Episode 18 Strictly - It Takes Two

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

host, Zoe Ball! Saturday's show is still fresh

in our minds, but we've got And we're excited to announce that

Ask the Pros is back! We could be asking your

very question later Also on the show tonight,

we've got the Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire of Strictly -

they're great rivals, maestro is back for another

warm-up, it's Ian Waite! we must ExTENd our congratulations

to this conTENder. His dance won't be forgotTEN

in a hurry, let me tell you! Well, Ed Balls show stopping,

jaw-dropping, eye-popping jive. A star is born. You are the one to

beat in this competition. -- it was show stopping. Man alive, it's the

king of jive. Ore and Joanne, welcome! APPLAUSE

I still cannot get over your ace nurse at the weekend. You were

overwhelmed. Did you see it on the face? That was one of the best

nights of my life. I'm still in a state of shock at just what

happened. It's just all a blur. I don't know what's going on. The

greatest thing I think about it is that there were some in a great

dancers throughout the show, and we were like, yes, here comes Ore,

she's quite good, and then bang, it our minds.

Claudia said it was better than her own wedding.

Why would you ask that? I haven't cried as much since my own wedding.

I thought I cried a lot last week, singing in the rain, but I cried

even there. So no tears this week? You know what I'm like! Don't start

him off again! Jo, you must have known in training this is a little

bit good, but could you have ever imagined he would have been echoed

on a night? The thing about Ore is that in practice he is always good

and I can see he is enjoying it, but when we get to Elstree, it is a

little bit better and get to the performance every week and he just

steps up a gear, and I can see it in his eyes. Before the dance starts,

and they say" dancing the jive..." I can see it in his eyes, he really

wanted it. At one point in the routine, he shouts "Come on!". And

it's like, all right! I'm trying to keep up, love, but that's what you

need, that spirit inside you. You need something. We tried to do it

through watching it, and the shattered. Obviously a feud tears,

as mentioned. Ore, you couldn't hold back

the tears - though we've noticed a little habit you have to stop

yourself from completely losing it. The old thumb between

the teeth technique... Look at your little face! Oh no,

that's terrible. And look at his bendy some! It is called something

in particular and Icardi member we will look it up.

The online response was amazing.

Former Strictly star and tennis pro Andrew Castle

#Murray has another three or four years on the court...please take

ACE, what is he on about? The thing is, it does lead to the question,

how did you manage to do those flicks and kicks so quick? And have

you picked up a racket? I am never far away from a racket, obviously.

Now, do you know what I have dreamt of doing that night, I said it on

Saturday, I have dreamt of doing the jive on Strictly. But I never dreamt

it as good as I did it last Saturday. It was beyond my wildest

dreams, not to get all cliche, but I could not have imagined it. I am

still a little bit like, did that happen? I'm with you there.

are you sure you haven't danced before this competition?

You've never been to a barn dance anything? I'm trying to get it out

of him as well. It is the nicest compliment, people have been asking

on social media as well. I have never trained to dance before. Thank

goodness we are seeing it all come out of you.

Bruno said you're now in the "holy trinity of Jives".

With Jay and Jill (McGuinness and Halfpenny of course).

He has put you with those three. That's amazing. When they mentioned

these two, that's when I went. I said before the show started that

the two people I have always looked up to our Gill and Jay. I just

wanted to try, and then to put me in the same sentence as them, it is

when things started to break down in here. He'll go again! Strictly stats

speak for themselves, you have broken all the records for Weekley.

Prior to your Jive, the highest ever Week 4 score

I love you, Chelsea, we miss you! Look at that, 39, ladies and

gentlemen! Worth noting that the Royal ballroom, except for Ore's.

Moving on to this weekend and you're slowing things down with a Waltz.

A very different feeling, I saw you having a practice with Paul, our

floor manager. How is it going? It's going right. It is so different from

what we did last week and we have had a couple of days to learn it.

I'm making the same mistakes all the time. And that's just frustrating. I

then think there's real pressure after we did last week, but all I

wanted to do on this show is just improved and not get the steps right

at this stage. She is trying to keep the positivity. Because I'm a

northern girl at heart, so I really drill you on the technique, don't I

rushed and not so I'm drooling him a little bit, it is a little bit hard.

