Episode 12 Strictly - It Takes Two

From London, this is Strictly - It Takes Two. Please welcome your host

- Zoe Ball. Did you know that Tuesday

is the most productive day of the week, which means we've been

super busy putting together And we've got the playlist to match

because we'll be wheeling out the jukebox for an exclusive listen

to what our couples will be And, she's been keeping a sharp

eye on all the couples, Karen Hardy is back in Choreography

Corner! Now, our first couple may have found

themselves in the bottom two on Sunday, but they're top

of the bill tonight, Let's dance.

MUSIC rhythm of the Night. You came on to that floor and you

sold T You threw too much of everything into it and lost a bit of

control. The showgirl has gone, va, va vroom. I was gobsmacked.

Laura and Giovanni. You looked amazing. Different. I liked the red

hair. A shocker of a bottom two. Len also said you didn't need to worry

because you were going to be there for aiming and then that happened.

How did it feel? Did it hurt? You kind of prepare yourself for that,

after Melvin going the fist week, which gave us a kick and it becomes

more real every time you dance because it could be the last time. I

remember when we did the dance, I ripped my tights and I ran backstage

- in case I'm in the dance-off I'll change my tights. Always be

prepared. You must have been a Brownie. How shocked were you?

Shocked. Yes and no, because at this moment it is a really difficult

competition. They are all brilliant but, I think - yes, a little bit

shocked. Karen Hardy was here yesterday and she was saying how

lovely when it was, she saw Laura was upset and you rushed over,

because it is kind of your job as a professional. Absolutely Counsellor.

Therapist. She was a little bit scared to be honest to dance again.

So I thought she needed a hug and she went there and she smashed it

again. What did you say to her? I just say - do again what you did

before. Yes. Because I was really proud on the night and go with more

energy. And she Z she did. I - she znchts getting to do the dance off,

as scary as it is, it is nice to prove yourself again and take on

what the judges said. Because I waltzed the second week, I probably

put too much energy. When I did the dance off, I tried to put in the

energy and control it. You are trying to do that and also not look

at your mother who is in the audience. Don't look at your mam.

Before you did the dance off, Craig said you were a wonderful dancer.

Bruno gave awe 9 on Saturday night. I know. I was happy enough with how

I danced. Latin, the first time I danced Latin I got 25. I got 30. I

was happy. It is a strong competition, and everyone is so good

and Tameka is so good. You don't know. I think - all I can do is

improve every week. I'm not a dancer. I have an amazing dancer

with me who is teaching me so much. I do, he tells meefrry day how

amazing he is. - tells me every day. It is about bettering myself and a

personal journey. I don't want to let myself down and Giovanni,

because he has put so much work in. Every week is another dance Ye, I

have to learn another one. You are exhausted and the speed. That was

the amazing thing, there was so much content N those heels n that

incredible outfit. Well done. -- in those heels. Len was talking about

it being raunchy. Did you know? I wanted to show another side. She did

the waltz and I wanted to show she could be sexy. I was watching the

hips, when I watched back the video, to be honest, move your hips, hips,

hips. I said to me - with Sal sacks the hips. - with salsa, the hips. He

drilled it into me. I was petrified a judge would say the hips weren't

good enough. Look, it worked. They talked about getting in and out of

the lifts. They were incredible. We have evidence about how tricky they

were. I'm quite tall. There is a lot of me to lift. But, Giovanni,

thankfully, is a strong man. Ahhh.

# Ahhh. One way to get a new partner. Oh my

goodness. Remember I said I had a few bruises. And my shoulder, sorry.

