:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to It Takes Two. What a weekend! Saturday saw him
:00:13. > :00:15.crowned Lion King, but sadly his reign on Strictly has come to an
:00:16. > :00:20.end. Mark and Iveta say their goodbyes.
:00:21. > :00:27.We don't want them to go! Love them. Their super salsa created a Disco
:00:28. > :00:31.Inferno. Here to talk 10s are Abbey and Aljaz. And it's just as well he
:00:32. > :00:36.finally found his 10 paddle, as this is the last time he'll join us this
:00:37. > :01:22.series - Craig will be here. This is Strictly It Takes Two.
:01:23. > :01:28.Live from London, this is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome Zoe
:01:29. > :01:35.Ball. Hello and welcome to It Takes Two.
:01:36. > :01:42.This weekend saw tears, tantrums and 10s as the competition hotted up
:01:43. > :01:46.even further. In case you were foolish enough to miss any of it,
:01:47. > :01:52.here are the Strictly headlines. It was brilliant!
:01:53. > :01:56.Good evening and here is the news. Strictly's musical extravaganza
:01:57. > :02:00.reached Saturday Night Fever pitch as Abbey's salsa blew away all of
:02:01. > :02:01.the judges. Yes, Craig's mothballed 10 paddle finally made an
:02:02. > :02:28.appearance. Well, Craig might have given Abbey a
:02:29. > :02:30.10, but he didn't score quite so highly with his own spin across the
:02:31. > :02:35.floor. There is one judge missing. Where's
:02:36. > :02:58.Craig? I'm going to mark you for your
:02:59. > :03:02.entrance. I'll give you two. That's more than I deserve! And there was
:03:03. > :03:04.drama on the dance floor after Natalie's American smooth wasn't
:03:05. > :03:15.quite smooth enough for Len. Too much swooshing, apparently.
:03:16. > :03:24.For me, the dance got lost in the performance. Not enough foxtrot. And
:03:25. > :03:33.finally, the make-up room was alive with the Sound of Music on Saturday.
:03:34. > :03:39.Or something like it. # Brown paper packages tied up with
:03:40. > :03:44.string. These are a few of my favourite things.
:03:45. > :03:52.# When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad. I
:03:53. > :03:56.simply remember my favourite things...
:03:57. > :03:59.# And those were the Strictly Headlines.
:04:00. > :04:04.And now even more backstage gossip. Here's all the action from behind
:04:05. > :04:17.the scenes. I believe something is going on
:04:18. > :04:29.today. # Oh, what a beautiful morning. It
:04:30. > :04:36.is musical week! I am a secret jazz hander. I love musicals. There is a
:04:37. > :04:40.danger of feeling like there is a lot of pressure on you when you get
:04:41. > :04:49.to this stage of the competition. But this week, everyone just feels
:04:50. > :04:55.very happy. Patrick is flying! I want that car for Christmas. It is
:04:56. > :05:01.really energetic, very busy and quick, and heaps of fun. It is
:05:02. > :05:03.lovely having the dancers, because it fills the stage out and takes the
:05:04. > :05:10.attention off me. It is going to be a very big night.
:05:11. > :05:23.Hair and make up! My little boy at home is very
:05:24. > :05:35.excited about daddy flying on a magic carpet. I've lost my make-up
:05:36. > :05:42.artist. How about this. This is what my mum used to do. I think that is
:05:43. > :05:49.the right colour! UR in the wrong, Brendan Cole.
:05:50. > :05:59.I am currently having a tale sewn onto my costume.
:06:00. > :06:14.I have a feeling that tonight might be the night when we see for 10s.
:06:15. > :06:22.Welcome to the Jungle. These are our little sexy animals. We are doing
:06:23. > :06:28.the lion king. It is going to be the best party, with the biggest amount
:06:29. > :06:31.of cheese. # I'm singing in the rain. What a
:06:32. > :06:38.glorious feeling. I'm hoping we see 10s tonight.
:06:39. > :07:01.Fingers crossed, darling. Showtime! I think before you go on stage,
:07:02. > :07:08.you're trying to hold every interview so that you can let it out
:07:09. > :07:14.on stage. It is musicals week on Strictly Come Dancing.
