:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight is the first meeting of The 34 Club.
:00:09. > :00:11.They got 34 for their Samba on Saturday night.
:00:12. > :00:16.They also got 34 for their American Smooth.
:00:17. > :00:33.Oh, Zoe, come on, darling, they're never going to believe that!
:00:34. > :01:31.Live from London, this is It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe
:01:32. > :01:32.Ball. We're here to guide you over the
:01:33. > :01:37.midweek hump and take you smoothly On Saturday,
:01:38. > :01:42.we saw two yummy mummies wrapped up in bandages and dancing
:01:43. > :01:45.around to the Scissor Sisters. No, it's not Len and Bruno in
:01:46. > :02:17.the bar after a couple of shandies. Thank you. Well done on Saturday
:02:18. > :02:22.night. I can't believe you can look so gorgeous wrapped in mucky
:02:23. > :02:27.bandages. You looked absolutely amazing. And you mastered the samba.
:02:28. > :02:30.How much fun did you have? I had so much fun and when begot parent
:02:31. > :02:34.make-up and costume on, it transformed the dance and you get
:02:35. > :02:41.the story of it and the fun of it. It was a brilliant night. You look
:02:42. > :02:48.very good. It's like big hair, don't care. You loved that hair so much,
:02:49. > :02:55.didn't you go out after that show? I went out clubbing with it. So
:02:56. > :03:01.embarrassing. Easy to spot. And do you feel you finally have shown the
:03:02. > :03:04.judges your Latin skills match your ballroom skills because we
:03:05. > :03:08.definitely think you have? They haven't mentioned anything about my
:03:09. > :03:12.word and hips were a couple of weeks so I hope they are forgetting about
:03:13. > :03:21.that slowly. It was mummy hips last week. Craig gave you a fab-u-lous
:03:22. > :03:29.and this week said absolutely spectacular. Are you bribing him? I
:03:30. > :03:33.am paying him a lot of money to say nice things. Every week we get to
:03:34. > :03:41.him I always assume is going to say something nasty. I'm still waiting
:03:42. > :03:45.for it. Len picked up on a tiny mistake and we had to search for
:03:46. > :03:54.hours to try and find it and we think this might be it. Is it?
:03:55. > :04:07.It's horrible to watch. We refuse to admit it. What happened, Aljaz? It
:04:08. > :04:10.was part of the choreography. No, it's a promenade run with a
:04:11. > :04:18.handshake. There was a turn in between. Both of us got a little bit
:04:19. > :04:23.too stiff and the term did not go smoothly but the next bit was on
:04:24. > :04:27.time so you could not tell it was a mistake. Well covered. He threw me
:04:28. > :04:33.into the next move and it was covered up. Like a professional. You
:04:34. > :04:36.don't know what's going on on the dance floor because you are in a
:04:37. > :04:43.performance bubble and things can so easily go wrong. It goes so fast.
:04:44. > :04:47.That bit never went in rehearsals. You know what, because we do it so
:04:48. > :04:53.many times, even if a little thing goes wrong, you know how to get out
:04:54. > :04:58.of it. You know what's coming next. Is there sign language between you?
:04:59. > :05:05.After that I saw his face and he was looking at me like, what are you
:05:06. > :05:10.doing? Come on! I love it that you are still smiling. He was wearing
:05:11. > :05:13.bandages too. You have been first or second on the leaderboard for the
:05:14. > :05:18.last four weeks, well done. CHEERING
:05:19. > :05:24.How does it feel to be a frontrunner in this competition? It is really
:05:25. > :05:28.hard. That's the thing about this competition. You can be proper one
:05:29. > :05:33.week and bottom the next. It's really hard to call this year, I
:05:34. > :05:40.think. It's such a high standard. You are never safe even if you're at
:05:41. > :05:45.the top. Very good. OK, this week you have the Rumba. You are dancing
:05:46. > :05:57.to one of the biggest songs around at the moment. Hello, not the Lionel
:05:58. > :06:03.version but the one by Adele. # We have been singled as all day. To do
:06:04. > :06:09.a Rumba, number one until fabric next year, this must be a dream come
:06:10. > :06:13.true. I can't believe we have been allowed to dance to this beautiful
:06:14. > :06:16.song and it is a pressure because everybody is singing it at the
:06:17. > :06:22.moment and we don't want to do an awful dance to a beautiful song. We
:06:23. > :06:27.need to do it justice. The Rumba, in all of the history of
:06:28. > :06:30.need to do it justice. The Rumba, in one person has ever got the perfect
:06:31. > :06:32.need to do it justice. The Rumba, in score although a few have come
:06:33. > :06:42.close. Let's have a little Matt Di Angelo, Rachel Stevens,
:06:43. > :06:55.Kara Tointon and Chelsee Healey. Could you change all of that?
