Episode 37 Strictly - It Takes Two

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From London, this is Strictly, it takes two. Please welcome your host,

Zoe Ball. Take the phone off the hook,

get your cuppa and settle down Now, the Strictly team are loading

up the van to Blackpool as we speak, so to mark the occasion we're asking

you one very important question: What Blackpool-related costume would

you like to see Ian Waite wear during his weekly warm-up

on tomorrow's show? Would you prefer a classic Victorian

bather? Let us know what you think

by heading online to The vote closes at 7pm tonight, so

you've got just under half an hour. Ian will reveal all

on the show tomorrow. They successfully boom, shake,

shake, shaked their way up the You are Kev-less. There is someone

missing. He is actually poorly Really, really poorly. I know he's

really sorry he is not here. You know, but he needs to get better. He

does. We have Blackpool. He can not be missing. Get well soon. Kev.

What have you been doing with yourself?

With your day off? Actually, weirdly, I did actually have a day

off! Yes. I had no EastEnders, so I got my little boy ready for nursery.

Made his lunch. Did all that good stuff. Once he had gone off, I

decided - you know I'll get mylights done. A big thing, you feel so much

better. It is a big thing. You look bright. Half-hour speed shop. I feel

better. Well done. It is so difficult. You are doing so many

jobs. Tell me about your '90s alter egos from the weekend and your

awesome samba. It was so good. You being Keyonce and Kevin as

The Fresh Prince of Grimsby? He was the Fresh Prince of Grimsby

or K-dogg. He hauls to explain that and I had to say it is not cool if

you have to explain it. We had the best time doing that routine. We

loved it. I have to say, we've had - I'd had a rather dodgy dress

rehearsal. Had you? Times that's good, though. Apparently so. I made

quite a few mistakes in the afternoon and it had made me

slightly - because it was so fast. Again a Kevin Clifton, you know how

he likes it, he goes at 100 miles per hour. I knew there was no chance

for my brain to keep up with the feet. So I had to have faith it

would come together. It really did. I loved it. I was just - it was a

dream come true. And such a risk to mix hip hop with samba and something

that might not have worked. But I thought worked brilliantly. Thank

you so much. So do I. I was really proud of it and proud of Kevin. He

is so brilliant and I think he has this incredible - um - he wants to

push boundaries and try new things. Actually, who knew I would love a

samba but I loved the samba. Your samba technique was so good. I was

like that and that. Also, no-one wants to be in the bottom two. So

you pushed out the boat. And Kevin went the extra mile. Here we can see

from his tweet. I hadn't seen that. But he did shave

his chest. It was true. He wore a T-shirt. It wasn't necessary. It was

a vest. He was told to shave. He had a little chest hair poking out the

top. I quite liked T I'm not averse. I quite like a man being a man. -- I

quite liked it. It is when it comes on the knuckles. I pull Norman's out

with my teeth. I'm with you there. There were mixed feelings

from the judges on your unique Craig wasn't sure but then he gave

you a 9. That floored us. I was so pleased. Iroom didn't know. His face

was like thunder at the end of the routine and stayed like that until

he made his comment. I thought oh my God, he hated it. It did divide the

judges a bit. To be honest, we know Len is a traditionalist, he likes

what he likes and that's OK. I also think it is OK we did something else

with it and that's whatk Strictly should be about I think and it

didn't matter, it didn't matter to us that Len felt like that. He still

appreciated it. He said the samba don't was great. He just said hip

hop and crying babies were his two most hateful things in the world. So

we weren't going to win, were we? So never go around to granddad Len with

the crying baby. There was so much going on

in that routine including a new move Craig called it 'The Darcey Bussell'

and boy were you working it. I didn't know you could even do

that. Do you know what. I said to Kevin -- it is just as well Freddie

is only three. Because if he was ten and at school and had friends he

would be like - mum, what are you doing, you are so embarrassing, you

can't do that on television. Thankfully he is not quite there

yet. I sort of got away with it. Honestly, Kevin did a routine and

made me feel like I was in a Justin Timberlake video. I will have that

forever. So, so good. I was actually quite jealous of that as well.

Not yet. Although we are going soon. I'm going to take a very warm coat.

That's all you need. And a vest and some dance gear and my dance shoes.

An outclub for afterwards because you go clubbing. It will get messy.

