Episode 59 Strictly - It Takes Two

Do you remember that time when I was a cowboy?

This holiday season is going to be mild and quite sunny.

Stop daydreaming, Zoe, you've got a show to do.

Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to the penultimate It Takes Two.

What an astonishing line-up we have for you tonight.

Georgia and Giovanni are here to reveal their plans

Jay and Aliona will also be showing us what they've got

Vicky Gill will be unveiling her costume designs

Plus, we're joined by three of the absolute greats,

Peter Andre, Carol Kirkwood and Jeremy Vine are back!

But first, from the cobbles of Weatherfield and

the olives of Sicily, to the dizzying heights

Congratulations. You made it to the final, I love that place. So

excited. Can you believe it, Georgia? Not at all, the only thing

I wanted to do was get to the end, so I did the full experience and

I've done it. It's amazing, it doesn't matter who wins. No. You've

got to the final. Nice get up by the way, Giovanni. You were poorly last

week. You were feeling poorly last week

and had limited time to rehearse, but you attacked that dance floor

on Saturday night with full force. I've no idea whatsoever. It was so

difficult and I knew it wasn't my best dance, I was really nervous. We

had be Viennese Waltz, which saved a bit. If you are saying that, it

wasn't your best dance, you hadn't had loads of time... Two days.

Incredible, what you created. He is a good teacher. He's all right.

Congratulations to you, first year on the show and you are in the

final. APPLAUSE Thank you. Nice work, my darling.

The judges loved your dances, Craig said he could have watched you all

night. How does it feel when you get that's praise from the judges? It is

tough it means a lot, a lot, a lot. All of the comments were really good

from the judges. I am really proud of my partner. The final is fine,

but I am really proud of my partner. It is really good. I'm getting...

LAUGHTER Showdance this weekend, so exciting.

You're dancing to Fix You by Coldplay.

I think this could be a bit of a tear-jerker. What can you tell us

about what you are doing? Nothing. I've been quite emotional practising

their stance. It is so lovely and it has quite a lot of stuff in it which

reminds me of my journey -- this dance. It is something different

between the normal ballroom or Latin. Something interesting in the

beginning, a surprise. I hope so. Fingers crossed. If you make the top

three, which dance have you chosen to do again?

The Charleston! Which I think is one of the best dancers of the series!

Thank you. You owned that dance, can't wait to see it again. I loved

it so much, I was waiting to do that dance the entire series, can't wait

to do it again, we loved practising it again. You have worked so hard,

the two view the series, we have loved every single minute.

Let's take a look at why you deserve your place

You will be putting your best foot forward with Giovanni!

I couldn't be happier! Georgia May Foote! The first dance will be the

jive. You are moving faster than lightning

around that dance floor, brilliant first dance. The name is Giovanni

Pernice. Are you having me on? This week we are dancing the Rumba to the

James Bond theme Choon. All that shaking your head gets on my wick, I

will tell you the truth. One forward basic and two opening out does not

constitute a Rumba in my world. What?! My mum bringing my family to

training, bringing the party to the salsa reminds me of how much fun it

is. Your shoulder, again? That sound!

You are a gorgeous little scrum pits, aren't you?

This week we are going to do the tango. I'm not scared of ghosts. I

will W the Queen of Halloween! -- I will call you. Sharp, staccato,

feisty, incandescent! We were top of the leaderboard! Yes! That's your

family! That is my sister, my mother, my God! It is the flavour of

lab Dolce Vita and exhilaration of a Ferrari. APPLAUSE

This week we will dance the Charleston.

Georgia and Giovanni are at the top with a magnificent 39. Are you sure

this is the quickest way to Tower ballroom? Yes! Really? Screening Mac

ballroom bliss. I will have to call you graceful Georgia, you are

gliding through this competition. Ten, from Len. Ten! I am excited

about the paso doble. George and Giovanni, hello! -- Georgia. It got

too aggressive on occasion. What a dynamic routine!

