:00:41. > :01:31.Is it time? I have been waiting for this. We are back!
:01:32. > :01:39.We're back and we're live for a brand spanking new series
:01:40. > :01:53.So if you haven't already, dig out your sequins,
:01:54. > :01:56.lather yourself in fake tan and join us for the next 12 weeks for all
:01:57. > :02:05.We've got 15 totally amazing new celebs and their partners,
:02:06. > :02:20.Alison and Aljaz, Simon and Kristina and Judy and Anton.
:02:21. > :02:27.Plus, back by popular demand, it's Dame Karen Hardy.
:02:28. > :02:30.And our celebrities are not the only thing that's new this year.
:02:31. > :02:42.Before we meet tonight's guests, let's take
:02:43. > :02:45.a look back at what proved to be an incredible first weekend full of
:02:46. > :03:03.Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? It is always nice to start the night
:03:04. > :03:17.with a glass of champagne. That was sparkly, fizzy, effervescent...! It
:03:18. > :03:24.was cheeky, it was fun. I am impressed, actually. You want to
:03:25. > :03:34.watch, definitely. I thought for a very difficult times you did very
:03:35. > :03:43.well. The robotic, neurotic, euphoric... Or was it Pixie? I
:03:44. > :03:48.thought that was terrific. I think you had a future in this
:03:49. > :03:52.competition. You will go far. That is one of the most confident
:03:53. > :04:01.performances for the first time I think I have ever seen. The wild
:04:02. > :04:09.one! Somewhere between Popeye and Marlon Brando! I was exhausted
:04:10. > :04:16.watching you. So much energy. And you gave that, you really did. You
:04:17. > :04:23.were so caring. You are treating her as if she was made of glass. Like a
:04:24. > :04:26.child on its first dance. The operation is over, the patient is
:04:27. > :04:31.still alive. You will be back next week and I look forward to seeing
:04:32. > :04:38.you. It did leave a lingering sweet aftertaste. A beautiful feeling
:04:39. > :04:44.throughout the dance. You are a joy to watch. You have such a wonderful
:04:45. > :04:50.spring he bounds. It is like a frisky rabbit! -- springy bounce.
:04:51. > :04:55.She doesn't need an excuse to get up early each morning,
:04:56. > :04:59.but we've given her a very good one - a certain six foot Slovenian!
:05:00. > :05:14.It's Alison Hammond and her dancing dreamboat, Aljaz Skorjanec.
:05:15. > :05:45.Hello, gorgeous! He smells really good. It is like musty spice. I like
:05:46. > :05:50.it. It is like cats and it! On the show you were television joy. Were
:05:51. > :05:59.you loving it? Isle, Zoe, it was brilliant. I just loved it. I went
:06:00. > :06:06.into another zone. It was like my alter ego. You were so good. What
:06:07. > :06:11.did your boy make of it all? Did he enjoy it? He is the coolest kid in
:06:12. > :06:19.school because his mum is doing strictly come dancing. He loves it.
:06:20. > :06:27.He was glued, apparently. Afterwards he rang me and said I was the best.
:06:28. > :06:33.The judges were so full of praise for you. And Craig said something
:06:34. > :06:39.positive. He said it was the most confidence for a week one performer
:06:40. > :06:44.he has ever seen. Bass must make you feel great -- -- that must make you
:06:45. > :06:49.feel great. I was just enjoying it. I wanted to enjoy it. For me, it was
:06:50. > :06:57.like it was just me and you in the rehearsal room. When he looks at you
:06:58. > :07:09.like that, it makes my knees go funny! Alleluia, Ali as! You are the
:07:10. > :07:17.reigning champion. High expectations of you. Good first week. The film
:07:18. > :07:20.the pressure? Always. You never know what is going to go right or wrong.
:07:21. > :07:24.It is always a high expectation for older of the professionals. But
:07:25. > :07:29.coming back as a champion, more sometimes. We are having so much
:07:30. > :07:35.fun. Honestly, it is going to be a right. I have to say, when you were
:07:36. > :07:42.in the training room, we are watching you 20 47, we are in your
:07:43. > :07:45.knicker drawer and everything! There is a little something that is
:07:46. > :07:56.hindering your concentration just a little bit.