If it was easy, it would be boring. You have got to really try and it

has been hard, I'll be honest. But hopefully we will have something to

show on Saturday. We can't wait now. We are all like that, my goodness

me. Jo, you have been complimented on your choreography because it is

beautiful to watch, week after week after week. What does he need to

watch with the belts? Said today, didn't we? Frame, mainly. We have

done a lot of footwork. Otherwise happy with this boy? Very. Good luck

this weekend. I think you are incredible, the two of you, aren't

they gorgeous? For now, Ore and Joanne.

Now, Strictly has made the long list for a National Television Award,

so if you love it as much as these two, head to the Strictly website

Now, as the nights grow colder we need a warm-up more than ever.

Please welcome the human hot water bottle that is Ian Waite!

Ian Waite, everybody! APPLAUSE Now let there be one the! Or you

want me to get it out. Oh! Lovely. Last week we had a lovely tribute

the key to the great Peggy Spencer, and you might recognise this very

useful dancer who made a cameo. We had to show it! I look like Crystal

Carrington with those shoulder pads! With the hair as well. So different,

you look absolutely bonkers. I was in the moment. Melanie Walker, I

danced with her the ten years, we were European champions together.

Please tell me you still have that outfit at home. Now, I bent it! It

is a shame. would have taken their foot off

the pedal after movie week but no. How much did you enjoy

the weekend's dances? Danny just blew me away, and Ore,

just the icing on the cake. Unbelievable, so good. This weekend,

Daisy and Aljaz follow with a charleston. How is she looking? It

is about good side-by-side movements and character., and as you can see,

she has got the swivel, inside and outside. There's some funny quirky

looking steps, the bird thing that you do, flying out with the arms. I

notice here that they have got this ice skating step. I think Aljaz

needs to step up a bit because he's not quite as hard as her. The arms

not quite matching there, that a thing for this early stage, she

looks really good. She is turning into a dancer. I would not have said

that at the beginning necessarily. She's surprisingly. I love the way

she is matching her outfit with the surroundings. I have heard about the

conflict -- the concept of what they are doing, it is amazing. Danny and

Oti, a rumba. At the moment he is just testing it out. What he needs

to do is have a lot more resistant in the body and in the arms. He is

kind of doing arm movements but there is no actual resistance in the

arm. You know when you finish something off, you have to finish it

off right to the end with resistance. Sometimes he uses his

arms and they flail around a bit. It is a very small thing because he is

so good in other places as well. And also the rumba, I would like to see

him a little bit more, oh, actually... What have you done with

your tools? This one, OK, he is into a line, but when he is doing his

strong rumba belts, he needs to have a bit more pressure, I can't do it

in these trousers, they are a bit tight. No one is complaining about

the trousers! Laura and Giovanni impressed with the very quick

quickstep, giving up the pace, a jive this week, can they keep the

points up? She has a nice little action and there is lots of jive

content in there, basic jive content, which will please learn.

He'll be happy. And American spin, and then they did a lovely whip.

Here she does a backward place. Like a war one, obviously. You should

make sure that effort, the ball of that foot, stays on the floor. If

you are doing jive kicks, then I would say you can get them off the

floor, but other than that keep them on. Balls of the feet on the floor

of the time. Balls on the floor. Girls, all the time. As Greg and

Natalie are dancing a cha-cha-cha, the judges were so impressed with

his energy. Bruno was a bit worried that he lost a bit of time with

that. How has it been? As you can see from this footage, Natalie is

really working on his action. Straightening his legs nicely, but I

would say the back total needs to push off a little bit more. And when

I say push off a little bit more, I've started here, because as you

can see from Natalie, she's using the inside edge of the toe. Whereas,

actually, oh, that's the wrong one, whereas actually great is pushing

from the outside of his toe rather than the inside like Natalie, and

then the front foot needs to be turned out a little bit more. Just a

little bit more. Small degrees, but they can make you look not quite so

natural. Ed and Katya, we love aired so much, and Katya 's genius -- we

love aired. American Smooth. Who probably would have done a good

dance last week he just went wrong and could not pick it up again. He

was trying to match her and he was trying -- she was time to pull him

back on but it wasn't happening. In this, as you can see, a lovely bit

of foxtrot. Not a lot of foxtrot in ballroom hold, but when he gets hold

of her in shadow, he needs to keep the others up. My elbow? Your elbow.

