Episode 39 Strictly - It Takes Two

Gop one two and up. We're going to use our backs.

Live from London, this is Strictly: It Takes Two! Please welcome your

host, Zoe Ball. Hello and welcome to Strictly: It

Takes Two. We are with you life for the next half-hour. Exciting stuff.

Tonight we will be catching up with Katie and Anton, talking about their

beautiful rumba last week. Vicky Gill will be giving us the gossip

this weekend. The first time this series, the legendary ballet beauty

judged Darcey Bussell is here. Russell will be getting up close and

personal with dancers Ginette and Natalie. Santa has come early, the

Strictly Christmas line-up has been revealed and we will be taking a

closer look. First up, let's see how I need and Peter are getting on. --

how Anita and Peter are getting on. I love the feel of this dance, the

aggression and the passion. I spent a lot of time on the floor on this

dance, sliding around on my bottom. I think I'll be bruised and battered

before the week is out, for sure. You OK? I want to be able to do the

best paso I can do and a paso that everybody watching will never

forget. The jive is very fast paced, which I love, but there is a knot of

-- a lot of footwork. You can't just get the moves, you've got to get

them right. When I get it, it's going to be great! There's a lot to

learn. No, it's a step on six. This one is completely different, it's

down, up, down, up, head down... Oh! I aim to try and put all these bits

together for this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. Well done,

Peter. Fingers crossed. My head is still spinning from Anita hitting

her head on the floor! Next up, she's going to help all the couples

illuminate the strictly dance floor like Blackpool Tower this weekend.

It's Vicky Gill, everybody! We've missed your giggle in the studio for

the last couple of weeks. Your back. Strictly on tour, very exciting.

What kind of added nightmares does this bring to you? It's just a lot

very early on but they've done brilliantly. Big shout out for

everybody working on the team. Such sterling work. We've got so much to

get through. This is Katie's dress for the weekend in Blackpool. This

is an absolutely stunning dress. By the way, her dress last week was

incredible. One of your favourites, I'm not surprised. What can you tell

us about this beauty? With our lovely Katie and and and, they are

doing a ballroom number. We've been playing with the hemline of the

skirt. This is going up about two thirds of the skirt. That's almost a

bird! Serious feathers. We have mixed three ply boa. You've gone

crazy! Because she's so tall and lovely, she can take that break.

Crystals running through... The top line is not finished off at the

moment because we're going to fit it tomorrow and then we've got Crystal

Springs running around the back. So there will be a change, but

essentially this is it. I can't wait! This is Helen's Charleston

outfit. What is the inspiration behind this one? We're going to see

many Helens on the floor at the weekend! The colour was from hell,

we had a chat last week and for Blackpool we had a bit more time in

preparation, so we've tried to grant colours where we can. It's not a

typical Charleston dress but that's what they're going to be doing.

We've made sure we've got lots of fringe on the bottom. Lots of

ruffles, lots of wire through the ruffles. Just a bit fun really.

She's had a haircut, it looks amazing. We are moving on to

Janette's jive. Serious amounts of fringing is going on here. 45! There

will be loads of movement. We may trim it down when we get to fittings

but we won't lose a length. Very vibrant. I'm not sure it would have

been a keynote colour but the group colour requires lots of primary

colours so that is why we have yellow. Lots of movement, lots of

sparkle and lots of fun really. Is he going to be wearing yellow? I do

hope so! He would die! This is Anita's paso doble a outfit. You

can't always request the colours but Anita did and she will be happy to

know we said yes. We have some wide mesh over a base on the top.

Crystals running through the whole thing to her top hip line. Pleated

satin skirt and a long crystals it detailed down the back. It may

change slightly by Saturday. Baby news, good luck to one of the girls

on the team who is having her baby very soon.

CHEERING The coach to Blackpool is waiting

for you outside, Vicky. Off you go, bonfire

-- off you go, bon voyage. We are live from the home of ballroom as

strictly geared up to rock Blackpool. West life's Shane Filan

and Nadine Coyle perform a stunning duet live in the studio.

