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Hello and welcome to It Takes Two, live with me, Zoe Ball.

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It's official - we have our semifinalists!

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And in a shocking result, I'll be speaking to Helen and Aljaz,

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who just missed out on a place in that semifinal gang.

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Plus - stop the press - we read between the lines

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of all the Strictly action from the weekend with three headline

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And a real treat - ex-Strictly professional dancers Darren Bennett

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and Lilia Kopylova are back right here.

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If you've got a question you'd like me to put to them, send it in

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Before all that, let's remind ourselves of Helen

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I'm so sorry this has happened to you, Helen. Honestly, you've been so

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incredible to watch and it was great seeing you go all the way. How are

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you feeling today, the day after the big day? OK. I'm a bit

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shell-shocked. But it was really nice having a lie in this morning

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but really strange not going off to rehearse. Couldn't get through! I'm

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surprised you don't do that anyway. There should be some kind of

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little, you know... You could hang out and have a little camp and we

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could do this show with profits! Of course, last week, top of the

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leaderboard, you still have the highest cumulative score across the

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series, so you will always have that, till next week! There's not

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much more you could have done. I suppose there's always something

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more one could do but I suppose in the dance off, you know, I was given

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very clear directions on what I needed to do in it and I hope I did

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all of that, so in that way, I don't think I could have done anything

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more in the dance. I think I stumped so hard in all of paso moves. It was

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definitely very strong. You could hear it coming through the

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television! Aliona, 34 points, -- Aljaz, 34 points, how unfair does it

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feel and how upset you? Did you have a bit of a cry? I did. I had a bit

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of a cry with myself. It's hard. You know what? We had an incredible,

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incredible one. Every single week we perform some dances... Every single

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week the dances that we did, when I had them in my head and when you

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choreograph and come up with things, you see how you would ideally want

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them to look but they looked better. And, you know, I was so proud of

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Helen every week. I have... It's a bit of a bittersweet taste. But,

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guessed, we did our best. We did. Look at your lovely paso face! The

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aggression! What's that about?! So much feeling and passion. How much

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did you enjoyed the routine? It was so fast. And also, I can tell you, I

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have not stopped singing that song! It's in my head and I can't get it

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out. I know! It's in my head. I love the dance. I really did. I think

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Aljaz was given a very tricky dance to choreograph, a paso, because it

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was so fast and a hard dance, but we both loved the song and I loved his

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choreography, so it was so much fun to do. It was really great. I

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enjoyed doing it a second time as well because I got to correct by

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mistakes that made. So that was the joy of doing it. When you did that

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thing with your leg... I can't it! The speed! Just amazing. And your

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legs just go on forever! I can name it now. It was the Helen special!

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Creative! So many lovely messages from everybody.

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Actor Jake Wood, semifinalist from last year's show,

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said, "Aljaz and Helen, big love, guys, sad to see you both go.

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And the one and only Miranda Hart, your Call the Midwide co-star,

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Well done - amazing dancer and lady".

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And Kate tweeted to say her little boy is your biggest fan and he's

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threatened to stop watching the show! Don't do that! It's been such

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an incredible story. Let's look back.

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It's Aljaz! I can't believe I've been partnered with Aljaz! I'm over

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the moon. The dance is the waltz. Posture, posture. That was very

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good. I know there's somebody you really wanted to impress tonight.

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Your idol, Darcey. Such grace and romance and glimmers of Ginger

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Rogers there. It was fabulous. Wow! Aljaz has created a character of

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Crystal the showgirl. Yes! You could afford to loosen up a little bit, to

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be honest. I felt there was a steel rod running through your entire

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body. It's a lot faster than the other dances. Are you OK? Help!

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It's fabulous to see this naughty, spicy side to you and you loosened

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up those hips. Well done! I didn't know if you had it in you. The

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quickstep is harder than I thought it would be. Fabulous! I didn't

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expect to be top of the leaderboard at all. You've delivered again, the

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midwife! Yes! You were like a siren out there! The drama was perfection!

