :10:09.we were wondering if we could dig around and find a picture of Aljaz
:10:10. > :10:15.in Blackpool. Oh look! Look at how cute his little Dicky bow... Having
:10:16. > :10:21.a Dicky bow I was around nine or ten? That's so cute. That's only
:10:22. > :10:25.three years ago though. Thank you very much to your mum for sending us
:10:26. > :10:30.that. You looked so sweet and innocent there, but we have noticed
:10:31. > :10:37.in training you've been getting a little bit angrier. OK Abbey let's
:10:38. > :10:42.go. Aljaz is such a calm person and is an amazing teacher but now he's
:10:43. > :10:46.more comfortable with me he's not as scared. You've been shouting at me
:10:47. > :10:54.all day today. Sorry? Don't get annoyed. Don't get annoyed? What do
:10:55. > :11:01.you mean? Trying to be so nice and explain everything and you're
:11:02. > :11:07.laughing at me. Grrr. I didn't forget. You didn't forget? You
:11:08. > :11:14.didn't do it because you didn't feel like doing it? No. The nice Aljaz is
:11:15. > :11:23.back. Yep. For 20 seconds. APPLAUSE I loved your Chewbacca as
:11:24. > :11:26.well. Can you do it again? Grrrr. Happy question step last week,
:11:27. > :11:31.walking on sunshine, is this week intense, the paso doble. How is the
:11:32. > :11:36.transition going, Abbey? It is really hard. We are trying to be
:11:37. > :11:44.happy and fun in the dances, and now it is hard to get back into this
:11:45. > :11:49.strong character. We need to go back to the assault course. Can I come?
:11:50. > :11:53.Yes. You got a really high score for your tango. I guess the mood for the
:11:54. > :11:58.tango is similar. Is there anything you can take from that that Abbey
:11:59. > :12:09.can take through to the paso doble? Definitely. Tango is a ballroom
:12:10. > :12:13.dance and paso is a Latin dance. She can take what she learned from tango
:12:14. > :12:20.and we are going through the steps now, making sure she gets all the
:12:21. > :12:24.content. After we do that, we are going to do the paso face. This is
:12:25. > :12:39.the music you are dancing to. This will get you in the mood. Music: You
:12:40. > :12:43.Got the Love. Blackpool was everybody's goal. Now Blackpool's
:12:44. > :12:48.over, can you see the final in sight? Are you competing getting
:12:49. > :12:53.excited about that? No, I legal take each week as it comes and I can't
:12:54. > :12:55.believe I'm through every week. For me to be able to dance after
:12:56. > :13:00.Blackpool is amazing. I can't believe it really. You are doing
:13:01. > :13:05.brilliantly and long may it continue. We love you, Abbey and
:13:06. > :13:07.Aljaz! CHEERING
:13:08. > :13:10.So, as you all know, Natalie Lowe has been teaching our wedding
:13:11. > :13:13.couple, Melanie and Gordon, their first dance routine. With the big
:13:14. > :13:17.day looming, she's stepped it up a notch and last week she had a
:13:18. > :13:23.surprise exercise in store to help them with their dance connection.
:13:24. > :13:29.Take a look. There's only four weeks until Mel and Gordon's big day and I
:13:30. > :13:33.would really like to see them have a lot more connection for their
:13:34. > :13:43.performance. I have a little surprise in store for them tonight.
:13:44. > :13:48.Hi. Hello. Come in. What have you got going on here? Tonight's session
:13:49. > :13:54.is going to be very different. Instead of training we are putting
:13:55. > :13:58.you on a silent dinner date. So the only form of communication is
:13:59. > :14:03.through expression and bod language. Which is what I need from you more
:14:04. > :14:07.for the dance. Are you up for it? Yep. Would you like to take a seat?
:14:08. > :14:26.Thank you very much. You're not allowed to talk. Zip it. Thank you.
:14:27. > :14:34.This is the moment where he's going to be opening the wine. Hopefully it
:14:35. > :14:39.all goes to plan. This could be an awkward moment. Gordon is being the
:14:40. > :14:46.true gentleman, taking the lead, which is exactly what he should be
:14:47. > :14:49.doing during the dance. Lots of communication through the eyes and
:14:50. > :14:55.smiling, which is nice. I think Mel's enjoying the wine. I'm
:14:56. > :15:00.extremely surprised at how good their connection is. The eye
:15:01. > :15:05.contact, their body language, normally on the dancefloor Mel's
:15:06. > :15:15.extremely shy. She is really coming out of her shell. That's just made
:15:16. > :15:21.my night, that. Watch out now, I'm just going to make them do so much
:15:22. > :15:27.more. Now I've actually seen this. I'm going to go break their silence.
