:00:00. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to It Takes Two. It is Monday. I am starting your
:00:12. > :00:16.week with a challenge. The judges bid them farewell on Sunday night.
:00:17. > :00:22.We are not ready to let them go - don't go - it is Ashley and Ola. I
:00:23. > :00:27.cannot bear it! He is about to find out how he did with his drunk
:00:28. > :00:32.sailors - it is Pasha. We have missed him. What lurks around the
:00:33. > :00:39.corner? A special treat here to talk us through the action - it is the
:00:40. > :00:43.Italian stallion, Bruno Tonioli. Yes, please - this is Strictly - It
:00:44. > :01:27.Takes Two. Live, from London, this is Strictly,
:01:28. > :01:35.It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.
:01:36. > :01:41.Hello. It is me. Welcome to It Takes Two. This weekend gave us swirling,
:01:42. > :01:45.and swinging as our couples took on not only one dance, but the
:01:46. > :01:50.swingathon. In case you missed any, here are the Strictly headlines.
:01:51. > :01:54.Good evening. Here is the news. Thank you! Whilst Craig was feeling
:01:55. > :02:00.the love somewhat on Saturday night, he was in such a good mood, head
:02:01. > :02:11.judge, Len, was feeling feisty and did not mince his words!
:02:12. > :02:15.You were like ger ma -- germafobes. Too much fafing about at the
:02:16. > :02:21.beginning. I would not lie to you. You have got to love your game in --
:02:22. > :02:26.up your game in this swingathon, girl, because for me you are in
:02:27. > :02:30.jeopardy thaft dance. Check this out!
:02:31. > :02:36.Well, I like the fact you attempted to get some light and shade in
:02:37. > :02:44.there. Occasionally I found it too intense. I thought it had light and
:02:45. > :02:53.shade. I said it had... I said it had wonderful light and shade...
:02:54. > :02:59.Prick up your ears, son! Oh, Len - that was terrible!
:03:00. > :03:02.Finally, the return of the brilliant swingathon on Saturday night left
:03:03. > :03:04.some of our celebrities wanting to stwing for the judges, frankly --
:03:05. > :03:21.swing for the judges, frankly. Will Ashley and Ola please leave the
:03:22. > :03:26.floor. What? What? Will Sophie and Brendan please leave the floor? Will
:03:27. > :03:32.Patrick and Anya please leave the floor.
:03:33. > :03:39.The winners of the swingathon are Natalie and Artem.
:03:40. > :03:46.Well deserved there. I love Len in the background going, no, this move,
:03:47. > :03:52.this move. Those were the headlines. As if we were not generous enough
:03:53. > :03:59.with that, here is more gossip from behind the scenes over the weekend.
:04:00. > :04:15.Quarter-final. Swingathon - it's going to be one hell of a night!
:04:16. > :04:19.I am just getting ready to... My bongos before my dance. I am doing
:04:20. > :04:28.the best I can, with the rumba. It is one for the ladies - definitely!
:04:29. > :04:32.Pretty good run through. A bit workly I is so tiring doing it twice
:04:33. > :04:38.in a row. I begin and end the routine as a man ne kin. So, I have
:04:39. > :04:45.to do no blinking, no wobbling about. Very jealous. Kevin being
:04:46. > :04:51.Michael Jackson in his Argentine tango. One of my favourite moves.
:04:52. > :04:55.This swingathon is a killer. Throwing her in the air, flipping
:04:56. > :05:00.her around. It is like a crazy gym session, but over and over and over
:05:01. > :05:03.again! It is amazing being on the dance floor with all the other
:05:04. > :05:11.couples, having fun and dancing our heart out. You have to watch the
:05:12. > :05:17.video I made for Murder On The Dance Floor. This is some competition - I
:05:18. > :05:25.have done before and I won. The moral of the story - don't go by the
:05:26. > :05:31.rules. So s I am a bit bored and I -- so, I am a bit bored and I have
:05:32. > :05:36.zero to do. Let's sneak backstage. Dave, I didn't know where you would
:05:37. > :05:47.be today! I missed you, buddy. Let's dance. Oh, you've gotten better!
