Episode 42 Strictly - It Takes Two

I guess it's just the winter blues getting me down.

Well, lucky for your Kev-ster, it's a Tuesday,

which means I have brought my portable jukebox into work.

I have just the thing to cheer you up.

MUSIC: Everybody Dance Now.

Tonight, we're bringing you a cocktail of dance delights, with

Following their first dance-off of the series, I'll be catching up

APPLAUSE They need some love.

And the lady who separates the foxtrots from the fox-nots, critique

But, before all that, they survived their first dance-off two weeks ago

and, this weekend, they quickstepped up the leader board, receiving

Hello, and welcome, Kellie and Kevin!

Kevin, you couldn't visit us last week because you were poorly.

You are all better. Well done at Blackpool, credible work. Closing

the show. It was absolutely epic. It was so fast, this quickstep. How

tough was it to make it look so easy? We worked a lot on my

technique. Last week. And being in hold. The quickstep, a lot of the

dances like this, keep the top half really still. But effortlessly

still. That is the word. But the bottom half, the legs are going

still. That is the word. But the times ten. Kevin said I want you to

be a wardrobe. OK. Right. Just one unit, no shoulders. Lots of work on

the shoulders after my right shoulder getting hurt. A lot of

attention. It was the first ballroom number we had done since the

attention. It was the first ballroom off and that was the waltz. I felt I

had a lot to prove. It was like that. I loved our routine. Kevin is

a genius. So good. APPLAUSE You make it look good.

Choreography, there was everything in that. Do you ever think my

goodness me. It is Blackpool, it has to be huge. Did you think I went

this far, she will never get it or do you ever doubt that? I never want

to hold back with Kellie. There is no point in playing safe,

to hold back with Kellie. There is Blackpool in the competition

everyone is amazing. Blackpool in the competition

point in thinking Blackpool in the competition

does well, we will stick to that. I want to push Kellie to the best she

can be. I doubt what to hold back, go big or go home. So exciting. You

had desks, four lovely handsome men. They were amazing. Brilliant, the

extra dancers. The fact that They were amazing. Brilliant, the

to dance with five boys instead of just one... Lucky you. It was

amazing. It was a dream come true. It really was. It could not have

done better -- gone better for us It really was. It could not have

Saturday night. They were all in a line and it was so good. Well done.

I loved it so much that we just laughed at each other when

I loved it so much that we just doing that. All week, Kellie

couldn't do it, the head doing that. All week, Kellie

side. I kept going like that... I just kept... No, no, this is, this!

And then you got it. At last, three 9s. And your first ten. Was it worth

the wait? My goodness. I didn't know at ten could feel so good, Zoe. It

was brilliant, could not have asked for more. If we had got four 9s I

would have been blown away. It was so lovely. We loved that routine. We

really enjoyed it. For people to love watching it and the judges, a

brilliant bonus. Massive credit to Kellie for keeping cool under that

pressure of going last at Blackpool. Yes. I completely messed

up the dress rehearsal in Blackpool, people don't know that. Well done,

Kevin Clifton. I went into the wrong bit of the routine, I got confused,

I blanked, I went wrong. It was a tiny thing that he beat himself up

about it enormously. I said, you wouldn't be cross with me. He said I

am the professional, I should get it right. Even the pros get it wrong.

But not on the night. She kept it cool and together and did me proud.

You fly on whether upwards. This week, salsa. The amount of speed you

can deal with in a dance, I'm thinking this could be tough. I

think this could be such a good dance, how are you finding it? I'm

really enjoying it. It is fast. I go upside down quite a lot. It is a

whole new thing. We haven't done many lifts. We did a couple in the

Charleston. 100 years ago. It is a whole new... I know that at this

stage, you cannot afford to have any... It has got to be perfect

going in, not just the left. Going in and coming out. The judges say

that, the transition up and down. Is that a word? Absolutely. You need to

make it look effortless, easy. You can't show that you are preparing

for a lift or you can't fall out of it. The whole thing has to be

perfect. Really controlled. I love it, but it is our hardest routine.

Yeah. I'm very excited. Are you going upside down? No. Just you.