It'll be fun. You are doing a quickstep in Blackpool, the home of

ballroom. Someone tweeted a picture today of the ballroom. It hit me

again how incredible that place is. It hit me so much that my legs sort

of went a bit funny. Help me! Oh, OK. I'm so excited about it. It is

going to be amazing. What an absolute honour that is to be able

to do a quickstep there. It is brilliant. Also, you are doing it

with Kev, that's partly where he has grown up. We can see a lovely

picture of Kev there. He looks so cute. There he is with Jo. He was

ten, in the British Open Latin juvenile Championships, where he

came 4th. Bless him. Good luck. I hope he gets well soon and you get

the training N well done, Kellie. I don't know about you but I'm

in the mood for some high brow Where's that Hardy

when you need her? You are matching our cousins today I

feel a cousinesque moment. Are you sure you didn't take one and made a

skirt out of it -- a cushion. Ok, let's take a look

at our couples' performances. Let's start with Anita and

Gleb's Quickstep. Len said she has

"become a great all rounder". However, Anita is yet to be

at the top of the leaderboard, what She is not a great all rounder. She

is a dynamic dehave a. I'm sorry, judges. They have to wake up. It is

not about Gleb any more. We know he is our new professional. It is

incredible. This is the choreography. The constant

shape-changing, the choreography. The constant

top line. She sticks to him like glue. The choreography Gleb has

given Anita from the word "go", has been incredible. I would really like

to see the marks going up much higher. I don't feel she has been

rewarded enough. I'm putting my foot down now. We are over half way. I'm

a woman on a mission this week. That is sensational. Well done. I feel

better for getting that out of my system.

Three of the judges gave him an 8, but Craig went for a 6!

He described the performance as "a little bland".

I don't know if he is being harsh. I'm hoping he is being cruel to be

kind. This dance, the foxtrot is the equivalent of the difficulties of

the rumba. The power of the slows. You have to be able to control the

slows with ease and balance and make it look easy. What we would say is -

if he foamed like this, let's say in the final, there is not a strong

chance of him winning. -- performed. I'm hoping Craig is saying, listen,

great what you have done, definite improvement in presentation,

personality but come on, rev it up more if you want to be in the final.

Come on, jay. Jamelia and Tristan were

in the dance off - yet again! They have been there so many times

and survive every week. Craig said she was dancing with bent legs and

he didn't see one straight leg. You are pulling your sleeves up. You

have stuff to say. I have my shoulder pads on. The legs meant to

be bent in the samba. This woman was fabulous. She is bending all the way

through on the classic steps but from here on in, it is as though she

gets nervous, so starts looking down and the selling of performance. What

I would say to Jamelia, you are great, you are doing it right, on a

ro. Keep your personality and sell the dance. -- you are on a roll.

Whether it is a foxtrot, a tango, samba, believe in yourself and get

that personality out that we know she can do. Sell it, Jamillia. We

will catch up with them soon. Len was happy because he got lots

of content this week. So much I love. We talk about tick

boxes. They have the contact together. The top line. They have a

lovely action. Strong foot work. Now, we talk about foot work because

at that moment, look at the slow dance, look at the dragging of that

foot. When we talk about tick boxes, the public will be looking for

gapping and top line. She is in another league again. She is not

stomping across the floor. She is dragging the feet now, which keeps

her down, gives her contact with her partner. It gives it more musical

interpretation. These are the things you are not going to see, you are

not meant to see them but it adds to the whole production. I caught that

little gem right there. I needed to share it. This was fabulous. Oh,

they are all so good. You are very excitable today. I am.

Katie and Anton scored 31 for their rumba, which is their highest

They've previously struggled in the Latin.

This was a great performance. It was incredible. It is all down to the

power of the choreography. You get it wrong and it'll go against you.

This is beautiful. A simple thing like an opening out to left and

right. She has exquisite legs. They trouble time it. This is a classical

lady. The first moment I saw her dance, her beautiful back in the top

line of ballroom and in Latin we have the exquisite legs. She stands

like a lady, the legs are beautifully placed. I see you

readjusting your legs. I did. Beautifully presented. She is a

classical lady. You don't want to overkill the choreography but you

need to keep her moving and oozing on the dance floor. It was fabulous

and the song as well, was beautiful. It is a favourite of mine.

Craig decided he loved the hip hop spin on their samba.

Do you like to see these alternative takes on classic dances?

Here we go again. All the change that happened in this was it was an

alternate take on the fashion. When you look at t the dance is pure

Latin. We have natural rolls. We have whisks and voltas. The

classical steps. Bent legs. I was surprised by Darcey and Len's

comments. Actually the hip hop action just brought it to a whole

new level and said - we are being different, we are new, come on,

bring the game on. That's what I love about these two. There is

another step I picked up on. The bachacada. A lovely slow action.

Look what they are doing, giving it a hip hop action. I thought - look

at t we'll get everyone at hope doing it. Cameramen, start at my

gorgeous ankles. It goes wrong as we head further up. But it is about

pushing into the floor and as the camera moves up. Oh, he is a good

boy. You are on form! So we roll through the hips. Right, so we get

the pushing and the rolling. All you do, you add this - at my age we

should still get a bit of hip hop in. Any age. Bring it on. That's

what I say. should still get a bit of hip hop

in. Any age. Bring it on. That's what I say. Karen enjoyed that too

much. I don't think there is anything wrong with stepping outside

the box and having fun. Peter and Janette danced

the Viennese waltz. Len said it was good,

but "to get a 10 you have to do What was missing, if anything? Very

simple. He has got to be a man. He has to be a man. Look at this, he is

looking at Janette all the way through this performance. I have

been watching this for a while. This guy is an incredible performer, an

amazing dancer. The relationship, I'm very pro them, I love what they

are doing, but be a man, stop looking at her. Stop looking at her.

