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Welcome to It Takes Two. It's Thursday and in store for you

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tonight: We'll have the very latest training room updates from all of

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our couples, an exclusive look at the weekend's frocks with Vicky

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Gill. Plus, they've put Rumba-gate behind them, and with Musical Week

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looming, the show must go on. Sophie and Brendan are here! They gave us a

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top-quality Tango that took them to the top of the leaderboard. This

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week they're hoping for an encore. It's Natalie and Artem! And always

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worth a standing ovation, our First Lady of the judging panel is back,

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it's Darcey Bussell! This is Strictly It Takes Two. Ly Come

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Dancing Strictly Come Dancing ?

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COMMENTATOR: From London, this is It Takes Two. Please welcome your host,

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Zoe Ball. Welcome to It Takes Two.

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It is Thursday. It means that time is running out for the couples to

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perfect the routines before the opening night at Musical Week. Here

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to premiere the glamorous gowns that the competitors are wearing it is

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Vicky Gill. Hello my lovely. Now, Musical Week, does it mean as much

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to you in the wardrobe department as it does to us? We are slightly over

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hysterical and excited? It does! What does it mean.

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We have to make sure that the musical is in reference to the dance

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and the musical. So it has to suit the needs of the dance but adding

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the Strictly sparkle and making sure it is lots of fun. And

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performance-led. Is it a fun theme? Yes. We always

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have a laugh. This week is no exception.

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How do you combine the typical Strictliness to the frocks without

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it getting too daft with the theme? We have to be careful. Otherwise it

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would be a fancy dress. And we would be getting carried away and the show

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would not be the same! We have to hold back and make sure that the

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performance garment is really the lead so that they can do the

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Quickstep or the Charleston or whatever that they are doing.

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And still look brilliant. Right. Now, let's pull the rope here! I

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think we have worked on this. Failure! Massive failure. Right this

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looks incredible, who does it belong to? This is Iveta's cos tomb. I am

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not sure but she is a lioness. So lots of feathers, lots of bounce and

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fun in the routine. Lots of fringe which has not been trimmed yet.

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Will Iveta make you trim that shorter? Probably. They like nice

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long leg lines, so that will probably go up. And we have a tail.

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There is a tail! ! He she gets to wag around. Does this mean that Mark

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is to be dressed as a lion as well? Sort of... A big mane? Lots of

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feather around the top of the chirt and a crown. Probably a tail by the

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time we get to Saturday. He will look very cute.

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Now, this is not really moonwalking but it is just a walk backwards.

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Whose frock is this? This is beautiful.

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This is Anya's Charleston dress. What we are trying to do is to adapt

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the theme and the mood of the Charleston. It has the big puffy

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sleeves. They are dancing to Chitty Chitty

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Bang Bang. She is being Truly Scrumptious.

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Yes. She may be a little scared of the

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sleeves. Why? Well I think I would! But it is

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a Strictly garment. Obviously it is the colour and the length not so

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long as she is doing Charleston. Knowing Anya it will be energy

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gettic and lots of tricks. And Patrick, what is he wearing? For

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the guys there is a real mix of tone and fabrics. We will have tuition

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feeds that don't strobe and colour combinations of chocolate browns and

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pale greens. So exciting! Right, let's have a

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look at Ola's dress. She is doing a Rumba. She is known for wearing cat

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suits on the Rumba. What is it this week? Again with the musical theme,

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the cat suit does not suit the role, but the trousers here are with a

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little flare and a balloon shape to them. I'm sure that oil krar will

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get to wear a cat suit in the coming weeks, but this is a bit of a cross.

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I love how much is cut from the sides. Very exciting. This is the

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material here. Yep, these are blue. There will be

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more gold and silver linked in with this. So down the edging and down

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the back, that will be very gold. And Ashley will be dressed as

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Aladdin? He is I'm not sure if he will enjoy it.

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He looks incredible. He had his chest out and looked great! I'm sure

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it will be out. Susanna is doing a Quickstep with

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Kevin. She is being Debbie Reynolds from Singing in the Rain. Singing

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Good Morning. What about the dress? The dress is relevant to the tone

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and the dress of the film. We have tried to use similar style lines but

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longer as they are doing the Quickstep. I have chosen the

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colours, purple, lilac and silver. Stunning. Quite an awesome week. Do

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you make yourself a little cos tomb for watching the show with? That

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would be telling! Great stuff. Give it up for Vicky Gill. Now, time to

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look at the rave reviews and looking at who will could be panned by the

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judges. We are dancing salsa. Latin is the least favourite. I prefer

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being held. This will be a challenging week. I don't feel

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confident or comfortable. The Latin dances you are out on your own and

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wiggle the hips, it goes through me. I just can't do that step.