:07:15. > :07:22.What a night! He'll always be the Lion in our pride. It's time to say
:07:23. > :07:31.Hakuna Matata to Mark and Iveta. APPLAUSE
:07:32. > :07:35.Commiserations on last night's exit. It has been such a joy watching the
:07:36. > :07:46.two of you dance on the show. How are you feeling today? I feel good.
:07:47. > :07:52.I was having such a fantastic time. I wanted to go out on a high, and we
:07:53. > :07:56.did that. We had a great week, and I feel good about the whole thing. You
:07:57. > :08:03.have been such an incredible fighter. You had to go through the
:08:04. > :08:08.dance-off so many times and still survived. Did you have a feeling
:08:09. > :08:14.that this might be the week? You feel that every week, and it was
:08:15. > :08:19.getting tough, so to get to the last seven was amazing. We went for it,
:08:20. > :08:26.but you have to have that in your mind that it might happen. And did
:08:27. > :08:35.we see a little appearance of the dinosaur? It was such a beautiful
:08:36. > :08:39.moment. And very emotional. That will become legend across the
:08:40. > :08:48.country. And quite an emotional departure, Iveta. Yes. Whether you
:08:49. > :08:57.make the final or go out earlier, you never want this to end. It is
:08:58. > :09:03.emotional. Let's not start yet! Don't look him in the eye. Craig's
:09:04. > :09:06.perhaps been your fiercest critic, but even he gave you positive
:09:07. > :09:11.comments on Saturday. We saw you tear up - how much did it mean to
:09:12. > :09:16.you? It was such a shock, because I was expecting him to be really harsh
:09:17. > :09:23.again, and he was so lovely. I was fine going up the stairs, and when I
:09:24. > :09:26.got to the top, I couldn't talk. I think it means something that
:09:27. > :09:32.because Craig is quite harsh, when he does say something nice, you know
:09:33. > :09:42.he genuinely means it. He really does mean it, which is why it gives
:09:43. > :09:47.you such pleasure. Now, you have done ten weeks of dancing on very
:09:48. > :09:52.bad knees. What happens now you're out of the competition? We are going
:09:53. > :09:57.to do the tour, and then I will go and have keyhole surgery. If I can
:09:58. > :10:05.survive this, I can survive the tour.
:10:06. > :10:11.Let's have a look at your strictly story.
:10:12. > :10:17.You are going to be sharing the dance with Iveta.
:10:18. > :10:27.I want to show that may be big people can move a bit. You danced it
:10:28. > :10:32.actually rather well. This week we are dancing a salsa, and I am
:10:33. > :10:40.nervous, because I have to find my inner sex God. Show me your sexy
:10:41. > :10:46.face. I am 47, overweight with a dodgy knee.
:10:47. > :10:49.It is being able to do the dance with those judges staring at you,
:10:50. > :10:55.under the lights, the audience there. I have never experienced
:10:56. > :11:03.nerves like it. Iveta is a brilliant teacher. If he makes a mistake, I
:11:04. > :11:05.will break him. Sometimes my stomach hurts from laughing. We really have
:11:06. > :11:20.a good time. You capture the essence of every
:11:21. > :11:26.dance. You get it. And that's great. He is brilliant. No, you are.
:11:27. > :11:35.I can throw some shapes. I can bust some moves. I was made for
:11:36. > :11:41.cha-cha-cha. It was unique, different, memorable and very, very
:11:42. > :11:48.funny. I just want to enjoy what I do. My goal is to show Mark's
:11:49. > :11:53.ability to dance. Not his ability to act, because we know he can do that.
:11:54. > :11:59.You danced it simply, effectively and with feeling and emotion, and
:12:00. > :12:04.that was beautiful. If I am brutally honest, I didn't think I would make
:12:05. > :12:11.it this far. I do think I have improved, and I'm enjoying it. Did
:12:12. > :12:23.you see my astronaut? Did you see him fly? He was amazing.