It looked incredible. We don't want you to be too disheartened about

being in the dance-off. Fact fan also know being in the bottom two

early can often be a good omen. Let's review the evidence here is a

list of Strictly stars who were in that predicament in week 3 and

reached the final. Simon Webbe and Kristina Rihanoff. Denise Lewis and

Ian Waite - he danced with someone else -. And Natasha Kaplinsky and

Brendan Cole, series 1. And they won. Feeling encouraged? No

pressure. It kind of gives you a bit of a boost, more fight. So this week

we are really going to put everything. Each week is a different

dance. Each week is a different dance. He is like - relax. It is

quite good. It is having a calming affect on me. He should do a tape

you can listen to in the morning I don't know what he is saying most of

the time. It is the Italian accent. It works. This week, quickstep for

you. How much have you managed to do so far? I mean, there are a lot of

steps. It is kind of me - for me anyway because I don't know anything

about it, it is a mixture of dances together. You have all the

choreography, the way we have to do the salsa... No it is not. It is

going to be, quick, quick, quickstep. It flies down everywhere.

No salsa. There are a lot of steps. Definitely. Thank you for explaining

that, I understand it much more clearly now. Good luck and well done

for surviving. Good luck next weekend. Laura and Giovanni.

Now, there are lots of good things about Tuesdays.

Two, Pancake Day falls on a Tuesday - who doesn't love pancakes?

And three, the best thing of all - Tunes on Tuesday!

# Creepin up on new # Just dance, dance,

Let's see what classics the dance...# jukebox

In 1969 Boom Bang A Bang was our Lulu's winning entry

However, she had to share the top spot with three other countries.

They'll be dancing a Viennese Waltz to this number, but will they get

Right, what's next on our Tuesday playlist?

It's George Michael's award-winning, mega hit Careless Whisper,

a song he wrote when he was just 17 years old.

He says that he has gotten more compliments for writing the sax solo

than for anything else he has ever written!

But which couple will be dancing to this classic on Saturday?

And if you ask me, every rumba should be accompanied by a sax solo.

We've got time for just one more song.

It's Carly Rae Jepsen's 2015 smash-hit I Really Like You.

The music video features Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks lip-syncing

It features the word "really" a total of 67 times.

Thank you, Tom. Thank you to our dancing Toms. Terrified.

But which couple will be dancing to this modern

They'll be performing a foxtrot, but will the judges really really

If you want to find out what top tunes the rest

of our couples are dancing to, head to the Strictly

Now, as we know, our Strictly pros have

Do you know who else had all the moves?

None other than the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

This weekend's Group Dance will be an homage to the man himself

and as always the It Takes Two team got the first look.

! This week we are doing a special group dance to the king of soul,

James Brown, so get on up. # Get on up...#

We have the element of jive, Choo characters Charleston, Lindy. We put

them altogether with the hip hop and mashing these two worlds together.

The set up is koo. Aljaz and I are walking into a club scene where

Anton is the manager. James Brown is performing. It is based around the

'70s. So it has a cool jibe. I think the most challenging part of the

routine is to get the full cast to feel the music together. It is

getting everybody to kind of let loose sometimes. I am eight junk

mooiser. Er - the - I'm the funk miester. I was there when it began.

We are dancing on the table and we have to sort of flick over. It is a

little bit challenging. James Brown is such a legend.

Growing up in Ukraine I knew about him from a very young age.

# I feel good... # I knew that I would now...

# So, nice, so nice, I've got you... Da, da, da#

Is that good? That's all we can show you guys. Make sure you tune in next

week it see if this is really a Man's World. Or a woman. Thank you

very much. I can't wait to see it. Now, she's travelled the four

corners of the globe to dance but she's feels most at home

in Choreography Corner. Karen Hardy is here. I am clumping

my questions. Claudia and AJ's incredible charleston on Saturday, a

whopping 36 points. Len praised the clever choreography, the slick

tricks and Craig didn't even ask for more swivel, was it a dream

charleston? It was brilliant and what I love and rightly so became

global action. I thought it was Inc bearing in, slowing down about what

the bells we will make the left or interesting to see what happens from

here on in. Lesley and Anton next, they are doing a super quick

quickstep, delightful. Darcey felt it was so quick in places that maybe

the technique became a little bit loose, would you agree? Slightly. We

want light, flight, height and those things and they mastered that

between them. But look at the gapping. We had an incredible night

of performances and we are going to have to start getting nitty-gritty.