:07:57. > :08:16.Well! He is one beautiful guide, isn't he? Hot! I get distracted by
:08:17. > :08:21.your body. I love when you do that. Oh, my God! I don't want to take my
:08:22. > :08:30.eyes off you. Is there any where you can make yourself ugly? Do that and
:08:31. > :08:42.I will go away! He is so good. I hear he is not all
:08:43. > :08:47.perfect? He does have sweaty palms. If you remember at the end of the
:08:48. > :08:51.dance he had to go through my legs, and sometimes he slipped out of my
:08:52. > :08:57.hands. He is so slippery. The one thing that had to go was my long
:08:58. > :09:09.nails. I was gutted. I could not gripping. They are a bit clammy now.
:09:10. > :09:16.Nobody could possibly be perfect. Foxtrot this week, how is it going?
:09:17. > :09:23.It is a hard one for me. Obviously my body is not made for a foxtrot.
:09:24. > :09:33.My body is made for a Latin. We have only done a couple of hours today.
:09:34. > :09:38.We have got the frame going on. If what I saw you doing after two hours
:09:39. > :09:44.earlier was it, you are going to be good.
:09:45. > :09:47.After weeks of training, our 15 couples took to the dance floor at
:09:48. > :09:52.There were nerves a plenty and, as always, the It Takes Two team
:09:53. > :10:02.were lurking backstage to capture all the drama as it happened.
:10:03. > :10:19.I don't usually get nervous. But for this I am really nervous.
:10:20. > :10:30.Still going wrong little bit. But it is better than it was yesterday.
:10:31. > :10:35.I realised the hair was a bit too heavy to spin. I feel nervous for
:10:36. > :10:40.the comments of the judges because I am not the best dancer here. I have
:10:41. > :10:51.a lot to learn. But surely that is the idea? I am feeling a bit
:10:52. > :10:54.nervous. I have seen at the start of Tim's number there are some new
:10:55. > :10:57.shoes on the table. I am superstitious. May I wish everybody
:10:58. > :11:26.good luck. I am the kind one. I didn't fall over. I didn't make a
:11:27. > :11:34.complete idiot of myself, yet. I am feeling a bit more nervous. I will
:11:35. > :11:44.not sleep tonight. I will try. See you later.
:11:45. > :11:48.I could not sleep. Could not stop thinking about it. As long as I am
:11:49. > :12:00.not the last person on tonight. I will be a gibbering wreck if I am.
:12:01. > :12:09.I need more billing, I need Morse sequence. Straightaway she is on it.
:12:10. > :12:14.-- I need Morse sequence. It has made me more nervous, I think. Shall
:12:15. > :12:19.we put this down? May give us bad luck.
:12:20. > :12:26.We can do this. We can get from start to finish and not fall down. I
:12:27. > :12:35.love Simon's dance. I wanted to get up there and dance with him. I am
:12:36. > :12:39.struggling with my nervous big-time. -- nervous.
:12:40. > :12:49.Last night was like an hors d'oeuvre. Now we are onto the
:12:50. > :12:59.course. Ten minutes to showtime. I am dancing! We're going to dance
:13:00. > :13:02.together whether you like it or not! I don't want my routine going
:13:03. > :13:15.through my head right now. I do not want to overthink it.
:13:16. > :13:22.Everyone did such an amazing job. This whole first two days has been
:13:23. > :13:29.brilliant. Brilliant. I loved every second of it. I cannot wait until
:13:30. > :13:31.the next one. I love the way Gregg kissed Scott on
:13:32. > :13:33.his head. As a member of Blue,
:13:34. > :13:38.he's one quarter of one of He's used to dreaming of number one,
:13:39. > :13:42.but now all he wants is It's Simon Webbe and his partner,
:13:43. > :14:12.Kristina Rihanoff. Hello, my darlings! Welcome to the
:14:13. > :14:18.show. Thanks for seeing us at such short notice. Jumping Jack Flash,
:14:19. > :14:24.that was epic, your performance. And you had to wait right until the end.
:14:25. > :14:30.It was so good. You seemed to be a little bit disappointed. Why?