That is only the dress rehearsal. Kevin and Kellie! CHEERING

Now for the lady who has the honesty of Craig,

elegance of Darcey, technicality of Len, and flamboyance of Bruno.

Let's begin with Peter and Janette. In the dance off, 29 points for

their jive. Talk about Peter's weight being in the wrong place,

explain what they meant. His weight in the wrong place. I will start

with this bit of demonstration. Honestly, I was lost with the

performance in general because I want to see nice pics. Craig was

picking up on it. If his weight is too far back, could it because there

were a lot of dancers, lots to think about. Basically, a small

presentation first, not a big one, don't get excited. Just a tease.

Samba and jive, the body weight has to be on the balls of your feet

because your knees are soft. If I lock my legs back, you can see my

weight moves backwards. Ron Vlaar, chat show, Samba, jive. -- rumba.

Keep that feeling in the dance. For me, you just want to say, passed

that by, move on. He is still here, and to the next dance. From here on

in, credible couples, we will have an upset every week, who is in the

bottom two and it could be choreography, technique, anything.

We must hold tight, all of us. Jay and Aliona's salsa, 36 points. Craig

was happy at the facial expressions coming out and he loved he was

spotting, where you impressed? I loved it. From boy to man. At the

beginning he was sweet and kind but I looked at this and he has his eyes

on Aliona. Two girls and he says, move out of my way. It wasn't just

the brush with his arms, he used the body as he did it. We talked

previously, he was quite deadpan and flat with his dancing. He used his

body as he moved them out of the way. I love that. His whole

performance, the whole production, I fell in love without dance and I

fell in love with them as a couple. The choreography was well balanced.

Everything great, onto next week. Good work Jay and Aliona. Anita and

Gleb 's paso doble, moment on Saturday night. 37 points,

condiments from Darcey. On her arms. Talk me through the whole thing --

complement from Darcey. We will start here, beautiful use of

the arms. Not just her arms, she is using her body. When she uses her

arm, she shakes her body as well. The ocean through her. I am just

overflowing here. Stand up. I've only done this once before. I'm

sorry, that is the best paso doble I have ever, ever seen on Strictly

Come Dancing. The emotion, attention to detail, the use of her arms. I

will demonstrate very quickly about the arms. A bit of homework on the

hands. One finger at a time, let's see if our cameraman is being good

today. One thing at a time. Bring the wrist up. One at a time, release

each finger. Dramatic. Four finger roll around. Practice this in the

audience. Roll, extend, release. Repeat. Put that into your body. How

powerful is that? There's more. Very, very quickly. Something must

have got Gleb excited, Anita must have done something amazing. There

is a clip, these are the things I want to show. To you watch this.

Listen carefully to the words, now. Stay! Did you hear him. That's made

me go all funny. These are the little things that would normally

happen on the cob addition floor. She would have said, I've done it,

I've done it. He was in the moment. -- on the competition floor. Stay, I

want the applause. My gosh, did they get it. It was fabulous. I love the

details. Katie and Anton's American Smooth, stunning work. 35 points.

Craig said some issues with the take offs and landings of the lifts. The

beginning. Amazing number, performance. Look at this, quite a

few errors. We need to pick it up for one simple reason, she must

learn to recover. This has all gone wrong. Maybe that wasn't even the

lift they were meant to do, I don't know. It continues to go wrong. What

I want to say to the celebrities, if you make a mistake now, learn to

sell your performance. You cannot let it keep running along and

running along. Even if it goes wrong and you were talking about it, the

professionals make mistakes, sell it. Last few weeks now. It could be

a little thing that makes it go wrong. George and Giovanni's

American Smooth on the highest score of the night -- Georgia. 38 points,

were you happy? The dancing, absolutely. We have to look at this,

look at the top line she has perfected, head position, connection

of the body. Just one little thing I have to point out to Giovanni. I

know he said he was doing a Viennese Waltz, American Smooth. He did a

Viennese Waltz. The American Smooth, they broke away, under an

terms, lunges, more Fred and Ginger approach -- underarm turn. The

quality of dancing, amazing. Very interesting. Well done to them both.