We saw that in the bottom corner, but fabulous choreography. Fast,

complicated routine and she made it look so easy, absolutely loved it.

Well done, Lesley. Anastacia and Brendan's waltz, both Craigend Bruno

noticed she was losing a little balance when she was coming in and

out of turns. I've picked up on it here. I thought this was beautiful,

she has bounced back from a difficult week. Elegance and beauty

and all we would ask her to do is start using her standing legs, legs

are what we use for movement, very simple tip but very important, helps

you drive across the floor and helps you fulfil balance. Obviously

Brendan is going to have a lot of natural drive, so she's got to keep

up with that using her standing legs and we won't get those little

wobbles. But I thought it was beautiful, elegant and gorgeous.

Well done, that lady. Dead-end Katya's samba of this boy brings it

every week. -- Ed and Katya. Len praised Katya for giving him full on

choreography in his routines. Are you impressed? I love it, I've said

from the beginning new professionals means new choreography and Ed Balls

is giving everything. I had to pick this up and then he goes even more.

He's living the dream. And then what I love is the blender step, this is

a new step for Strictly. The teamwork, the balance. If he had

over alleged that, slightly to the left or right, she would have gone

like a sardine orang and nobody likes a soggy meringue. I've got to

say I jumped out of my seat -- soggy meringue. Great, great

entertainment. Well done, Ed and Katya. Judge Rinder and the

charleston. Bruno said the timing was extinct, Darcey didn't agree,

who was right? I'm going on Darcey's side, it was fabulous, it is full of

little errors. We've picked up on one here. What I would love him to

do, we've got so much expectation from what he's going to deliver

every week. We are excited. There is a little blunder there. You could

say his timing was a little late. I just want to see him not worrying

about being the performing and the character. I just want him to zone

it down, dance, deliver a fabulous dance. Don't worry about almost

being the actor, the comical one. When he did that backflip. I know! I

don't know where it came from. I'm just waiting for that amazing

performance where we don't need the face and the cars and all of that

and I think we are going to get a magical one down the line. That's

the nice thing, not some any props and simplifying everything. Then you

see the real dancing and technique. Daisy and Aljaz's quickstep, another

fine performance, opening the show. Craig felt that her left shoulder

was raised a few millimetres. Twice, he said. You keep Craig. Did you

notice this? The professionals and the celebrity have brought this on

themselves. They've come out so early with these incredible numbers

that we do have to look at things like this. We have to be top minds.

I've picked up on it here. Craig is right, it is lifting.

Perfect run, I don't want like that early on, I want to give them a

little more time. We have a few more weeks, it is so competitive, I've

been speaking to some of the professionals and they've even been

a sister into the competition. I love hearing that I really love

that. the explosion, the finale at the

end, the famous moment when the water comes gushing down. Just like

that! Are you doing that at home? Extend the leg. Here she goes. Look

at that! I'm going to do that at home with some hundreds and

thousands. I would swap with her in a second. We've all had our moment

here. We've got to commend everything on that show, lights,

camera, action. Finally, Ore and Joanne's American Smooth. I cried

watching this, I love singing in the rain and it's hard to copy someone

like Gene Kellie but he was incredible. The judge not only

praised his performance but also Joanne's beautiful choreography. The

importance of choreography is depth of layering. I've picked up here

where not just walking down the steps, we are going to dance, off

and on, the beautiful hand position, its attention to detail, the use of

the umbrella. Not just open the umbrella and throw it to the side,

they have danced with it. The attention to detail, the use of the

arms, the character, there was a moment where they did that classic

stabbing of the water with the umbrella. They seem to pick up all

of the iconic moments and deliver the dance at the same time. And I

jumped out of my seat. What I loved with them is they were even excited

to start the dance. I could feel them like, come on, I want to get on

with this. What a great number, really, really beautiful. And

onwards and upwards. Where is this going to go? It's too much, we all

need a lie down. You will not be here for the next three weeks.

