Episode 44 Strictly - It Takes Two

On tonight's show, we've got some of the best costume designer in the

We also have Anita and Gleb somewhere in the building.

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

host, Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE

# Hello and welcome to your Thursday

edition of It Takes Two. Tonight, we have the man behind the

magic, choreographer extraordinaire, And after that Paso Doble,

we've got the king and queen Plus, Vicky Gill has the keys to

this week's dressing up box and But first, we would like to

pick your brains, dear people. Just for fun, we would like to know

who has been your favourite female There are six gorgeous ladies to

choose from. 1. Natasha Kaplinsky

2. Jill Halfpenny 3. Alesha Dixon

4. Kara Tointon 5. Abbey Clancy

6. Caroline Flack by heading online to

bbc.co.uk/ittakestwo The vote closes at 6.45pm tonight,

so you've only got 15 minutes. We'll reveal the results at the end

of the show. Now, he is the grand master of the

ballroom and is responsible for some of the most breathtaking moments of

the series so far. Welcome back to Jason Gilkison. We

must say congratulations, because you are engaged. I know, finally.

Off the market. Officially off the market. It is the year of love. Next

year is going to be very, very busy for frocks and hats. Splendid work

up in Blackpool. Such an incredible show. Did it live up to expectation

for you? I think it was the best Blackpool we have done. On Pape ter

looked like it would be amazing but when we got there, the dress runs

and everything came to life. I was very happy. -- on paper. The Lindy

hop, upstairs Downstair was phenomenal. Where do you begin

choreographing a moment like that? It took a long time, we have Lindy

hop dancers, the extras, the pros, even the celebrities coming in in at

the end, when they first saw that number and only stepped into it that

week, so they had little time to learn it but the pros have been

putting this together since August. How do they remember it. Who forgets

and who is the noughtiest? Aljaz is pretty naughty but he doesn't

forget. They are all good. Well done to the celebrities, to come in on

that routine, they did brilliantly. Who was your star pupil? This group,

the most driven, focussed lot I came across. They were all in the other

room, the pros were working on the routine, they went away. I went to

check on them 30 minutes later and they were like - we've got it. And

all having a group hug. Three weeks to the final. That could all change.

We have asked some viewers to send in questions for you. This is from

CaitliN how long have you been dancing? Oh, since I was four,

that's going to give away my age, so, 46 years now. Nice maths there.

What did you start dancing with, pop dabsing or tap? My grandfather

opened the first ballroom studio in Australia. He was from Scotland. I

started in his studio. When I came over to London, like when I was 18,

I started ballroom dancing here and my first teacher here was Len

Goodman. I was a student of Len's. It comes full circle. When you said

your age - you look amazing. The secret.

When you are putting together a huge big number, how does it all come

together? Where does the influence come from? Well, I mean when we all

get together earlier in the year, we watch so many old videos, different

movies, themes that have been done in different countries. We get great

ideas also off the other franchises of Strictly. You know, Dancing with

the Stars. The Indian and French one, they all do incredible stuff.

We think - how can we do that, or how can we do it better? The thing

we have here, we have incredible professional ballroom dancers in our

show, more than any other country. We are lucky. We really R we are

able to bring the technique to the forefront. -- we really are. We

throw out ideas and throw things at the pros. I'm so proud of the pros

this season, they have stepped up more than ever before. And what

about the three new business? The choreography those three are coming

up with is off the chart. It is probably the best start we have ever

had. Gleb is well chuffed. Except Gleb. No, I'm joking.

The trailer you z it was spectacular. Let's remind ourselves.

# Swing your hips now # Come on baby number jump up, jump

back # Well I think you've got the

knack...# Go Craig. Craig comes in It was so

much fun. We have never done an on-location shoot for the launch

show. We thought it was a great way to start the season a big train trip

to Elstree. You are already thinking about next year. I haven't actually.

I bet Craig has plans. Another question from Nathan - why have we

not had an Argentine tango-based pro dance yet? We were in the midst of

doing that or a Lindy hop number this year. We went with the Lindy

hop for Blackpool. I think next year the thing we'll probably do is an

Argentine tango group number. We have never done it B I think all the

pros now have done it on the show, including Anton. -- done it before.

