:00:00. > :00:00.You've caught us at a great time, we're all opening our
:00:00. > :00:10.Right you lot, what have you all got?
:00:11. > :00:13.Oh wow Zoe, I've got an all-inclusive luxury trip
:00:14. > :00:15.to Lap Land for 17, with complimentary drinks on arrival!
:00:16. > :00:42.You've given me one of these for the last six years,
:00:43. > :01:33.Live from London, this is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome your
:01:34. > :01:37.host, Zoe Ball. Tonight's show is like a Strictly
:01:38. > :01:47.stocking and it's full to the brim. We'll be catching up
:01:48. > :01:49.with the weekend's leader board Harry Judd and Lisa Snowdon
:01:50. > :01:58.are here to talk all things And Ian Waite will be running a fine
:01:59. > :02:09.tooth comb over our four finalists. But first, to final preparations
:02:10. > :02:13.in the training rooms, where our couples have not 1, not 2,
:02:14. > :02:17.but 3 dances to perfect. So let's see how Georgia and Jay
:02:18. > :02:31.are getting on with their no rules, A la showdowns is a little bit
:02:32. > :02:33.difficult and different. From the normal classic ballroom Latin
:02:34. > :02:40.number. Something contemporary, something Latin, something modern,
:02:41. > :02:43.everything. What worries me about this dance is the contemporary bit
:02:44. > :02:48.in it. It is a bit different to anything we've ever done before. At
:02:49. > :02:51.then again there's more room in it, so if there's something I'm slightly
:02:52. > :02:56.more comfortable with, it is slightly like this at the moment, we
:02:57. > :03:00.just need to get it like this. Our showdowns is a little jigsaw of all
:03:01. > :03:08.of our dances, but it's got a little more flair or attitude. He is doing
:03:09. > :03:11.brilliantly with the Showdance. The only thing I'm struggling with is
:03:12. > :03:16.reverting back to some of the original choreography, because it is
:03:17. > :03:20.close but different. For every couple in this final it is anybody's
:03:21. > :03:28.game, you just have to come out and do your best and see what happens. I
:03:29. > :03:29.got it. What are we thinking? Exciting.
:03:30. > :03:32.At the weekend they faced the music and boy did they dance.
:03:33. > :03:54.Welcome to our Strictly finalists, Kellie and Kevin!
:03:55. > :04:02.Three weeks ago you were in the dance off and now you're
:04:03. > :04:12.Are you feeling triumphant? Yes, but we really cannot believe we are in
:04:13. > :04:17.the final. It is so deserved, you are both so good. And we must take
:04:18. > :04:21.this moment to say congratulations to Kevin on becoming the first
:04:22. > :04:36.professional dancer to reach three finals in a row. Yay! Woo! We really
:04:37. > :04:40.splashed out. We spent the last of the budget on this.
:04:41. > :04:45.It's the, 'You're the first professional dancer to reach
:04:46. > :04:47.the final of Strictly Come Dancing three years in a row' Award.
:04:48. > :04:58.I heard you got a little bit emotional at the weekend,
:04:59. > :05:06.I did get quite emotional, yeah. Kellie had been asking me the whole
:05:07. > :05:11.way through the series, I'd just love to have a moment where we wear
:05:12. > :05:19.proper ballroom beautiful dress and get to do a ballroom number, not
:05:20. > :05:22.being silly. I'd like to do something nice and elegant and
:05:23. > :05:26.beautiful and I wanted her to have that moment and it was only going to
:05:27. > :05:31.happen if we got to the semifinal to do it. I think when she walked out
:05:32. > :05:35.of the elevator that we had set up and I stepped aside, she was in that
:05:36. > :05:39.dress and everybody started clapping. Before you'd even done
:05:40. > :05:43.anything. And then because she danced so beautifully, I just could
:05:44. > :05:47.not have been more proud of her. She was brilliant and I just got
:05:48. > :05:55.emotional about it. Bow, I'm not surprised. And your best score of
:05:56. > :05:58.this series, 39 point. I know. And honestly it probably sounds silly,
:05:59. > :06:03.but I've had some incredible moments in my life like when my son was
:06:04. > :06:07.born, my wedding day, but it was one of the best moments. One of the
:06:08. > :06:11.best. It was just a dream come true moment, I think that was the thing.
:06:12. > :06:18.And I grew up watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I have always
:06:19. > :06:22.loved that kind of era. And for me to do Strictly Come Dancing and not
:06:23. > :06:26.have that would have, I would have felt a little bit cheated, like I'd
:06:27. > :06:32.missed out on something. So yeah, I was just so happy. I think the whole
:06:33. > :06:40.nation was with you, the little girl in all of us was like, wow, hats off
:06:41. > :06:48.to you both. Can you believe in three days' time it will be over?
