Episode 23 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's just so spooky and not scary at all.

Live from London, this is Strictly it takes to! Please welcome your

host, Zoe Ball! Waiting patiently

in our scary basement of cobwebs this evening we have Anita and Gleb,

plus Peter and Janette. There they are. Look! Watch the big

spider! The full moon

of Halloween is almost upon us and tonight we take an exclusive

look at our couples in training with But first, their tango on Saturday

night had the judges comparing them May they live long and prosper

for another week. Your tango on Saturday night was one

of the most amazing dancers of the night. So clever, you clever Queen

of Klingons! More amazing praise and 32,

your highest score of the series. Yet you always seem

a bit surprised by the praise. I just never have any clue, I mean,

none of us do, but I have no concept of how I have performed. Did it look

good? Did it look real? I enjoyed it and you hope the training comes

together and you do what you have been practising. Look at you. Your

hand on his back. They always go on about hands and the positioning and

stuff. It is glorious. Obviously, the judges have high expectation,

you want to do well in the competition, people are dropping

like flies, we are getting closer to Blackpool. How was the pressure? We

take it each week at a time. The tango was our personal best but then

you go back into the training room on Monday and you start from square

one again. It is just about progress. You just hope that we will

keep going and keep going better. That could catch on. Everyone was

saying you look like Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood Prints of Cammack

receives. And also Poldark. We explained who that was. -- Robin

Hood Prince of thieves. Your choreography is always full

of drama and passion. What makes you so confident

in Anita? Every Monday I come in and say this

is what we are doing and she says OK. Do you ever think you are

pushing her too far? We do change a lot and we simplify. I am working

with her what suits her the most. Covering the minuses and bringing

out the pluses. Don't be so hard on yourself!

The only criticism from the judges was for a little moment when you

Did you know what they meant? You know what your body is doing. It is

live, it is so nerve wracking, it is so terrifying and you just hope it

comes together. As the weeks go on, are the nerves any less? No, it will

be the same every week. It is brilliant and I am having the best

time learning to dance but I think every week will be difficult and

every week will be terrifying. I have to just make sure I am looking

at Gleb. That is very difficult for anybody to do!

You got the seal of approval from Strictly royalty on Saturday night

as the legendary Arlene Phillips shared this on social media.

"I know it's late to say it but Gleb and Anita smashed it tonight.

Are people stopping you in the street and saying, you are good?

Just means the world when people say things like that. Someone said this

morning you are doing a great job, did you know you could dance like

that? I said no, thank you! All the people coming to see us is brilliant

and it boosts you. And then go back to the training room and Gleb knocks

it out and says, come on! It's been reported this week that

you want even skimpier costumes Honestly, when in your life would

you wear clothes like this? They are fantastic. On Country file, it is

the new me! My first outfit I said, where is the rest of it, guys? Now I

am saying, can I reveal a bit more? I am just going for it, feet first.

You are wearing quite a lot of clothes on Saturday, Gleb.

Well, it's not just Anita who enjoys the world of high style.

I just love these pants. Who wears double shorts? I just made a hole in

my pants. My pants are ruined now. I'm wearing a hat and a jacket. I am

so cool. Hello, you are on the Strictly. It is all supposed to be

sequins. You are killing it. CHEERING

There he is, our lovely backstreet boy. He had his favourite training

pants on today and he said, any to I love these pants and I said yes, you

have only told me 75 times! Why is that? Of a comfortable? They are

comfortable and I do not look as bad as I could look in some other pants.

Oh my goodness me! I don't think you could look bad in anything, Gleb.

This week you have a Halloween inspired waltz.

Are you keeping things simple and classic?

It is going to be spooky, Zoe! It is a beautiful song, the theme I am

delighted with. Tell me more about the theme? I am going to be

Maleficent. In my mind I'm going to be Angelina Jolie. Maleficent, super

spooky, really dramatic. The song is Lana Del Rey Once Upon A Dream. That

is really haunting. How is the technique coming on? Are you happy

with Anita? It was great! Brilliant. Well, it is a process. I hope by

Saturday we are going to smash it, as we did in the tango but it is a

lot of work. Standard ballroom dances like tango, the waltz and the

foxtrot, they are really difficult because you are on hold and you have

to move as one body, keeping the shape, keeping your shoulders and do

the opposite steps from each other so it is difficult. I am looking

forward to it. I have heard there will be flying. Good luck on

Saturday, Anita and Gleb! As our spooky Halloween weekend

draws eerily closer, let's see how our couples are

getting along in training. The run but that we are learning, it

is brilliant. I love it. The hip action and a bit of sway. Rumba is

one of the most difficult dances to make it look good. It is slow and

requires a lot of technique. The energy in the fingers. When do we do

sleepy dance? Never. A concept is creating a bit of a monster which is

Pasha, sewing him together, bringing him to life.