No excuse. It is going to be good. Have you seen it? Yes, it is pretty

good. You joined the judging panel of So You Think You Can Dance in

Australia alongside Paula Abdul. How is it to judge rather than

choreograph? It is different. I feel it is like what I do each day, I'm

giving feedback to the dancers. I prefer being behind the camera. It

was different. Paula was lovely. She is incredible. A great question from

Emma - how do you auditions work for pro dancers? Is there a global dance

audition and how do you find the new pro dancers? We are all always on

the lookout, all over the world. We go and visit the other countries and

see good pro dancers. Oti coming out of South Africa. Her big centre is

the judge in Germany and she has been on our radar. She said - you

know I have a younger centre who is good. She auditioned. We knew Gleb

from the US one and also Australia, that's when I ran into him and

worked for him. Giovanni we found just wandering around Soho. No,

bless him. I'm the first person he met on the show. He still calls me

boss, I think he thinks I run the BBC. Any pro dancers out there,

shall they send their videos to you? Yes, put them on YouTube. What are

the exciting pro dances still to come? My favourite is the one we do

in the finale when everybody comes back. I love that one. We don't put

that together until the week of the show. I can't wait to see Jamelia,

Carol, everyone come back again, and Jeremy. Jeremy, a big starring role.

Hopefully there will be a horse involved. You are going to be

telling us about the quickstep-a-thon later. But for now,

Jason Gilkison. Fridays on It Takes Two kick off

at the earlier time of 6pm. We are back stage with Aled Jones at

Elstree as the Magnificent 7 rehearse for Saturdays show. And the

ever-entertaining Eamonn and Ruth air their views. And Karen Hardy

visit Denmark to see how they do Strictly Scandi-style.

It Takes Two, live on Fridays, at 6.00pm.

Thank you Peter. Their passionate and fiery

paso doble had the entire nation Well, feel free to exhale...

it's Anita and Gleb. APPLAUSE

Anita and Gleb. Ole! Well done. You were just incredible.

It was a proper hashtag wow moment your paso doble on Saturday. How did

it feel out on the floor when the whole of the Tower Ballroom erupted.

I have never heard anything like that? It was like an outer body

experience. It took me a minute to process it and register what

happened. We did our ending and moment. And we walked off and it was

Gleb who said - look, they are still on their feet. It was amazing,

amaze, overwhelming. And your mum and dad there as well. Did they get

really emotional? For us, I think all of us felt - we are in week 10

now, so we are in t I'm totally consumed for the world of strikly.

For them, it was like, they are in Blackpool, with the hottestk tickets

in town, ringside seats and then their daughter came out and

performed that, they were delirious. They can't believe it. Delirious is

a word. We were delirious in our household watching you. You were

like a different Anita Rani. Look at you on the floor. Bruno said you

commanded the proceedings. Where did the confidence come from? That's

you. I can't believe it. LAUGHTER

Gleb is like - you know what,'s he quite good that guy. Where did the

confidence come from? We trained. We trained hard. She worked so hard.

She worked so many hours a day. I tell you, for a person who has never

danced before, with zero experience, coming out and doing that, is just

unbelievable. APPLAUSE

Exactly. Oh my goodness. He is a brilliant

teacher. We work hard together and now, absolutely Gleb knows how to

get me going and what buttons to push. Do it again, do it again,

straighten the legs. That made me fall off the sofa. Let's talk about

that moment at the end, the dance to an end, you go to stand up, Gleb

told you, no, no, stay. What were you doing, you were like, take the

applause? We rehearsed that moment. When we finished the dance, you

still have to stay a little bit of a moment to let the audience enjoy

that and feel that energy and power of the dance. You don't just come

out of it like this because you put yourself into it before you go on

the floor, even walking on the floor in the paso, you have to walk

already in the zone. And when you do a dance, just don't come up like -

oh my God, everything is happy. So it was great. We rehearsed that

moment. I was like - just stay. Stay. He said it again.

Congratulations. Your first 10. Your highest score. And so deserved. How

did it feel? Amazing. A 10 from Darcey but a 9 from Craig.

Effectively a 10. Basically a 10. So spectacular and brilliant and for it

to happen in Blackpool, in the North in the incredible ballroom. The

whole thing was magnificent. It couldn't get any better, could it?

You have huge fans, Mel goad roik on the fan was saying how he loved you

and Dan Walker and Karen Hardy had this to say about you. I've only

done this once before. Stand up, Karen. I'm sorry, that is the best

paso doble I have ever, ever seen on Strictly Come Dancing. Wow.

Wow. How does that feel? Unbelievable.

Unbelievable. For Karen to say that? She is a World Champion. She is

amazing, a goddess. I love, Gleb, he is so cool. What did you think of

the scores? Were you happy? Some people thought she was under-marked

and should have got 10. ? Do you know what I'm happy with the scores,

it doesn't matter if it is 8 or 6. It is about the progress, the dance,

the performance, how you feel. I felt great, you felt great. We felt

great. You felt great. Everything came together. It was great. Rumba

this week, the rum barks not always the favourite with the celebrities.