Thank you, hot lips. Craig called my next guest rumba and a bit

melodramatic. Don't worry, he's just a rebel without a cause. It's Kate

and Anton. Welcome Katie and Anton! I'm so

excited I'm clapping myself! Why not? New look sensational on

Saturday. Vicky was saying it was one of her favourite frocks. You

wore it so well. You said you were concentrating on the technique and

it certainly paid off. I was thrilled, I was so pleased. I was so

thrilled that the judges made such nice comments because we had worked

so hard on making it look classy and classic and sophisticated and really

being in the moment. Katie pulled it off and I was absolutely delighted

that the judges were really positive about it. I was so proud and

thrilled with Katie. It's such a difficult dance, such a revealing

dance. Especially in that dress! Did you enjoy it? You look like you were

loving it out there. I really did. This week I just thought you know

what, this is the most fantastic experience, a dance I've loved

learning. I thought you know what, I'm just going to go out there and

love it, and I did. Did you enjoy the passion? Look at you dancing

with Anton. Look at those legs! And back she goes. Go on, touch the

floor! Not many people can do that. Katie, did you enjoy that passionate

side to it? Yeah, it was great. You've absolutely got to go for it

in the rumba. As you put it pithily, no one wants to see us bump and

grind. How do the points help you? It is lovely when you get a bit of

recognition for doing a nice job. You tell yourself if it doesn't go

well, never mind we enjoyed it. It's lovely when the judges like it! You

worked so hard for that. Did your husband and the girls enjoy it? What

did they think? I thought they might have been hiding behind the sofa but

they were chuffed to bits. John was sitting there in the front row like

this! When you're dancing that close to someone's wife... Izod, just

stand over there a bit further away... It's your husband! Carreon

ignore that... This week you are after Blackpool with this man in the

dress we have just seen. It might be the best weekend you've ever had in

your life! Well, after getting married! What can you tell me about

the American... -- the American smooth. It's doing the American

smooth in Blackpool, with Anton. He does love and American smooth. This

is the music. What are you finding the hardest thing about this dance

to master? It's been pretty much a joy from start to finish. I've got

lots of boys to dance with. Several! LAUGHTER

So four more pro-boys to dance with. I'm looking forward to having

a bit more rehearsal with them tomorrow. We just haven't had much

chance to practice. This is what you dream of that night, isn't it,

Anton? Brush my teeth, top hat on, lovely! My toothbrush is a cane with

a bit of brush on the end! I can so believe that! Sometimes in the

changing room Anton forgets he has a partner. Anton has been working out

the routine and I have been standing around trying to be helpful.

If you're enjoying yourself, why stop him? I love it when your hair

goes like that! When Anton is slightly undone, I love that. We all

talk about how exciting that is. As a dancer, that sprung floor can do

you have two choreographed it especially because it gives you that

extra bounce? You didn't tell me about that! I wanted to save a bit

of magic! Because it's a much bigger room and you've got more tee is --

more tiers and it's just a wonderful and the sphere. You sweep across the

floor and the crowd goes mad and everyone is singing and clapping

their arms and everyone is going at the right time. And I am in a top

hat and the boys go like! It will be an absolute standout.

Good luck with it. Anton, stick around, I need to borrow your

services to joke about the Christmas line-up. Oh really? Blackpool is

bringing out the childlike wonder in our strictly stars. IN CHILDREN'S

VOICES: Strictly is like a disco. Sometimes it makes me feel busy. I

get to stay up past my bedtime. This is my paso doble face. In Blackpool

there is a big tower. There's donkeys and ice creams. I'm excited

to go because I've never been there before. How cute is that!

Strange, but cute. Anton, you have laid the Christmas table. You are

here because the Christmas line-up has been revealed. I need your

expert opinion on our dance is. Do the honours. Our first contestant is

Mr Harry Judd. He won in series nine with Aliona. He will be dancing with

Joanne Clifton. What was so good about him? He was super. He had such

quality about his dancing. He finished everything so well. There

was never a hint that he was going to do wrong. He had great timing.

