Episode 31 Strictly - It Takes Two

Tonight on It Takes Two, we're saying goodbye to

Dame Karen Hardy is back for her Choreography Corner.

And we also have Jeremy and Karen here.

Oh, Jeremy, what are you doing back here?

I'm back here, because I wanna dance with you!

Live from London, this is Strictly - It Takes Two. Please welcome your

post, Zoe Ball! I don't know about you,

but I'm still recovering from the That was one result none

of us forecast. Sadly for Carol and Pasha,

the Strictly skies clouded over Let's enjoy

their last dance one more time. You have got the tissues at the

ready. I feel sad.

But the overwhelming feeling is one of pleasure. It was just amazing,

amazing to be part of Strictly, the glamour, to be taught by Pasha how

to dance, what a privilege. It was fabulous.

When you see yourself dancing, can you believe, that is me! On national

TV. It seems like a dream, even though

it was at the weekend. Did it really happen? It was a dream

come true. It was.

You smiled your way through the results show last night.

But, be honest, are you relieved it's now all over?

Or are you heartbroken? It is a bit of both.

I've got as far as I could because I am not the greatest dancer. I give

it my best shot. I am going to cry.

The tissues are there. No crying, we are a happy couple.

Are you going to miss her? How disappointed are you that

you won't get to see that Of course I will miss you, we had so

match. There's little things Carol tells me every day, the weather

reports. Little songs.

Carol singing as well, that has been a joy.

Does power shower scene? Just nod. He does a wee bit. We have

a favourite song. That could be a Christmas single.

Our favourite song? ! Can we make a video, afterwards?

How do you feel about going out of the competition? You were at the

bottom three weeks. Do you feel it was the right time to

go? I never look at it from this point

of view. We had fun, and each starts we did our best. This week, we ended

up to be going away. But we take so much with us.

The judges also said you did improve, Darcey and Len saw

improvement. Did they give you enough abolishment for all the work

you did? You might not have been up with the

other dancers but you are working really hard, you put in the effort

and were fantastic. Thank you, I wish you had been on

the judging panel! They are the experts and I was just

learning. Pasha is a brilliant teacher.

They tried to be constructive. I really respect that. The judges are

lovely. Did you feel like you were on the

map, mastering, improving every week?

Sometimes we were up, sometimes down. I loved the American Smooth.

Such good fun. I was dreading these lists by Pasha gave me the

confidence to go for it. I felt you were better and better in

confidence. When we started, you were a little bit shy, blushing.

Look at you. Up there.

If you are going out on a darts, that was an incredible performance.

What we got from watching you dance is how much fun you are having.

Totally. It was such good fun. It was nerve wracking when you were on

the floor waiting to go on. When the dance started, you could not help

but smile. I loved it. What will you miss the most about

her? Just our little conversations

together, and how hard she was working. She wanted to do it again.

And again. So many people were sad to see you.

-- to see you go. We were sad to see you go. We always

thought you were marvellous. She was our favourite. I will read

out some comments, Kate, well done Carol. Penny, I shall miss her.

Philip, a pleasure to watch her. Mary, well done, Carol, dignified to

the end. You are brilliant, well done.

We knew you'd stay in the condition because whatever the nasty judges

said, we knew people would keep voting for you week after week.

They didn't stop but that is all right. Just keep smiling, we know

you always will. We have loved watching you dance

together. Let us look back at your Strictly story.

I really did save the very best till last.

Never in my dreams did I think I would get the reigning champion.

Put it together. I can do that. I haven't fallen in love with dance

just yet. The cold front blew in and you did

not survive it. This week is the foxtrot, and it is

lovely. She loves trotting. Carol, I hope you are happy, with

the work, it has paid off. I just don't want to let you go.

Limp, lame and very lacklustre I am afraid, three.

It is hard keeping that serious face.

What did I do? This is the first time we have seen

your body actually engage in any dance, well done, and improvement.

Once upon a time, there was the most ladylike of ladies called Princess

Carol. This dance never stops turning. You

do get dizzy with all of these things.

A very nice, stylish Viennese waltz. Google, wiggle. That is it, you are

with me. I am blushing. I wish the air conditioner would come on.

Are you enjoyed that secretly? Yes. I would.

Sadly, just isn't your dance. Two. Three. Four.

The thing that I most worry about are the lifts.

Pasha, I am scared. I really hope we have a solid routine, it has got to

be good. I can see the confidence and intense

and energy. You need to sell it and you were selling it.

I would like to save Kellie and Kevin.

It has been the most wonderful experience.

A huge thank you to Pasha, he is wonderful. Thank you for teaching

me. I am so proud of you. Working with

you was the most experienced experience. Thank you, I will

definitely miss you. Carol, your very own Strictly story,

you can treasure your lovely memories. Who would you like to see

go to lift the trophy, Carol? All of them, all the remaining contestants,

they are all brilliant and good friends.