:14:31. > :14:36.Because technique has been drummed into me. That is exactly what the
:14:37. > :14:42.judges said I did not have. I don't know what he is talking about! I am
:14:43. > :14:47.so proud of you. To do this jive at this level in the first week, it is
:14:48. > :14:57.amazing. After I saw back, I was smiling. I think there is so much to
:14:58. > :15:06.worry about me show. The judges loved your choreography. You do not
:15:07. > :15:12.skimp. You through so much in there on the first week. I just got
:15:13. > :15:18.excited. Working with Simon has been a dream come true. He is so great.
:15:19. > :15:27.He is a good pupil. He listens, he tries hard. Yes, boss. I am the
:15:28. > :15:34.boss. Is she a bit scary in the training room? Scary to yes. When
:15:35. > :15:40.she puts her hands on her hips and looks up at me. I have to come down
:15:41. > :15:47.to her level and asked if she is giving me a dirty look. It is just
:15:48. > :15:53.as she looks at people! -- how she looks at people. Is he a good pupil?
:15:54. > :15:57.Amazing. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work with someone
:15:58. > :16:02.like Simon. We concentrate, we work hard, but he has a great sense of
:16:03. > :16:10.humour. He cracks some jokes. It is a great environment to work in.
:16:11. > :16:17.It was so lovely to see the boys cheering you on. How different is
:16:18. > :16:25.it? When you go on a big stage... I won't sing!
:16:26. > :16:30.When you're in a band, you've got other people to rely on. If you mess
:16:31. > :16:36.up, people don't really notice. When it is by myself, I am exposed. What
:16:37. > :16:43.is nice is the only person I heard was Anthony - go on, son!
:16:44. > :16:46.I hope they will come every week. Get them on the Friday panel as
:16:47. > :16:53.well. Liam has asked. He's fallen in love
:16:54. > :16:58.with about ten dancers. This week it is the tango for you. A totally
:16:59. > :17:03.different feel. How is he taking to it? We tried a couple of steps. We
:17:04. > :17:08.have not had much time. He's doing well. It is just about the character
:17:09. > :17:15.really. He's a very happy personality. The tango has to be
:17:16. > :17:21.very aggressive and very moody. So: It is not you!
:17:22. > :17:24.Moody, maybe! Give us a moody face. I can imagine you having a trap
:17:25. > :17:29.trum. Oh!
:17:30. > :17:37.Hang on a minute! It is going to be good!
:17:38. > :17:42.APPLAUSE I tell you... She was a professional dancer on the show for
:17:43. > :17:50.four years and won in 2006. Yes, the excitement is building to an
:17:51. > :17:56.almighty climax in the studio as the former World Masters Champion
:17:57. > :18:04.returns to Choreography Corner - it is Karen Hardy.
:18:05. > :18:17.APPLAUSE Come on, lady! She's back! Do you like the cushions? It was
:18:18. > :18:24.nothing to do with me! Who is responsible for this? He knitted
:18:25. > :18:29.them himself! Can I say, I have missed you. How have you been? I
:18:30. > :18:33.have been well. So well, people might think I have been eating lots
:18:34. > :18:36.of pies, I have not. I am delighted to announce - today I am officially
:18:37. > :18:46.20 weeks pregnant. Yes!
:18:47. > :18:50.If you have any strange cravings we have many things - congratulations.
:18:51. > :18:54.You look well, you look amazing. 15 couples to get through. We'll have a
:18:55. > :19:02.double dose. Friday's couples today and tomorrow we will talk about
:19:03. > :19:07.Saturday's couples. Let's start off with Caroline Fire-Cracker Flack. So
:19:08. > :19:13.good. As soon as she slapped her thighs. I was like, when a woman
:19:14. > :19:18.slaps her thighs, she means business. They winged and moaned
:19:19. > :19:22.about a mistake. Why did they pick up on that? Why didn't they pick up
:19:23. > :19:28.on, look at the speed of the turn! Look at those legs. What Pasha can
:19:29. > :19:33.do with those legs I can not begin to tell you. Think I a dark horse
:19:34. > :19:37.for me. I never thought it would be Caroline opening up Strictly 2014.
:19:38. > :19:43.She stole the show for me. First class.
:19:44. > :19:49.Come on, girl! Now, on to our proper chap - Tim and Natally - I love him.