:06:49. > :06:53.Hold hands, this might get emotional. Here is your Strictly
:06:54. > :06:59.story so far. Domain you are sharing the drama with is Kevin. My mum and
:07:00. > :07:14.dad are going to be over the moon. We are doing the tango. Just right,
:07:15. > :07:19.it's fantastic. We are dancing the cha-cha this week. The theme is me
:07:20. > :07:28.and you going on a little date. We do this every week. The cheeky
:07:29. > :07:36.energy between you is fantastic. I am very, very lucky to be dancing
:07:37. > :07:43.with Kevin Clifton, he's fantastic. You put the moves in movies,
:07:44. > :07:48.fabulous. Even the light sabre stayed on! Confident, clean, smooth,
:07:49. > :07:54.loved it. Kevin has never split his pants, is that true? I have split my
:07:55. > :08:11.pants. What exactly is going on, here? Halloween week on Strictly
:08:12. > :08:18.which is a massive week. You took off like a nimbus 2000, off you
:08:19. > :08:23.went! Think you get tight, relaxed the shoulders, that will help you to
:08:24. > :08:30.keep the topline. The first couple who must dance for survival, Kellie
:08:31. > :08:37.and Kevin. It felt like all the year had gone out of me. My first thought
:08:38. > :08:42.was just don't cry. I'd like to save Kellie and Kevin. Kellie and Kevin
:08:43. > :08:49.to stay on Strictly. Following the dance off last week, we've got to
:08:50. > :08:56.knuckle down and get some hard work done now. I was thinking, do I love
:08:57. > :09:04.this or do I hate it? I decided in the end that I would love it. This
:09:05. > :09:15.week we are doing a quick step and I am loving it. You made that looked
:09:16. > :09:25.like one easy day at work, darling. Ten! We got a ten! What are you
:09:26. > :09:33.doing in here? Get out. Kevin, you are utterly brilliant. Just finished
:09:34. > :09:39.a full day of training, my body feels broken. I'm almost 40 and
:09:40. > :09:48.throwing myself around like I'm a teenager. Hardest one I've ever
:09:49. > :09:55.done. I saw nothing but fabulous. Thank you. I didn't fall over! In
:09:56. > :09:59.the dance off, Kellie and Kevin. The couple I would love to save is
:10:00. > :10:11.Kellie and Kevin. Kellie and Kevin. Kellie and Kevin. Still here! We are
:10:12. > :10:23.in the quarterfinals. Common as... And you know what? I loved it! You
:10:24. > :10:31.are in the semifinal. Technically I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
:10:32. > :10:47.Fred Astaire engine to Rogers, their legacy is alive and well.
:10:48. > :10:55.Wow, isn't it amazing to see it like that? And it is not over yet. Tell
:10:56. > :11:00.me about the showdance. This is the music, which we absolutely love.
:11:01. > :11:04.'The Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line'.
:11:05. > :11:13.It looks fast in your training. Of course it's fast, it's Kevin! What
:11:14. > :11:18.can you tell me, Kev? It's a Lindy Hop -based number. It is very fast
:11:19. > :11:22.and high energy. A lot of lifts. Yeah, we are just going for it, we
:11:23. > :11:27.did not want to play it safe and do something sort of slow. We thought,
:11:28. > :11:30.let's just go for it and have a blast and have the time of our lives
:11:31. > :11:36.and that's what we've been doing so far. We saw you do a bit of Lindy
:11:37. > :11:40.Hop and you were really good at it. I loved it. After Blackpool I said I
:11:41. > :11:45.loved that so much, and Kevin said if we make it to the final bend we
:11:46. > :11:53.can make that our showdance. Also we get to see Star Wars again. Yes! Kev
:11:54. > :11:58.we must point out that eagle eyed viewers might have noticed a
:11:59. > :12:00.non-strictly move you have been cracking out, could this make an
:12:01. > :12:24.appearance in the showdance? We love it. I love that kick. You
:12:25. > :12:32.are doing to be so brilliant, the two of you. We'll be seeing you
:12:33. > :12:37.again tomorrow. I mean Friday. Kellie and Kevin! Thank you, Zoe.
:12:38. > :12:40.Good luck for the rest of the week. It's all too much.
:12:41. > :12:43.So far on our global glitterballs round the world tour we've visited
:12:44. > :12:47.But for our final destinations I got a cracking deal on flights,
:12:48. > :12:58.so strap yourself in because we're off to Poland and Costa Rica.
