Episode 14 Strictly - It Takes Two

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

Ball. The race is underway

and after a couple of hurdles, the Strictly Glitterball is in sight

for our remaining 12 couples. But we're not trailing

behind on 'It Takes Two', in fact we're racing ahead and have

loads of exclusives So let's not waste a single

second and find out who's It's the super speedy

Judge Rinder and Oksana! And the fast and furious

Ore and Joanne! Plus, she's raced over

here tonight - let's hope It's Strictly's costume

designer Vicky Gill! But first, Bruno complained

that the timing in their Flintstones themed Charleston was

extinct - harsh. Personally we thought

it was a Strictly moment that 'was a page right out of history'

Yabba Dabba Doo! You entertained, you made us all

smile, but you made a few mistakes along the way. I loved the energy. I

love the routine. And I loved the handstand. You never fail to give us

a fabulous performance. It is brilliant. Show some love to Judge

Rinder and Oksana! Did you have a gay old time being Fred and Wilma

out there? It was so good, I loved it! It was definitely fun. I love

that routine. I just wish we had had a chance to have another go at it.

It was our weakest run and I love that Dan is so much. We really loved

it and we wanted to give it our all. -- I loved that dams. We wanted to

give it a crash and wallop before we did the final routine. Sometimes

that can make you a little edgy. You see the first trick, I caught her,

and we have had an accident which Oksana will tell us all about,

although you probably do not want to relive it! After the first trip,

there was a moment when I thought, you're alive! You were so relieved!

Tell me what happened. You were worried that he would drop you last

week. On Friday, I am grateful that it did not happen in the show, so I

had time to change the trick. We had an accident but I realised that

could have happened, and it could've been worse. Were you in any pain?

War you all right? I was just shocked. She said, let's carry on,

don't worry. I have never been dropped before. You are joking? In

all the tricks? How privileged! It was a happy moment at first for both

of us to. I said at first, graduate and you will be fine. The scores, 20

points, two weeks in a row. -- count to eight. You were disappointed? It

is frustrating because if you had come to the rehearsal, you would

have given us more. We forgot some of the steps, so that was

reasonable. The legroom, in the second half of the dance, I was

tired. You want to go up to the judges and say, look, I can really

do it! But the great thing is it is not a bad score and you still

entertained everybody. We all absolutely loved it. Do you know, we

are having so much fun this week. It is so much fun. Such fun!

Well, Smokeytoes76 from London loved your dance - hi Smokeytoes76!

'Judge Rinder's Charleston was brilliant.

Lets see it again. We love this move. Teach me how to recreate it.

And a roly-poly. It is just glorious. I hope the bum-bongos will

live in Strictly legend. Would it work, with the two macrovascular I

may need a mouth guard and some pillows. Craig said:

"Your 'ghastly, gawping, doll like expressions

Is warming to us. What does he say, doll like? The expressions have

become useful in the end. I think he loved you. And he scored higher than

Glenn and Bruno. I think the other two work being fair. -- scored you

higher than Len. And I love your hair. Lisa was telling the story of

getting you into this gorgeous weight. You are, looking so cute as

a brunette. I think I look like Edwina Currie!

Well just for fun, we wanted to see what you'd look

like with some of this series' most recognisable hairdos.

First we've got you with the 'AJ Sweep'.

Or maybe Natalie's flowing Maid Marion do?

Definitely brunette. I like you as a blonde. I look like I have been

mugged by status quo. This week, the Viennese waltz, and you have been

enjoying this one. It is great, and I genuinely have the best teacher.

When it works, you feel like you were gliding on a. When it doesn't,

it doesn't feel so good. Oksana, how was he doing? I must say, he brought

a whole new dance and attitude, and it was a good chance to work on the

technique and the details. So hopefully we are going to show some

serious improvements. Excellent. More than 27 this week, I know you

can do it. You are gorgeous, both of you. Judge Rinder and Oksana!

Right, time now to take a look at how Danny and Oti and Ed and Katy

are getting along in training - from the looks of it Ed

is channelling his inner bullfighter.

I am really looking forward to learning the quickstep. I am having

so much fun with this routine. Yes. The fieldwork seems pretty fast. We

have done a little bit and it is going OK. He is catching on fast. I

think he actually likes this dance so it is just all smooth sailing. I

love it, I love it. I cannot wait to actually do this. I am more excited

about this one than any of the others. Now then, we nailed it. With

the Paso Doble, it is a performance, more than a dance. I am trying to

bring out my inner bull-fighter. He has really got in front, working

himself, the arms everywhere. I know you would rather dance with Danny

Mac! Today is the first day I have ever world Kate around in the dance

studio. I can already say that in a rudimentary way, I am a

bull-fighter. Ed Balls needs to do a book of stocking filler gags.

