:00:00. > :00:00.On tonight's show, we've got the gorgeous Georgia and Giovanni.
:00:00. > :00:12.We've also got Strictly's newest cleaning team.
:00:13. > :00:18.Gleb, did you get to keep those blue overalls?
:00:19. > :00:20.Well, I wanted to, but they disappeared from
:00:21. > :01:21.Live from London, this is Strictly - It Takes Two. Please welcome Zoe
:01:22. > :01:25.Ball! I don't know about you,
:01:26. > :01:33.but there's nothing I love more than starting the show with a bit
:01:34. > :01:35.of viewer interaction. So, what we'd like to know, for none
:01:36. > :01:43.other reason than it's a bit of fun is, who has been your favourite ever
:01:44. > :01:45.male celebrity winner of Strictly? There's only been six of them,
:01:46. > :01:48.so who's your number one? Let us know what you think
:01:49. > :02:10.by heading online to: The vote closes at 6.45 tonight,
:02:11. > :02:17.so you've only got 15 minutes. We'll reveal the results
:02:18. > :02:21.at the end of the show. Our couples can almost smell that
:02:22. > :02:25.Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. The only thing standing in their way
:02:26. > :02:29.is the show this weekend, darn it. So, let's see how
:02:30. > :02:42.their routines are shaping up. The foxtrot is pretty technical. I
:02:43. > :02:47.want to nail the technique. Forward. Side. That is it.
:02:48. > :02:50.I also want to make sure I am bringing out the emotion I am trying
:02:51. > :02:55.to get from the song. Amazing.
:02:56. > :02:59.Aliona has been nothing but encouraging.
:03:00. > :03:06.A lot of things are ticking for the first time after weeks.
:03:07. > :03:09.The theme of this amber is 19th hip-hop.
:03:10. > :03:14.Last week we were in the dance off. Next week is that Paul.
:03:15. > :03:20.This is our most important week yet. Kevin Clifton thinks about the music
:03:21. > :03:22.and concept really carefully. This is another routine which will
:03:23. > :03:29.kill me. We are really going for it. We are
:03:30. > :03:31.switching gears, go harder. So excited.
:03:32. > :03:39.Somebody stop me! Come on!
:03:40. > :03:40.I like his hair, it has been in a wind tunnel!
:03:41. > :03:42.Whilst our couples are locked away in rehearsals, it looks like one
:03:43. > :03:45.of our Strictly judges has been moonlighting elsewhere.
:03:46. > :03:54.Come here, boy. His name is Craig. Who calls a Kat Craig?
:03:55. > :04:01.I love my Strictly. Craig. You have to say Craig Revel
:04:02. > :04:06.Horwood! There is no way that is happening.
:04:07. > :04:10.Please? Craig Revel Horwood!
:04:11. > :04:13.Brilliant. Right, hope you're ready
:04:14. > :04:17.for my first couple. The last time they were here,
:04:18. > :04:20.my O level Italian let me down. E la samba piu veloce
:04:21. > :04:57.che ho mai visto. I love your Italian accent. If you
:04:58. > :05:02.make it to the final at Christmas, I may have perfected it.
:05:03. > :05:03.Well done. Let us remind ourselves how
:05:04. > :05:05.brilliant you work on the floor. Could that samba have
:05:06. > :05:16.been any faster? It was really hard. I enjoyed it and
:05:17. > :05:25.you learn it more easily. It was a nice week. And that dress.
:05:26. > :05:32.I loved it. We need to talk about this.
:05:33. > :05:38.Can you explain that outfit? It is so cute. What were you dressed as?
:05:39. > :05:43.Actually, I don't have any idea. You don't remember.
:05:44. > :05:49.I can't. I need to call my mum and ask.
:05:50. > :05:51.An Italian telly tubby! You looked very cute.
:05:52. > :05:54.I don't think I've seen a male pro's hips move so fast.
:05:55. > :06:06.How difficult was that routine for a learner like Georgia?