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It is a Musical Week. It has to be so defined. I have to make sure that

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A bhshgs bey has fun with all of the steps.

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I will have to go out there and give it my all and be hopefully kept in

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another week! This week I have the Rumba. .

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The key elements in Rumba are the beautiful footwork. Lovely hips,

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lufl arms and the passion between two people.

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There must be the chemistry between the partners. With me, first. You

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are losing the moment. We have a few trick steps. I need

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Ashley's support. If he is not there for me, it will go wrong.

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Because of the size difference, I am finding it hard to get as low as I

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need to be. Don't do that. That looks like an old man. Do that.

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The Rumba is going to be brilliant this week. I can't wait.

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We are dancing the American Smooth. I'm really disorientated. It's the

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same step, slow, quick, quick, slow. It is time to pay attention to the

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smaller details instead of getting the steps right. We are at the stage

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of the game, I know that I am being picky but... There is always an

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element of fear and danger with any step, never mind a lift. It is

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mainly being graceful throughout it. It is easy to be graceful with two

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feet on the ground and in control to an extent, but when some of the

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control is taken away from you it is harder to go with it.

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All about being graceful! Please, welcome Natalie and Artem! Well done

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you table-topping Tango people! And can I say congratulations to Lucky

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the Chihuahua, who finally got it right and predicted you would be the

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top. He is saved. Now, all of the judges were saying how pernickety

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they would be, but Natalie you still got 37 when they were being

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pernickety. How happy were you after the Tango? Slighted! I managed to

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step through the dress. I will blame the dress, whether I stepped through

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it or not. I will definitely go with the dress. It was a technical dance

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for us, so I was delighted. I didn't notice you go wrong at all!

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Camera angles. Nice pif outs at the beginning,

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Artem. Showing off. Very good. How happy were you? The tango is one of

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your favourites? Did you see how angry I was during that video? !

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That is what you look like all the time! How happy were you? Very

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happy. In the dangerous run it did not go well at all. So I thought, if

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it is going to go like that, it will be a disaster, but I thought it went

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well. So I was happy. Craig gave a list of criticisms, you

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think but then he still gave you a nine. Would it be nice to start you

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with something positive? He said he would be picky. I was braced for it

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I didn't mind. I will learn from it. Were you miffed that he said it

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lacked drama as an actress. I mean you were giving it your all! ! You

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were probably scared of me. You guys have amassed 300 hours of

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training since you started this. I think that is a round of applause.

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Are you not sick of his little face yet, Natalie? ! I have gone through

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sick and come out of the other end. After 300 hours, confusion still

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reigns in the training room. Have a little look.

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Think of it seven, belonging to the gowns. I am struggling to put it

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together to make it make shens. I am confusing. I think that the

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challenge is to have a concept. Facilitate the choreography to the

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concept and facilitate with the judges for the kwoefy.

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I don't know what I am doing? ! One, two, three, two, two, two, three. It

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should be easy to get that, actually.

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Should be easy, he says! Let's have fun, he says.

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Clear as mud! Good. See? Perfect! I love the way we

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understand each other! Now, American Smooth this week in Musical's Week

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this is the first chance to tackle really big lifts. How are they

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going? You saw it. They are still about there. I don't think they are

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further from what you have seen already.

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I know it is Artem's face, though! In this Musical Week, you have a big

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song. Let's take a look... Brilliant! It is Artem's face it is

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hysterical! If you could turn up the music! You are dancing to Dream

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Girls. It is a big tune. It is a ? I am still deciding on how to do that

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one. We are still working on Thursday! I

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heard a rumour you had tried a trapeze to get you used to a big

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lift? How did it go? I would rather throw myself off a 30-foot ledge

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than do the lifts! It is that bad? ! Maybe throw yourself on to Artem and

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see if he can carry you. I think throw in the trapeze and see

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how they dance! Listen, good luck with the American Smooth. I love

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that clip. It is my favourite clip. In a moment I'm chatting to

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DarceBussell but first it is back to training for you all. With the big

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night looming, will it be the final curtain, or will our judges have you

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singing from the rooftops? This week is a Musical Week, we are dancing

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Samba. It is a bounce action. I am doing the best for Iveta and going

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for it. Through the ankles and the knees.