:12:59. > :13:06.Now, Poland is one of the 50 plus countries to have Strictly Come
:13:07. > :13:10.Dancing around the world. Dancing with the stars, Polish style, has
:13:11. > :13:21.been on air since 2005, and there have been 17, yes, 17 series so far.
:13:22. > :13:25.The judging panel is made up of two former dancers, an actor and an
:13:26. > :13:33.actress. How about this for a judges entrance? One of the big differences
:13:34. > :13:44.between the UK and Polish versions are the judges scores.
:13:45. > :13:53.They give many more scores of ten. The most recent series saw a very
:13:54. > :13:59.controversial winner. In episode seven this actress was forced to
:14:00. > :14:04.withdraw due to a foot injury. Previously eliminated celebrity was
:14:05. > :14:10.brought back to replace her. Following her return to the show,
:14:11. > :14:15.she went on to score a further five perfect scores. In the series finale
:14:16. > :14:20.she was awarded the maximum amount of points across three dances.
:14:21. > :14:25.Before being crowned winner of dancing with the stars. Not bad for
:14:26. > :14:37.someone who had been booted out of the show several weeks before. Now
:14:38. > :14:43.onto our country, Costa Rica. Dancing with the stars Costa Rica is
:14:44. > :14:48.one of the most recent additions to the Strictly family, having just
:14:49. > :14:51.finished the second series. It is one of two versions of Strictly in
:14:52. > :14:55.Central America, the other one is in Panama. As you might expect from a
:14:56. > :14:59.country in Latin America, the emphasis is on Latin dancing. But
:15:00. > :15:04.celebrities still perform traditional ballroom dances. One of
:15:05. > :15:08.the most popular celebrities in this series was a footballer who played
:15:09. > :15:17.in the 1990 World Cup for Costa Rica.
:15:18. > :15:31.And what about this for a tennis commentator's cha-cha? Remember the
:15:32. > :15:39.horse Jeromy sat astride? In Costa Rica this celebrity cattle rancher
:15:40. > :15:43.took it one step further. This comedian won the most recent series
:15:44. > :15:44.with this freestyle dance being one of the most standout performances of
:15:45. > :15:54.the series. Look at the size of that trophy!
:15:55. > :16:01.Thank you hot lips Clifton. Now, just a reminder,
:16:02. > :16:04.if you want to send a video message to any of our finalists,
:16:05. > :16:06.you've still got time. We'll be showing our
:16:07. > :16:08.favourites on Friday's show. Head to our website
:16:09. > :16:29.for all the details. Here he is, my comedy partner, Mr
:16:30. > :16:33.Ian Waite! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. You've
:16:34. > :16:44.brought your fans tonight. It has taken me a couple of days to
:16:45. > :16:48.get over Gleb going out, but they are amazing, all of emthis. They all
:16:49. > :16:55.deserve to be in there, have all worked really hard. It is open for
:16:56. > :16:59.any of them to win. Let's look at their Showdance training, what
:17:00. > :17:03.they've let us see. We start with Katie and Anton. You've known
:17:04. > :17:08.anti-for a long, long time. Did you ever think he would make the final,
:17:09. > :17:12.or is this maizing? Well, I did actually. He's got quality of dance.
:17:13. > :17:17.He's been in the dance business for many, many years. There is no reason
:17:18. > :17:21.why not. And he's got a fantastic partner in Katie. What footage we've
:17:22. > :17:27.got, we haven't got very much, and it is early days, but I can see they
:17:28. > :17:33.are going to do some paso doble. It is going be a really dramatic
:17:34. > :17:38.number. There were twist turns, pivots. I think it is going to go
:17:39. > :17:42.into a tango as well. Nice. That's just between me and you. A dramatic
:17:43. > :17:46.dance, a great show number. I think it will be good for the final.