Gleb did a big sigh, how has it been going? -- rumba. Really difficult.

The choreography Gleb's brought to this has a lot of content. It's so

different to the paso. But every week is difficult for me. Every week

is hard. Every week we go on the same journey together. But there's

something about the rumba that is so exposing and so sensual. As a woman,

I think... Show me hands. Come on, do it! You have to breathe into it.

It's not just... It's like... Perfect, when he tells you to do

something you're like... We had a peek at your training yesterday.

Emotions are high. Don't bend. Up. He can shout, scream, flutter his

eyelids. None of it affects me. Just teach me to dance the rumba. Yeah,

how tense does it get? I've done if. I remember me and Ian falling out.

Me crying saying, I can't do this. I haven't cried. The whole of the

Strictly experience is tough though, isn't it? Just learning to dance.

Yet now, this is my personality anyway. If I'm going to do something

I do it and give it my best shot. I don't want to let myself down or

Gleb. There's a lot of hard work going into it. You know you're not

letting me down. Oh, God, you're going to make me emotional. What

kind of teacher are you, Gleb? Quite tough? I'm just honest. Straight to

the point. I don't want to mess around. Waste time trying to

explaining and maybe please the person and say no, everything's

good. I do encourage you but I want to explain to her what the real

dancing is like. We're well matched. We're both hard working, a grafter.

I don't need to be told brilliant. If it's not, don't tell me. Until

I've done it on the night then we can talks about how well it's gone.

Until that point, you just never know. Good luck this weekend. I'm

imagining it will be quite special. Anita and Gleb.

CHEERING Now, she may have saved a few

pennies last weekend by convincing our Gleb to dance topless,

at least for half the performance, but let's see if she's blown

the wardrobe budget this week? Vicky's here. Hello. A big hug from

all of us to all of you for such a brilliant weekend of costumes. There

were so many up in Blackpool. We lost count. We had a great time.

Everyone was tired but we had a great time. A bit of a shindig

afterwards. Everyone had a few dance. All deserved. On to this

week. We start with Georgia's paso doble. This looks stunning.

Inspiration? Slightly different to the normal paso doble dress. We've

lots of ribbons going on in different bands to mirror the

bodice. We'll have a look. On a Friday they get chopped up. I don't

like it, it might change. Talk about the bodicing. The colour of the

crystal on the bodice is cobalt. One of my favourites. And jet. Not as

many as we think on this one. About three packets. So about 3,000

crystals. Giovanni. A rock theme, will Giovanni be rocked up? He will.

He'll try to persuade me he'll be going topless. Does anyone want to

see that? Mixed reaction. Go for it! This belongs to Helen. She's doing

Viennese waltz. A white overlay over a pale Turk wise base. The hemline

of this I love. Three different #wi9eds of crin. About 65 metres

goes into the bottom of this one. 65 metres. You've gone mad, woman.

Amazing. I love the gold and blue over the white on top. This may

change a bit. It may be too heavy. We'll see. This is Anita's, a sketch

for her rumba dress. What can you tell us? As you can see, it's very

simple, light and fluid. With white dresses, sometimes you can put too

many crystals and it becomes silver. For tomorrow's #3ur purposes we've

kept it plain and it's white. We've lace embellishment over the shoulder

and down the back. Gleb will decide whether we want more Georgette or

less. If it's Motherwell' embellish the bottom heavily so it comes

through. Gleb will look at that and say it will work for the moves or

not? We'll discuss it and fight and then decide. Thank you. This is

Katie's Argentine tango? It is. Unusual colour choice for Argentine

tango. Kate did the rumba a couple of weeks ago. I felt we couldn't go

back into the glycs and dark colours. Anton will be in a deep

green velvet waste coat and trousers. Very on trend! Green

velvet. That sounds special. This is my sketch. A bit bright. Once the

emerald AB crystals are all over it, it will take the colour back a bit.

We'll have to work with the colour tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be OK.

Stunning work. You're doing amazing work. Three weeks left. Three weeks.

7,000 more costumes, Vic I Vicky. Thank you to gorgeous Vicky Gill.

Now, let's check out another trick of the trade

from our friends in the Strictly wardrobe department.

Hello, I'm the design room supervisor for Strictly. I work

closely with the design team to make sure their vision comes to life

every Saturday night. A trick of the trade I like to use is a

disappearing pen. I use this pen because it's much more accurate than

chalk. It doesn't leave any unwanted Martian on the fabric. It disappears

after a few hours. That is my trick of the trade. The disappearing pen!