From the top. OK! Foxtrot is difficult, it demanded control and

you did that with ease. Absolutely delightful. The couple in the bottom

two tonight on a Georgia and Giovanni. The couple I will save is

Georgia and Giovanni. Georgia May and Giovanni. It's the semifinal. I

was shaken and stirred and ready for action, you sexy little thing. I

have to be honest, I could watch you dance all night. Georgia and

Giovanni, congratulations, you are through to the grand final. STUDIO:

I told you, you might need those. Are you all right? It's fine. Very

quickly, which was your favourite? All of them! Lack ball was amazing,

wasn't it? So good, start to finish -- blackball. It is unbelievable.

The whole experience. I have grown so much and I have learnt so much, I

can't thank you enough. You are both incredible. Good luck in the final.

We will see you on the show tomorrow. Never leave us.

Over the series, she's been the seamless seamstress who never

breaks a sweat and always has a cheeky giggle.

APPLAUSE Gorgeous girl, how are you? I'm all

right. Almost! Not quite there, yet. How

has this week been for you? This week we have everybody back.

The pressure of the showdance is intense but we are good. We have

tissues. There will be tears probably from me. We can't see the

dresses, they are still being worked on but you have sketches. Katie

dancing to O Fortuna, big song and big number. The costume needs to be

strong in colour and the lines and silhouettes. I haven't had sapphire,

cobalt blue on Katie yet, that is what we have gone for, powerful. Two

Mayers to the dress itself, simple, not lots of underskirt -- two

layers. Belief petals running through the dress. Godets! I have

been burning them. But the effect should be good. Working to Katie's

strengths, shape and silhouettes and hope she feels comfortable and

strong on Saturday night. This looks glorious. Kellie. Her and Kevin are

doing a Lindy Hop. Lots of leaping about. Have you had to bear that in

mind? Yes, but originally she requested gold. I couldn't grant her

a complete gold costume because of the colour palette through the show.

She said she wanted a flapper dress. Lindy Hop, flapper, not the same

thing but you can have what you want. It is the show dance! Both

styles, glamorous after last week, she can't go back. She looked

stunning, that entire dance and that dress. You are in an amazing dress,

you dance even better. Georgia? They are dancing to Fix You. Because it

is showdance lyrical in parts and then ballroom hold, mixing lots of

different styles. We are trying to keep it soft and delicate, this lace

detail ones across the top. Crop shape, attached to this top part of

the dress. Connecting it with fringing and strings. The skirt has

single panels of pleating, lots of gaps when she moves. Sometimes we

will see a lot of her body. In ballroom hold it will feel wrong and

elegant, hopefully it will work. Glorious group you have dressed this

series, Aliona's, her and Jay are doing a mixture of lots of different

dances. I Can't Feel My Face By I Can't The Weeknd. We will build this

tomorrow. He has always been relaxed. It

reflects the person and he is comfortable, but we need to be

careful in the final, it needs to be showtime. If Jay is in a skinny jean

and open Shad Khan Aliona can't very well be in something super sparkly.

-- jeans and open shirt, Aliona can't. Blonde gold rather than

bright gold. Beautiful, that looks great. This is the base, we will see

what happens. On behalf of everybody watching you and your guys are

incredible. The costumes have been amazing. Have a very long lie down

at Christmas. Vicky Gill! Now, the last time she was in

a Strictly final with a pop Could it be a case of

history repeating itself? Hello! It's the doctor. You are in

the final, Jay McGuiness, how do you feel? I feel grateful, optimistic,

joyful, nervous and other things like that. How are you feeling,

Aliona? I feel good. It is so exciting. Can you believe you have

never been in a dance-off? You're the only couple not to have been in

a dance-off. How proud are you? I'm extremely proud from day one, and

I've always said I enjoy every second of our experience together.

This has been my favourite Strictly ever. And he is absolutely my

favourite dance partner. Harry Judd will have something to say about

that. He won't mind at all, he is backing you, he is! The judges have

pleaded with you for more expression. Are you going to go

crazy with expression on Saturday night? It's quite funny actually.