:12:24. > :12:28.# It's too late to apologise. Iveta is an amazing friend. She has
:12:29. > :12:31.got such a wicked sense of humour. I can't imagine doing strictly with
:12:32. > :12:40.anyone else. It is just so enjoyable. I don't
:12:41. > :12:46.want the series to ever end. You tried Goldfinger, and ended up a
:12:47. > :12:53.fish finger. I knew that I would end up in the dance-off, and I felt like
:12:54. > :12:56.I let Iveta down. She deserves the best from me, and that is what she
:12:57. > :13:03.is going to get. We will have some fun this week. I know it is
:13:04. > :13:08.entertaining, I do know that. I am really looking for a lot more
:13:09. > :13:12.technique. The couple I would like to save is Mark and Iveta. Mark and
:13:13. > :13:17.Iveta. I thought that was our last chance,
:13:18. > :13:24.so I was thrilled. You start this journey with someone, and you do get
:13:25. > :13:32.really close. Just let me get the steps. You have been trained, but
:13:33. > :13:39.never tamed. There are always little cheeky moments that make it. It
:13:40. > :13:45.makes me feel like a warrior. In my head, I thought that was it for me.
:13:46. > :13:50.Thankfully, the judges saved me. From where I started to get to hear,
:13:51. > :13:54.it is just such a lovely feeling. I am going to have fun this week, I
:13:55. > :14:01.think. That is what it's all about for me. I think that really is
:14:02. > :14:10.technically your best to date. You are a great big bundle of joy to
:14:11. > :14:17.watch. Well done. I would like to save Ashley and bowler.
:14:18. > :14:27.It is an honour to work with you. It is an honour to teach you. We will
:14:28. > :14:31.have a sitcom together and continue laughing! Honestly, thank you. It
:14:32. > :14:34.was the best first season. It was perfect. I could not wish for
:14:35. > :14:48.anything else. I love you. Oh, my goodness. We can't wait for
:14:49. > :14:55.the sitcom! What do you think made the two of you hit it off so well? I
:14:56. > :15:02.think a lot of it is to do with the fact that I couldn't dance. I
:15:03. > :15:06.couldn't dance constantly. We would dance for ten minutes and then have
:15:07. > :15:12.to sit for ten minutes on my knees recovered. And so we would mess
:15:13. > :15:17.about. And the thing about Iveta, she just has such a great sense of
:15:18. > :15:25.humour. We have loved having you on the show. Who would you like to see
:15:26. > :15:30.go on and win? I have to say, they are all lovely people. I wouldn't
:15:31. > :15:39.like to say. They are all so good, I couldn't call it. I don't want to
:15:40. > :15:46.say. Iveta, will you do us a favour. One more time, say jellyfish.
:15:47. > :15:52.Jellyfish. And can I say, quickly, thank you for you and It Takes Two,
:15:53. > :15:58.because it has been brilliant. Don't start. Everybody please give it up
:15:59. > :16:07.for Mark and Iveta! We will miss them.
:16:08. > :16:14.I don't think any couple has ever had that reaction on the show
:16:15. > :16:18.before! Mark will always have a place in our hearts on It Takes Two.
:16:19. > :16:21.In a couple of years, you might be lucky enough to star in one of these
:16:22. > :16:50.little gems, it's time for Guess who.
:16:51. > :17:00.Who was that? Saturday saw disco diva at leaderboard with a 70s
:17:01. > :17:06.themed salsa that scored the perfect 40. Here is a reminder.
:17:07. > :17:18.That was great! You were dancing between two professional girls. I
:17:19. > :17:26.could not tell the difference. Absolutely amazing.
:17:27. > :17:33.Mesmerising performance. You are losing confidence in the Latin. A
:17:34. > :17:37.5-star routine. -- losing confidence.
:17:38. > :17:49.I cannot believe we got four tends! I am gobsmacked! Well done, you!
:17:50. > :18:00.Lucky the Predictive Pup was right again! Please welcome Abbey and
:18:01. > :18:03.Aljaz. Can I just say, that was awesome on Saturday night will stop
:18:04. > :18:14.I think there is only one couple ever before that have got 44 salsa.
:18:15. > :18:21.-- 40 four a salsa. How much did you enjoy it? I loved it, everyone was
:18:22. > :18:27.amazing. I thought we have to go out and pretend we are in that disco.