Time now to pay tribute to an incredible lady,

who more than made her mark in the World of Ballroom.

Peggy Spencer MBE was known to millions as a judge on Strictly's

predecessor 'Come Dancing', but it was her passion

and skill as a dancer that earned her legendary status

To the British public, one name became synonymous with the world of

ballroom dancing. We welcome Peggy Spencer. To me, Peggy Spencer was

the most famous person in the ballroom dancing world. Peggy didn't

start dancing until she was in her early 20s, during the Second World

War. They were sheltering at night and noticed that a lot of the young

people down there had nothing to do. And so she decided to try to teach

the boys to dance. Peggy's dance lessons proved popular and after the

war ended, she and the man who would become her husband and dance

partner, Frank Spencer, set up the Royston ballroom in south London.

You could talk to many couples that became British champion, World

Champion, that started their days in the Royston ballroom. In 1949

television producer Eric Morley approached Peggy with his idea to

bring competitive ballroom dancing to a wider audience. Later that

year, Come Dancing was born. The first set of Marx, please. Peggy's

became a regular judge and well-known to viewers at home and

the dancers competing. To get a good score from Peggy is what it was all

about. She was a voice of authority, a voice of experience. If she said

something to you, you listened. I remember once Peggy coming up to me

and saying, congratulations, Ian. And I was so shocked that she knew

my name, I thought, how can she know my name, because I am nobody

compared to her. I remember one day my mum came running over and said,

Peggy has just told me you have got to lift your head a little bit

higher and smile a little bit more. And she said, you must listen to

what Peggy says because she is right. Yes, ma'am... But do you know

what is funny, I find myself saying that no to my students. Keep your

head up and smile! Peggy Spencer's name became known not just for

judging but also for her choreography. In the formation

competition, frank and 80 Spencer team that became tough opponents. I

thought they danced a blinder. I was very, very pleased. The score in

this come dancing final this evening... Peggy's formation team

won nearly every competition they entered and that is what made them

so famous. But Peggy was not just passionate about professional

dancing. Her belief was that dance is for everyone. And everyone

condemns. Go forward on your left foot and turn and do a step kick. --

and everyone can dance. That needs to be balanced. She wanted to show

everybody that it didn't matter if you had two left feet, you just have

to find somebody with two right feet. Peggy retired from

professional ballroom in 1997 and moved to Norfolk to be closer to her

daughter, but that did not mean that she had left dancing behind her. She

danced until she was able and then she taught from her wheelchair until

she was 91. We were the legs and we were showing the steps, but mum was

still the boss and her voice could still be heard from the top to the

bottom of the room. When Strictly Come Dancing launched in 2004, Peggy

loved seeing ballroom dancing back on the TV and was a massive fan of

the show. Saturday night was sacred. Mum would be sitting in the chair

with her notebook. She would mark over competitors and she would say,

there you are, you got the same mark as Len. Fantastic. Peggy was

thrilled to see her old friend, Len Goodman, chosen to sit in the head

judge's chair. The first letter I got what I got the news was from

Peggy Spencer. She said, you were doing a great job, keeping the

integrity of ballroom dancing alive. You have to maintain this fixed hold

throughout the dance. We communicated right up until maybe a

month before she passed away. Earlier this year, Peggy sadly died

at the age of 95. But while she may no longer be with us, her legacy

will remain in ballroom is all over the world. She was just one of those

special, special ladies. And what a bit of luck for me that I got to

know her, and we became good friends. I don't know who else has

touched ballroom dancing the way that Peggy Spencer has touched

ballroom dancing. She is sadly missed. She was a true legend and

she will be remembered in the history books forever. Peggy, a very

special lady. And wonderful footage they are of a very young Anton Du

Beke, Ian and Karen, which will have enjoyed.

Now last week was a real fashion fest - we saw Judge Rinder

draped in leopard print, Naga rocking a sassy catsuit

and Ed Balls shimmying away in that bright yellow suit

But what will our couples be wearing this week?

It's time to find out in Puttin' on the Glitz!

It's Strictly's costume designer, Vicky Gill!

We all got quite emotional watching a film about Peggy Spencer.

Did all the costumes come together as you had planned? We always got

there in the end but last week was definitely a week where all the team

worked really hard. So a massive thumbs up. Thank you. One of many

highlights. Let's talk about Oti's dress. What changed since you showed

us a sketch? Last week we wanted a dress from the hip but we knew it

was not going to be there because she needed lots of movement through

her skirt. Probably two circles will go into the fullness of this skirt.

