Episode 24 Strictly - It Takes Two

Don't worry, Zoe, it's me, Michael Flatley.

This must be a dream, because Michael Flatley can't

Live from London, please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.

We are just two days away from the scariest dancing

Yes, it's the Strictly Halloween special!

Well, we have a scream of a line-up tonight!

Officially the least scary people in the world,

The devilishly good-looking Mr Ian Waite!

The ladies behind this weekend's spooky hair

and make-up, the two Lisas, also known as the Strictly Glam Squad!

And also, this is no trick, it's a real treat.

Lord Of The Dance, Michael Flatley is here!

down below so well in her salsa that she should change her surname

How much fun was it to start the show with that dance last week?

How much fun was it to start the was terrifying. It was good fun but

so scary. Everyone leaves you at the was terrifying. It was good fun but

beginning and you are like, stay! was terrifying. It was good fun but

You have not been on first before. We have been fourth and fifth. Once

it is done, you can kick back and relax. After this dance, you

discovered you have a new famous fan. Game Joan Collins. Oh, yes! I

know, how amazing is that? I came off from doing the dance and had

these messages and I was saying, Joan Collins has tweeted me. Did you

know who Joan Collins was? Of course. Well done as well. Lennon

was talking about how she was shaking her assets, and a lot of

solo work for Georgia in this dance. Are you impressed with how well

she's doing out there alone? She did a good job. When you dance in

couples, for sure. As a man, can lead my partner everywhere, but when

you have solos, side-by-side... I kept looking at him, what are we

doing? She did really well. She did really well. Not too much praise yet

because you want more out of her. I love you with the dickie bow. Let's

talk about your spins. I've counted

and you did six spins in a row You often see people do the dirty

dancing left, but with hands-on shoulders. You did that.

Unbelievable! That was the first time it went that well. I went, we

are doing it! How do you do that? Are you rigid in your arms and legs?

Jim, Jim. I must do more squats. It is time for Halloween and you are

dancing to this. MUSIC:

Ghostbusters Theme Tune. I think we are both going to be

Ghostbusters. I hope you have the guns and everything. It would be

amazing. Do you get excited about finding out what you are wearing?

Definitely. The costume team is phenomenal. And the make up team. It

comes together. Halloween, I was really excited because you know you

are going to get something mint. Mint. I will be using that on radio

two tomorrow. How is your Tango coming together? We saw a bit of you

struggling and I know how you feel. It is so emotional. I cannot feel my

neck today. I woke up and I could not reach for my alarm. It has been

hard this week but it is good. They will love you for that. Good luck

with Ghostbusters. We know you will be brilliant. Georgia and Giovanni.

Now, I spy a horned devil over there waiting to warm me up.

I lost my teeth so I a vegetarian Dracula. I love the. We were hoping

for a spider or pumpkin, but this is better. Hold on May two, my wand is

stuck. We have five couples for you to get your teeth into. Carol and

Pasha are doing the rumba. Have you got any notes? A lovely coal

allowance step. I just made that up. -- koala. I would like to use her

legs a little more. It is stumping at the moment. The swivels were not

bad. Here, I will put in some arrows. Every time Carol stands on a

leg, she needs to straighten her knees, like this. I think we should

make you up every week. Get the knees straight. We will be talking

to Carol and Pasha shortly. Jamelia and Tristan are doing the time warp

as a jive, great fun for Halloween. Is it looking good? I love the song,

so it should be great. Her knees are to bent, for me. At the end, she

needs to straighten her knees. We are looking at this area. If we are

side-by-side, doing a jive action. Side, close, side, straighten. Pasha

is giving me a funny look from the wings. You need to get the bounce. I

have seized up. Peter and Janette are doing a foxtrot. It sounds

romantic and we love his hat. How is it looking? The F tips are quite

nice. There was some lovely footwork later on. -- the F bits. He does a

lovely turn. The issue I have is here. You can see he has gone up in

his shoulders. He has done a step outside her and he has gone like

that. He has done it in a couple of places, not just there. He has to

arise in the but feet not in the shoulders, which should stay down,

darling. Jeremy and Karen are dancing to thriller. They are doing

a salsa. I am so excited. Tell me it is going to be brilliant. Jeremy's

salsa looks quite good, and those are three words I never thought I

would say! He is going for it, he is loose in the hips. It is a bit

plodding, he needs to be on the balls of his feet. But I love this

here. Look at his hand and everything and his facial

expression. I think he will get into character on this answer and it will

be good for him. It will suit his character, whatever that may be. Is

he going to go the full Michael Jackson, I hope so. Jay and Aliona,

and American smooth for them. Little red riding hood is the theme. Is it

looking spotless? The movement is going well. She is perfectly on him.