:06:07. > :06:14.That routine was really, really hard, to be honest. We started with
:06:15. > :06:19.zigzag, and a lot of difficult stuff.
:06:20. > :06:23.The finish was really good. Really good. Every week she is
:06:24. > :06:27.getting better. Yes!
:06:28. > :06:29.That is what we want to hear. The judges loved it, and even Craig
:06:30. > :06:32.said it was incredible. However, he is the only judge
:06:33. > :06:35.not to give you a 9 yet. How are you going to get a 9 out
:06:36. > :06:47.of him? The vote was amazing. And I still
:06:48. > :06:56.made a mistake. I was over the moon. What will it take to get a higher
:06:57. > :07:03.mark from Craig? From Craig? I was thinking to take off my top!
:07:04. > :07:07.But I realised we are doing the charleston so I can't. You have to
:07:08. > :07:09.be fully digest for a charleston. Good to know.
:07:10. > :07:11.For the past two weeks, you've either been top or second
:07:12. > :07:16.You must see yourself as a contender now?
:07:17. > :07:23.Yes, I feel like an actual dancer, it is amazing. I don't know how this
:07:24. > :07:29.has happened. I was feeling sick to six weeks.
:07:30. > :07:37.I love the way he underplays it. Yeah, you are doing all right.
:07:38. > :07:42.Solid. Giovanni is confident how far you can make it.
:07:43. > :07:52.It says, Nato per sincere, which means, born to win.
:07:53. > :08:02.I like that faith. Are you going to get a matching tattoo?
:08:03. > :08:03.We had a T-shirt with, born to win, on the back.
:08:04. > :08:08.This week, you've got the Charleston and you're dancing to this.
:08:09. > :08:18.You've been looking forward to this one.
:08:19. > :08:28.I don't know, I have always been obsessed by it. It is good fun.
:08:29. > :08:34.Chicago is my favourite musical, so the song is amazing to dance to.
:08:35. > :08:39.Here you are in training, look at that swivel, ladies and gentlemen,
:08:40. > :08:45.looking good. Last week, at the weekend, Peter and
:08:46. > :08:47.Janette got the highest score. How much pressure are you
:08:48. > :08:57.feeling to top them? They did a great job but we need to
:08:58. > :09:01.do better. We have been trying. My legs are broken.
:09:02. > :09:08.From doing the charleston. Aches and pains.
:09:09. > :09:14.We have an amazing list. They wouldn't even let us watch. In
:09:15. > :09:14.case we gave anything away. I have a big mouth.
:09:15. > :09:17.If you get through this weekend, then you'll be dancing at the
:09:18. > :09:24.What would it mean to you to dance there?
:09:25. > :09:32.That is the most amazing thing ever, as a northerner, that Paul is
:09:33. > :09:35.amazing. To be able to dance in an iconic place would be a dream come
:09:36. > :09:40.true. Have you been to the Tower Ballroom?
:09:41. > :09:46.Yes, as a kid, I went to Blackpool a lot.
:09:47. > :09:52.And last time I went, was to Blackpool rocks.
:09:53. > :09:54.A lot of dancing, still. We have this lovely little picture.
:09:55. > :09:56.Now, our backstage beavers have been busy this week.
:09:57. > :09:58.They stumbled upon this little beauty which proves, Georgia,
:09:59. > :10:07.That lasted about a week because I was a bit too naughty for ballet.
:10:08. > :10:10.I hear it wasn't long before you ditched the dancing
:10:11. > :10:23.I didn't even get my white belt because I was so bad. I was in my
:10:24. > :10:30.Aladdin pyjama top. Would you like to change how they
:10:31. > :10:34.remember you? Psych yourself up, don't damage your
:10:35. > :10:37.hands. Brush on, brush off.
:10:38. > :10:39.We should probably do the old wax on, wax off from
:10:40. > :10:53.Sounding good, that was quite impressive. I am really scared.