:06:56. > :07:07.Definitely. I like it. Be Could you change all of that?
:07:08. > :07:11.You know what, it's hard dance because it is slow and single
:07:12. > :07:16.mistake, that important technique you have to
:07:17. > :07:16.mistake, that important technique Rumba it is so exposed so as soon as
:07:17. > :07:21.you go Rumba it is so exposed so as soon as
:07:22. > :07:28.everybody can see it, so it's important to practice it and make it
:07:29. > :07:32.go the whole way through. We like it, all but undulating that I'm not
:07:33. > :07:38.very good at. Are you quite a romantic guy, Aljaz? Yes, very
:07:39. > :07:45.romantic. When the last time you cooked a meal for Janette? Does not
:07:46. > :07:56.have anything to do with romance? Yes, it does. Recently? I have, yes,
:07:57. > :08:03.last week. What did you make? I have no idea. Beans on toast. Shall we
:08:04. > :08:07.find out? I can't Rumba the last time I came home and he had dinner
:08:08. > :08:12.and flowers ready. We always do it together. It has been a while. Think
:08:13. > :08:14.yourself told. Where did you take Janette
:08:15. > :08:29.on your first date? Actually, we were in Los Angeles. We
:08:30. > :08:31.went to a Malibu beach. It has a beautiful restaurant on the coast.
:08:32. > :08:36.Let's see if your better half remembers the same thing.
:08:37. > :08:43.It's going to be completely different now. For first aid, Aljaz
:08:44. > :08:47.took me to a beautiful restaurant overlooking the cliffs Malibu beach.
:08:48. > :08:52.CHEERING How cute is that? Most people just
:08:53. > :08:54.go to the local pub and have some chips.
:08:55. > :08:56.OK, last one and this is an important one.
:08:57. > :08:58.When it comes to spiders in the bathroom, do you do
:08:59. > :09:02.the chivalrous thing and deal with them or do you leave it to Janette?
:09:03. > :09:08.I know the answer to this one. He's so petrified of spiders. He kept
:09:09. > :09:14.I know the answer to this one. He's running away last week from
:09:15. > :09:21.Halloween. I could not look to the left. He runs in the opposite
:09:22. > :09:25.are. APPLAUSE
:09:26. > :09:31.I like that, getting to know them. Good luck with your Rumba. I think
:09:32. > :09:32.it's going to be so good. No spiders.
:09:33. > :09:37.Now, when I was at primary school, I did maths, science, PE, you know,
:09:38. > :09:40.But the one thing I never did was critique ballroom and latin
:09:41. > :10:02.We are the Junior judges. look scary. Halloween.
:10:03. > :10:12.We are the Junior judges. the guitar. That is the Halloween
:10:13. > :10:21.show. He's going up like this. Everything leaders is like a scary
:10:22. > :10:36.monster. Two. That's not fair. Not fair. Not fair. I think it is magic.
:10:37. > :10:45.It's quite funny. They look like monkeys. My, look at her. She looks
:10:46. > :10:52.hilarious. She is dancing with a prince. It doesn't make sense. The
:10:53. > :10:58.Princess and the Prince live happily ever together, not the Queen and the
:10:59. > :11:08.Prince. He's flying. I don't believe he is flying. That was all summer.
:11:09. > :11:12.He is a vampire. -- that was awesome. They both the cartwheel at
:11:13. > :11:25.the same time. He makes me feel happy watching Jamelia's dance. The
:11:26. > :11:35.skeleton is in the cupboard. I have to say, Jamelia and Tristan. Jamelia
:11:36. > :11:45.and Tristan were great. I am sad Kirsty is leaving because she had
:11:46. > :11:51.funny moves. Bye-bye. Over to you, Zoe Ball. Bye-bye. Thank you.
:11:52. > :11:52.Wonderful kids. And we've got a couple of drawings
:11:53. > :11:56.that the kids have sent us. Here's the many faces of
:11:57. > :12:04.Peter Andre. Christopher, Hamido and Dominic.
:12:05. > :12:05.Look at his lovely moustache. Thank you so much all of you.
:12:06. > :12:08.Right, it's Wednesday, which means it's time to chat this man.