:18:28. > :18:33.And look at what happened, what did Peter think, your mum and dad? Pete
:18:34. > :18:38.finished his football and legged it down to the studio and watched us,
:18:39. > :18:44.my mum and everyone was going crazy. I put the loudspeaker in the
:18:45. > :18:48.room. I am not surprised at all. It looked joyous to perform. Is that
:18:49. > :18:54.part of the success, because it was so much fun to do? We actually
:18:55. > :18:59.struggled in rehearsals, doing it. The Latin isn't my favourite. But I
:19:00. > :19:03.think you have two forget about that and not at a mental block on
:19:04. > :19:09.yourself, how can you not have funded Saturday night Fever? Those
:19:10. > :19:13.outfits! And him dancing in a white suit, my lord! You must have known
:19:14. > :19:20.you had done well, when did you think a clean sweep was coming? It
:19:21. > :19:25.was such a full on salsa, the whole way through I kept thinking, what's
:19:26. > :19:33.next? Every time I saw her was like... I was like, that's good!
:19:34. > :19:38.It's so fast, and you were there with the other pro dancers, you
:19:39. > :19:41.looked incredible. You were saying the always preferred the ballroom.
:19:42. > :19:46.How did you tackle the salsa, knowing that Abbey has always
:19:47. > :19:53.preferred the ballroom? I told her it was the ballroom! She is a
:19:54. > :19:58.natural in ballroom. But I think the salsa, as it was a disco salsa,
:19:59. > :20:06.every single disco move, she did it better than me! You do all the moves
:20:07. > :20:10.we all love! Said this week you go to the view news walks, back to
:20:11. > :20:17.ballroom again. How do you follow 40? I am not even thinking, I want
:20:18. > :20:21.to go out and do my best again, I'm desperate to go back to the ballroom
:20:22. > :20:27.dancers, and I love watching people do the Viennese walks. I just don't
:20:28. > :20:33.think you can focus on the scores, it will just put you off, it's only
:20:34. > :20:37.down from here! You got 40! I am more excited than she is. If you go
:20:38. > :20:45.back ten weeks, a lifetime ago, the first week, you did a walks that was
:20:46. > :20:55.a standout. Will she take from the foundations of that? Yes! Of course,
:20:56. > :21:01.it is very similar, if not the same, the steps are similar as well.
:21:02. > :21:14.Just a bit faster. I think she will tackle the view news waltz very
:21:15. > :21:21.well. -- Viennese. You've also got the swing-a-thon on Saturday. How
:21:22. > :21:32.will you train for this? Elbows! I can't wait to do it. A great change,
:21:33. > :21:38.actually. And Aljaz, how are you going to keep her attention this
:21:39. > :21:41.week? Keeper focused? I need to think about something new every week
:21:42. > :21:48.must I don't know. We haven't started this week yet. Sophie was
:21:49. > :21:55.sick today, so I couldn't go back into rehearsals. She had it on week
:21:56. > :22:03.one, I was up all might with her, cleaning sick up from everywhere! --
:22:04. > :22:11.up all night. They spring back, don't they, babies? We are going to
:22:12. > :22:19.train extra hard tomorrow. You were awesome on Saturday night, good luck
:22:20. > :22:24.with your Viennese waltz. Time to reveal who's features have been
:22:25. > :22:34.obscured by the dodgy camera, did you get it?
:22:35. > :22:46.It's me! I danced with the lovely Ola Jordan in 2009. It was quite
:22:47. > :22:52.tricky, wasn't it? I have grown a couple of genes since then. As he is
:22:53. > :22:56.about to tread the boards in pantomime, this is his last
:22:57. > :23:02.appearance in the studio! Give it up for Craig Revel Horwood!
:23:03. > :23:16.Look at you, so rightly! Like a swan, gliding in. Highest scores on
:23:17. > :23:21.Saturday night, it was awesome. So exciting. It was ready to see the
:23:22. > :23:30.standard of the dancing, I was really excited myself. I don't say
:23:31. > :23:34.that often. Let's start with Abbey and Aljaz, you did say it was
:23:35. > :23:41.amazing. Is there anything more... Look at that! What I loved about
:23:42. > :23:46.Abbey is the fact that she took complete ownership of the dance
:23:47. > :23:49.floor. She played the leading lady and just when you see her dancing
:23:50. > :23:56.with the professionals, she was really standing out as something
:23:57. > :24:01.special. It wasn't until the very, very end, the last move, that I
:24:02. > :24:08.could actually think, could I give it a ten? And I thought, absolutely.