He needs to keep them up so she has a shelf to hold onto. You always

need a shelf to hold onto. You know what I mean. Lesley and Anton, she

is just a joy. Every week she blows me away this lady, tango for them

this week, it will be good. Do you know what, he is throwing so much

content at her. Because it's fast, obviously, there's lots of intricate

choreography, it's amazing that she's actually picking it up. I did

here that if you look here, she's doing a bit of a tell lead.

Everywhere she has done heels. The only thing I want her to do is

show her neck and have a longer neck, the only way to do that is

bring their chest up and push it forward because she tends to lose

the chest and then she loses the Mac. Push the chest up and you will

get a long back. See that? Very nice too. Until tomorrow give it up for

this gorgeous man, Ian Wade! Will of the trousers.

quickstepped to the Sinatra classic "I Won't Dance".

They're a class act, it's Danny and Oti!

One of the best quick steps I have ever seen. You are on fire darling.

You look good, you dance good and by golly you did me good, well done!

Danny, you are such a superstar, that was one of my favourite quick

steps ever, it was incredible. How much are you in love with strictly

now? I can't explain how much I am enjoying it! That was the most fun I

have ever had. To get through that, it is the most enjoyable dance we

have done so far. It was just stunning. Oti, you looked so

beautiful. And you were compared to Fred Astaire. The don of dance. How

does that feel? The most amazing compliment but I let it go over my

head because you can't really... It's incredible. Absolutely

incredible. And you said you had always wanted to dress and dance

like that but had been scared to perhaps not having the opportunity

to. Any fear on Saturday before this one? No. He was excited! I was

excited. We had messed a vision muck things up in the dress rehearsal but

I knew I had enjoyed it and when you go out there what can you do but

your best? What ever happened was going to happen, it was the best I

had ever done it. I was so pleased with that at the end. He won't stop

talking about it! Everyday! The quickstep! Next week 's coming

years, but what about the quickstep! You should do that every week, we

would all be happy. Expectations were so high because you had scored

49s the week before. At home we were going, tens! Oti, I thought it

deserved and ten. Every week when we go out we tried to do the best dance

we can. We don't really do it for the marks, we just try to do an

amazing dance. The points are like, you did well, you did well but what

we want to do is a really good stance. But they know what they are

looking for and it is beyond what we can really comprehend. You do your

best and it is up to them what they see. 49s are amazing, I'm not

complaining! Len said you had

"a bit of sway going, How impressed we you with it? How

difficult was it? I always say, on Monday it is the

worst day but Danny works really, really hard. We put in a lot of

hours. We really work hard and every little step we do with repeated like

50 times, and we make sure it is really, really good, we put in a lot

of hard work so everything you see is 100% hard work. It is nice

because I think they make those comments towards Oti, because all

the professionals choreograph the routines, so I just go where I am

told to go. When Len says, you put in that and you put in this and it

was lovely... Good impression! I am oblivious but Oti... You were making

it look pretty good. Bruno asked if you missed something

and quickly said "Forget it". What might he have

been referring to? I did the choreography a little bit

differently than it was meant to be! You did it differently? Just like my

partner did another downside indifferently! We both did is

different choreography. We will leave it there, ladies and

gentlemen! I love that, Oti has just admitted she went wrong!

Well, as you know we love a stat here at It

And Strictly loves its Hollyoaks stars.

But how do you measure up against them?

We've taken all your scores for the first four weeks

and added them together, so let's look at the individual totals...

Ali Bastian had scored 124 by this stage.

Ricky was very good. This is what Ashley scored but how do you

compare? Look at your! That's all right, isn't it!

Everyone says, a tricky dance, how are you finding it? I am actually

really enjoying it. It is very hard not to look like a girl doing it.