:17:47. > :17:51.That's what it's all about, getting people up on their feet and enjoying
:17:52. > :17:59.it. He's been waiting 13 years for this The Not long. And Aliona, Jay Y
:18:00. > :18:07.being the last man standing. They are dancing to I Can't Feel My Face
:18:08. > :18:13.When I'm With You. . I was going to say it is before my time, because I
:18:14. > :18:16.don't know it. It is modern. What is interesting is she's throwing in
:18:17. > :18:21.lots of stuff that they have done in previous dances. They did a sliding
:18:22. > :18:25.door. They are doing Argentine tango. There's a lot of stuff he's
:18:26. > :18:29.already done, so it will be easier to practise. I'm going to get my
:18:30. > :18:35.wand out... CHEERING. You are excited aren't
:18:36. > :18:39.you? Look at the size of that! When he gets from one dance to another,
:18:40. > :18:44.he needs to make sure all the transitions are clean. He's up in
:18:45. > :18:49.the shoulders a bit in hold. Just those in between sections he needs
:18:50. > :18:58.to make sure it is clean. Those are the places where he could look
:18:59. > :19:02.messy. Georgia and Giovanni are hopeful Craig will take out the 10
:19:03. > :19:09.this weekend. They are dancing to Fix You, a bit of a tearjerker. It
:19:10. > :19:14.looks like they are doing a bit of a tango. She's in tango hold. The only
:19:15. > :19:18.thing I will say, yes you could say it is another dramatic number, if it
:19:19. > :19:24.is a tango, but she needs to lower into her legs. Lower into her legs,
:19:25. > :19:32.tango, my old tango partner. There is no excuse. Stay low in your legs.
:19:33. > :19:37.Oh! When you do these numbers. See what I mean?! Stay low in the legs.
:19:38. > :19:43.Low in the legs, ladies and gentlemen. That sounds amazing.
:19:44. > :19:49.Kellie and Kevin talking about their Showdance, a lindy hop. It sounds
:19:50. > :19:55.fun and it is so energetic. I think it is going to steal the show. It
:19:56. > :20:01.has all the elements of a Showdance. You want energetic. Those awesome
:20:02. > :20:05.flicks and kicks. It just gives you, it delivers what you want. It is all
:20:06. > :20:14.there. Flicks and kicks and energy. I love it. Lots of lindy hop. I'm
:20:15. > :20:23.really excited about that. He has been the Dempsey to my Makepiece,
:20:24. > :20:30.the Arthur to my Pauline, the Hooch to my Turner. I love you so much.
:20:31. > :20:32.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. It's been a pleasure, as always. Stay with me a
:20:33. > :20:36.while. The Strictly Christmas special has
:20:37. > :20:39.become as much an annual tradition as garish jumpers, family arguments
:20:40. > :20:41.and eating an entire selection This year's festive feast
:20:42. > :20:46.of fleckerls will see six couples compete for the Christmas Trophy,
:20:47. > :20:49.and It Takes Two were granted an exclusive invite
:20:50. > :21:01.to the spectacular I love you Ian Waite I love you too.
:21:02. > :21:05.It is a very exciting day. We are filming for a Christmas special.
:21:06. > :21:10.It's amazing to be back filming for a Christmas special.
:21:11. > :21:16.I never thought I would be doing it again. I have missed it. It feels
:21:17. > :21:20.weird but amazing to be back. I got a phone call talking about the
:21:21. > :21:26.Christmas special. Here we go again. It is like I've never been away,
:21:27. > :21:32.except for, oh, I can't dance any more. We are really loving it. So
:21:33. > :21:41.good, all of a sudden I've got glitter everywhere. Loving it. I do
:21:42. > :21:51.look fabulous. We are filming a massive opener and it's a magical
:21:52. > :21:57.number. Lights, camera, action! At the start of the show I've got
:21:58. > :22:04.beautiful big doors and I poke my head round. Individually we get
:22:05. > :22:11.revealed and it is kind of hectic. One by one people are coming out and
:22:12. > :22:16.voila, there we are. It is amazing dancing with Brendan but it feels so
:22:17. > :22:21.different to what I'm used to. This is a new, fresh partnership. I don't
:22:22. > :22:29.know how Aljaz handled her for that long. I Amex Housed. Really?! Sorry,
:22:30. > :22:34.make-up, I'm sweating, because we've had to do it about 15 times.
:22:35. > :22:42.Choreography is great and the music is great. We are having a great
:22:43. > :22:45.time. I love dancing with Nat. Christmas, strictly, they go
:22:46. > :22:51.together. You wake up, you've got your presents, you look forward to
:22:52. > :22:57.the Turkey, then you've got the pudding and the Strictly Christmas
:22:58. > :22:59.special. It's Christmas! It's Christmas! Strictly at Christmas
:23:00. > :23:18.time. It's great. Alison Hammond, I've missed her. We
:23:19. > :23:23.are joined by Harry Judd and Lisa Snowdon! How does it feel to be
:23:24. > :23:31.back? I've missed the glitter and the glam. Harry, do you miss the
:23:32. > :23:38.frocks? And the spray tan, the lycra. The sparkles. I don't think
:23:39. > :23:43.it ever leaves you. Lisa, 2008, it is a long time ago. The final. Does
:23:44. > :23:48.it all come flooding back to you when you step inside the training
:23:49. > :23:52.room? Not so much for me. I thought it was going to. I thought, that's
:23:53. > :23:59.harder than I thought it was going the be. Really tricky. How was it
:24:00. > :24:04.for you, Harry? Really tough. And we had new partners. Because I had gone
:24:05. > :24:08.through that embarrassing stage with my original partner, I thought I had
:24:09. > :24:13.to go through that again with a new partner. I don't know what I'm
:24:14. > :24:19.doing! Was it like dating? With a new person. Harry, you are dancing
:24:20. > :24:24.in the Christmas special with Joanne Clifton. How different was she in
:24:25. > :24:27.teaching from Aliona in She was similar in that she was amazing.