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Snie I want to learn how to Samba. That is the joy. Learning the dance,

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doing it the best you can. Finish with open legs. Keep the

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frame. We are doing with the Latin, working with arm extensions. He is

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doing it very well. I have the feeling he will do it very well.

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I never taught that step! I will give it 100% and do the best that I

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can. Left, right, left... We are dancing

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the Charleston. The Charleston is a very quick

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dance. People don't realise how quick it is. You have to make it

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look effortless. Just a bit quicker than I

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anticipated! It is a technical dance.

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The one basic step repeats itself over and over again. It is a civil

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in the footwork. We have to work at this, because that was a bit flat!

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This dance must be big in every way. It needs to be quirky and fun. So

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light in the eyes and a sparkle going, yeah, it is great! Oh, my

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days! That that's great! Patrick that looks good. Time for a woman

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who will always get top billing in our eyes. Not just because it is

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Musical Week but because she is great. Please, welcome Darcey

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Bussell. Give us a shimmy. I like the shoes. Look at those! Look at

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those! And a lovely leg kick too. Welcome back.

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Last week, a little bit of a dip in everyone's scores.

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Oh, yes. Len, had had his say, what are you, Darcey Bussell, looking for

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in the couples in the lead-up to the Final? Well, it is not just about

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technique and getting it right, but it is the overall performance. They

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have to act it, perform, they have to finish off everything

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beautifully. I think that there should be no

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fuzzy edges, but it is difficult now.

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It is difficult. There are a lot of very, very good

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ones. Really good but they are also

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exhausted. We have lost eight, who do you miss on the dance floor on a

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Saturday evening? I loved Deborah Meaden. There was a smile constantly

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on her face all the way through. This is what the show is about. She

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had no expectations of what she would be like. She was terrified and

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then loved every bit of it. Admittedly, loving Robin. He is an

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amazing teach efr. She wanted to learn every week. It showed.

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And even though she's not here, she is still supporting the dancers.

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Now, who are the front runners now and has it changed? For me I think

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Natalie and Patrick were always on top from the beginning. I noticed

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that natural ability. And he never shows nerves. That is an art. Even

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if they were nervous, to be able to I'd hide it from the beginning, but

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I think that they are strong. It is a natural ability to be able to

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relax on the dance floor, when you are thrown something knew each week,

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to be comfortable with the music. To listen to your professional partner.

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Maybe it is the actors in them. Let's talk about Patrick. He

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received his first and so far only 10 of the series from you for his

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American Smooth. What stood out for you? I think that the style all the

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way through. So in sink. They mirrored each other. It was a

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brilliant piece of choreography. It was a joy to watch. So much in it

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that he achieved. It was a shame at the end there was a fault with the

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dress but even how they pulled it off, to save it, I was so impressed

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with that. That is a really professional thing to do.

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I loved you standing up to give them that ten.

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The dance had everything. His personality came out. He is very

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natural and musical. Which of the celebrities surprised

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you or improved the most? It's difficult. So many have. Admittedly.

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Susanna was the most unpredictable. Being a news reader, you don't

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expect her to be a performer, but she is very comfortable to come out

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and perform. To smile and pull things off and to hide technical

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difficulties, but here she is stunning in this waltz. I think that

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she has incredible confidence in Kevin. They are a beautiful

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partnership. There is a little bit of magic when they get on the dance

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floor, but I was surprised she can pick up the steps from the

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beginning. She found that easy. I think she said she would write them

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down to remember them but she has never gone wrong.

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Let's not jinx her! The last time you said you loved Sophie's

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Charleston and David's Cha Cha Cha. Which have you enjoyed lately?

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Theres have been lots. Sophie's Quickstep in Blackpool.

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That was beautiful. The glimpse of what she had with the clarl

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Chancellor came back again. -- the glimpse of what she had with

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the Charleston came back again. She flows and looks natural and of

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course Brendan's choreography. He will come in and lick your face

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in a minute. It works. She is unique with so much

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ability and grace and elegance. It is refined. I really love watching

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her dance. I want her to have more confidence in herself and to be more

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showy. Maybe show off. Be a bit cocky about it.