Apparently I have got wide hips, they like to go off on their own! --

wild hips. You feel that if you are moving them you're doing the right

thing, and Oti will look at me and say, no. Don't take my job, that is

my role! You have to use your hips in a masculine way in the stands.

And it is slow so it is exposed in terms of technicalities so I get

hung up on where does this needs to be exactly and why. When you are

moving arms, head, hips, head, that slowly and gets a bit much. We are

working with that. I am enjoying it much more than I thought I would. No

we had a moment when I thought, that was really good. If anyone can dance

the rumba, this man can. Good luck, we are enjoying the work. Danny and

Oti! Now it's not just luck

that gets you top Here's how Judge Rinder

Oksana, Louise Kevin and As it is a foxtrot American smooth

it will be important to get the gliding right across the floor. I've

never glided in my life. Casio has been trying to get me to dance like

Fred Astaire. As much as the technical side is important the

storytelling and performance will bring it all together.

The Rumba definitely would have been a dance I looked forward to doing

but know it is here I wish I had a few more weeks before I did it. The

Rumba is known as the dance of doom. The judges are going to be really

particular so I have to push Louise as hard as possible. I know it is

tough, I don't want this to be the week that I don't pull it off. I am

really scared of the Rumba! I am doing and jive this week, I'm not

struggling with the steps, it is remembering them. The faster you go,

the more steps, but we will get there. It is a challenge to dance

such an active dance around a busy work schedule and often when you get

tired you tend to be frustrated and I have been more frustrated this

week than I have ever been. Don't lose heart, Judge Rinder, we

love you. Now, like crop-tops,

scrunchies and everything else you wore in the nineties, Ask

the Pros is back for another outing, Please welcome back

our pros Joanne, Oti Less of the old! I am still younger

than some of them out there! Our lovely viewers

have been tweeting and e-mailing all week

so let's see what probing questions they have

for you tonight... High, professional dancers. I am

Leora and I would like to know what is your favourite meal to have

before dancing. I like a peppered slice but I don't dance. I like good

old sausage and mash, a bit heavy but I still like it. Has soon before

you dance? A couple of hours. I cannot eat for at least three hours

before I dance. I would have something like fish, something

light. Having fish before you are dancing close to someone? Not

McEnroe! Nothing strong. Oti? I get so nervous, to calm me down before,

I have loads of chocolate. It gives the sugar. How close to the

performance? Really close. Just before, I go into a corner. No

wonder you are always liked... It's all the chocolate! The next question

is from Vanessa Adams, and she asks, do the couples rehearse their last

dance will is not planned? We did a dance, we needed all the time we had

to practice the dance so we did not realise that. You never want to go

into any assertion and say, in case we go out, this is the song. So I

don't tell Danny. Last week I did by mistake. I said, this is our last

dance. He asked, what do you mean? You don't tell them because you want

them to do the best they can without this thing hanging over them. I have

done quite a view last dance is! And I think sometimes you do lifts that

you plan to do the week after or in a couple of weeks, we think, will

try that out when we do the American smooth, so they say, this is our

last chance to do it. Show off what they missed! Time another question.

Time for another question, and this one is

from mother and daughter combo, Eva and Megan.

How do you teach your pupils to dance in a week?

Well done, they are a great double act, Jo, how do you do it? We all

have our different ways, I try to get through all the steps on the

first days they have an idea of the routine and the second day going to

the technique and keep going over and over it. On Wednesday and

Thursday I will do ten a row. That is why everyone is so good. Oti? I

always start with walking. It is important to start with that... That

they can walk? You do the legs! The heels, the steps, so they are used

to it already and then I do basic training. Also two different songs

so that they learn how to count. Then on Tuesday are going into the

choreography... Amazing, and that is how you do it in a week. I used to

have you walking up and down for hours. Four hours.

Thank you to everyone who sent in a question for our pros.

And Ask The Pros will return, so keep them coming!

And remember, if you're going to send in a

You can tag us on Twitter using #ItTakesTwo or

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That's it, we're out of time for tonight.

I'll be back here tomorrow at 6:30 with Greg Natalie

Plus Ian is back with another warm-up -

And if that wasn't quite enough, Vicky Gill will be giving