:05:48. > :05:55.That was really bad! That was really good!
:05:56. > :06:03.No, threw it away. I never win anything! We get really spoiled here
:06:04. > :06:14.at Strictly. The last layers of cement and render - trowelled on!
:06:15. > :06:23.Trowelled! Busmfully trowelled on! The audience is coming in and look
:06:24. > :06:29.at that! Say, hi, everybody! They're ready. Can we get everyone
:06:30. > :06:31.down to the corridor for final checks.
:06:32. > :06:39.It's going to be a great night. Here we go - show time. An exciting
:06:40. > :06:51.show! Good luck, guys.
:06:52. > :07:06.Go for it, guys. Thank you! Oh, it makes you emotional. On
:07:07. > :07:10.Saturday night they got the party started with a sizzling and
:07:11. > :07:14.stunt-filled salsa. Sadly, it was not enough, as they were eliminated
:07:15. > :07:17.from the competition last night. Give a warm welcome for Ashley and
:07:18. > :07:24.Ola. I know! Stop. I have just about
:07:25. > :07:29.stopped crying. I was a mess last night. How are you feeling today
:07:30. > :07:34.after your unfortunate exit? I feel like a new man I really do. I am
:07:35. > :07:39.absolutely gutted. Of course I am. It has been an amazing experience.
:07:40. > :07:46.It is the way the cookie crumbles. We've had a great time. It is so
:07:47. > :07:51.frustrating, you are so close. Your routine was so impressive as well.
:07:52. > :07:55.How dare they not vote... That lift when you ran - what were you
:07:56. > :08:00.thinking, people? Look at that! I just tried to re-enact that with
:08:01. > :08:05.Pasha and it didn't go well. Were you scared for your life in places?
:08:06. > :08:09.I was. I've got to say we took risks in that salsa. I took risks in that
:08:10. > :08:14.salsa. Because we were in the bottom two last week, I wanted to come out
:08:15. > :08:19.with a bang and, we did, I think. That was the best dance for me, for
:08:20. > :08:23.Ashley. We've pushed hard, really pushed hard last week I was
:08:24. > :08:29.brilliant. You should be so proud of yourself. It was stunning. You put a
:08:30. > :08:36.smile on Craig's face. He still didn't give you anything higher than
:08:37. > :08:40.an eight - the toad. I didn't get my ten, I had have eat my bag of
:08:41. > :08:46.sequins - which is what I said I would do. How frustrated were you to
:08:47. > :08:51.be stuck at 35? To be stuck on 35 for five weeks in a row was
:08:52. > :08:56.unimaginative. It is upsetting. You want to get better, worse, learn
:08:57. > :09:01.something. It felt very dull really. Very stagnant. The swingathon, you
:09:02. > :09:05.got voted second. What is going on? I said what I thought about the
:09:06. > :09:11.swingathon last week on the show. I they edited it out. -- they edited
:09:12. > :09:19.it out. We got ten seconds into it and they were like, you are off!
:09:20. > :09:22.You hadn't even got into the swing... Let's celebrate your
:09:23. > :09:26.brilliance. We have loved having you on the show. You have been awesome.
:09:27. > :09:30.To watch from the beginning to the end - the improvements are amazing.
:09:31. > :09:39.Shall we reveal your Strictly partner? Yes. It is Ola.
:09:40. > :09:46.We get on so well. I love teaching Ashley. That's a good boy!
:09:47. > :09:52.Ola thaz been amazing since day -- Ola has been amazing since day one.
:09:53. > :10:04.She is patient and fair. I am very happy. Your face when you are
:10:05. > :10:09.admiring Ola's Derrier - that was a picture picture picture! I missed
:10:10. > :10:15.the birth of my son. He is chilling out. There's no rest for the wicked.