:12:09. > :12:37.Have you bought your fans tonight? It's so accurate. Even the very long
:12:38. > :12:42.legs right up to my armpits. Look at your pointy toes. And colourful
:12:43. > :12:47.trousers. Only you would wear those. OK, what do you think of the
:12:48. > :12:50.Halloween show? I loved it, the costumes and the storyline which
:12:51. > :12:58.goes with it, just brilliant. Who was your favourite? I enjoyed all of
:12:59. > :13:02.them but my favourite was Kellie. I loved their theme. I love the fact
:13:03. > :13:11.that used every corner of the studio and the stage and all the
:13:12. > :13:16.pyrotechnics. Magic wand. We know what you mean. Why doesn't my want
:13:17. > :13:21.to do that? It is the budget, love, BBC Two. Let's talk about the
:13:22. > :13:24.couples in training, first of all looking at Carol and Pasha. They
:13:25. > :13:28.were bottom of the leaderboard on Saturday but the public loved them
:13:29. > :13:32.and they have sailed right through. American Smooth this week. Is she on
:13:33. > :13:38.the up? I certainly think she will do better than last week. A Rumba is
:13:39. > :13:42.so exposing and it is slow. You know, this is going to be much
:13:43. > :13:45.better, it's more her style, ballroom. There's a lot of free
:13:46. > :13:52.styling in there. It's a bit easier to do. The only thing is, finishing
:13:53. > :14:01.off her hands is not great. I wanted to highlight of this area. I know.
:14:02. > :14:07.You can't wait, can you? This is the area. She was holding onto him and
:14:08. > :14:14.it needs to be normal ballroom hold. If I must! There is a deltoid there.
:14:15. > :14:21.She has had up on his shoulder. There is a triangular muscle here. I
:14:22. > :14:23.can feel it. Yes, darling. But the thumb and the second finger create
:14:24. > :14:30.in the second finger creates every shape which fits into that deltoid.
:14:31. > :14:38.All of the other fingers. Used to be able to do this really well. Did I?
:14:39. > :14:42.I call it the Zoe Ball hand. Back in the day. Next we have Helen and
:14:43. > :14:48.Aljaz. They are very excited about their Rumba. How is it looking?
:14:49. > :14:58.This will suit her because she is balletic and the closest you can get
:14:59. > :15:03.for a ballet dancer is the rumba. I've stopped it here because I've
:15:04. > :15:08.slowed down the next bed. Earlier, they were talking about the spin
:15:09. > :15:13.that were going off centre. He is a classic example. She falls off and
:15:14. > :15:17.he turns her and she falls backward. I think a lot of the time she's
:15:18. > :15:23.throwing her body weight into the turn at her feet are not under her
:15:24. > :15:28.to support her. As she spins she has to keep her feet underneath her.
:15:29. > :15:35.Otherwise, it she's going to go like that. You know she will have
:15:36. > :15:39.mastered that by the weekend. Jamelia and Tristan, the bottom to a
:15:40. > :15:42.game for them, let's hope it's not four Times this weekend. They are
:15:43. > :15:50.doing a Viennese waltz, could this put them in a safe place? I have
:15:51. > :15:54.studied this and she doesn't do one he'll lead. She doesn't have her
:15:55. > :15:57.dancing choose which does not help because she doesn't have any heels.
:15:58. > :16:01.She is struggling with the term because she is falling and getting a
:16:02. > :16:08.little sick from all those terms. I did notice that. -- she's struggling
:16:09. > :16:13.with the turn. If this is your best angle, this is yours, just stand
:16:14. > :16:19.there. When you are in front of each other it is difficult to get around
:16:20. > :16:28.but if you go to the side a little, then we can actually get around each
:16:29. > :16:32.other. Here I am! Just like that. I love that. Peter and Jeanette are
:16:33. > :16:39.doing a Johnstone this weekend. I think this will be a great dancer
:16:40. > :16:44.Peter, surely. Zoe, honestly, it's brilliant comedies on the balls of
:16:45. > :16:48.his feet, that classic swivel in the Charleston, lovely flicks and kicks
:16:49. > :16:53.and he's got a amazing energy and you can see and hear. I stopped it
:16:54. > :16:58.here because he does this step which is not in character for the
:16:59. > :17:05.Charleston so much. Has he gone a bit mind and 90s? He does that
:17:06. > :17:09.street dance thing which is really good, he is really good about and
:17:10. > :17:14.sometimes if he isn't sure he'll go back to that. He needs to stay in
:17:15. > :17:18.that brilliant, I had arrows because I was going to point it out, he
:17:19. > :17:24.needs to stay in that character because he is doing a brilliant job.