:10:54. > :11:03.Now, Giovanni is definitely in my top three favourite new pros
:11:04. > :11:13.Diplomatic! I love you too.
:11:14. > :11:16.But these pros aren't just dancing machines, as we found out when Pasha
:11:17. > :11:33.Hey, neighbour. How are you? Good to see you.
:11:34. > :11:42.I did not grow up in England. What was it like in Siberia?
:11:43. > :11:47.Much colder. Here, a lot of rain. There, a lot of snow. Snowing
:11:48. > :11:51.everywhere, beautiful and white, -20.
:11:52. > :11:55.Do you still have family there? My mum and brother. I am from
:11:56. > :12:02.Wicklow, south of Dublin. Seaside resort. Yes.
:12:03. > :12:09.But there is not too much sun, not too many people dance. I don't know
:12:10. > :12:14.what it is like in Siberia. Who did dancing? My grandparents,
:12:15. > :12:18.social dancers, starting late in their life, competing. They got my
:12:19. > :12:21.sister and me into it and it developed. How did you get into
:12:22. > :12:26.dancing? My mum took me to a dancing cop
:12:27. > :12:32.edition. Was she a dancer? I am the only one.
:12:33. > :12:38.In Siberia? Not in Siberia. When I was eight, I did dancing, martial
:12:39. > :12:42.arts, swimming, music stuff. One by one, everything fell off and
:12:43. > :12:50.disappeared and I ended up in a sparkly shirt.
:12:51. > :12:54.Impressive. 18, I moved to Moscow, 20 mood to
:12:55. > :13:00.New York. To dance. Everything was different,
:13:01. > :13:05.everything. For example, food. For dessert, they said, cheesecake.
:13:06. > :13:09.I like cheese but not that much that I have to eat the whole cake. You
:13:10. > :13:14.know. I had never seen or heard of things
:13:15. > :13:18.like that growing up in Russia. My experience of dancing I suppose
:13:19. > :13:23.is quite different to yours, I never thought about it before.
:13:24. > :13:27.I left dancing for a couple of years and tried everything. I worked in a
:13:28. > :13:33.bag. Yes. Landscape gardening. Worked on
:13:34. > :13:38.building sites, as an electrician. A bunch of stuff. I started getting
:13:39. > :13:43.into dancing a bit more. I was older and started
:13:44. > :13:48.understanding it more. There is something I need to ask you
:13:49. > :13:54.about. Any time you are not talking to me or dancing, I see you playing
:13:55. > :13:59.computer games. White, what is it? When I was a little kid, the first
:14:00. > :14:03.time I saw computers, it was so amazing. I was writing programmes
:14:04. > :14:10.for computers when I was 12. I don't remember what I was doing at
:14:11. > :14:16.12. I was properly figuring how to put my child is not back to front
:14:17. > :14:22.anymore! Last question. All the guys on
:14:23. > :14:27.Strictly quite close, we chat and support each other. If you had to be
:14:28. > :14:29.on a deserted island, who would you take?
:14:30. > :14:32.Everyone is cool. And support each other. If you had to be on a
:14:33. > :14:38.deserted island, who would you take? Everyone is cool.
:14:39. > :14:49.You are strong, you could take the coconuts from the tree.
:14:50. > :14:59.I would definitely take Tristan fifs on a deserted eye tanned. And -- I
:15:00. > :15:01.would definitely take Tristan if I was on a deserted island. And my
:15:02. > :15:04.husband, and Ian Waite. And there'll be more pro
:15:05. > :15:06.tete-a-tetes to come Now, speaking of ex-computer
:15:07. > :15:23.programmers turned electricians All that cleaning I have been doing.