:10:16. > :10:18.I am back in training. I am determined to do a dance that both
:10:19. > :10:24.my little boys will be very proud of. You put the oh in smooth. You
:10:25. > :10:28.came out - it had lovely flow. The whole thing was incredible. You will
:10:29. > :10:34.go far! This has been the biggest challenge
:10:35. > :10:41.of my life so far. That way! In your head you know what you want to do,
:10:42. > :10:45.but you can't quite do it! You have coped well with a very difficult
:10:46. > :10:52.dance. Those hip rolls were absolute flilt and I loved it!
:10:53. > :10:56.-- filth. And I loved it. Taking to the floor on a Saturday night is the
:10:57. > :11:00.most surreal thing that has ever happened to me. You are dancing -
:11:01. > :11:07.doing something out of your comfort zone. You need more... . I am
:11:08. > :11:12.frustrated with myself, definitely. Ashley has been dedicated. If I can
:11:13. > :11:17.get over the nerves, then it would be the biggest buzz ever. I actually
:11:18. > :11:27.found myself smiling, naturally throughout the dance. It had speed.
:11:28. > :11:35.It had nfrge. It had plenty of gercher! It did!
:11:36. > :11:40.I have these big, long apy arms. You should be good because your arms are
:11:41. > :11:44.so long. And spaghetti legs. I look like a big jelly dancing!
:11:45. > :11:52.If you want to shine, yo vu to polish. Poll -- -- you have to
:11:53. > :11:57.polish. This quickstep, without a doubt is the most complicated dance
:11:58. > :12:04.I've done so far. That was tailor-made!
:12:05. > :12:08.Len's comment was brilliant. Can I copyright that?
:12:09. > :12:11.Stop it! No!
:12:12. > :12:17.Ashley is definitely a bit of a joker in the rehearsal room. It is
:12:18. > :12:21.my dance class! Sorry!
:12:22. > :12:24.I'm into the bizarre and extraordinary and I thought that was
:12:25. > :12:28.extraordinary! A great score, but I need to break
:12:29. > :12:33.into tens. Everyone else is doing it. I need to do it. Beautifully
:12:34. > :12:39.handled. You glided through it with incredible poise. I have got 35
:12:40. > :12:44.points for the third week in row. I am determined to get more.
:12:45. > :12:50.The pressure is really on. Don't do that - that looks like an old man.
:12:51. > :12:54.Do that. I have got to get my steps right, the character right - and
:12:55. > :12:59.flying on a magic carpet. What can possibly go wrong.
:13:00. > :13:06.Sorry, Ola! You created some strong masculine
:13:07. > :13:09.lines - well done. Finally having that red light above my head was a
:13:10. > :13:14.horrible feeling. I have come this far. I don't want the journey to
:13:15. > :13:20.ends. He tries so hard to make me proud. That is lovely! The whole
:13:21. > :13:29.experience is just amazing. It was slick, quick, plenty of tricks.
:13:30. > :13:39.Patrick and an a ya. Patrick and Anya. Patrick and Anya. I am so
:13:40. > :13:43.proud of you. You did so well. I love you as a person. Good luck with
:13:44. > :13:54.everything you do. You are wonderful.
:13:55. > :14:02.How do you feel when you look back at how many dances you have done?
:14:03. > :14:10.There was an amount of work. Have you got a favourite one? The salsa.
:14:11. > :14:14.I said to Ola, please throw everything at this. I did not expect
:14:15. > :14:19.her to throw that much at it. It felt great. We got it right. Are you
:14:20. > :14:24.gutted to leave before the semi-finals? Really gutted. We would
:14:25. > :14:28.like to be in the semi-final and final. Everyone is so good in the
:14:29. > :14:31.competition. You are gutted but everyone is so good.
:14:32. > :14:35.They all deserve to be there. It is so full on. Everyone is pulling out
:14:36. > :14:40.the stops. You are happy for everyone as well. I am looking
:14:41. > :14:51.forward to not doing two dances this week.