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This week we are doing the Charleston and it's definitely the

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most difficult choreography we've done. I felt like it was a little

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bit too controlled and two placed. This dance should go mad and wild

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and you can look ugly in it. -- too placed. I wanted them to enjoy the

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dance in the way I hoped they would because I can't dance any harder.

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It's embarrassing! I'm not a pretty cry! The judges are deftly going to

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be looking for perfection this week. It's the waltz. -- definitely. This

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was a match made in heaven. Nine! My goodness! That's amazing! Amazing!

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Thank you so much! Congratulations at being top. You have the most

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points. I didn't know that till just now. Don't feel any pressure (!) The

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paso was really difficult so I don't really understand what I'm doing.

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It's truly interesting to see Helen with aid it'll angry face this week!

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I love you but I hate you! -- a little angry face. I could see the

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face, I could see the drama and the fight within you but I just wanted

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to feel it with your body. I felt you were a bit tight. A couple I'm

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going to save is George and Giovanni. George and Giovanni. I've

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just had the most amazing time and spending my time with Aljaz, he's

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the most fantastic teacher but most of all friends. You've amaze me with

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your level of professionalism and commitment to every dance and it was

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a joy. Thank you so much. Oh! Is there anything you would like

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to say to Aljaz? Get a tissue! Whenever we were feeling sad or low

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we would do this thing, and I would sing like this... That is beautiful!

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We are all adopting that. That is so cute! Thank you so much for those

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memories. You have entertained us and been incredible to watch

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dancing. Who would you to win now? You can't ask us! I can! But you

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will never answer. Jeremy Vine! He was good, wasn't he (!) All of them

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have been dancing for a while so... 14 years! So you really get into it

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and everybody is getting better and better and I wish all of them the

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best of luck and smash the semifinals and finals! Helen and

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Aljaz! Aren't they wonderful? Oh, no!

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We all saw what happened on the dance floor this weekend, but what

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Strictly is a very happy place to be. Essentially, you are inside an

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actual glitter ball. It's magical! And obscenely happy. Dancing makes

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me happy, hanging out with Anton makes me happy. The whole thing.

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Kevin said to me, you are a dancer now, and it made me the happiest

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person alive. I couldn't believe it. How can you not be happy when

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everything is covered in glitter? Giovanni, you makes me smile every

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day. He is funny, you makes me laugh. -- he makes me smile. Cheers,

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Joe. Getting to the semis would be an amazing feeling. I would feel

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like a balloon being blown up with happy juice!

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This week is musicals week, and musicals week is always one of the

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most fun. Tonight we all get to do our own production. I kind of wish

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my whole life was a musical so this is my dream! It is quite hard not to

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sing along because the song is absolutely beautiful. So what I do

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instead is a serious acting face like this... But then I sing-a-long.

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I love it. I am a real-life princess. She is beautiful. But she

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is the beast. No! We are ready! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Now we've got a real Fleet Street treat for you.

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Welcome journalists Nina Myskow, Steven Perkins and Emma Bullimore!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hello! We were having a right little

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gossip during that film. Nina, how much have you enjoyed this series?

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I've been obsessed! Jeromy was fantastic. A revelation. He worked

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so hard. And when Craig called him Would eat out of Toy Story it was

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just so funny. But I've been obsessed with it to the point of...

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You know, when Peter Andre went out, I so loved Janette's surname,

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whenever she comes out, I shout her surname. She is still there so I can

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shout it! My little girl shouts, she is not a man! Steven, how open do

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you think the competition is this year? Well, we saw it this weekend,

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you cannot call it. It's just an incredible top six. I'm at the point

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where I love them all. It's heart-wrenching. I don't want

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anybody to leave this weekend but I knew summary had to. Anybody could

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get into the final. -- I knew somebody had to. It will all depend

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on the performance on the night. And the dance and performance and

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everything. Some of the headlines - starting with Helen's elimination.