:15:24. > :15:39.So shiny. Gleb wants his outfit back. He looked much better than me
:15:40. > :15:45.in it. I can tell you. This weekend, if they get through, the couples go
:15:46. > :15:48.to Blackpool. Do you know why? Why? Because of the wrap party
:15:49. > :15:53.afterwards. I can understand. My dad was the last one to leave. Let's get
:15:54. > :15:57.on with our couples. In training, Jeremy and Karen, who knows how they
:15:58. > :16:01.are going to get over that horse business. This week it is a
:16:02. > :16:07.quickstep for them. What do we think? Yes, well, he is quite light
:16:08. > :16:12.on his feet. Do you think? Is it a good thing? It is a good thing in
:16:13. > :16:16.quickstep. There are places where he is doing kind of this pick-up where
:16:17. > :16:21.he picks his leg up and sticking his legs out, which is wrong. On a
:16:22. > :16:32.Charleston sort of step like that, which he just z it is OK. But I will
:16:33. > :16:38.say - if I just get this out... AUDIENCE: OHHHH As you can see his
:16:39. > :16:44.elbow is higher than his shoulder and his hand. Not good? No. He needs
:16:45. > :16:50.to drop it. I will demonstrate it with you. I'm here. He is like that
:16:51. > :16:54.at the moment, amount. He gets to that stage and his elbows are behind
:16:55. > :17:01.his back. He needs to take them in front and drop them down a bit. So
:17:02. > :17:05.more of a... Perfection. More of a rounded shape. Not too round but
:17:06. > :17:11.there, rather than there. Other than that, looking fine. Jamelia and
:17:12. > :17:15.Tristan. A break from the bottom two. This week, it is a samba for
:17:16. > :17:20.them. How are they looking? Not great at the moment. Lots of
:17:21. > :17:27.promenade runs. Really? Not this particular step She needs to pick
:17:28. > :17:33.her body up here, underneath. If I just do this, the tall. It is the
:17:34. > :17:37.whole thing, she needs to pick up her body underneath, bend into the
:17:38. > :17:41.knee and stretch the back foot so she has all her weight forward. She
:17:42. > :17:45.can only do that if she brings her chest forward and takes her arms
:17:46. > :17:50.forward. She tends to let the arms flop back. I mean it is looking a
:17:51. > :17:55.little bit. As she does it quickly and goes around how does it look?
:17:56. > :18:01.Like that. And how should it look? Like that. And a binge, and a bang.
:18:02. > :18:07.Like Georgia did it last week. She needs to be in control. You have the
:18:08. > :18:13.ladies in the audience giggling. Katy and Anton do a romantic rumba.
:18:14. > :18:18.Notoriously this dance can be difficult. These two are looking
:18:19. > :18:23.good. She has nice legs and feet. That helps for a rum BA they look
:18:24. > :18:27.gorgeous. What she needs to do, she needs to settle her weight into the
:18:28. > :18:31.hip. What do you mean? That's the problem. Sometimes when you have
:18:32. > :18:36.done a lot of ballet, to keeps you up and out of the floor. What we
:18:37. > :18:43.need to do, as she passes the foot through, she needs to release. Like
:18:44. > :18:50.you do in the supermarket queue? Yeah, settle into the hips Here they
:18:51. > :18:58.do an opening out. # the hand is like - urgh. How should it be? Show
:18:59. > :19:04.her. Finishing off the lines. Open out. Palm down to the floor and then
:19:05. > :19:09.the other way. Like that. Palm down to the floor. In the hips.
:19:10. > :19:14.Let's move on to Georgia and Giovanni. They are so excited about
:19:15. > :19:19.their Charleston. I think this is going to be truly epic. I think it
:19:20. > :19:25.is really going to suit them. They are light, they are fun. All the
:19:26. > :19:30.things that Charleston are. It'll suit their cheeky sort of character.
:19:31. > :19:35.Lovely swivels there from Georgia and a great, great lovely step. I
:19:36. > :19:40.think that's called a winding up the aeroplane or something like that.