Excuse me! Is it something we said? I thought we were going to keep this

secret. We are going to have a puppet. Where are you going? I'm

going down under, New Zealand, beautiful Australasia, I have a bit

of work to do down there with a few students. When you get back we will

fill you in on the gossip and I will face time you. It will be fine.

Karen will be back in November. Now, our next couple

were on a mission to tango on Saturday and it was impossible

not to cheer them on. The drama was there from the

beginning. Incredible tango. That is your best dance to date. You are

better than you think you are. The potential is there a. Keep

confidence in yourself. Believe in yourself because you've got it. I

loved the concept and I love the drama Naga and Pasha, everyone. Sign

this lady up to be the next Catwoman. That outfit, how amazing

did you feel in that getup? I felt hot. You looked so hot. You looked

quite good in the turtleneck as well. You entered Thom Cruise style,

which was amazing. Then we were thinking he's never going to get her

under from the buckle. What happened? I have no idea but it was

so stressful because I was looking at the buckle and it wasn't buckling

out and I was just like we are just staying here and Naga was like,

yeah, any time you are done I will be there. It did not throw you at

all. I'd had a lot of drilling, do not do anything without me. I lead

you and you follow, I am yours to lead. OK, yes, Pasha. And it is

sinking in. You remembered it exactly. That is brilliant. So much

love for you online apart from the outfit. This came in from John

Horne. He said, Naga and Pasha, tango to mission impossible was a

mission well done, it was thrilling, truly an amazing tango. Thank you!

Thank you for that. How thrilled were you with Naga's performance? It

was amazing, especially knowing we couldn't unbuckle. I wanted to know

what would happen next, would she be there where she was supposed to be

forward she try and lead me this time? She did the right thing so she

was really good and she really gave a great performance. I have to say,

your high score to date, Len said it was your best dance. Those marks

must have done your confidence the world of good. When Len said I'm

better than I think I am that made something click. You spend so much

time comparing yourself to the others and the other scores and

actually I'm starting from a really low base and I'm trying really hard.

He is an amazing teacher and I just need to enjoy my progression and

enjoy learning new things. When we go into a week and he says Lockstep,

and I'm like, what? Certainly. I get it now, I can't do it brilliantly

but we are learning and I'm just going to enjoy my progression rather

than worrying about how everyone else is doing. When you go in on a

Friday and see everyone else perform and you think, my goodness, they are

doing this and a backflip, so believe in yourself, it is

brilliant. Bruno said a little bit about losing focus. Is this

something you are aware of, Pasha? We're working on focusing, focusing

on me, she was focusing on me and then on herself, that is what Bruno

saw. This time it's all about me. He beat that into me occasionally. I

have brought a special stick. You have a special stick? I don't want

to know what goes on! This week, the charleston. So much character. Are

you looking forward to it? So much fun. There is lots going on and

Pasha is a brilliant choreographer anyway and he has put loads into

this. We are working really hard. One of the things I've got to do is

just the crisp with the steps and absolutely know that choreography.

Nothing is going to happen, nothing bad will happen. Nothing will

happen. There are no harnesses. You will not be attached to anything.

You could spin around... Don't put anything! She's talking with

confidence, Pasha, and it's obviously working. Keep it going for

Saturday night. What can you tell us about this charleston, Pasha? Well,

we are going to do our first lifts on this show. Oh! We haven't done

any before this and it's going to be fun. I'm frightened. He is strong,

he's used to this. That's what I'm doing for a living, lifting! You've

had some amazing charlestons in the past, King Billy, Caroline, what is

it about the character of the stance that you love very much? You do love

it. It is so much fun and I think I'm such a performer. When you do a

dance like this people are loving it and I love it even more when they

are loving it and they love it even more because I'm loving it... And

it's just an endless circle of love! Constant love. Hopefully I will

share the love. I hope it will be brilliant. Good luck with your

charleston, Naga and Pasha. A big thank to you

to all our guests. I'll be back here at 6:30pm

tomorrow with Danny and Oti, Plus, Ian Waite will be

here for a traditional See you then.

Goodnight.