:24:28. > :24:32.Honestly, they are both incredible. Originally I would have loved to
:24:33. > :24:38.dance with Aliona again, but obviously she's busy with gentleman,
:24:39. > :24:42.so was paired up with Jo. A brilliant teacher and incredible
:24:43. > :24:52.dancer. She's been teaching and dancing her whole life. She's such a
:24:53. > :24:58.brilliant dancer. Joanne is amazing. She is amazing. When she finishes
:24:59. > :25:06.those lines. And her head. Like she hasn't got any bones in her neck!
:25:07. > :25:13.How was it to dance with Pash pot instead of Brendan? I'm very
:25:14. > :25:18.diplomatic here. Brendan was amazing, a beautiful choreographer,
:25:19. > :25:25.Pasha was a bit more gentle. He kind of more in analogies to help me
:25:26. > :25:29.learn. Both are amazing dancers and choreographers. You are so lucky.
:25:30. > :25:36.Next year you can work your way through all the dancers. We have
:25:37. > :25:48.four former champions taking part. Abbey Clancy, Tom Chambers, the
:25:49. > :25:55.people's dancer, Cassidy Little. How was the competition? Was it tough?
:25:56. > :25:59.Did you have to step it up, Harry? There was a competition, I'm not
:26:00. > :26:07.going to lie. All of us a little bit, just want to do really well.
:26:08. > :26:12.When I found out who was on it, Tom Chambers, OK, she won, Cassidy
:26:13. > :26:19.Little, and Alison is great. Yeah, it was... Sorry, that sounded so
:26:20. > :26:27.wrong. And Alison! I love Alison Hammond. I love her. She is the most
:26:28. > :26:37.fun person. We were rehearsing for the group dances. It was amazing. We
:26:38. > :26:46.would train all day. No inhibitions. Really working it. This is what you
:26:47. > :26:50.are going to dance to. Lis Lisa in 2008 you got 40 points for this with
:26:51. > :27:17.Brendan. CHEERING. That music... And you are
:27:18. > :27:24.dancing to Let It Snow. That's fast! I can barely get through the
:27:25. > :27:28.routine. She was brilliant. Harry, you're doing an American smooth,
:27:29. > :27:32.which you did in the final of series 9. Here you are when you got 39
:27:33. > :27:51.points with Aliona. APPLAUSE. Wow! And now you are
:27:52. > :27:55.dancing to Baby, It's Cold Outside. A nice, smoochy, slow number. You
:27:56. > :28:00.are both growing to be brilliant. We must talk about the final. Harry
:28:01. > :28:06.recently you said you thought it would be between Jay and Georgia. Do
:28:07. > :28:10.you stand by that prediction? I do, but I think Kellie and Kevin have
:28:11. > :28:14.momentum on their side. The dark horse coming through. Lisa, who
:28:15. > :28:18.would you like to lift the trophy? Kellie is amazing. It is an even
:28:19. > :28:23.playing field. They have done so well to get this far. I know how
:28:24. > :28:27.hard it is to get to the final. We can't wait to watch you on Christmas
:28:28. > :28:35.day. Good luck with your last breakfast show on Friday. And good
:28:36. > :28:38.luck with the baby for you. Harry is going to be a daddy in the new year.
:28:39. > :28:42.Merry Christmas. A big thank you to
:28:43. > :28:45.all of our guests. Tune in tomorrow, when I'll be
:28:46. > :28:48.joined by two more of our finalists, Georgia and Giovanni,
:28:49. > :28:49.and Jay and Aliona. Plus an extra special treat as we'll
:28:50. > :28:52.have three familiar faces Brace yourself, because Peter Andre,
:28:53. > :28:56.Carol Kirkwood and Jeremy Vine brings you some inspiring
:28:57. > :29:07.cultural treats.