Helen and Aljaz show Charleston. The judges loved it but Craig wanted

more from her, she was quite upset after her performance because she

gave it her all. A stumble on the stairs, what did you think? The

performance, I have to pick up on this, beautiful. It is classy,

elegant. Coming down to whether you like a Picasso or a monarchy. It is

still fabulous but it is styling. -- Monet. Do you like the controlled,

perfected style, the more go free? I am a carefree style Charleston.

Handshaking, faces, go for it. We have seen those successful

Charlestons in the past. It is not the things that the judges and

audience are looking for. We have to think of these details. Kellie and

Kevin and their quickstep. Len filed at Ndoumbe for brilliant, where

would you file it? -- file it under the.

F for fantastic. Love it! Stop doing that to me! I

loved this, they just got the balance right. The backing dancers

were beautiful. The choreography was beautiful. The whole connection of

the whole thing. It closed the show beautifully. Just one little thing,

small details. We always talked about the bouncing off the floor at

Blackpool. This choreography was great. Look at the floor. You can

see how much it is bouncing. It really demonstrates to the public

the celebrities do not have this. All we can practice, they don't have

it on the normal set and yet they arrive at Blackpool and they have

to... This thing to deal with, suddenly. They all dealt with it

well. Blackpool was insatiable. Production, everything. Beautiful.

Just like your good self. Karen Hardy everybody! APPLAUSE

Well, I don't go anywhere without my jukebox.

Right, let's see what my trusty juke box has chosen for us this week.

Ah, I Get The Sweetest Feeling by Jackie Wilson.

Kevin, you always give me that sweetest feeling.

This song was a UK top 10 hit in 1972,

and has since been covered by Will Young, Jamie Cullum, and none other

Let us find out. will be dancing to this?

Yes, it's Peter and Janette who are doing an American Smooth!

We'll be getting all the gossip from you in just a minute.

MUSIC: When Doves Cry, by Prince.

He also played all of the instruments.

It's only Jay and Aliona, and they're doing a tango.

MUSIC: The Final Countdown, by Europe.

Interestingly, the iconic keyboard riff was composed by lead singer

Joey Tempest five years before the track was recorded.

It's Georgia and Giovanni, and they will be doing a paso doble!

Now, our professional dancers make us tingle when they're

But do they make each other's taste buds tingle when they're

Welcome to Strictly Come Dining where three of our professional

dancers get to know each other better by cooking their signature

dish before crowning one lucky lady the winner.

I am hoping to get to know the other dancers on a different level. I

would like to think there is a big chance of me winning.

I am excited to see what they will produce. I have heard they maybe

can't cook. First up, this South African

vegetable and bean dish served with rice.

Sounds incredible, can't wait to try it.

Here goes. My mum taught me how to cook when I

was 15. With my other sisters. Somebody makes the rice, somebody

makes a salad, I am in charge of this but I don't always do it right

will stop on with the rest of the vegetables and she is feeling

confident. At the end of the day we will see

why I am a dancer and not a chef. This is not working. Looks like she

has lost her spark. She has got it.

With the rice in, time for the entertainment.

London African drummers have been invited to accompany the traditional

African dish. Don't forget the rice. The African drummers came, it was

like home. She did a bit of dancing for us.

I have so much fun. Finally, Oti adds the baked beans and chillies,

very posh. And the chillies, fiery.

My mum will be so proud. Your mum is on the phone, you have ruined the

rice. It is meant to look like that.

If you say so. The food is ready.

Something went really wrong with my dish but I didn't tell everyone.

It smells lovely. I overcooked the rice, it was like a paste.

I called it past rice. Like soft porridge. I love porridge.

This looks yummy. I love it. It was absolutely delicious. So

different. Her dish was spicy.

Spicy as anything. I just had a whole chilli in my mouth. I like

spicy but that got me too much. Whilst they polish off the South

African dish, the girls question Oti on her background.

How did you start? I started when I was four. During

the week we had sports like swimming or netball, athletics.

We kept dancing. Now I am here. Strictly is popular in South Africa.

I have two other sisters, they both have done Strictly. I am the last

and doing Strictly in the UK. Amazing. Your mum must be so proud.