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Thank you very much. Enjoy the next Strictly. Our Musical

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Week will be amazing. Darcey Bussell! We are all about bit

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jazz hands here. Time for the final trip to the training room with each

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of the remaining couples to ensure that their performances are more

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West End than Dead End. This week it is Week and we are

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dancing the Quickstep. A couple of issues, slide, hop, hop, slide.

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You have a spring. The steps I get my head around and then we do it to

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speed it is so quick, I'm surprised how quick.

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It is getting there. She is working really hard.

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I hate this step! Legs are still what we have to work on. You will

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get it. It has steps in it which are

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counterintuitive. So there are challenges in there. I will have to

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keep my brain working faster than my feet.

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This week Brendan and I are dancing a Viennese waltz. It is beautiful.

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Very graceful. I really love Strictly. Now you have added the

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extra layer of Musicals, that I also adore. I knew that the Waltz meant a

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lot of spinning but wow, there are a lot of spins in it.

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There are about 12 pif outs in a row. Really? ! The pif outs and

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turns are definitely making me dizzy, but I also really enjoy it.

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It is a fun feeling. I just don't know if I am doing it with flair. Or

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just someone grinning like a maniac. Mreeshgs welcome Sophie and Brendan.

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Hello, darlings. Congratulations on the beautiful Rumba. Some of the

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moves were stunning. We will discuss the drama, but how was the

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performance for you, Sophie, did you love it? I really did. From the

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start the Rumba was the one I was a bit intimidated by. I have seen some

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that is slightly freaked me out. And this one really didn't.

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I think that Brentan's coffey is -- choreography is gorge you. --

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gorgeous. I really enjoyed it. Well, what frustrated you the most

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about the judges' comments? When bueno started going on about a

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dirty, raunchy Rumba. For me that is misguided and understood and show as

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lack of understanding of what we are trying to do. So to put 25 hours

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into a dance and then for somebody else to be wanting something

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different is frustrating. I think that Sophie danced the Rumba mrafsh

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lousily. It was so beautiful and elegant and there was a chemistry.

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For somebody to say there is no chemistry. It was like, hello, I

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have just felt it. It is a frustrating thing.

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I am not that upset about it. Well, the people at home, the

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people, there are a lot of them were in agreement with you. Andrea said:

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I loved it. It gave me goose bumps. They do talk rubbish some times.

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And: Brendan is right. Why cheapen something so beautiful! Thank you

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very much. Sophie, you mentioned how your

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husband Richard likes that style of Rumba. Does he and your sons have

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input to your dancing? Do they give you ideas? What do they make of your

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beautiful dancing? They have been supportive. It was nice to watch the

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Rumba without flinching. I knew that my dad and granny were watches at

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home. It was intimate. It was nothing about it that was not that

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intense. I have to talk with Richard, I get him to come in and

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watch. He said it was a good Rumba. Strictly has taken over your whole

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life, it does when you are a contestant. We have noticed you are

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in your own Strictly world. You do feel you are in the Strictly

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bubble. Sometimes of it is of happiness.

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Sometimes it is a bit of misery. Where am I? What is happening? I

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will be having a conversation with someone then, dancing, trying a

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step. Whatever the song is, I am singing it all the time.

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My eldest has a phrase for it, where he sees me doing this, he will say

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I'm trapped in the Strictly world again. I am trapped in the Strictly

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world! I am! Isn't that clever? ! I love how they do that. The VT team

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are so great. The Viennese waltz, how easy is it to go were a Rumba to

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a singing nun? Logical! Let's hope I don't put the raunch into this

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week's dance. It is what they want. We should do it.

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I am loving this. Musicals to me, they are synonymous with joy, so is

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dancing and Strictly. So Brendan has to put up with me being year foric

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to the brink of madness. Let's hear your music...

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# Rain drops and roses and bright-coloured kittens... There is

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a magic about this. On the staging week you want the massive impact. It

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has this beauty and spinning around. It is lovely.

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It is making me emotional. Will you be dressed as a nun? And will you be

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Captain von Trapp? I want to be the Maria where she is dressed up on the

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mountain-top. Good luck, Sophie and Brendan!

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That's it for today. Thanks to all of my guests. Join me here tomorrow

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where I will be talking to Patrick and Anya. Plus the Friday panel

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