I can see no daylight between them. It is rather smooth. The only issue

is that they just did a lovely drop ronde there, and the only issue I

have is here with the shoulder. He has dropped the shoulder, dropped

the elbow and it is bringing the shoulder forwards. That is not how

we want him to look. He dropped this elbow and the shoulder has gone

forward. It is impossible to see it! Thanks a lot, Ian. Right, back to

Transylvania, Ian Waite. Now, let's catch up with how Helen

and Aljaz, and Jamelia and Tristan and see how they are getting

on with their monstrous moves. This week we are doing a samba for

Halloween. I am petrified. Apparently it is like a salsa but

really hard because it has technique. It is hard, a lot of

hips. One... A lot of bounce action and rhythm. I definitely feel out of

my comfort zone on the Latin numbers. That is awful. We are going

to put in a lot of hours and try to get the samba as good as it can be.

Leave me alone! This week, we are doing the jive,

very high energy and lots of fancy footwork. The jive is difficult for

some people because it is physical. We will be properly knackered after

this. Anyone who has been tuning in may know that fitness is not my bag

and I am tired already. It is about making it as much fun as possible

and doing the best job that we can. That will look wicked if I can get

it right. When I get it right! Every week, our Strictly stars hit

the dance floor looking flawless. However, this week,

some of them will look But, fear not,

it's all in the name of Halloween. You're in charge of the Strictly

make-up. How do you make our beautiful

contestants look awful for Halloween? It is tricky because we

want them to look beautiful because we are Strictly, but we use a lot of

shading and white make up and ghoulish colours to make them look

gorgeous but still deathly and a bit ghoulish. Lots of glitter. You have

gone crazy with glitter. Lisa, how difficult is it for you to do their

hair and get it to stay in place when they are spinning and doing

those staccato head moves? Basically, hundreds of hairpins,

glue, staple gun, anything. Often, we stitch it in so it will stay in

place. Here is an eater -- Anita Rani. Talk us through her make up.

place. Here is an eater -- Anita We will use bright, bold, clashing

colours to create the character. You can see on the sketch we will clash

the purple against green fodder which look. And the thick eyeliner

with glitter. She has the perfect by shape for that. She looks stunning

with the eyeliner. She can take a lot of make up on her eyes. It will

be a great look for her. And she lot of make up on her eyes. It will

also has horns. Talk us through how you create this look. Rather than

the generic headdress, we wanted to be creative, so we made horns out of

wire cages and covered them in hair. be creative, so we made horns out of

this hair. They are really liked. How do you attach them? We will

stitch them in. It is fine until she How do you attach them? We will

wants to go home. This looks very much like Frankenstein's monster.

Who will be looking like this? That will be Pasha and this will be

Carol. He loves a bit of green. I remember him as Schreck. Again, we

have the green face, lots of shading, lots of grey and black.

Around the eyes, really dark. We get that heavy line across the forehead.

He will be happy about that! And we were actually use the bolts. And the

lovely Carol will be very pale. The bride of Frankenstein. Pale skin and

some glitter iridescence on her face. Glittery eyeliner and the

browser will be structured, harsh. And a bit of patchwork down here as

if she has been sewn up. What about the hair? Pasha will just have his

own hair but squared up. Carol is a work in process. We have a wig for

her. And over here we have

a special guest waiting for us! You may not recognise her, but I can

assure you, under all the make-up is How are you feeling in?

I am not sure. Talk me through this look?

This is for the group number. She is the corpse bride look. Dark eye make

up to the eyebrow, to make it look hollow.

Glitter on the eyebrow. Some structure with the shading as I

talked about before. A pot of glitter and we blew it into

her face! Do close your eyes first!

What about her hair? This is a wake. Making it secure.

She throws her head everywhere. I have seen it from those low terms.

Finishing it with accessories. Does it feel comfortable?

Yes. Your partner in crime Vicky Gill

will be revealing some of the horrifying costumes live

from Elstree tomorrow. Good luck for Saturday,

Lisa Armstrong and Lisa Davey! Next up tonight, even though she'll

have a sinister look on Saturday thanks to the Glam Squad,

her smile will still shine through. What you think of your looks? I love

it, they are fantastic, the team. Originally, you were meant to be

green. Let us go back to Saturday night.

You took my breath away. Your Viennese waltz was beautiful

on Saturday. In that dress, to that music?

Sensational, so graceful and elegant.

I always say Pasha puts together the most beautiful choreography. She

does. Special. You will have that forever. Miranda

Hart was loving you on Twitter. Miranda saying how brilliant you

are. You got your second highest score

of the series, 21. Do you set yourself

a target with your score? Usually we aim for 40. I didn't tell

you before. That is coming.