:17:25. > :17:29.Good work Peter. Let's look at Katie. I think she needs some love
:17:30. > :17:35.at the weekend because the judges were so mean to her. Hopefully she
:17:36. > :17:38.can quickstep away back to the top. If she gets this it will be
:17:39. > :17:42.brilliant comedies thrown in everything but the kitchen sink,
:17:43. > :17:46.really, really difficult choreography. He is challenging her
:17:47. > :17:52.but it makes for a brilliant quickstep. This is the area that she
:17:53. > :17:56.has to get. She cannot be behind him, she must be with him and get
:17:57. > :18:02.all that tough choreography right, lots of kicks and flicks, every step
:18:03. > :18:09.in the book Anton has thrown in. It's got the content. Hopefully she
:18:10. > :18:13.can bring on the performance. I'm looking forward to it. I think it
:18:14. > :18:18.will be brilliant. Thank you, Ian Waite, use back tomorrow.
:18:19. > :18:21.If all that insight from Ian has whetted your appetite you'll be
:18:22. > :18:23.pleased to know we've got even more training updates for you.
:18:24. > :18:35.Have a look at this. As I suspected, the jive is difficult and very, very
:18:36. > :18:40.fast. At the moment it doesn't feel so much like a jive as an acrobatic
:18:41. > :18:47.session! Went the lab launches himself at me, -- Gleb launches
:18:48. > :18:52.himself at me and basically my head is in his crotch. It's going to be
:18:53. > :19:02.one of those weeks. I will be pooped by the end of it. We are doing a
:19:03. > :19:10.waltz. I can't wait. It is likely head honcho of the ballroom in my
:19:11. > :19:15.head. The waltz is a slow controlled dance that requires a lot of
:19:16. > :19:23.finesse. I am really going to have to work hard on not raising my
:19:24. > :19:28.shoulders. Now I know Kellie's little habits this is a big chance
:19:29. > :19:35.for us to show that we can keep control and flow and finesse
:19:36. > :19:38.throughout the dance. Anita and Gleb and Kellie and Kevin looking
:19:39. > :19:54.Get well soon, Karen! One, training.
:19:55. > :19:54.Get well soon, Karen! One, three, four. I came
:19:55. > :20:00.Get well soon, Karen! One, because we had the place booked and
:20:01. > :20:06.Karen had left me a film so I have to do it without my dance Purdy and
:20:07. > :20:14.it is hard without her. What does that mean? Jeremy, he's such a good
:20:15. > :20:16.boy. That is how you get better. Good luck, Jeremy, get well soon
:20:17. > :20:17.Karen. So far we've had everyone
:20:18. > :20:20.from the GB rowing team to Dangermouse and even a field of
:20:21. > :20:23.farmers giving The Strictly a go. Your entries are coming in thick
:20:24. > :21:26.and fast so let's see how you lot Oh! Those wonderful patients, give
:21:27. > :21:28.them a ten. Well done, all of you clever monkeys.
:21:29. > :21:30.Remember the competition is still open for
:21:31. > :21:33.your chance to win those money can't buy tickets to Strictly Blackpool.
:21:34. > :21:35.But you've only got a couple of days left so head online
:21:36. > :21:38.Right, time to chat to our final couple.
:21:39. > :21:40.At the weekend he transformed himself into a werewolf.
:21:41. > :22:05.Lucky for him, his performance was far from a howler.
:22:06. > :22:12.Hurray for Jay and Aliona, they are here. An incredible performance, the
:22:13. > :22:18.makeover to become the wolf, how long did that take in make-up?
:22:19. > :22:23.Altogether, two hours, over the course of the day, so I went in and
:22:24. > :22:27.got darkened and other time I got crafted into a wee Wolf. People were
:22:28. > :22:35.asking, what are you, and eventually, they said, that looks
:22:36. > :22:42.great. The person doing the make-up really had a vision and really made
:22:43. > :22:56.it happen. Those little ears! I loved them. They transformed my
:22:57. > :23:00.Spockies! I had not noticed them before.
:23:01. > :23:03.There's been a lot of love for the wolf look on social media.