:15:28. > :15:33.Looking at you two! That was so great to watch! How was it for you
:15:34. > :15:38.guys? A bit odd. Definitely one of the strangest meals we've had but it
:15:39. > :15:44.was good. Now you need to do what you did here in the studio. Are you
:15:45. > :15:48.ready to do this? Yes. I know you've got a full stomach but let's get
:15:49. > :15:53.dancing. I just can't describe how different
:15:54. > :15:58.it was seeing them after their silent date. They know what they
:15:59. > :16:04.have to do now and they're applying it to their routine. It is
:16:05. > :16:09.fantastic. This session was a real surprise to us, wasn't what we were
:16:10. > :16:13.expecting. Who are you two? Where have you come from? ! This helped us
:16:14. > :16:18.with our connection. We'll need to keep working with it and we'll
:16:19. > :16:23.probably have a few more dinners in silence between now and the wedding
:16:24. > :16:29.date. Aren't they gorgeous? It is going to be brilliant. I've bought a
:16:30. > :16:35.hat. Good work Mel and Gordon. We'll see them soon.
:16:36. > :16:40.Time for a second helping of Ian Waite! Doesn't he look like Johnny
:16:41. > :16:45.in Dirty Dancing tonight. So handsome. Until you do that! Susanna
:16:46. > :16:50.and Kevin are doing a cha-cha-cha this week. The last time she did a
:16:51. > :16:56.traditional Latin dance was way back in week four, where she did a samba.
:16:57. > :17:01.The judges said it was messy in places, especially the finishing.
:17:02. > :17:07.She has improved dramatically, but with the cha-cha there's still a lot
:17:08. > :17:11.of technique to learn. For me, the steps are slightly stilted and also
:17:12. > :17:16.the straightening of the knees need to come quicker. It is so difficult
:17:17. > :17:19.to do that. It is a really difficult dance to do that. You struggled with
:17:20. > :17:27.cha-cha that week. You had to bring that up. Can we just remember the
:17:28. > :17:30.glory moments? She gives 100% enthusiasm and speed across the
:17:31. > :17:34.floor. It is fantastic. It is always a joy to watch them. And it is only
:17:35. > :17:38.halfway through the week. It will be brilliant by the weekend. Ben and
:17:39. > :17:41.Kristina are doing the Charleston. After the American smooth on
:17:42. > :17:46.Saturday the judges said he needs to be stronger out of hold. Could that
:17:47. > :17:50.be a problem for a dance like the Charleston? It is going to be
:17:51. > :17:55.difficult for him. It is not an easy dance to co-ordinate. There's a lot
:17:56. > :18:01.of steps with the feet and a lot of swivelling. It is very precise. As
:18:02. > :18:05.you can see, there's a lot of step patterns there. I like his
:18:06. > :18:09.concentration face. The thing with him, he's got to make it look light.
:18:10. > :18:13.That's what Charleston's all about. If you watch frit the 1920s
:18:14. > :18:18.everything they do is very light. Just to make him feel a little more
:18:19. > :18:23.at home we should give him a couple of rugby balls under his arm and
:18:24. > :18:27.maybe he will feel at home and get co-ordinated more. Abbey and Aljaz
:18:28. > :18:30.are doing the paso doble. How is Abbey dealing with the
:18:31. > :18:34.characterisation of this dance? He had a little dance with her in the
:18:35. > :18:40.studio and he said, she's really good. She was lovely to dance with,
:18:41. > :18:44.the perfect height for me. What I felt with the dance, she's got the
:18:45. > :18:48.expression. She's got lovely shaping in her arms. What she needs to do is
:18:49. > :19:01.create the shaping through the body a bit more. I will stop it here.
:19:02. > :19:07.Hold on one second... Nice! In here we need to get her hips underneath.