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How surprise were you that Helen has gone? Especially after being top of

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the leaderboard just last week? It was shocking, I have to say, but I

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found the dance a bit messy for me somehow. To be perfectly honest, I

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had difficulty empathising. There was certain dances where you

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thought, I want you to win, and Helen is so perfect, it was a lack

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of empathy on my part. And the paso is about throw-down and

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aggression... So it was a bit of a mismatch, I think. Aljaz did the

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best with what he had... And so did Helen. It was cracking. She was

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brilliant. She performed beautifully and in so many weeks you has been

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absolutely fabulous but for me she was too perfect. This can happen.

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You can always be too good. It's ridiculous. That's talk about

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Georgia. Really upset about being in the dance off. They have worked so

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hard, all of them, at this point, so how happy were you to see her go

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through to the semifinals? So happy. To lose at this stage would have

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been so sad. It was unfortunate. Though the footwork was beautiful

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perhaps there weren't enough wow moments to show people. They will

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top of the leaderboard at the beginning and I think later people

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forget to vote. It reminds everybody. Would you agree?

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Absolutely. I thought it was wonderful. I was amazed she didn't

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get any tens. I thought she would get at least one. Maybe she got

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distracted by the characters. She was the perfect Disney Princess. I'm

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sure every little girl wanted to be her. And she and Japan ER just...

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They are edible! -- and Giovanni are just... Be quite that's move on to

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the top of the leaderboard... No, let's go to Anita. They afforded the

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dance off. Hurray! But she got a 6 from Craig. How harsh did you think

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that was? Were you furious? I did hit the exposed

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bit. Some of the kicks weren't as sharp. But she is so good and such

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an amazing spectacle of a performance. I loved it. I thought,

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I was on the phone straightaway dialling until my fingers bled. She

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throws herself into the character and she is fantastic. I want her to

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win. When they pointed out that she was pigeon-toed I could see it. I

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couldn't walk across here without being criticised and rightly so, but

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I could see that. I could understand what they were saying. I feel when

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they say to the dancers you're pigeon-toed, you can't do much about

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that when you have lived your whole life with your feet turned in. There

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is so little time to change that. They could break her ankles! And Jay

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and Aliona's rumba, this performance left Darcey in tears, did it move

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you, Nina? I wasn't in tears, but it was stunning. Is it rumba or rumba?

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It was lovely. I hated his outfit, but Yes. With the musical. I thought

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he is such a wonderful dancer, but he does need to emote more and he is

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getting there. But his face in repose is not very lively. When he

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showed more feeling. I still need more feeling. Sna The Charleston is

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make or break. Gurn, Jay, gurn! Kellie, one highlight was Kellie's

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face as they went through, let's remind ourselves. In no particular

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order the fist couple through is... Kellie and Kevin! Thank you! Oh, I

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love it when you can feel that emotion. How happy were you for

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Kellie? Very happy that song and dance were a match made in heaven.

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That could have been an audition for Oliver in the west end. That music

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has the waltz tempo perfect. But she's always done these comedy

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numbers. I would like to see her do a proper romantic waltz. I did like

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that. It was too cockney. I loved that. It is time to take a risk.

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They got swamped by the musical feeling. I like it. And now,

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wardrobe mall function of the night goes to Katie, whose hat fell off.

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Look how she dealt with it. Brilliantly. There it goes. But she

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still acts take it off. She looked incredible. Everybody saying how you

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know excited they are to see Anton do well. Are you a fan of his

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partnership? Yes, I think they're wonderful together. I wanted more

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from the foxtrot. Anton dancing to maybe this time is the perfect song.