We will miss you. Before you go, we have to get one

last forecast and, as we've got six weeks left, can it be a long-range

forecast up until Christmas? Is it going to be a white Christmas?

The next few days, unseasonably mild, wet and windy at times.

The temperature will drop, with snow on the hills of Scotland.

She is incredible. Can I say, you will generally one of the most

positive people I have met. Such a joy watching you dance. Now I am

going to cry. We're officially halfway through the

series which means it's time the Right, let's start with Dom

on camera one. Come on, you've got 29 more

shows to get up to an A. Rascal on camera three, it is not

good. Good morning, class, quite for the

register. George. Here, sir. The Guinness?

Jamelia? Andrei? Yes, sir.

Anton has been a good teacher, not too strict, encouraging. Mucks

around in class quite a lot, but I like that. And easily distracted

pupil. I feel like I am in detention or the time being taught by Gleb.

He is the best kind of teacher, makes me laugh, always positive. You

had better not get anything else wrong.

It is like I have been handed a huge textbook and I haven't read page

one, that is how I feel. My teacher, Ali Ash, he is so calm,

so nice, who probably be a really good teacher at whether those

schools. Head girl is probably Kellie, our

dance captain. Class clown, Peter Andre, terrible

jokes. Terrible jokes. Jeremy is the head

boy. Jeremy is an absolute legend when it

comes to practising, I have never seen anyone practice as much as he

does. Jeremy is a very good choice.

He is like the prefect. Jay is the one. Calm down.

Five minutes, folks. Almost perfect.

School is out! Class, dismissed.

Now, it's not just the dancing we're all talking about.

It was a weekend of firsts for our beloved Len.

He dished out his first 10 of the series and, boy, did Peter love it!

Len Goodman? It is the first ten from me.

So exciting. Len then whipped out one

of his trademark lines If you are in the dance of this

week, I am going to pick on my walnuts!

Don't want to think about that too long.

And we've had to wait six weeks but, on Saturday, there was

It is a Romberg, you can't change what it is. But also, you are

allowed to choose what steps you use for the Rumba.

Fight, fight. Right, fans of Dame Hardy, breathe a

sigh of relief because the almighty has returned, and is bursting to get

back into her Choreography Corner. This is you desperately, in China

and Japan. Look what I got for you. Little chopsticks with sparkles on

the top. That is beautiful, she is so

generous. I thought she would never get me a present. She has shocked

me. We're halfway through

the series now. We had a shock couple

in the dance off at the weekend. Is this

when the competition gets serious? I did not expect Kellie to be down

there. It says, professionals, drop down a gear, get ready, they will

bring in some more amazing choreography. We are halfway which

means we have new pros, hopefully some new choreography.

And we have our lovely professionals who have been here for a while who

know the game. They know what excites everybody, I can't wait.

Right, we're going to take a look at the first half of our couples.

Let's start with Jamelia and Tristan.

She managed to avoid the dance off this week.

Len said she's clearly worked on her footwork.

beautifully, heel leads which leads to graceful movement across the

dance floor. Another piece I have picked up on, the clash with the

guitar at the top. However, what we had to say, the importance of the

feet. Other was nervousness in her. What happened? That then messed up

some steps later on. A simple dance gave her time to learn the feet. Use

those feet and give us great movement. It is unfortunate with a

prop on the floral like that. Let's move on to Katie and Anton's

quickstep. Craig said that this was

an ambitious routine. What made it ambitious

and how well did she cope with it? This was very ambitious. This is

what we would do in a competition, strike the first chord and go

straight to our rivals. The thing is, Anton went but Katie was

struggling. This was an incredible piece of choreography. All the

changes of direction. But again, so complex and by the end of the

routine I was feeling for them. If that had gone well it would have

been a show stopping performance. So I will commend Anton, he is playing

the game, taking gambles. Next week if we have choreography as difficult

and she nails it should we will go from zero to hero. No pressure, but

massive pressure. This was the first Argentine

tango of the series. Darcey used the word "perfection",

Len said "polished". But the judges still want to

see more emotion from Jay. What does he need to do

and has he got it in him? Yes, we just need presentation. A

feeling of emotion is what we are looking for. We know she is lovely

and innocent but I have chosen this year, look at the hand. We have

beautiful choreography, movement down the steps, intricacy of

everything and the delivery. But it is losing the passion. The voice of

dance comes through your body. So, we have done this before, if I just

put my hand out without my body behind it there is no voice. But if

I put my hand out and move the body. Hand, body. You feel that.

Body, hand. It gives it a voice and depth. But the other thing is what

he is thinking about. If he is thinking about steps his face will

look like that, that if he is thinking about getting hot and

sweaty we might have different look on face. I might have turned!