Cheers, girls. A beautiful starter from Oti.

She has got away with it, time for the spores.

It was great, I love the entertainment. I give her a nine.

I give her a nine, I love starting something new.

That puts her at an impressive 18. Still to come, Ola gets homesick. I

miss my mum and dad so much. A familiar face is back.

Ainsley Harriott. And Natalie dishes up. Oh, my God.

They jived their little socks off on Saturday night to stay

in the competition, and it certainly paid off!

Hello, and welcome, Peter and Janette!

Hello, my darlings. I want something to eat. I have

never had that. It sounds yummy. Janette, incredible boots.

What a wonderful weekend at Blackpool.

The Leader Board, how was that as an experience?

Three times I have been at the top. You had to experience both sides. At

the time, of course no one wants to be at the bottom. But it is great. I

have to do dancers I thought I fitted in, and some I clearly

haven't grasped. How did you feel about your jive?

I thought your jive was full of energy, and it looked like you

I sent a text to Jeannette saying I felt heavy footed. It is a slightly

different with them to the charleston where you might be

performing down. This is up. It is a rhythm I have never done. I still

loved it. How shocked were you to be bottom

of the judges' leader board? Well, I will be honest, I deserved

to be in that dance-off. I did. I have to say I don't think Jimmy you

should have been there I felt for her. She did her best dance. I did

my worst. I deserved to be in that dance-off.

I felt really bad for Jeannette. You don't want to let her down. It was

Blackpool. But we made it through, we are here.

And I am still buzzing. I do feel bad for Jamelia, I don't think she

should have been there. What did you make of the whole

dance-off situation? It is never fun to be in the

dance-off but I agree with Peter. That was properly one of our worst

dancers, but not in a bad way. Some will be easier. This was one which

never sat naturally with Pete. It is OK.

If you look at our reaction, we felt it was coming. It is all right. It

felt OK to do it in the end. It is funny, sometimes you do a

dance and think, I could have done it better. Then you do it again and

you know if you had another chance you would be brilliant. I said to

Jeannette, even if I did it tomorrow, I would still not quite

get it. It is the up by them. It might take me a bit of time. I was

child it at home. It is.

The great thing is you are here. You get to fight another day.

Has it... Feel the love. Has it changed your outlook being in the

dance-off, do feel a different man? Yes. Again, Kellie said, two weeks

ago she was in the bottom two, and this week she got her first ten.

Certain dancers will suit certain people. If I had the opportunity to

eventually get to the salsa, I might just shake that booty the right way.

Can you even imagine it, ladies! Len, would you like to prove to Len.

Len is brill than he gave me the first ever ten on this series. And

he gave me a standing ovation. And he said, when you do something

worthy of a ten, I will give it to you. You can't be so happy when he

gives you a ten, then when he says he didn't do well, complain. Happy

faces. Now, Peter,

we don't want to be too downcast, and one thing I like about you is

that you can turn any situation into I did have a great time, we had a

ball. A ball room. Boss Pasha the one who had the

things here. Frankenstein. If he doesn't improve, he will get it in

the neck. Jack Sparrow, the whole book?

When she told me, I said, are you serious.

Neater than your normal hairstyle. The

And, so you never forget any of your puns, here's your very own Peter's

We revealed your song earlier, I Get The Sweetest Feeling!

How are you feeling about this dance?

That good? It has actually been really good. I really liked it

because it had elements of different things we have done.

Providing it can flow and again, getting in and out of lists which we

do this week. We did that in charleston.

do this week. We did that in It should be a nice experience, I

hope. What can we expect? I want it to be

happy, uplifting, a breath of fresh air.

We had a rough week in Blackpool, I want to put that behind us and be

grateful to be here incredible condition.

Instead of being an Australian rough, I've got to be an American

Smooth! A big thank-you to all

of our guests. Tune in tomorrow when I'll be

joined by Helen and Aljaz. And Ian Waite will be giving us

his weekly warm-up. Plus, we're off to Copenhagen with

Karen Hardy, as she goes behind the scenes of Denmark's very

own version of Strictly. This week, everybody's been loving

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