:19:08. > :19:11.They need to be strong, purposeful walks. With the walks we'll create
:19:12. > :19:16.that shaping through the body. She'll get more of an arch through
:19:17. > :19:22.the back to create that paso doble look. Nice cape shapes. Is but it is
:19:23. > :19:28.all looking good. Patrick and Anya are doing the Viennese waltz. The
:19:29. > :19:34.judges always pick up on Anya and her loads of content. How is Patrick
:19:35. > :19:39.coping? It is good to do a lot of content I think, because it gets the
:19:40. > :19:43.celebrities working. The Viennese waltz is notoriously difficult
:19:44. > :19:47.because of the continuous rotation. It is difficult to maintain that and
:19:48. > :19:52.the fan. I'm not a big fan of Patrick's frame. You like Patrick as
:19:53. > :19:57.a man, just his frame. I love his Latin but in the ballroom he
:19:58. > :20:02.struggles to create and maintain the frame. He's looking over the
:20:03. > :20:07.right-hand side. If we do a bit of Viennese waltz, Zoe. Due need me?
:20:08. > :20:12.Thank goodness someone does. We go into Viennese. I can remember it. I
:20:13. > :20:17.want you to keep your head to the left and I'm going to keep my head
:20:18. > :20:26.over to the left. Hello! Gosh! It is not easy in those heels. A bit like
:20:27. > :20:31.that. Was that any good? The close could have been a bit cleaner. Never
:20:32. > :20:37.good enough. Good luck Patrick. Are you are gorgeous. Ian Waite
:20:38. > :20:41.everybody! See you next week, honey. We get to know a lot about the pros
:20:42. > :20:44.on this show. But if you've ever wondered who is the most
:20:45. > :20:46.high-maintenance and who likes to make the most noise then take a look
:20:47. > :21:04.at this. The loudest? Hard to get a word in
:21:05. > :21:11.edgeways. Rond or -- Brendan or James. I'm going to go with James.
:21:12. > :21:17.James. James Jordan. Mr James Jordan. You can always hear his
:21:18. > :21:21.opinion every. Where He always say what he thinks really loud. I don't
:21:22. > :21:23.really understand why, but if I've got to take that one, with I'll take
:21:24. > :21:37.it on the chin. I could get into trouble here.
:21:38. > :21:43.Kristina. Kristina? Kristina. She always looks as lovely as she does.
:21:44. > :21:48.We are all pretty high maintenance to start with, because that's our
:21:49. > :21:52.job, to be maintained highly. Either myself or Iveta. It must be
:21:53. > :22:00.something with Eastern European girls. We love things that way.
:22:01. > :22:04.Kristina, her middle name is High Maintenance. To be honest with you
:22:05. > :22:09.we are all pretty high maintenance. I will leave it at that.
:22:10. > :22:19.You just have to love Iveta, "That is our job to be highly maintained."
:22:20. > :22:26.Our next guests set did ballroom alight with a delicious paso.
:22:27. > :22:31.Susanna and Kev kin join me next. It was look a buffet after Spanish
:22:32. > :22:37.tapas, full of tasty morsels right the way through. Well done. You have
:22:38. > :22:46.stretched yourself tonight. You ate up that dancefloor. The drama you
:22:47. > :22:52.gave. The dynamics. The distil ed flavour of Spain was there for us to
:22:53. > :22:59.savour. Fantastic! I think you were Khanling Anita from West Side Story.
:23:00. > :23:06.Absolutely fab yew louse! -- fabulous.
:23:07. > :23:10.Three tens and a nine from Craig! Thank you for giving everything.
:23:11. > :23:14.Whatever happens from here, I will never ever forget tonight.
:23:15. > :23:19.Isn't that moving? I don't think any of us will ever forget that night.
:23:20. > :23:28.Please welcome the fantastic, the fiery seven Rita Susanna and her
:23:29. > :23:32.Kevin Ole! I was jumping up and down on the sofa. What a performance. The
:23:33. > :23:37.fire, the frock, the character. And all of it in Blackpool in the
:23:38. > :23:41.Blackpool Tower ballroom. Do you understand why Susanna everyone
:23:42. > :23:45.raves about the place? It is still sinking in, but there was a moment
:23:46. > :23:50.when Kevin throws me to the floor at the end and I was lying on the floor
:23:51. > :23:54.and I just felt the crowd and the reaction, and Kevin is standing
:23:55. > :23:58.there and I just thought, oh my goodness, just enjoy this moment,
:23:59. > :24:05.because this will never ever happen to you again. You could feel that
:24:06. > :24:09.through the telly. You really could. Tissue box. We might need one soon.