:14:52. > :14:58.James, Mr Jordan and Karen, Mrs Taylor-Dawson to be are they excited
:14:59. > :15:05.to have you back? When you take Karen dancing, I will be up for
:15:06. > :15:10.babysitting duties. Call Aunty Zo. You were the only two boys in the
:15:11. > :15:15.competition - Patrick is now left. Can he make it to the final with the
:15:16. > :15:19.girls? He can. Come on, Patrick. You can do it. He is one of the older
:15:20. > :15:26.people - I can say that without being rude. He is the older guy, he
:15:27. > :15:31.is 50. He could be my dad! That would be a scandal - wow!
:15:32. > :15:34.I would never say. I think everyone has been through this. From the very
:15:35. > :15:39.start, I think everyone deserves to be in the final. Everyone has put
:15:40. > :15:44.120% in. I want everyone to go there... . Everyone is amazing. Good
:15:45. > :15:52.luck. You too. We have loved having you on the show. I'll miss, Zoe. You
:15:53. > :15:58.know where I am! I told you, it would be me welling
:15:59. > :16:00.up. Now it is time to test your Strictly knowledge - who could this
:16:01. > :16:44.possibly be? Is it lessy Garrett? I am not sure!
:16:45. > :16:49.We launched our pro-challenge. Please welcome Pasha.
:16:50. > :16:54.Thank goodness you are back. Where have you been? Just around the
:16:55. > :16:59.corner. All this time? I was waiting. Lovely! Are you nervous
:17:00. > :17:04.about this whole pro-challenge? Just a little bit. OK, you should be,
:17:05. > :17:07.Kovalev - you should be very nervous indeed. Let's remind ourselves of
:17:08. > :17:21.how this challenge works. This is a challenge to set a
:17:22. > :17:24.Guinness World Record. For the most drunk sailor dance steps in 30
:17:25. > :17:28.seconds. It is a cross step behind. A step to the side and then a
:17:29. > :17:33.replacement of weight to the starting foot. They need to make
:17:34. > :17:38.sure they cross behind and replace the weight.
:17:39. > :17:46.Let the battle commence. Thank you very much. You were a runner up last
:17:47. > :17:50.year. Does that add pressure. It is all about the record. You have to
:17:51. > :17:53.win. You have to win! There is no other way. Let's see how you got on.
:17:54. > :18:04.Good luck. Last year, I finished second. This
:18:05. > :18:08.year I will go for the top. I am not worried about anything. This step
:18:09. > :18:15.was down by me for 25 years now, so I am pretty sure I can do it.
:18:16. > :18:19.. Very official! Hello Pasha. How are you feeling about the challenge
:18:20. > :18:23.today? I am feeling great. To me, it is more about pressure of --
:18:24. > :18:27.pleasure of dance rather than a challenge. Last year, you were
:18:28. > :18:34.second. Do you think you can beat it this year? Possibly. OK, then.
:18:35. > :18:37.Please take to the floor. Good luck! For the record, counting you down in
:18:38. > :19:18.three, two, one... Go! Stop! Well, Pasha, how did that
:19:19. > :19:21.feel? Great. I can do another 30 seconds. It looked like you took
:19:22. > :19:27.your time, but the quality was there. You danced beautifully. We
:19:28. > :19:31.had some arm movements in there. It was not the fastest attempt, but you
:19:32. > :19:37.looked great. Thank you, you may leave the floor. Thank you. I think
:19:38. > :19:42.I got carried away a little with the performance side of things. If there
:19:43. > :19:47.is a world record for style - I would definitely win that. Give it
:19:48. > :19:52.up for Kovalev. You were going for technique there - I see.
:19:53. > :19:57.Feeling artistic and kind of went for that. They were stunning. Let's
:19:58. > :20:05.look at the leaderboard. Let's see how things lie at the moment.