:19:41. > :19:45.They go slightly out of sync at the end but I do think it is going to be
:19:46. > :19:49.a really good dance for them. They have lots of energy. They are at
:19:50. > :19:52.that stage in the competition, it'll definitely get them through to
:19:53. > :19:54.Blackpool. So exciting. We will see Ian Waite next week for a Blackpool
:19:55. > :20:02.ex-graph began zoo. Thank you. I know what you're thinking,
:20:03. > :20:05.we haven't had an update on The Strictly dance for a matter of
:20:06. > :20:07.days! Don't worry, the competition may
:20:08. > :20:09.have closed but, whilst the judges choose their winners,
:20:10. > :20:18.there's no reason why we can't Show us how it is done. I'm waiting
:20:19. > :20:22.for the music. Is there any music? Here it comes.
:20:23. > :21:04.Go. STRICTLY THEME TUNE PLAYS
:21:05. > :21:10.APPLAUSE Well done to them. The nurses, the
:21:11. > :21:13.lovely people in orange. Those ladies in the hats and that little
:21:14. > :21:18.old lady walking across. Remember the competition is closed. We'll be
:21:19. > :21:21.revealing the winners of those Strictly Blackpool tickets here on
:21:22. > :21:28.Monday. Don't miss it, it could be you.
:21:29. > :21:29.OK, it's nearly Friday which means two things.
:21:30. > :21:34.And, secondly, it's Children In Need which means this fella might make
:21:35. > :21:44.Hey Pudsey. We are going Pudsey for Pudsey at
:21:45. > :21:50.the Children In Need Call The Midwife special. And we are
:21:51. > :21:59.backstage with the East Ender's cast as they rehearse for the evening and
:22:00. > :22:01.ill Divo will be here to sing us a song from their new album.
:22:02. > :22:05.They cleaned up on the dance floor on Saturday night.
:22:06. > :22:07.I tell you what, that ballroom has been calling for
:22:08. > :22:29.Well done, I have never seen cleaners so glamorous in my whole
:22:30. > :22:37.life. Blimey that was good Anita. So good. Brilliant performance. Will
:22:38. > :22:43.you ever look at mop in the same way again? No, talk about Wonder Woman.
:22:44. > :22:49.. I did think Wonder Woman. I thought you were going to fly On
:22:50. > :22:54.Saturday night, when I got home, the first thing I z I got my mop, it was
:22:55. > :22:58.there, I had been practising, and put it in the cupboard. It was great
:22:59. > :23:02.fun. The speed of the dance was something else. The kicks and
:23:03. > :23:07.flicks. Your stamina is incredible. I know how many times you have to do
:23:08. > :23:14.that, to practise. You must be the fittest you have ever been. Yes. .
:23:15. > :23:19.Some abes going on. I have abes. Have you counted. We have a
:23:20. > :23:25.competition every morning when we look at each other's abes. I just
:23:26. > :23:32.look at his. It is a hard job. A nightmare. And well done, your
:23:33. > :23:36.scores, finally 9s. So deserved. Was it worth the wait? We are working so
:23:37. > :23:41.hardful every week, Monday morning we start and whatever I perform on
:23:42. > :23:48.Saturday. It is graft, you know. I often say - these are my feet on a
:23:49. > :23:55.Monday and Gleb has to prise out every toe until we are dancing on a
:23:56. > :23:59.Saturday. Not like that. Look even now he is instructing are you. We
:24:00. > :24:01.must talk about one specific move that we now call the Flying Gleb.
:24:02. > :24:17.Let's remind ourself. Firstly, where did the move come
:24:18. > :24:23.from? I don't know. You know what t just happened on Monday. I came in
:24:24. > :24:26.avens like - Anita I have something special for you this week. That's
:24:27. > :24:31.something you could call it! . I said, you know what, stand there,
:24:32. > :24:37.I'm going to jump at you. She goes - how are you going to jump? And I was
:24:38. > :24:42.like - I'm going to jump right here. She was asking what would she do. I
:24:43. > :24:51.said - just catch me. It looks terrifying. Did you not lose
:24:52. > :24:57.anything teeth? Get a faceful of... Was it not quite scary? I don't
:24:58. > :25:00.know. You just have to go for T I can't explain how it happens. It is
:25:01. > :25:06.terrifying watching it. When you do it, you have to have faith. I just
:25:07. > :25:14.trust him. You want to do it now. In the heels could you do it now? Um...