I had hoped. But we agreed to let it go, and allowed the dress to move,

as you can see. That movement as well. It's stunning. So we added the

Basque, and we did everything we had intended but little tweaks along the

way. Let's have an exclusive look at this week's outfit. First of all,

Oksana's milkmaid. When they say we want Oksana to be a milkmaid, how do

you go about making that? It is quite difficult and I'm sure that

Peggy would be amused. What is this?! Well, I am always thinking

about the amount of skirt, the volume, how it is going to dance,

and all of those things. All of the elements that we need for it to be

true to the dance, hopefully they still remain. However it is quite

difficult to think, how am I going to make a Viennese milkmaid? But you

have done it and it is beautiful. Look at the layering under this.

First of all, it is lace. The top skirt is quite easy to cut and make

so we have not painted this fabric. It came like this. Sometimes we do.

The upper body, we have a stretched base underneath, you can see where

we have attached the long stretched lace to the waist. When we fit its

tomorrow, we'll decide how much we need and then we will secure the

skirt and secure everything back down. I am sure it will be crystals.

This is what happens on this show. This looks incredible. Quite cool,

quite edgy. That is why I came to the black over the pink, so it is

still soft for ballroom. I would like to see more underskirts

tomorrow. It is quickstep. We have four at the moment. Again, we will

see. Sometimes the skirts can overtake a little bit. At the moment

it is sleek and stylish. We will see. If we are to put crystals on,

we may use a dark red, almost looks black. That will work with the pink.

Again, you know what it is like. What we see tonight... I love doing

a that. Oh, look what she's done to it! Naga is going from the amazing

catsuit. This week she is a mermaid doing the charleston. How do you do

a mermaid? It is a challenge. We have a lot of fringe on the skirt,

which is always needed. We have multicoloured sequin, metallic

working through the skirt. The upper body is tan mesh. We have

multicoloured crystals over the top. My team laugh at me. I will scribble

one side... And they are like, completely sheer on the other side?

That is brave. We have Lesley doing the charleston this week. Show the

colour of this. It is incredible. Emerald green. She will look great

in these colours. It is on a nude, flesh base, so it is not too heavy.

The green will go from the waist to the hip. Then we'll have panels of

beading on nude running through the skirt. There'll be a lot of

movement. It looks amazing. And then fading up from emerald green into

pale green into gold. Lesley has been amazing. I hope she'll have a

lot of fun. We love all of the outfits. Looking good, everyone.

It is not just the brilliant wardrobe department which make our

celebrities and pros look beautiful, also in the wings looking to primp

and preen our couples are the award make-up team. Here is Lisa Armstrong

to explain. Hi, I'm Lisa Armstrong, the hair and

make-up designer for Strictly Come Dancing. Today I will show you how

to get the perfect Latin look. It is fun, flirty, most importantly it is

all about the sparkle. Here I am with Chloe, who will help me out

today. She's had her hair done, which is big, bouncy, sexy curls.

Perfect for any of the Latin dances. I start with a paint pot. We will

use that across the eyelid. No higher up than the socket line. A

nice wash of colour. Now straight in with the glitter. With the brush,

tap, glitter all over, where you have based the primer. Look how

glittery that looks. So cool! Nowly do the eye line and you just fan it

up. See how much that sparkles even moving slightly. We will stick on

fluffy, full-on lashes now and put some highlighter under the brow

here. Now we will wipe up underneath. This is when you can see

exactly why it is so important to start with the eye make-up.

Cleansing water on some cotton pads. Wipe away all your mess from

underneath.ly do some concealer underneath Chloe's eye. I will use

my egg to blend, so it gets underneath the corner of the eyes.

On to the foundation, with a flat brush. All over the face. A nice

circular motion, making sure there's no streaks. How lovely that looks

already. I will powder the skin, down the T zone. This is especially

important on Strictly because all of the bright light, the set and

obvious they are dancing, so they will get hot and bothered. It is

very important that we set the make-up. I have matted the skin

down. I will now highlight it. Go up the cheekbone and blend it up into

the eyebrow so it gives it some connection. We go with a nice pot of

pink on the cheeks. How lovely that colour is. Then you can blend it all

in and make it look gorgeous. I will get the gold glitter pen, so you can

draw it in here. Look how gorgeous that is. It really opens the eye.

Then finish off the look with a little bit of brown eye shadow to

blend it out. That creates that sexy, hot, salsa look. We will now

line the lip and then put a hot pink in the middle to finish off the

look. There you go. A really hot, sexy salsa look. Full of glitter,

full of colour and I love it. Thank you very much Lisa and Chloe.

Time now for a fact. We have 1560 hours until the Strictly final.

Hardly any time at all. Our couples better get training. Let's see how

Gregg, Natalie and AJ and Cloudia have been doing. The salsa, it is so

outside of my comfort zone. I have never done it before. I am

struggling the most with co-ordinating arms and hips

together. I think I have got long everything. It feels clunky to me.