Kellie and Kevin survived the dance off.

It was 8s all round from the judges for their waltz.

Darcey picked up on Kellie's right shoulder,

which she said herself has a life of its own, what does she mean?

Topline, gapping, footwork, this pole pieces the judges will be

looking at and everyone at home now as these. -- everyone at home

nosebleeds. This is what I want you to look at, she has gone into the

turning spin, can you see the right side has started to turn? As she

comes to go out of it she corrects it. Hops the Rachel Berbatov. --

pops the right shoulder back. We have a lovely audience tonight.

Everyone at home put down your cooking tools. Ladies, take up the

ballroom hold. The frame goes from elbow to elbow. Four points on a

picture frame, elbow to elbow and the points on your knees as well are

your four points. The body has to an one-way and the head has to turn the

other. What happens is if your head and body turn the same direction can

you see what happens to my right arm? So what we have to do is turn

the body back but you have to leave your head there. That is the

challenge in the kitchen tonight. Very night. We will talk about the

rest of the couples tomorrow. You'll be back tomorrow

for more choreography chit-chat. A few weeks ago,

he was showering in front of the nation, and at the weekend he

was seen straddling a horse whilst Is it me or does it sound

like he's working Well done, another brilliant

performance. When you were told you would be

starting your tango on a massive I remember the film spinal tap,

Stonehenge, instead of it being 18 feet it was 18 inches. I wondered if

we were heading for one of those moments. But I walked backstage on

Friday and I saw it and the size of it, it was incredible. This face is

rather alarming. You did perfect the tango face. Was it an enjoyable

experience? So much, the beginning, saying I am back because I want to

dance with you. In the rehearsal I was told that is all I would have to

do. But we spent a lot of time on the dance and afterwards Anton and

Brendan came up separately and said it was a dance. They were being

serious. I am at the point where I was so chuffed about that because

they saw we had worked on it. The bizarre combination.

Congratulations. I know the horse is distracting, but there was some

dancing. As for Craig saying he spotted my bottom, that was not

deliberate. We will come to that in a moment. But last week you

mentioned it's not the first time you have worn a cowboy hat.

So, we had a rummage through the BBC vaults, and unearthed this gem

This is a shoot out saloon, I am looking for a politician to try my

shooting skills on. So embarrassing. It was the Liberal

Democrats, Nick Clegg was due to appear as a cowboy so somebody said

why don't you appear as a cowboy and I said yes. Afterwards there was a

huge enquiry as to what on earth and all got the sack. You were hesitant

when I said you were going to wear cowboy hat. Darcey complimented you

on your topline and Len says he loves watching you, how does that

feel? Can you feel the improvement? You should answer that because Karen

sees it better than me. I feel it here and when he starts dropping I

am like, but you know, he is improving. His timing is impact

able. -- impeccable. He never gets anything wrong, you are leading me.

The one thing, and I did not realise this until we started the

competition is that when I was a teenager I played the drums. Yes! I

realise how handy that is, you can hear the beat and it has really

helped. That is about all that has helped me! Don't be so hard on

yourself. Find footage of him on the drums... Let's talk about Craig with

his more backhanded compliment. It was like playing the lottery with

you, we never know where the limit is going to land but I did enjoy

your little bottom as you went past the desk. Another format, the sky is

the limit! I think we need to move to a decimal point system. Then we

would see, I am sure it is a 4.3, but for -5 is too much to hope for.

But every dance we do we are going to do that move just in front of

Craig. So much love for you on social media.

And award-winning choreographer Matthew Bourne, who has an OBE

for dance, and a Tony Award for his choreography for Swan Lake said:

The choreography, I want to place Karen -- praise Karen because

telling me I would be on a horse, brilliant. You inspire me. What a

relationship. Your belt, you have gone down from hole two to hole

four? Yes, this is the picture. Also notice the Joy division T-shirt. I

am losing weight, my goodness. The abs are coming. Unfortunately I have

promised and I don't know how this happened, but if I got to the final

I would remake Peter Andre's mysterious Carol. I saw it as a

headline but I did promise it. -- mysterious girl. I promised heat

magazine I would do that without realising what I was saying so that

must not happen. We all know what to do. Let stalk about the quickstep,

how is that coming on? It is good, we had two hours today and he is

really liked on his feet. He is recognising a lot of the steps. It's

getting everything put together. I tell you what will be back, the

smile. It is joy. It is, the first dance we did took six days to learn

the first ten seconds today, two hours and we have almost gone

through it. Little neural pathways. They are starting to build. It is

amazing. You are surprising yourself. Keep it up.

A big thank you to all of our guests.

Join me tomorrow when I'll be chatting to Peter

and Janette, and the couple who survived the dastardly dance off,

And we'll be finding out what our couples will be dancing to