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I wanted him to be high-kicking. Both of them giving everything. That

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is what you do at home in your living room. That is what I do with

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a potty on my head or whatever. How do you like to see win? We can talk

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about it now. I think Jay, but what I would like is a mixture of the two

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who haven't had dance training and Anita's passion with Katie's

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elegance and I would like Katie to lose her school prefect badge. In

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fact I would like her to lose her knickers. Anita. Anita and Gleb,

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because Gleb's choreography. She is biased. She has got it bad. Haven't

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we all? Thank you all. Now, Strictly has seen a few

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pro-mances over the years - that's Most recently Kevin and Karen,

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and Aljaz and Janette. However,

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my next guests were the original MUSIC: Everyone's a Winner. 10! That

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is great dancing. The muse sick was great. The winner of Strictly Come

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Dancing are... Jill and Darren. Darren and lily.

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It's Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova!

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First, congratulations, little Valentino. It is six year, do you

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remember it with fond memories? When you have time to look back, you can

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look back easier. At the time it is so intense. So it is very intense at

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the time. So when you have a chance to look back on it later, the

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celebrities you have worked with. After changing the nappies. Yes and

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you know taking the dog for a walk. It is nice to reminisce. You saw it

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grow, how much do you think it changed in that time? The show is

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different. We had nothing. We just had our partners. Ourselves and the

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floor. Now you have to graphics. The props. The moving props. The lights.

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It is amazing. Lily had six celebrity partners. You never lose

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it. Both of you, talking of the six partner, Darren, we remind ourselves

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of ladies you danced with. Could you choose a favourite? I was fortunate

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that I had great partners who I got on with very well, all with very

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different personalities and different journeys. But the people

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you win with is always the special one. Again we're God friends with

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Jill still and we see each other all the time. So probably Jill. That

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jive you did was so good and I think it is you scored a 40. We did.

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James' jive this year is the only time anyone has come close. As a

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jive, I thought it was technically Intel gent. But he wasn't wearing a

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three inch heel and a frock. -- Intel gent. It was a good piece of

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work. Let's remind ourselves of your partners. Goughy there. Can you

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choose a favourite? They were all lovely, but I have to go with the

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winner. Mr Gough. It has to be Darren. You remember he started...

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Do I remember? Of course I remember! He wouldn't wear dance shoes for a

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start. I have just about forgiven him. Do you see him ever? Yes we see

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them sometimes at events, but we are all busy. As much as you can. When

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you see them it is like you see each other every week. I keep having

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flash backs to the Strictly tour we had. What goes on tour stays on

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tour! Do you still watch the show and keep up with it? Yes. Who have

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you liked this year? It has been tough. I think this year there have

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been so many good dancers and sometimes I watch and I think, who

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is going to go? There is nobody naff. The consistency has been key.

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It was a big shock this week for everyone that Helen left, because

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she was potential winner probably. So just I think the level has been

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amazing. It is. This weekend will come down to what dancers -- dances

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they have and the public vote and it will be so close. It will be the

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closest semi-final we have had for years and years. Craig has texted in

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to say who would you like to have danced with out of this year's

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celebrities? Well obviously Jay. As a male celebrity, he is incredible.

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His spins are like a pro. His rumba was incredible. It has to be him. I

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think probably Georgie for down to height! That would be quite a

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partnership. Helen would have been too tall. Who do you think should

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win. You are both judges. So this should be easy. Anna that or Katie.

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I love Anita's passion and she hasn't had any training and started

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from scratch. I think she is great and I like Katie as well. For system

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reasons. She has -- for similar reasons. For me, probably over the

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season, I would probably say Jay. Consistently he has been great at

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lots of styles. He was always good. Yes. You have still got to stay

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there. It not just about being good week one. But you have to be good

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13. You see the progression and they still have to work hard, it is not

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that if you're a great dancer you have to work any less than somebody

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that is bad. You have to work as hard to get it right. It is so

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lovely to see you. Come and see us again. Darren and Lilia. Oh that is

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it for tonight. Thank you to all my guest. Join me tomorrow. See you

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then, goodbye!

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