He has to be a leader on the dance floor. He has to show her the way

around the dance floor. What I want to see and what maybe Len and some

of the others ark looking for, he has to be the leader, take control,

initiate the moves and let Janette be the gorgeous lady that whisks

around him and make him look greater than he already is.

And finally, Georgia and Giovanni brought the house down on Saturday

This is what we have got to pick up on, she keeps dancing, and we think

it is all over, but we are up and over again. She has got the

character, the isolation, the footwork, and she has got the

Fossey. All the way. She came out of her shell and started to perform,

completely loved it. So exciting! And now to Blackpool.

You saw the audition process, it is time to debut might new sidekick.

Let's see what gems our jukebox has for us this week.

So this is the Tina Turner classic River Deep, Mountain High.

Factoid fans, did you know Tina's real name is

So which one of our couples is jiving to it?

This is the Whitney Houston ballad I Have Nothing.

Interestingly, Whitney's favourite subject at school was history.

Maths. I knew there was something about you!

But who will be getting themselves into a spin to this in Blackpool?

Apparently, the sound of Dolly's nails rubbing

together can be heard as part of the percussion on this song.

To find out what music the rest of our couples are dancing to,

This weekend Strictly goes t'up north to the home of ballroom,

which means we're in for a suitably special group dance.

This is a celebration of making it here, I want to do a number where

the celebrities feel special. It is more soft, more traditional ballroom

dancing, Viennese Forbes, then it picks up, we go quick step match our

child, possibly. It is a fusion of so many styles. We are vaguely

familiar, but we want them to look as good as the professionals. That

is the challenge. Everybody is doing brilliantly, that is part of it, you

do not want to let the side down, we are all trying hard. It is a

celebration of the final eight, I can't believe I am saying that! This

tops the Halloween one, it is great. This routine will be so magical, I

cannot wait to perform it in Blackpool.

Hello and welcome, Jamelia and Tristan!

Can we take a moment to celebrate what a pair of survivors you are!

Look at the shimmy! feeling? I cannot describe it. I

feel battered, can I say that? Refuse to lose! That is so good!

In the history of Strictly, you are the only couple to have

You can't deny that's a great achievement?

How disappointed were you to be back there?

I did expect it, because we were in the bottom two, I thought, be

prepared. I could not call who else would be there. Just before we went

to do our dance,... She gave up on the! I said, I have had a brilliant

time, I wish you all the best! I was saying goodbye! Let's just enjoy our

last dance! Have you gone through that feeling as well? You have to

expect it. Everybody expects it, you go, I don't want to be there, I will

try as hard as I can. There will always be two people in it. It just

happens to be you quite a bit! Contemplating giving up dancing on

Saturday and just coming in on Sunday! Fight it out between

yourselves! We will see one of you that!

Dance-off aside, when you performed on Saturday

Darcey said your upper body isolations were phenomenal.

I love and upper body isolation! Did you feel good? This is the first

that I can say I just enjoyed every second of. I came away feeling

great. It was brilliant, not that it was brilliant in terms of scores,

but feeling wise, I love it. Craig did mention your hands, saying

they were particularly unattractive. Craig commented on your bent legs,

but Karen said he was wrong! Bend them as much as you can! Are they

going to be straight or bent this week? A bit of both! We have got a

great one this week, quick step. It is the most Latin of ballroom

dances. Handy! Craig did mention your hands, saying

they were particularly unattractive. Come on, Jamelia, show us

what Tristan has taught you. Look at that! What did Craig want?

Who knows? He said they should be pointed down. Maybe they should, but

for me, when your hands go down, everything is going to go down. I

always say that you need to play up, because if your head goes down,

your weight goes back. Right or wrong, turn the hands up, keep

everything that way. I was not going to say you told me to! Don't get him

in trouble! Just say, it's his fault! Not at all! That is the good

thing with the dance off, you have the opportunity... To do it again.

The judges commended you on the changes. How excited I do

Blackpool? Really excited. I was not before. But we have had rehearsals,

and I am really enjoying it. Monday morning was a chore! Back in the

game now! Here we go again! How excited are you to compete in

Blackpool with Jamelia? It is grand. I am looking forward to it.

Have you ever competed there before? I danced there when I was 15

or 16. When you are dancing there, with the celebrities, it does not

mean anything to you in the sense that it is the home of ballroom

dancing, we love it, we have competed there for years. We are

excited as well, we have been told about the iconic history.

You are right, and the atmosphere, if you think it is good in the

studio here, wait until you are there. They are so naughty! It is

unbelievable, huge, the whole thing is so much more epic, I am really

looking forward to it. I can't wait to compete with Jamelia! And fingers

crossed you do not get to do it twice! If you are in the dance of a

game, good luck, because you are brilliant at it!

A big thank you to all of our guests.

Tune in tomorrow, when I'll be joined by Jay, Helen and Anita

Plus, Ian Waite will be revealing what Blackpool-themed outfit you

voted for him to wear for his weekly warm-up.