When we have quite expressive dunces I give every expression I feel I can

give. And some of them, I know I go into myself and they don't always

love that. Some of them do, sometimes they don't. I'm OK with

it. That has been me on Strictly and that is what I've been. When I

Showdance I can't feel my face, but I'm OK with that. It is quite funny.

It is very, very funny. There was a tiny moment in the Charleston, did

you drop her? What was supposed to happen? You say it. It was supposed

to happen. There are different ways of doing that move. We just decided

to do it that way. It was nice, smooth, on the back. That was one

way of doing it. That is one way of doing it! Showdance you are dancing

to at the weekend I Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd. It is right and

Match Choice, I love it. What can you tell me about the Showdance

without giving too much away? What is the concept. It is lots of

different pieces from our dances we have done. As we do it we go through

a little memory lane, this is from rumba, this is from foxtrot... Even

if people don't love it, which we are ready for, we love it. Every

time we do it think it's the perfect end. Like a little round-up of

everything. I just chose our favourite moments from our favourite

dances. And also I chose each move to make it more intricate. And

difficult. And difficult to show how Jay has improved over the course of

Strictly. It is like a trip down memory lane for us. As we are

dancing it we absolutely love it because we remember all the dances

we have done. OK, let's look back down that little trip down memory

lane. You might get emotional. We keep crying at these stories. Here

is your Strictly storage so far. Jay, your partner is Aliona!

She's incredible. The cha-cha is hard. I can't do it. Yes you can. To

say I'm nervous is an understatement at this point.

You have the potential of being a great hit on the dance floor. The

waltz is a very slow, elegant, poised. Not words that have been

applied to meet in the past. Ready? Boom. It takes a lot to get me

excited, you got me excited. Your thumb was sticking up. Are you

feeling more aerodynamic on the dance floor? It has definitely

helped with speed. This week you are doing pulp fiction and you are doing

a jive. Best dance ever! Ten! The first ten of the series, everybody!

This week we are dancing the quickstep. You just crash landed a

lot of times. Don't worry about this, I know that you can come back

stronger next week. You are the opposite to Samson, you had your

haircut and gone from strength to strength. This is the first time Jay

and I are doing lifts. There was no stressing, there was no messing. I

would like to have seen a bit more character but I loved it. So, today

we started learning the Argentine tango. I think this one is

particularly challenging. You want to see a little bit of emotion come

out through your face. I want to see this fire come out. It's just

missing only that. The face goes dead. You've got to do something

about that. I really am feeling it, and I do want to show it. It's

just... We will see if I can engage the face muscles a bit more.

This is incredible. Finally we are seeing some facial

expression. You were flirting with Aliona from the beginning. It was a

fantastic performance. Training has been so much fun so far. Oh my! I...

That was a mango of a tango. A fabulous ten.

Ten! You have both brought tears to my

eyes. It was fabulous. Tonight, you've convinced me you are

a terrific dancer. Ten!

From Len, ten! You made Darcey cry! No, she'll be all right. The

doctored danced a storm across the universe -- the doctor. We are in

the final. Officially stamped. There are watery eyes. Amazing story. We

will see how it ends at the weekend and we will see you on the show

tomorrow. We love you both, Jay and Aliona! It is going to be such a

great final. On tomorrow's show we are joined

by Darcey, Len and Bruno. So, if you want to ask a question,

send them in using #AskITT. Now, as our finalists

prepare, the other stars So, let's join them in a trip

down Strictly lane. Look who it is! It is Peter Andre,

Carol Kirkwood and Jeremy Vine. It is so lovely to have you all back.

Peter, what are you missing most about Strictly? When we all meet up

again together that is what we miss the most. Seeing everybody again,

seeing all of the crew, even coming back to this studio and hanging out

here it is a really nice vibe. Everyone got really, really close

this year. Carol, what do you miss most about dancing with Pasha?

Everything, I just miss Pasha, he such a sweetheart. As Pete said, it

is all of these guys as well and when we are back together it is

really nice to see everybody and we cannot wait until tomorrow when we

will all be reunited. That will be a magical moment.