I am quite positive about this one. We will be doing an American smooth

themed foxtrot. The whole character is very driven. It is very playful

to sneak around the ballroom floor. It is the first time we are doing

lifts. She wants it quick, quick, quick! The thing I'm finding hardest

is the foxtrot steps. If I can keep my brain on top of that then the

rest of it seems to be flowing. Go nice and stop.

Intense training all round. Let's see what our werewolf of the waltz

You horny little devil. You could have made an effort or something for

Halloween. You can save that for later when you need to hurry me

along. You are wrecking the set with your massive Cape! I'm being

attacked by the stones behind me. Carry on, it is live TV!

Were you surprised at the outcome of the dance off on Sunday?

A little bit because I love Ainslie and I did not think it was his time

to go. He is a great dancer with a great personality, such a shame to

see him go. What about the couples were left? Should anybody be

worried? I think Jeremy should be worried because he's always bottom

of the Leader Board and he cannot rely on the public forever. And also

Katie, when she is doing the Latin dance she needs to up her game.

Kirsty and Brendan got their highest score of the series on Saturday.

Are you seeing a transformation with this couple?

So far, for Kirsty it has been her confidence which is stopping her

getting the eighth and she wants to get like the other people. And there

are few people that she needs to work on get those eights and nines.

If I'd just go here. Yes, darling! You can see Brendan's he'll is

coming off the floor in these kicks in the Charleston and Kirsty's arm,

I know it seems like a small detail but the judges will pick up on this.

This is later on in the competition and you have got to get all of these

things right. From the very get go, she has got to be doing that.

Katie and Anton are taking on a Phantom of the Opera inspired

Their salsa last week failed to excite the judges.

I really like this music, it is a great story. She has got the shaping

of the arms as you can see here, but she has got to be careful that she

doesn't start looking stiff. There is a point when you hold your body

for pasta Doble but you do not want to be stiff. Your body has got to

continue shaping, even when you are here -- paso doble. I just want to

point out this bit here. Sometimes she goes into lines and she has

beautiful feet and legs and she is ballet trained. We should never have

a situation like this where she has a ugly feet and legs. It is the way

she is positioning them. They need to be turned out at all times. Latin

especially, you can turn the feet out. They should look nice. OK,

taken on board. Helen and Aljaz are top of the Leader Board, can they

continue with their success this week with a samba for Halloween?

Samba is all about bending the knee is to get that rhythm in the hips

and body. She is doing this in places. It will be a struggle for

her because she is so pulled up and she likes to straight in places. It

will be a struggle for her because she is so pulled up and she likes to

straighten the legs. They are doing a lovely whisk. Shall we do it

together? I feel underdressed! Bend and bend. A1, A2, one, two. You are

bending so the hips are coming under. Then you are pushing back and

the hips are going back and back forward. You're getting a double hip

swinging forward and back. It is different from the other dances but

there is a reaction in the body. Do that. It is like this.

And neater and Gleb, brilliant tango at the weekend, loved it. Very

intense, dynamic performances. This week a waltz, are you impressed with

what you see? I love what I see. What I love is from here, I have

slowed it down, the lovely arms that they use. Not just the arms, the

finishing off of the arms, which is continuous. They do a spin, then

Anita continues the arm movement and continues the arm movement and

continues the arm movement. It just goes on and on and on. It is

beautiful. It is lovely. I am not sure what the firm is doing up.

Let's move on to Kellie and Cabinet. Joint top of the leaderboard. --

Kellie and Kevin. They are very good. This is only Monday's footage.

There is some sort of Harry Potter footage, I think Kevin would look

perfect with the round spectacles as Harry Potter. There is a plain piece

of wall in the way, so I thought we were decorated. We will put on some

attractive witches! When she does these arms, she has got a lovely

cove, bending into the Nir Bitton more, but the hand is turned up. --

bending into the Meeme a bit more. If she is going to do paso doble,

let's create that shape. He takes it so seriously, wearing better outfit,

it is perfect! I had to top last year. The pumpkin. Georgia and

Giovanni, they are dancing to Ghostbusters. It is a tango, is it

looking brilliant? The God I love this song, I think it will be great.

They are dancing so well. -- I love this song. Look at this, right? Look

at this? That is leading with the toe. She is doing about everywhere

in this tango. Uncle Len will not like it. If they want those higher

marks, because they have not been at the top, she has to lead with her

heel in the tango, it is the fundamental of every tango. Mays,

strong heel leads. Then uncle Len will be on side. Georgia has been

struggling a little bit. Oh! I hate this dance! I am actually broken.