:24:10. > :24:14.What a week to get three tens. Was there a point for you during the
:24:15. > :24:18.performance, maybe when leaping sideways or standing in the fire,
:24:19. > :24:22.when you thought back of the net, we've done this We were both talking
:24:23. > :24:26.of this, how we felt like we had a bit of an out of body speech. I
:24:27. > :24:32.don't really remember anything about the dance. We were so far in the
:24:33. > :24:39.zone on the night, we really wanted it to be special, I've been banging
:24:40. > :24:43.on about it for weeks UK and we -- about it for weeks and we didn't
:24:44. > :24:47.know much about it until it finished and everyone was screaming. It was
:24:48. > :24:52.incredible. The something you said yourself when you got all the tens
:24:53. > :25:00.and you said, I don't think I'm a tens girl. And Craig said, I never
:25:01. > :25:05.saw Susanna as a tens girl. I agree with him. I'm not a tens sort of a
:25:06. > :25:10.person. When we got the first ten from Darcey, I couldn't believe it
:25:11. > :25:15.and we got one from Len and from Bruno. I'm not somebody who can do
:25:16. > :25:20.perfect technique. Craig's absolutely right. He will have no
:25:21. > :25:26.justification to give us a ten this weekend, as we've got a dance I'm
:25:27. > :25:32.finding really tricky. That's fine. I total - I know what he is talking
:25:33. > :25:36.about. I would love you to prove him wrong. The highest joint score on
:25:37. > :25:39.Saturday night and the second highest ever score for the paso
:25:40. > :25:44.doble in the history of this show ever! Since the beginning of time.
:25:45. > :25:55.APPLAUSE It is incredible. Congratulations on your magnificent
:25:56. > :25:59.lunges. How much do you think the traditional music helped you with
:26:00. > :26:05.your dance? Definitely. I wanted if we wanted to do a paso on the show
:26:06. > :26:09.to do it to traditional music. When we got the cut of the music on the
:26:10. > :26:14.CD to practise to, the I started thinking, I don't know much about
:26:15. > :26:19.music but that's got to be difficult to play. When we perform ?it with
:26:20. > :26:24.the band, they played it so amazingly it fired us up even more.
:26:25. > :26:29.So inspiring. Well done to the band. They are brilliant. We experienced
:26:30. > :26:35.the Susanna stare and we know you love dancing with Kevin. But we have
:26:36. > :26:45.notice that she might have another ballroom fancy. Oh yes! It's Pasha,
:26:46. > :26:53.I'm off! I know who is at a loose end? Who?
:26:54. > :27:00.Pasha. She's in love with Pasha. I lose her to Pasha every time he
:27:01. > :27:07.enters room. I want passion and drama? But say you want Pasha? She
:27:08. > :27:12.says, do you think Pasha would do it like this? Pasha wouldn't have
:27:13. > :27:18.complained. If you need to imagine I'm Pasha... It might help actually.
:27:19. > :27:24.So when you are looking down there and you can't see me, imagine that
:27:25. > :27:29.I'm Pasha. And I look up and it's you! Pasha ruins everything. I feel
:27:30. > :27:35.like I need someone else to practise with. No... I don't believe it! I'm
:27:36. > :27:43.storming out, first time in the series.
:27:44. > :27:49.That's so good. Kevin I've got you this. You can try wearing that
:27:50. > :27:57.That's honestly going to help. Maybe the glasses over the top. Very
:27:58. > :28:03.quickly, look at that! I want Kevin back. How is the cha-cha-cha going?
:28:04. > :28:07.I was watch wag you yesterday and Pasha said it is really easy but it
:28:08. > :28:13.is not. I find it really tricky. It is really difficult. What are you
:28:14. > :28:19.making of her efforts with the cha-cha-cha? And could this be
:28:20. > :28:24.another winning week? As everyone says, bags of enthusiasm. And steer
:28:25. > :28:29.o technique! I'm really loving it but there is a lot of technique to
:28:30. > :28:34.get right. We are having a great time. He says that after a day when
:28:35. > :28:41.I said this is making me feel really angry. Put the mask back on. Good
:28:42. > :28:43.luck Susanna and Kevin! APPLAUSE
:28:44. > :28:46.That's it for today. Thanks to all my guests. Join me here tomorrow at
:28:47. > :28:49.6.30pm when I'll be joined by Natalie and Artem and Ben and
:28:50. > :28:53.Kristina. I'll have the latest training room updates from all the
:28:54. > :28:56.couples. Plus Vicky Gill will be giving me her glamour guide to the
:28:57. > :29:01.weekend's frocks. See you then. Goodnight.