Thank you Alesia. On tomorrow's show we have Katie and Georgia on the

sofa and we want you to get involved. Simply send in your

questions for the girls using the #Ask I-T-T.

Now, they've been busy in the kitchen all week

and today Ola Jordan plays host, but who will win?

It's the final instalment of Strictly Come Dining.

Welcome back to Strictly come dining. After two successful dishes,

it's on to Ola's dessert. One dancer will be crowned the winner of the

Strictly sparkly spoon. Today, I'll bring a lot of cake to the Strictly

come dining party. Croissants with bakery delights. I've never tried

Polish desserts. SAS far as I know, Ola does not know how to cook. I

think that's why she went for the dessert? Ola's headed back to her

routes, the master baker. My grandma used to do that. Your turn. Not very

good at this. He looks like my dad. Keep it steady. Ola needs practice.

I used to help my grandma doing things like this. What? You've done

this before? SPEAKING POLISH Basically, we have to put it in the

oven. Anyway, it's out of the oven, a bit of icing and a sprinkling of

nuts. I'm getting other bits and pieces and pretend I've made them

too. Cheeky! Back to the kitchen. Those look amazing. The girls worked

really hard in the kitchen but I think I did a good job at the

bakery. They'll be the judge of that. There we are. Did you make

this? Yes, I did, this morning. Oh, my goodness. All of them? Yes where,

all of them. Every dessert under the sun came out. Oh, my goodness. What

are they called? Cheesecake. How did you make them? This is with apple.

You've got pastry on the bottom, apples and pastry on the top. Good

work! Are you sure you made this? I don't even think of the names when I

do them. I just mix things together and it comes out. Is this rhubarb?

She has no idea! He yeah. Whoever made it, it was such a good dish. I

couldn't speak. Do we think she got away with it? Whilst I taste these

yum gentlemen desserts tell me about your world. Do you miss home? I miss

my mum and dad. The older I get I miss my mum and dad in Poland. Ola,

how long have you been doing Strictly? Ten years. Wow! A long

time. The nerves don't get any better. I do get nervous. I want to

do well. I want my partner to do well. What's been your highlight?

Winning but just taking someone who never danced before, taking them a

long way in the competition and them enjoying the experience. That's it

for me. ALL: Cheers. That's nice. But who's

the winner. Before the last dish Natalie was top of the scoreboard. I

will give it a 9. It could be a 10 but I'm not sure who made this. I'm

going to give Ola... Hang on, don't give away the winner yet. The moment

of truth. In third place is... Ola. It's been a great night with the

girls tonight. In second place we have, O'Ity. Tonight has been a lot

of fun -- Otti. I got to know the girls a little bit more. Giving Ola

an 8, Natalie wins. Tonight has been filled with lots of fun, good food.

Amazing company with my Strictly pro girlfriends and I get to take home

the Strictly spoon. What more could a girl want? Well done Natalie Lowe.

Jason and I are popping round later for linguine.

Now, earlier in the show we asked you to vote for your favourite

I can now reveal that your winner is...

Kara Tointon. She'll be very happy with that. Thank you for taking

part. Lord of Strictly manor Jason Gilkison has joined us to talk about

this week's stepathon. What will be happening? Absolute carnage, we

think. Hopefully. All seven couples on the floor at the same time. 90

seconds of quickstep. Probably no set routine. Like a ballroom

competition. I love this. This is like proper ballroom competition.

They have 27 couples on the floor. How will the judges score that? What

they end up doing is putting them in an order of one to seven after

they've seen them dance at the same time. But the couples have to dodge

each other. Avoid crashing into each other. Keep their routine going.

It's crazy. Some of them haven't done quickstep since week two or

three. Some did it last week. Those who did it last week are home and

dry. Do you get the tap on the shoulder from the judges or do they

hold your name up? They'll save it until the end. Keep them all on the

floor. What will the judges be looking for? It is about keeping

cool and calm when you're in that crazy quickstep atmosphere. Keep

your footwork going. Not letting all the stress of the couples around you

get to you. I'm looking forward to this. We need to know more about the

art of the quickstep. I've enlisted some help. I didn't write this item

myself, I promise you. What are we looking for in the art... Thanks,

hi. That's pretty good. A little turning chassis. Apparently it's

about into are awareness? Sorry about the your foot, love! It's

speed. A lot of speed involved. Hi, honey. Is this right? Are you

worried about the quickstep-a-thon, Gleb? No, not at all. Thank you so

much gentlemen. I think you two should dance together. Oh,

And there we must leave it for tonight my lovelies.

On tomorrow's show we catch up with Katie and Anton

Aled Jones is backstage at rehearsals.

Plus, Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford and Kimberly Wyatt