You got a four from Craig, and he said he felt that Pasha was

just pushing you around those pivots a little bit.

It went passed so quickly. I wasn't aware of Pasha pushing me. If Craig

said, he properly did. It was just lovely. Were you

pushing? No, not at all, gliding around.

Smooth and flowing. There were a lot

of positive comments too. Len said it was a very nice, stylish

Viennese waltz, and gave you a six. Dancing! I think, from his point of

view, Len said it, Carol has never danced before, and he saw a huge

improvement and he judged on that, from last week and this week. Huge

improvement, good score. You are dancing the dance of love,

how are you finding the Rumba? Brilliant fun. I have muscles in my

arms I didn't know. He makes me stretch through to my fingers.

She is taking it on board. Rumba is often quite an intimate

dance, and you'd think by now Slide your leg, you with me. I am

blushing. I wish the air conditioning would come on now.

You have to be so close and personal. You enjoyed that secretly?

Yes. Finally, Carol,

for those kids and parents going trick or treating at the weekend,

will the weather be good for them? Not too bad, it could be a lot

worse. Let us remind ourselves last

Halloween when Pasha was dressed as that. We called you Carlos. It was

so good. Good luck this weekend.

Now, Carol, what are you doing at 6pm tomorrow?

I'll be having my tea, and watching It Takes Two, of course!

We catch up with Vicky Gill live in the Strictly studio for a peek at

this spectacular costume show. Jay takes a ride. Karen Hardy cooks

up the perfect Halloween potion. It takes to, live on Friday, at 6pm.

Right, we all know that Pasha is the reigning Strictly king,

thanks to his win with Caroline Flack last year.

But there's one man who trumps even that title.

And the man behind the phenomenon is here.

Very quickly, I've just realised where Usain Bolt got his inspiration

When did you begin doing that pose, and why?

Since the mid-19 70s, a long time. I am older than you think.

It must be flattering to see him doing it. It is amazing.

He is such a star. Isn't it funny that both of us are probably the

fastest feet in the world, aside from David Beckham. I would like to

see you do a job swatch -- swap. Now, as a seasoned dance legend,

which of the couples have impressed I love them all. Can I say briefly,

the professionals, they also impressive, every night.

They are. Season after season. Nobody will ever know how hard they

work to make the celebrities look so great.

I love Daniel O'Donnell. He has gone back.

We miss him. He got a bit nervous. I know him. He is such a gentleman.

Katie was great. Jeremy. I could name them all.

You embody showmanship. How do our celebrities go from being competent

Yes, you see, if they want to win this, and I think everyone is in

with a shot still, I think it is about presentation, not just the

steps. The judges will be looking for somebody who comes alive under

the lights. It is quite exciting, you cannot

tell who. Dangerous Games is not only

your 20th year doing Lord Of The You know, it is just time, I want to

spend more time with my wife and son. I have new interests, I am

painting, doing television work. Moving on to something new. We are

finishing on Broadway, I will be opening their next Saturday. We are

wrapped the London Playhouse with some of the greatest dancers in the

world, James Keegan. Some fabulous dancers. I would like to invite the

whole of England to see them. We will all be there.

We don't know yet, you never know. Young lads will take over now.

If you were a judge on Strictly, what would you be looking for?

I would be looking for that star quality, somebody who knows how to

come alive under that light, a bit of passion and power. From what I

have seen, I think nerves to play a big part. Len will be looking

carefully at that. If you could let go a bit of the nerves and just

perform, nobody is watching.

Any advice for aspiring dancers? Work hard, follow your dream, you

can have anything in the world. Great advice.

Well, we have some keen students waiting for a lesson from the

Lord Of The Dance, and you can tap 35 times per second.

Mr Ian Waite, and two of your principle dancers,

Guys, have any of you learnt Irish dancing before?

No, and I have killer heels on. Georgia? No.

Well, Michael, what can you teach this lot in about a minute?

James, will you show them this one set for me.

That is nice and easy! James, can you show us inched slow

motion? -- in slow motion. Here we go. Bang, up. Try that,

everybody? Three four, and back. Left foot,

same again. And we repeat it. Not bad at all.

Shall we try doing that to some music?

Number one, one, two, three, four. Let us do it to music.

Here we go. Come on, Carol, Georgia.

Here we go. Off we go. A huge thank-you to all

of our guests. Don't forget to tune in tomorrow

at the earlier time of 6pm for an hour-long show, when I'll be joined

by my star studded Friday panel. Plus, Kirsty and Brendan,

Helen and Aljaz, And we'll be looking at the spooky

costumes, ahead of Saturday's show with Vicky Gill, live from

the Strictly studios at Elstree. Give it up, Michael Flatley and our

dancers!