:19:50. > :19:53.He is glorious. The judges gave him a hard time about poor footwork.
:19:54. > :19:58.Talk me through the performance. It is week one. I love this man. He is
:19:59. > :20:03.beautiful. You know what, everybody will have bad footwork. We all know
:20:04. > :20:07.and for those who are only getting into Strictly Come Dancing, Latin
:20:08. > :20:11.should be toe-leads. He was doing heels. Then Craig went on about the
:20:12. > :20:17.gating action, which is what we see here - New York actions, which is
:20:18. > :20:21.when we're in harmony with our partners and opening out together.
:20:22. > :20:25.We should brush our legs. It did look like he was riding a horse, but
:20:26. > :20:29.it is week one! He is a gorgeous gentleman. Do you
:20:30. > :20:32.know what I love most? The personality between these two. It
:20:33. > :20:36.reminded me of Bill and I when we were together and the public loved
:20:37. > :20:40.chemistry like that. He could be here for a while. Let's talk about
:20:41. > :20:45.someone they are calling the dark horse of this competition - he wowed
:20:46. > :20:52.everybody - Jake and Jeanett - what a tango! Len was saying such great
:20:53. > :21:01.Corrieing graphy and a lot of steps to -- choreography and lots of
:21:02. > :21:11.steps... Drags, the head flicks and the drama. The pivots, that is what
:21:12. > :21:16.I saw. He nailed them fantastically. We had beautiful foot swivels, but
:21:17. > :21:23.the drama was amazing. So, I am, do you know what - shall we do a dance
:21:24. > :21:31.demo here. Look, while I can. I have got to shake my little booty around!
:21:32. > :21:37.Side view! The official mirror ball is here.
:21:38. > :21:42.Tango - what was interesting is how clever the professionals are with
:21:43. > :21:47.their choreography. Tango should be in the knees, very, very low. We are
:21:48. > :21:49.not always aware of the technical foot position, of where one foot
:21:50. > :21:55.should be placed in front of the other one. I know your tango was
:21:56. > :22:04.incredible. What was interesting... 1968 that was! So long ago! Jake was
:22:05. > :22:12.quite high. You could argue was he stomping? What I loved is how clever
:22:13. > :22:20.is Jeanett with the choreography. He just got whipped up into the whole
:22:21. > :22:25.emotion. Loved it. Judy and Anton - a class coupling if ever I saw one.
:22:26. > :22:31.Lots of judges are saying the waltz is a very difficult dance. How did
:22:32. > :22:36.she do? For some reason people will say she's the Marmite lady. You will
:22:37. > :22:43.love her or not warm to her. She is so an gel lick. She is gorgeous. I
:22:44. > :22:46.had to pop in the bagpipe there. It was gorgeous. What you need to look
:22:47. > :22:50.at is this freeze moment here. They talked a lot about her top line. Do
:22:51. > :22:56.you know what, again, it is week one. They picked on Tim's feet and
:22:57. > :23:00.Judy's top line. Can you see the crowning? That is what we talk about
:23:01. > :23:04.- the lady needs to be pulled all the way back. We want the elbows
:23:05. > :23:09.lovely and wide and in front of our body at all times. In the beginning,
:23:10. > :23:16.when the nerves that would have been going on. I know - it is so
:23:17. > :23:21.frightening. I think Anton was loving dancing to the man with the
:23:22. > :23:26.bagpipes. He was in a World Championship moment and forgot about
:23:27. > :23:31.Judy at that moment. She is gorgeous and is a sports lady. She will not
:23:32. > :23:37.like being told she is wrong. I know you are this chap's number one fan -
:23:38. > :23:41.Scott Mills, we adore him. Bottom of the leaderboard on Friday. Did he
:23:42. > :23:48.deserve this? I am smiling. I am happy with what he did. I am a
:23:49. > :23:52.massive fan. I was telling everybody when they launched he was going to
:23:53. > :23:59.be on the show. When you resort to air punching, it is not good. So, of
:24:00. > :24:06.simple - we have to find his me Joe. He's in the music -- mojo. He's in
:24:07. > :24:12.the music world! Pixie - three seconds. How did she do? Amazing.