:20:06. > :20:17.You have to get 73. Confident? I think if I get half of it, I will be
:20:18. > :20:25.happy. Let's look. It is time to find out. The footage was watched
:20:26. > :20:28.back by adjudicators in slow motion. The moment of truth, Pasha, I can
:20:29. > :20:52.reveal that you scored... 37 - with no disqualifications. No
:20:53. > :20:59.disqualifications! That's amazing! 37. A lady has passed out. She's so
:21:00. > :21:03.shocked. Let's see where you are - oh, no, down at the bottom. You were
:21:04. > :21:06.beaten by a girl. That is not the first time. What do you think the
:21:07. > :21:13.other pros will make of your efforts? I think they will
:21:14. > :21:18.appreciate the beauty of my dancing. The beauty of your work. You have
:21:19. > :21:25.brought shame on the Kovalev family. Leave! Now... It was not that bad!
:21:26. > :21:28.We love you to pieces. Pasha... Take a bow!
:21:29. > :21:32.Oh, dear. I love him - I really do. In a moment I will talk to the
:21:33. > :21:37.lovely Mr Tonioli. Earlier on I asked you to guess who our mystery
:21:38. > :21:42.celebrity was. Let's see if you got it right.
:21:43. > :21:49.I was on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010. My partner was the delightly
:21:50. > :21:57.Anton du Beke. It is I - Anne Widdecome.
:21:58. > :22:04.It is I - Zoe Ball! I am so excited to see my next guest I may fall off
:22:05. > :22:10.the sofa and wave my arms in the air. Please welcome Bruno Tonioli.
:22:11. > :22:19.Hello, my darling. How are you? Nice to see you! Thank you so much.
:22:20. > :22:24.Lovely soft jumper. Cashmere. Only the best will do! Were you shocked
:22:25. > :22:29.by the results on Sunday night? Are you always shocked by the results?
:22:30. > :22:33.At this stage of the competition, it is always sad to see somebody go
:22:34. > :22:37.because they were both good. I said it was like choosing between
:22:38. > :22:43.diamonds and pearls. It's going to be very hard. It will be harder next
:22:44. > :22:47.week. It happens that personally I found Patrick's performance more
:22:48. > :22:54.involving. I was more taken by it. It does not mean to say Ashley was
:22:55. > :22:59.bad. They were both very, very good. It is down to splitting hairs. It is
:23:00. > :23:04.so tough. Because the competition is so tight, the margin between them is
:23:05. > :23:09.hardly noticeable. So, it will be very hard. It will be harder next
:23:10. > :23:13.week. Is it frustrating for the judges when the public vote changes
:23:14. > :23:17.the leaderboard? Personally, I feel we are doing that for the public, so
:23:18. > :23:21.you have to accept their point of view. We are not doing it for
:23:22. > :23:25.ourselves. If they want to see their favourite coming back, obviously
:23:26. > :23:29.they have the right to do so. It becomes very hard for the judges
:23:30. > :23:34.when you have two very, very good people on the dance-off. Whatever
:23:35. > :23:39.you do, you will upset somebody. You will break somebody's heart. It
:23:40. > :23:44.breaks my heart. As a viewer, I feel very bad. You have to make a
:23:45. > :23:49.decision in a split second. Usually the performance which stays with you
:23:50. > :23:54.the most is the one you go for. Susanna and Kevin and their
:23:55. > :23:59.Argentine tango - you said their dance was a bit too mechanical. Talk
:24:00. > :24:05.us through that. It has to have the feel of a natural conversation. It
:24:06. > :24:14.is fluid. It happens - the hooks - the changes. Off he goes! It should
:24:15. > :24:19.not look rehearsed. It should look improvised. That is how it happened
:24:20. > :24:25.originally. It was placed - it didn't have the kind of mediate spon
:24:26. > :24:31.tin theyty - that flow. She was walking around a lot. Nicely! She
:24:32. > :24:37.walks beautifully. Sophie and Brendan and their tango. You were
:24:38. > :24:49.impressed with bran Dan's Corrie ohhing graphy. This is -- Brendan's
:24:50. > :24:55.Corrie ohhing graphy. -- choreography. I found it very
:24:56. > :25:00.exciting. It was well played and the personality came across. Sometimes,
:25:01. > :25:05.what she does, it is because she's so tall, especially with this move,
:25:06. > :25:14.instead of finishing it, she kind of wobbles a bit. She has to get that
:25:15. > :25:20.right. It has improved enormously. Come on, come on!