What dance are they doing? We don't know. Well, he will be smart. Next,

we have Abbey Clancy. She is back. She came first in series 11, dancing

with Aljaz. This time, she is with Brendan Cole. How will that be for

her? Frightening! Exciting. Brendan will not know what hit him. She was

the most beautiful ballroom dancer apart from Katie Derham that we have

ever had. I hope they do ballroom. Let's turn over another one. I am so

glad she is coming back, Alison Hammond. This time, she is dancing

with Robin Windsor. What do you think of them? That will be the most

camp thing you have ever seen. I hope they do salsa or cha-cha. She

can smash it up. Turn another one for me. It is Cassidy little. He is

dancing in the Christmas special with Natalie. They got full marks

for the paso doble. Will it be an advantage for him to dance with the

same partner? It will be lovely, because it will be familiar, but he

only danced one dance before, whereas the others have loads of

experience. I am sure there will have a great time. He was super

duper. It will be a tough competition. Two more to go. She is

coming back, Lisa Snowdon. That is awkward, she danced with Brendan. It

is all swapping. Lisa got incredible scores, 44 her quickstep, foxtrot

and cha-cha. This time, she is dancing with Pasha. Could she get

the trophy? Dancing with the hands Pasha? They will be very high on the

leaderboard -- with the handsome Pasha. If she can still remember the

moves. Finally, we have Mr Tom Chambers! He won series six. He is

dancing with Oti Mabuse. How will he didn't? It was a long time ago that

he was on the show. He has been busy doing various things and lots of

shows with bouncing in them. He will be stylish. I remember his show

dance the year he won. Thanks for doing this with me. I can't wait.

Good luck in Blackpool, darling. Now, I have a file on all the

professional dancers' past. The things I know about this man! Time

to do delve into the filing cabinet for Janette and Natalie. Hello! I

got us biscuits. The pink ones are the best. What was your big break?

You were a banker? I was a banker! Did you ever think you would crack

dancing professionally? I knew I loved performing, singing and

dancing and acting, but music touched me more than anything else.

It was hard for us in Miami. So I started working full-time as a

banker, because I have always been good with numbers. But I had this

gut feeling that this wasn't it for me, that there was something is

coming. I never knew what it was, but I felt, this isn't it. I did an

audition for so you think you can dance. And I got the job. When you

are passionate about something and it resonates within you, you shine

naturally. You are my favourite. What were you like as a kid? Were

you girly? Did you like dresses and make up? I was really sporty, and

girly. A little bit one of the boys, because my dad was a mechanic. I

would doing grease and oil changes and helping dad clean the car. I

didn't love school, because I was bullied as a child. The thing that

kept me in school was my teachers and sport. I loved athletics. I

loved the hundred metre sprint, high jump, long jump. Have I not been

introduced to the dancing world, I would be doing some form of

athletics. Amazing. So you did dancing with the stars in Australia,

but how did you transition to the UK? Did you have to audition? I was

introduced to try out for the UK or the USA, and I decided to come here.

I love the tradition with Len Goodman and Bruce. Here is where it

originated. So I came over here for eight hours. I didn't know the train

system. I missed my meeting, which was really bad. But they saw me in

the afternoon. So you flew in for eight hours and missed the meeting.

Better late than never. I want to know what during

saturation with these are. -- your infatuation. Why do you need to have

one of these every day with at least one of your meals? The Cuban dish

has a very popular side dish, all based on bananas. I grew up having

that as a side dish with pretty much every meal. It is officially my

favourite dessert, a banoffee party. Oh, wow! -- banoffee pie. I was

like, why did I not have this before in my life? If it is on the menu, I

will have it. I cannot believe they eat cheesecake

and banoffee pie, they are tiny. Now, she brings girl power to the

judges' panel and has to sit between Craig and Len. For that, we can only

apologise. It is the gorgeous Darcey Bussell! We were thinking about

laying a red carpet for you. How much are you enjoying this series?

