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We've got a jam-packed show for you tonight

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You will be watching all of these famous faces!

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I'm on the Friday panel too, you know!

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You're worse than Miss Cathcart, and this place is a right old state.

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We've got a show to be getting one with!

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Live, from London, this is Strictly It Takes Two.

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Hi-de-hi, and welcome to It Takes Two!

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Give it up for Kevin and Anton - there'll be more from those cheeky

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I can confirm that we are only four hours, 22 minutes and 30 seconds

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away from the next live show. Brendan has been poorly with a chest

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infection. It is now confirmed, he is not well enough to dance this

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weekend with Anastacia. I know! Gorka will stand in for the

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quickstep. Brendan, we wish you a speedy recovery, and good luck to

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Anastacia and Gorka tomorrow night. No doubt tensions will be running

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high for our couples at Elstree as they make last minute

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preparations for the big night. If only we had someone reporting

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all the latest gossip behind Let's see what Gethin got

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up to earlier today. Welcome to the Strictly ballroom.

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Tomorrow night is the night, and Ore and Joe are now putting the

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finishing touches to their dance. From the highs of the jive, to the

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dips of the waltzer, let's see how they are getting on. Dancing to

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Whitney Houston, it is going to be powerful, sparkly, and emotional.

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And he's definitely going to cry! I will catch up with some of the other

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couples later, but for now, I wish you joy, I wish you happiness, but

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above all this, I wish you love! They'll be more from

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Gethin later in the show! But first, she may have played

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a desperate housewife on the dance floor last Saturday,

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but there was nothing desperate about her Foxtrot -

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in fact it she earned her You had a fantastic sense of rhythm

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and musicality. It was gorgeous. The footwork, you nailed. You execute

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every move with such grace, and you play the part stunningly.

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Hello, you delightful duo, you foxy fox trotters. And your highest score

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on the series so far. Did you skip home, Louise? Yeah, I had a really

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good night. I went home relaxed and happy. Ready for Monday and the

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Rumba. And another dance, of course. So many lovely comments.

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Bruno said it was a 'delicious soap opera to music" and that

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you "executed every move with grace and ease" - how much

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You must be thrilled when you hear that. I was walking around the

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studio thinking I was never going to get it. It was clamped, clump,

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clump, and we put so much time and effort into trying to do it right,

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so when they say that they enjoyed it, you are sort of pleased with the

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comments, because you think, I worked so hard on it. How are your

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feet, Kevin? Have you recovered? I will have to put spikes on my shoes.

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That will keep her away! I don't go anywhere near his feet now!

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But Len said you "nailed it" on the night.

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How difficult did you make the routine?

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There was a point in the week, on the Tuesday, where it wasn't quite

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there, and I thought, have I gone to technical on this? But then I

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thought, it's an amazing series, everyone is so good, you have to

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push the boundaries and go for it. We must have done that thing with

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the heel turn about 50 times. We worked and worked on it. Len picked

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up on it and talked about how she dragged her heels and did the

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perfect heel turn. I could've cried. You like it was one of my proudest

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moments. You did it! It pays off, it's so does.

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She wrote online saying Louise "doesn't know how good she is!

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I do agree, ladies and gentlemen. There are a lot of Louise and Kevin

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fans in tonight. Shout out, fans! Do you feel like you're starting

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to "own it" a bit more? Obviously, everyone is so good, and

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it does put you on the back foot and makes you nervous. You watch them

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and think, now I have to go out there. It is about losing

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inhibitions and throwing myself into it, making the most of it and not

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being too scared all the time. I do get really nervous on a Saturday.

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The heart gets going, and I think, I don't think I can remember any of

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what I'm doing. Now, I have to try and embrace it, love it and enjoy

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dancing. You should be proud of yourself, because...

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We're going to take a look at the highest scoring female celebs

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Here are their total points for the first four weeks.

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Really surprised, actually. I had no idea. The boys are so good as well.

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She can't take a compliment. I'm chuffed, though. Your top Dolly.

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You're just one point behind Ore and Joanne.

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They smashed their Jive last week - has sibling rivalry

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No pressure on me, here! He's like, come on! This is my favourite week!

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I was really proud of them. I never say this to Joe because I don't like

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to, but when it happened, when they were smashing it, halfway through

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the dance, I started screaming. When the score came out, I lost my voice

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because I was really proud. Ore is doing such a great job. He's

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amazing. It has made me really emotional. Don't tell anyone! Do you

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have a trophy cabinet at home where there are Kevin's and Jo's? I have

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just a little corner of Jo's! Moving on to tomorrow night,

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Darcey said she wants you to push Louise further -

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have you done that with the Rumba? Has he pushed you to the limit? It

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is really hard, the Rumba, actually. It is slow, controlled, the hips and

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the straight leg. It is so weird. You have to keep your legs still but

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you still have to walk. And then he says, now you come here. And I'm

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like, with straight legs bent? He's like, you can bend that one. It is

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tough. The last day or so I've enjoyed it more. It's one of those

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dancers wear rate is quite romantic, and I need to just really enjoyed

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it. -- one of those dances where it is quite romantic. I was trying to

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set the scene, saying, this is what the dance is about. I'm taking you

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on an expensive dinner date on a rooftop in Paris, the kind of night

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where I might propose, Valentine's Day. That kind of vibe? She looked

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at me and said, sorry, I've just worked bananas in your face! --

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Katya. -- burped bananas in your face.