Toe, back, neck, person, confidence. Oh, Georgia, I remember times like

that. You can't master the dance, keep the faith. We will find out

what was going on with Georgia and Giovanni when they join us tomorrow.

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Now, he was the first male celebrity to tackle the rumba on Saturday

Hello, you lovely wonders! I loved your rumba on Saturday, the first

boy to tackle it. It was really sensitive and very, very beautiful.

Why do you think people find it so scary?

And so hard? The rumba? Well... Because it is! Let me explain. For

example, if your legs are straight and you do the hip movement,

apparently that is rumba. But if you slightly bend your need, it falls

into salsa, is that correct? It is just where the pressure is. I have

got to move a bit of the hips. It was wonderful. By the way, this is

good. Do you like this? This is Guido. He is amazing. I am making

him dress up. If you want to get this, you can buy eight on the web!

I was waiting for its excavation mug funny guy!

Once again the judges commended your story telling and your emotion.

What were you feeling about it in your mind? I don't... It was sort of

like... I have no idea. I loved it, I really felt it. I don't think it

was a particular current. Member when Patrick Swayze, I am nowhere

near as good, but when he had that tenderness with his partner, and I

wanted that. You did! Peter Swayze! That is your new name. Janette, the

judges loved Peter. They said he needed a bit of continuous movement

throughout. What do you say? Rumba is very hard, it starts up the feeds

and then works open to the rest of the body. I think he had really

beautiful soft arms, which is good, but every now and then he would fall

back into his pop star clicks. So it is just about using the legs, the

feet and the softness in the arm throughout the entire dance. There

was one moment in rehearsal, he just went, yeah! I was like, Peter, it is

a rumba! It is true, the judges are spot-on. I always love what they

say. They know what they are talking about. They say things and I am

thinking... It is something I would say if they didn't say it. I know

what I'm doing, sometimes they just can't put into practice. But I know

the mistakes I am making, if that makes any sense. Absolutely, you

learn it and you learn it, but the professionals have been dancing this

for years, and to learn Latin four days... He did it brilliantly. 29,

not your highest score, not your lowest. I know you have been very

busy with your album out... There is no excuse!

What do you plan to do to raise your game?

How would you get the scores up? So far we have not got under a

seven. That is huge for me. I know that you can't hover and I know that

I have room to fall, that I have room to climb. This is great for us,

if I work harder I might be able to climb a bit. Fingers crossed.

You and your real life partner, Aljaz, are doing quite well

We have a lovely picture of you when you got engaged! You are loved up,

that is lovely, at what point will it get competitive between the two

argue? I know it sounds boring, but it does not get competitive at all.

I think there is so much pressure on us as professionals to come up with

great choreography, that we teach them properly and get to where we

want them to be, push them enough but not too much. There is so much

going on that you don't have time to be competitive. There is enough

pressure as it is just being part of the show. For us, it is the

opposite. It is nice to come home, talk to one another about the day,

the highs and lows. And him understanding? We just completely

understand what we are going through because we are both there.

Peter, you've probably been spending more

time with Janette than Aljaz lately, so you must know her pretty well.

Let's put that to the test shall we, with a little game we

Peter, we will accept your first answer only, no conferring, please!

Janette has never got to the final of Strictly Come Dancing,

I'm going to say truth. It is true, she got to the semifinal with Jake

Wood last year. So close. Name the Broadway show where Janette

and Aljaz met? Broadway is a very good place! It

-- Burn The Floor.

Janette Has Only Received A Top Score Of Straight Tens Once,

I will say false, because I do not know.

Has Janette danced at the Grammys or the Oscars?

You like Oscar. Let me think? I would say, yes. Which one? Yes, you

are right! She danced at the Oscars! What do Janette and Karen Clifton do

on the stairs before every show? Yes, they have a fight speaking

Spanish to each other. This week you have a Foxtrot to

the song Ghost by Ella Henderson. Is it going to be brilliant? I think

so, I love that already and it is the only -- it is only the second

day rehearsing. Keep the faith, Peter. You are so good. Peter and

Janette! That's all for this evening,

my Strictly friends. Join us tomorrow when Georgia

and Giovanni and Carol and Pasha will be sharing some

of their Halloween dance secrets. And Lord of the Dance himself

Michael Flatley will be Riverdancing Plus Ian Waite is back for more,

and we give you an exclusive peek at this weekend's

spooky hair and make-up looks.