:23:04. > :23:06.Layla said, 'slightly concerned about how attracted I was to Jay
:23:07. > :23:09.McGuiness as a wolf tonight.' Sophie said, 'WHAT! How does he
:23:10. > :23:20.You should try that look more often! I'm on the way! How was your week of
:23:21. > :23:26.training leading up to it, Aliona, how pleased were you with his
:23:27. > :23:29.performance? The week was good. We enjoyed the rehearsal because they
:23:30. > :23:35.are such strong characters and it was fun to get into the quirky,
:23:36. > :23:41.slightly naughty characters. Because this is Jay's third ballroom dance,
:23:42. > :23:46.a lot of things that we did in the previous two dances, like the frame
:23:47. > :23:50.and the footwork, this was somewhat similar. So he already knew some of
:23:51. > :23:58.the technical things from the previous dances. So it made things a
:23:59. > :24:04.bit faster, the progress. You know that thing you forgot to do in the
:24:05. > :24:10.waltz, do it now! It was like a faster processor so we could work
:24:11. > :24:14.more on the character. This is all very good. Craig is in love with
:24:15. > :24:25.your feet, your beautiful pointy toes. Do you do good toes, naughty
:24:26. > :24:29.toes? Do you work on them a lot? When I worked with Jay from the
:24:30. > :24:35.beginning I worked down to the Pinky. Everything is staged. I make
:24:36. > :24:40.sure that everything is perfect! Not always perfect on the night but that
:24:41. > :24:44.is what you almost expect. You would expect about 90%, 80% of the best
:24:45. > :24:51.you can do in rehearsal, on the show because of the nerves, and people
:24:52. > :25:01.cheering. The toes, I make sure everything is in order! Toes, knees,
:25:02. > :25:05.heads, shoulders. Fingers! You have the Argentine tango this weekend and
:25:06. > :25:11.this is the music. It is traditional. It's so good. The first
:25:12. > :25:17.Argentine tango of this series. A blessing or a curse? I think it is a
:25:18. > :25:23.blessing. A heady mixture of both. Because it is the first one, people
:25:24. > :25:27.will be looking, what does that dance le Gleick, it looks like that,
:25:28. > :25:30.they will be wrong because it's wrong. Nobody else has done it yet
:25:31. > :25:36.so they have nothing to compare it to sow their standards might be
:25:37. > :25:44.lower. I don't know if you could set that bar any higher. With us, you
:25:45. > :25:48.never know. I like your confidence. As you are the first celebrity to do
:25:49. > :26:02.this dance we thought, we need to see if you are apt to speed. Can you
:26:03. > :26:14.tell me what is a garage? -- what is a gaucho? It is a hoax. Ready,
:26:15. > :26:22.everyone? Well done, Jay. You might as well stay up, don't injure
:26:23. > :26:30.yourself falling off the sofa. Can you explain what the ocho is? He
:26:31. > :26:34.wouldn't know it. I do more of them. He doesn't have any in the routine.
:26:35. > :26:42.It means a figure eight, so you would step forward and twist. It is
:26:43. > :26:46.almost like a more feminine move. So he would not do that. He would lead
:26:47. > :26:56.it. We will let you off. We all feel suitably educated now
:26:57. > :26:59.but it doesn't stop there. At the weekend the judges said you need to
:27:00. > :27:02.work on your characterisation, so we're going to help you with your
:27:03. > :27:05.storytelling. Jay, it's time What's Wrong With You?. A little
:27:06. > :27:12.game show. It's simple, I'm going to give you
:27:13. > :27:17.a series of emotions and scenarios that you need to act
:27:18. > :27:36.out, Jay, and Aliona has to guess Hugo, don't show her. Ready? -- here
:27:37. > :27:43.you go. You mysterious girl loving dude, you are already sun-kissed and
:27:44. > :27:55.I need more of that attention. What is the emotion? Angry? Yes, well
:27:56. > :28:02.done. Either angry or frustrated. We will take angry. Situation number
:28:03. > :28:05.two. That was in the realm of quickstep, time for me to light
:28:06. > :28:14.under a server in a darkroom and not talk to anyone. Just upset. We were
:28:15. > :28:18.looking for sad, I think we can get away with that. Very good indeed.
:28:19. > :28:27.Very quickly, do this one. You've got 20 seconds. Look at his face,
:28:28. > :28:35.Aliona. It's all in the face. Confused? Helpful? It was actually
:28:36. > :28:38.scared and unnerved! But you did very well.
:28:39. > :28:45.We cannot wait to see your Argentine tango, I think it's going to be
:28:46. > :29:01.awesome. Tomorrow we have so much, Georgia
:29:02. > :29:02.and Giovanni, and Vicky Gill, we will see
:29:03. > :29:10.Even at lunch, you see them running around, doing interviews
:29:11. > :29:14.They're really engaging with the world around them.
:29:15. > :29:17.And it builds so many skills, researching stories,
:29:18. > :29:22.discussing and presenting, but also giving them memories for life.