This season is extraordinary. You would never imagine that each season

could get better, but it has. The standard is incredible. For me, I

love the excitement that Strictly always brings to the autumn months

and winter. It is a joy. I love putting on the bling and smiling and

trying to be positive and get the best out of them. You always find

something positive to say. Interestingly, the judges' scores

can vary dramatically, and this weekend you scored less than Craig

for Kellie and Kevin. How do you decide what you are going to score

them? With this couple, she is one of the strongest celebrity girls.

Have you seen how strong her Cory 's? It is amazing, the muscles. She

is so compact. This was a fusion of styles, even more than we have had

in the past. To have street dance and hip-hop, and then to have the

samba, it just didn't moult. I couldn't handle it. It was the

moulding together that didn't work. I have seen a lot of street dance

and hip-hop and have even judged it, and it is that weird thing where, to

wear high heels and do street dance, you don't do that. It was so

impressive that she even attempted it. It just looked odd. A lot of the

celebrity girls have to get those heels on sooner. She just didn't

look comfortable. They have got to go into rehearsals from nearly day

one, when they start learning the choreography, to get used to wearing

heels. Do you ever argue with the other judges about their scoring?

Sometimes we see you looking at each other after the cameras cut away. It

is weird. We all presume each other will like something because of

something. And then sometimes we surprise each other and go, why did

you do that? I would have thought you would have said this. But it

doesn't happen often. We do have quite a good chat! I love watching

you have a gossip. I wish I could lip read. You do look like you have

a great time. What is the best thing about being a judge on Strictly? For

me, it is being part of a company again. It is a bit cliched, but it

is a happy family. I have been brought up with that. All my life, I

have been in a large company, working with a lot of dancers,

aiming to get a great show on. It is lovely to be part of that again and

I love this group. Everybody who works on Strictly, from wardrobe to

the stage crew and lighting, it is amazing, the effort that goes into

it. I am so lucky to be part of this and to produce an amazing West End

show. And I get to watch it. Front row seats. What do you think about

our new professionals, Giovanni and Gleb? They definitely bring an edge.

They bring good looks as well, which is helpful. They have not revealed

themselves totally yet. That is another perk of being a judge on the

show. There are lots of bonuses. They do bring the level up for the

other professionals. They all work so hard, but when you get new blood

in, it brings everybody else up. It gets a bit more competitive. People

are more creative choreographic Lee. You can see their mind ticking over

and working harder. Although, how could they work harder? We have lots

of questions from viewers. Emily wants to know, if you're dance

partner was one of your fellow judges, which one would it be and

why? You don't want to get into trouble here. I have nearly come

close to being partnered by Craig professionally, because he has also

choreographed things on shows by friends of mine. I suppose he would

be the most natural physical match. I would love to work with Bruno

because he is so alive. It would be so edgy. Len would be so comp entry

and he would be the best in rehearsal time on getting it right.

I suppose Craig. Jessica says, what has been your favourite dance of the

series so far? That is so hard. My favourite has-been Jay's jive. It

was incredible. Obviously, the technique. How precise and keen he

is, but how cool it was. It wasn't the ponytail, that put me off a

bit. But it was how and assuming he is. And it was just cool and calm,

but everything was going for it underneath. The style was perfect,

the way they set the film up, everything. Very quickly, Alice, who

is 12, says, what is your top tips for beginners starting? Don't start

to sing and break your point shoes in the right place. You don't want

to put them on brand-new, because they are like blogs. You have to get

them into your hands and work them. They do this with ballroom shoes.

Soften them, not too much, just at the top. Thank you, Darcey. Enjoy

Blackpool this weekend. Lovely to see you, Darcey Bussell! Tune in

tomorrow at the earlier time of six. Louis Smith, Mel Giedroyc and Louise

Redknapp will be our Friday panel. See you then. Good night.