Gregg is learning the sal sarks which is nothing like anything he's

ever learnt before. He has to be really relaxed in the body, in the

legs, really try and find the rhythm of the dance. That was almost it! I

will work all week trying to get the steps right.

This week we are doing the foxtrot. And I don't know anything about it.

Sorry. Cloudia is going to find the foxtrot more challenging because it

is slower. I know Cloudia likes to go very, very, very fast. So we will

have to slow her done. I get dragged to places. Learning a new dance,

every week is really hard. You want to have nice footwork. Feather

finishes. There's a lot of technique in there. Good!

Nice footwork. Well done. Superstitious amongst us might think

performing a routine indoors with an open umbrella would be asking for

trouble. They would be wrong. The judges showered their American

smooth with prize. It is Ore and Joanne.

-- with pride. It is Ore and Joanne.

I think Gene Kelly himself would be proud.

You have certainly captured the sophistication of that dance.

I'm astounded how good that was. # Singing and dancing in the

rain It is Ore and Joanne. I can't even look at you. It is

dusty in here. We are getting leaky eyed. You were incredible on

Saturday night. Oh, my goodness me, Len was astounded at how good you

were. Are you still on a high, the two of you? My word, that whole

night was like a dream sequence. It beggared belief. I mean, the judges'

comments were astounding. We finished the routine and we knew we

had done all right, and then the judges started talking. You can see

from our faces, I couldn't keep it in. I had been crying all week. We

would film ourselves on a film and watch it back and see how well we've

done. Don't start me off again! It was such an emotional night for both

of you. And particularly that dance routine. Singing in the rain makes

me well up anyway because it is a classic and means a lot to you.

Definitely. And the American smooth, I do the ballroom show dance, it is

just my style, amazing musical. Amazing music. You did really,

really well. I am really, really proud of you. I have not watched it

since and not started almost welling up. I probably have not cried that

much since my wedding day. I was... Like you say because it means so

much to Jo, we put so much into it. I wanted to do her proud on the

night. It was everything came out, it was like a big relief and

release. And it just, the floods didn't stop. I know. Seeing a man

cry on the telly, that is it. 35 points, so three nines and an eight

from Craig. Were you pinching yourself? The truth is, we said it

would be great to get a couple of eights and then the nines kept

coming. We were looking at each other, going what is going on? Week

three. It is when Craig brought out an eight to start with. I was like,

OK, and then, nine, nine, nine. And the judges all praised your

incredible choreography. Jo... It was beautiful. You must have

particularly enjoyed putting that one together? I loved it. It is one

of the quickest routinesvy put together because I knew which parts

I wanted to do a nod to Gene Kelly and to the musical. I knew really

which foxtrot bits I wanted you to do and hold - it seemed to work.

People don't necessarily appreciate, Jo had a few numbers over the

weekend. She had our routine. She was all over it and then on

Sunday she's busy core re - graphing, in the studio trying to

get into the routine for the next week. It was amazing that everybody

was giving her the praise. The reaction has been unbelievable. You

have all of that, everybody loves it, the judges love it and you get

the incredible scores and then Gene Kelly's widow gets in touch with

you. She's seen it and she has this to say. This is amazing. I thought

it was a beautiful tribute to Gene. He never wanted people to imitate

his work, he wanted them to take what he did and create something

new, Ore and Joanne did this with style. I mean, it is just... He's

off again. It was something so special.

Actually because we were texting over the weekend when Patricia got

in touch to say it for the first time and you could do it in omojis

how excited we were. You are a dancer now, but any dancer who has

grown up with dancing and done dancing, I think that is the best...

It doesn't get better than that. It is the closest that you would get to

a blessing from Gene Kelly himself. That is unfathomable. She said she

wants to meet us. Later in the year.

Trying to get in on the act... You are welcome to the party. All the

time. The jive next. Ore, are you slightly concerned, Jo has never

done a jive in the competition before. Are you nervoused? I am

nervous, but excited. This is the one I wanted to do from the start of

the series. I said I want to jive. The problem is Jamie went and

smashed the jive last year. So we have set ourselves a high standard

that we want to replicate. I would love it to be a memorable dance.

We've put in so much sweaty hours into this work, trying to make it...

Jo, you have ten seconds to give me a review. How is he doing, it is

good When we look back at our video, he's having sweat dripping down in

his eyes. There is a lot of energy. How attractive is that. You need a

sweat band. Ore and Joanne... So wonderful.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow all of my guests.

I'll be chatting to Lesley and Anton,

Louise and Kevin, Greg and

Plus, joining me on the Friday panel will be Jodie Prenger,

Marian Keyes and the return of Jeremy Vine.