:25:21. > :25:28.Hit me! Hit me with the next one. Abbey and Aljaz thanked their
:25:29. > :25:33.Viennese -- and their Viennese waltz. Look at them - the chemistry
:25:34. > :25:37.between the two of them is unsurpassed. She was beautiful. I
:25:38. > :25:42.was just taken by the whole thing. That is what it is for me - the ten
:25:43. > :25:45.- it is where I forget myself. I have to embrace the fantastic
:25:46. > :25:52.moment. I love it when you forget yourself. More on that later!
:25:53. > :25:56.Natalie and Artem. You have mentioned a slip-up. What happened?
:25:57. > :26:01.At the end, it was at this end, she kind of, she did a pass and she went
:26:02. > :26:08.over a bit like this. It kind of lost a bit of the strength.
:26:09. > :26:12.Nevertheless, look, every placing, every position, it is just
:26:13. > :26:15.beautiful. Stunning work! It is stunning. The figures, the lines.
:26:16. > :26:19.The two of them are beautiful together. What did you think about
:26:20. > :26:24.Len's comments about their performance? The thing is there are
:26:25. > :26:28.four of us. We have to express what we feel. I just have to think about
:26:29. > :26:33.myself. I cannot think about what the others are doing. My job is to
:26:34. > :26:37.make a point. Hopefully I engage the public. I never say I am right, but
:26:38. > :26:42.I really feel strongly about what I say. Of course, if you don't agree
:26:43. > :26:45.with me, it is fine. The same things happen in the panel. They express
:26:46. > :26:50.their opinion. They are entitled to do so. You have to ask him, because
:26:51. > :27:00.there are four of us. We have different takes. He is here next
:27:01. > :27:06.week. We will ask him. These two were in the bottom two.
:27:07. > :27:15.Why weren't the viewers taken with it? Sometimes when somebody gets a
:27:16. > :27:22.ten, people feel they are safe. They say, maybe we will give our backing
:27:23. > :27:30.to somebody else. I am telling you - everybody - nobody is safe. The
:27:31. > :27:34.margin is so small, if you don't vote, there'll be problems. And then
:27:35. > :27:40.you will get cross. Then it is our fault! You have to vote. You have to
:27:41. > :27:45.vote! We have seen the swingathon come back. How difficult is it for
:27:46. > :27:48.you to judge six couples on the floor at the same time. You are
:27:49. > :27:53.checking everything. First of all the person has to stand up for the
:27:54. > :27:58.right reasons. The first thing you notice is if somebody loses timing
:27:59. > :28:02.and the feet are floppy, they go off balance. The worst and the best. So
:28:03. > :28:07.you have to try and always kind of identitify who is the best and who
:28:08. > :28:12.is the worst and pick them that way. Between the four of us, hopefully we
:28:13. > :28:18.got it right. It is difficult. I am literally scanning. I am like a
:28:19. > :28:23.drone, looking! You, out! Very quickly - the semi-finals this
:28:24. > :28:30.weekend. What do you want, sum up in three to five words? The margin
:28:31. > :28:34.between them is almost unexistent. They have to maintain the Level Up
:28:35. > :28:39.until now, but make sure they stand out. The public will vote for the
:28:40. > :28:46.person who captures their imagination the most. I love it and
:28:47. > :28:53.I love you. That is it for today. We have it all in. I am back tomorrow
:28:54. > :28:59.at 6. 30pm. I will be joined by Patrick p, Karen Hauer and Karen
:29:00. > :29:00.Hardy here to chat