:24:13. > :24:19.Hips flicking, legs flicking A gorgeous new parter in. Bring on the
:24:20. > :24:24.choreography! Congratulations on your news! See
:24:25. > :24:30.you tomorrow. Yummy mummy - love that. She is used to being the
:24:31. > :24:37.coach. Let's find out what it is like to have the tennis tables
:24:38. > :24:44.turned. We have our beef cake - it is Anton du Beke.
:24:45. > :25:04.Hello, my darlings! Welcome, welcome! Lovely to meet you. Well
:25:05. > :25:08.done. Can I just say, loved your performance on Saturday. Judy, the
:25:09. > :25:12.best thing - you were smiling throughout. Even when the judges
:25:13. > :25:16.were giving you a hard time you were still smiling. Did you have a
:25:17. > :25:22.thoroughly good time out there? I had the best time. I thought I was
:25:23. > :25:26.going to be dreadful. My goal was to not trip and I worried about
:25:27. > :25:31.forgetting the sequence. But to go out there and the bagpipes, and my
:25:32. > :25:36.amazing partner, in his kilt, it was just a dream. It is quite
:25:37. > :25:41.overwhelming! Little old me!
:25:42. > :25:48.Did your lovely boys, Andy and Jamie - did they see the show? What did
:25:49. > :25:52.they make of it? Jamie's wife recorded it with their phone off the
:25:53. > :25:56.television. The boys were away. When I woke up the next morning they had
:25:57. > :26:02.seen it. Jamie said to me, don't worry about the marks, mum, it is
:26:03. > :26:06.important not to peak so early. I love that support. And Anton, how
:26:07. > :26:11.did you think that Judy did on the floor? Craig said he felt you were
:26:12. > :26:16.dragging her around the floor. W retort? I thought she was Best In
:26:17. > :26:23.Show. How beautiful: I thought we looked
:26:24. > :26:28.amazing. We! You with the thing and the hair and
:26:29. > :26:39.everything... Beautiful! Tartan sash... How did you enjoy the
:26:40. > :26:43.kilt? I I enjoyed the updraft! How pleased were you with Judy? You
:26:44. > :26:47.cannot explain what that is like - that first week in front of the
:26:48. > :26:53.judges. You think you know the routine. Suddenly Dedicoat's voice
:26:54. > :26:56.comes on. And then you are off. It is the most nerve-racking thing in
:26:57. > :27:03.the world. You cannot prepare for that. But I thought Judy did
:27:04. > :27:08.incredibly well. She was calmed and danced nicely. I was really pleased.
:27:09. > :27:12.Never danced before, or perhaps that may be a little porky because today
:27:13. > :27:20.we saw this incredible photograph. Look! Who is that? Is it Anton? How
:27:21. > :27:25.old were you there? Even. Shortly before my mum was asked to remove me
:27:26. > :27:30.from the dance class for being disruptive. Fantastic! I knew you
:27:31. > :27:34.were a bit naughty like that. This week you move on from the waltz to
:27:35. > :27:39.the cha-cha-cha. Tell me how that is going? What do you have in store for
:27:40. > :27:49.Judy? We have a lovely thing prepared. We have some
:27:50. > :27:55.towel-ography. We are going full out. I might employ the kilt again -
:27:56. > :27:59.I don't know. I am thinking of you in a kilt drying your... No, it
:28:00. > :28:03.won't be that! Keep that thought. How do you feel
:28:04. > :28:08.about the Latin? We have only just started. I like the speed of it. He
:28:09. > :28:11.tells me I have got to be flirty and sexy and that is not really my
:28:12. > :28:16.thing. The biggest challenge for me is the heels. I am used to being in
:28:17. > :28:20.trainers. Being high newspaper the shoes, I find it difficult to keep
:28:21. > :28:26.my balance. That is a big challenge. It has been good fun so far. I think
:28:27. > :28:31.you do it really well. She has great pins.
:28:32. > :28:34.And she makes a lovely line with the legs and the shoes. It is great. I
:28:35. > :28:44.am looking forward to this. Enjoy it. I love you as a couple.
:28:45. > :28:50.Join us tomorrow at the same time when I'll be
:28:51. > :28:53.chatting to pop princess Pixie Lott, Rugby hunk Thom Evans and
:28:54. > :28:57.Plus Karen Hardy returns for a second helping