It has been such an amazing series with so many

He's not really large, he's taller. Jeremy, how much fun did you have

doing this? Will it stay with you for ever? So much and I have

promised to stop dad dancing. I was talking to Jay and Aliona earlier

and the privilege of being 15 feet from that jive on the balcony was

incredible for all of us. We were supporting each other. And to echo

what they have both said, I thought that was unbelievable for me to be

able to see that. I really thought that was amazing. What a gent. Was

that your favourite dance? More than my dance! We thought we would look

at one more moment from this year. You said if you made it to the final

you would recreate Peter Andre's Mysterious Girl and here we are in

the final week and Peter is here. Here is the music. MUSIC: Mysterious

Girl. Look at those amazing abs. He didn't

take his shirt off, I'm disappointed. I would have had to do

a week's rehearsal to do that. I thought it was fabulous. It was

probably a three to be honest. Maybe on Saturday night. You are all

dancing together again, you and the whole gang, Anthony, how is it to be

back together and rehearsing? Great. I saw the guys yesterday and we were

talking. We cannot forget people like Anthony and Euan, Ainsley,

Daniel, and all of them yesterday it was great. What have you got in

store for us in your Group Dance? Everybody out there on the floor.

Carol. A masterpiece. It is a jive, I saw Pasha yesterday and he said we

still have the same problem, you still don't know you're left from

your right! But it is so much fun and fast and furious. Has everyone

been good in training, or is anyone being naughty? Was great hooking up

with Carol again. I'm losing my voice. As soon as the music started

they gave us some moves and I ran onto the stage. He said that is not

the danced and don't do that again! I have missed your impressions. Have

you done any dancing since you finished? Have you been at a wedding

or anything? I haven't but we are ready to clear the floor if it

happens. I have said to my wife I would like to get this simple box

step together. Everyone says, are you going to keep dancing? I said,

I'm not aware I had started! Brilliant. Let's talk about the

final and the finalists. Haven't they done brilliantly? You can see

them getting emotional looking back at those incredible stories and

we're going to get to see their Showdances. They deserve to be

there. What is amazing, when you start seeing back and they start

seeing that their performances you realise what a journey it has been.

For all of us it has been an incredible journey. For them they

have had this extra time and it must be overwhelming for them. I think it

is and there will be tears and I've been crying already. Carol, one last

time, could you give us a little weather forecast, because we love

them so, for Christmas. It is going to be wet at times, it will be

unseasonably mild as well, although there might be a dip in the

temperature in northern Scotland. If there is it will be transient and

there will be rain at times, and if you want to see snow you will have

to be a reindeer on the top of the Grampians.

Carol, thank you. Peter and Jeremy. I've got to say something. Will

there be rain, dear? CHEERING

It may be a fun return to the ballroom for these three

on Saturday, but for our finalists the pressure is well and truly on.

I love you. Our Showdance is a Lindy hop. I'm

exhausted watching you do it! It is a really full en route team and I'm

really pushing her. It's the opposite of everything that I've

been taught. Its wide, it's ugly, its flat-footed. It's still got to

look clean and precise, so that's the big challenge. It is our most

excellent sting routine yet. If we pull this off it will be amazing.

If! Here we are. The Showdance is going to be just huge, very

dramatic. I think it's going to be unforgettable.

dramatic. I think it's going to be a big one, it is a tango -based

aunts. It's got a lot in it. Limey. There is a lot of steps and they are

all quite fast. Three, four, five, six. -- blimey. Could be good. It is

fantastic to be in the final and to have the smallest chance of winning

the trophy is just amazing. As it's nearly Christmas,

what better way to get us MUSIC: All I Want For Christmas

- Mariah Carey. While they're all getting

into the swing of things, let me tell you what we have

in store tomorrow. First and foremost,

it's our very last show. Fear not, we are going

out in absolute style. We have all the finalists

live in the studio. Plus, Kim Wilde is singing

some Christmas classics. See you at 6pm tomorrow.

Goodnight! Let BBC Two wine and dine you

this Christmas,