:24:09. > :24:17.My finger was harbouring. Still! To the last minute! I just absolutely
:24:18. > :24:23.loved it. And so glad to see your paddle. Ashley found himself in the
:24:24. > :24:30.dance off for the first time, were you surprised? I was, but someone
:24:31. > :24:35.has to be in the dance off, and it was out of him or Susanna. I was
:24:36. > :24:43.thinking it would be one of those two. I was still shocked, but he did
:24:44. > :24:48.very well, I gave him a technical note about expression through the
:24:49. > :24:52.arms, when he was out of any hold or lift and he went ahead and did
:24:53. > :24:59.that. I thought he was great. He has learnt and developed so much over
:25:00. > :25:04.the series, it's a delight to watch. Patrick and Anya and their
:25:05. > :25:11.Charleston. He did say he lost a bit of stability in the lobster claw
:25:12. > :25:17.left! I totally love that. He was very fast. It was hard to keep up
:25:18. > :25:23.the him. But he managed it, he was a bit flat-footed, but that lift is
:25:24. > :25:30.where you take the girl up and you twist, on the preparation, he just
:25:31. > :25:38.lost a little bit of his centre and his core, and that happened to
:25:39. > :25:43.shuffle his beat a bit. I felt it didn't matter direct play in front
:25:44. > :25:55.of him. I think the centrifugal force swept her too far across. But
:25:56. > :26:00.small, tiny details. Fantastic. I haven't stopped grinning since
:26:01. > :26:04.Saturday. Susanna and Kevin and the quick step, such a strong weekend,
:26:05. > :26:11.deceive and second, incredible, will she bounce back? I think she can
:26:12. > :26:15.bounce back, she has the mental capacity to get on with it, forget
:26:16. > :26:19.that ever happened and then come in and give us something extraordinary
:26:20. > :26:24.and stunning. That's what I love about her, she brings her
:26:25. > :26:32.personality, her smile, curvaceous must, to the floor. That's what all
:26:33. > :26:40.the people at home are loving. The Viennese waltz, the highest score,
:26:41. > :26:45.what made this so magical? Number one, the music, number two, the
:26:46. > :26:49.look. Just the fact that they are beautifully in sync with one
:26:50. > :26:54.another. The only thing I could say about it is the chin was almost
:26:55. > :26:57.gravitating towards the shoulder too much. You have to keep your head and
:26:58. > :27:01.left but I think it was going back a little bit and she was losing her
:27:02. > :27:07.neck ever so slightly. These are minor, ridiculous details. But is
:27:08. > :27:13.that time in the competition. We have to nit-pick otherwise you can't
:27:14. > :27:16.differentiate between one couple or another and the people at home
:27:17. > :27:24.really want to know why I'm giving an eight or nine. Natalie and RTM
:27:25. > :27:30.and their American Smooth, you said you would like to have seen more in
:27:31. > :27:38.hold? How much of an American Smooth should be in hold? 70% in, 30 visit
:27:39. > :27:44.out and read lifts. I just think we missed that in hold moment. Lennon
:27:45. > :27:49.was right when he pointed that out, there wasn't very much in hold at
:27:50. > :27:57.all. I thought it was in immaculately danced dance, I loved
:27:58. > :28:05.her in it, but sadly, I couldn't award the ten for it because of
:28:06. > :28:17.that. You did say that her bras... For the brass were second to none.
:28:18. > :28:23.Port de bras goes up, a cross, it's how you use your arms. She does do
:28:24. > :28:35.that beautifully. She does drop her head each time she goes into a lift.
:28:36. > :28:40.All extremely strong dancers left. I would say yes, it's going to be
:28:41. > :28:46.really difficult for the judges now, because it's becoming even
:28:47. > :28:51.Stephen. It's going to be up to our wonderful public at home to choose
:28:52. > :28:57.the right person. I don't think it will be a judges choice at all this
:28:58. > :29:02.year. They are all travelling full steam ahead and it's so exciting. We
:29:03. > :29:11.shall miss you on Monday but good luck! It's my last one, darling! And
:29:12. > :29:15.extract huge round of applause for Craig Revel Horwood. That's it for
:29:16. > :29:24.today, thanks to all of my gorgeous guest. I am back at 6:30pm tomorrow.
:29:25. > :29:26.Aljaz and Ola return.