:25:15. > :25:18.Do you want to try it? Oh my goodness me This is live TV. I'm in
:25:19. > :25:35.epic heels. Are you ready? Incredible. It is fantastic.
:25:36. > :25:40.Incredible. The Flying Gleb is one of many memorable move that is Gleb
:25:41. > :25:44.has rated. I thought I was actually going to have a heart attack there.
:25:45. > :25:49.That was incredible. Welcome to the countdown of Gleb's
:25:50. > :25:56.famous moves. At six, it is the Boiler suit bounce.
:25:57. > :26:06.At five, the one-handed heart wheel. At four - is that the karate kid? No
:26:07. > :26:13.it is Gleb with the kick. At three, the floor has never looked so fast.
:26:14. > :26:22.The floor sweep. At two, gravity, it is easy does T at number one and a
:26:23. > :26:23.new entry in the Strictly dictionary, the now iconic Gleb
:26:24. > :26:33.Special. Bruno needed a lie down in a dark
:26:34. > :26:40.room after that. You lucky thing. This week you are dancing to to The
:26:41. > :26:44.Pretenders. How is it going? The jive, high energy, I love doing all
:26:45. > :26:49.that but to go back and do a ballroom and it is light on the
:26:50. > :26:52.feet. I love the song. It is dreamy, romantic, a different feel
:26:53. > :26:57.completely. I can't wait to do it. What kind of Gleb special are you
:26:58. > :27:02.going to cram into a quickstep? Well the story is a special storey. We
:27:03. > :27:12.are both on a blind date. Nice. You know, so we don't know who we are
:27:13. > :27:18.going to meet, we are literally on on Tinder.
:27:19. > :27:23.Other dating apps are able. Then we do a fun quickstep. Don't go on
:27:24. > :27:27.dating websites, he is married. He is not there. How excited are you
:27:28. > :27:33.about Blackpool if you get through this weekend? Hugely. Like Georgia,
:27:34. > :27:40.being a northerner, love Blackpool. My mum, in the' # 0s when they got
:27:41. > :27:47.married. Mum married my dad, and they went to Blackpool on honeymoon
:27:48. > :27:51.with family in tow. I have pictures in a gorgeous sari with Blackpool
:27:52. > :27:54.Tower behind her. I would love to dance in that ballroom. That would
:27:55. > :28:04.be amazing. Fingers crossed it'll happen. Aknow at that and Gleb.
:28:05. > :28:07.Now, earlier on, we asked you lot at home, who was your favourite ever
:28:08. > :28:09.male celebrity winner of Strictly out of this handsome bunch?
:28:10. > :28:15.They were all brilliant. Mark Ramprakash stands out. His hips. And
:28:16. > :28:20.Louis Smith, when he lifted Flavia. With one finger.
:28:21. > :28:23.Well, the results are in, and I can reveal that your favourite ever male
:28:24. > :28:39.Harry Judd. Very deserving I would say. A huge thank you to all my
:28:40. > :28:43.guests. Don't forget to tune in tomorrow at the earlier time of
:28:44. > :28:47.6.00pm for an hour-long Children In Need special.
:28:48. > :28:50.Jamelia and Tristan and Katie and Anton will be on the sofa, along
:28:51. > :28:53.with my Friday panel made up of Sophie Raworth, Richard Osman and
:28:54. > :28:57.And I'll even treat you to the rather dashing Il Divo who will
:28:58. > :29:17.I can't wait. See you tomorrow. Good night.
:29:18. > :29:21.Join us on BBC One for a truly epic night of entertainment,