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You're dancing to the classic Elvis track "Always on My Mind" -

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what else can you tell us about the routine?

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I try to keep up with everyone else. And I asked for a triple dip.

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Well, a certain fan of yours, Brendan Cole, was appreciating

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He wrote online "OK, Kevin Clifton, this triple

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From what I've seen, it looks amazing.

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Good luck tomorrow night, Louise and Kevin!

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Now, I think we can all agree, our dancers have excelled

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We've all been wowed by their group numbers,

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but what have they got in store for us this week?

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This week, I'm in heaven, we are shopping at Strictly's very own

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department store. Must dash! This week, we will be taking the public

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back to the Roaring 20s, set in Strictly's very own department

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store. This routine has a lot of mixture of styles - charleston,

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musical theatre, jazz style, and a bit of tap in there. Who knew in

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Anton and Kevin we had our very own Fred and Ginger? Modern Millie is a

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musical, and I'm playing Millie. There are so many different

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characters being played. Kevin is a shoe shine, Karen is the manager,

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Giovanni is the Taylor. We have a few extra surprises, a few extra

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cast members this week as well. We're getting ready for the

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charleston. The timing is nice. There was one part of the routine

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where I have to literally jump between three boxes. I only have one

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counts to get into each box, and on the last one, Giovanni has to catch

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me, so it has to be very precise in order for it to work. Who wouldn't

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want to shop in the Strictly department store? Is just amazing.

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The story is close. Out, out! -- the store is closed.

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Time now to meet three Strictly superfans, who just

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Here to voice their opinions on all things Strictly,

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please welcome Su Pollard, Aled Jones and Helen Skelton!

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Welcome, my lovelies. I'm loving the feathers, Sue. I had about another

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3000, but they've all come off! It is like a Christmas turkey.

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We're approaching week five this weekend -

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are you all enjoying the series so far?

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Personally, sometimes, if I'm with Hilda, my mum - hello, darling, 94 -

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whenever I'm with her in her little village, it is a must. The standard,

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we were just saying, of everybody is absolutely tremendous this year. The

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many specially. The best ever. Helen, do you agree? Green I do,

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actually. Each week, you don't want anyone to go. There is no wonder you

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can see leaving. Just let it keep running. We will talk about Danny

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and Oti first. They are doing a Rumba.

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Excited to see what they pull out the bag?

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I reckon he is the one man who can make the Rumba looked brilliant. So

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technical. Can I put it out there that he should have got a ten last

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week. I agree with you. He is so fantastic to watch and I want to be

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him. In your dreams! I saw your cha cha

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cha. He should have had a ten last week we thought because he was so

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good. I did think it was a bad thing he didn't get ten. I think people

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who thought he was perfect, now those people are probably thinking

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actually he deserves a bit of a backing. You kind of want to go like

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that... Ore and Joanne with a waltz. Here they are in training. How do

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they follow that jive? Is it even possible? I call Ore the biscuit.

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Because of "?Oreo. I shall bite him without the T! I just absolutely

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think, you're either born with natural rhythm or some kind of

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semblance. He is so good. I do honestly think he's got a very good

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chance. He takes on board what the panel say. He improves himself every

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week. I just really, really... I think ill smash it. Good, I love

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that Su! Claudia and AJ are doing a samba. We think she might be holding

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back a bit here and just walking through it. Although the wiggly

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balm, that's good... That's what you need for the samba, she's got that

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move! I think that really suits her because she's full of energy

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usually. A real live wire, ball of energy. That's what you need for

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that. Are you a fan of them? I feel like they real-life high school

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musical. I want to bump into them in a milkshake bar. LAUGHTER Cabrera

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Bello are endearing. -- they are endearing. You actually got your

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highest score doing a jive in series two. It was still a rubbish score!

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My highest score was an eight. It was the only week I forgot the dance

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for 30 seconds so I went like this... And I got an eight! Ed

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Balls, take note! Here is Laura jiving. What do we think of this?

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She's got a lovely skirt. I think you've really got to go for it in

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the jive. Where trainers, Laura. You can put somewhere leak into it.

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Those heels are so uncomfortable. You danced with Artem. The most

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serious man in showbiz! Daisy and Al is, they are doing a charleston.

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They are dancing to happy feet by Bing Crosby. Do we like this

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partnership? She is very regal, she mirrors everything she is given.

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She's just got the best smile of any woman I've ever seen life! LAUGHTER

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She's just there like that. Should be a fantastic toothpaste advert.

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She's tall as well. She looks great. And to Louise and Kevin and it's a

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rumba. Darcey has asked for Kevin to push harder. Let's see if the

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emotion is there. I don't think that the gets how good she is. I think

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are most endearing thing and her hindrance as well is that she's not

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as confident as she should be. Did everyone agree? I don't think they

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did actually! LAUGHTER She's not like, other people would come out

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and think they were smashing it but she is the opposite. That was really

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sensual but looked. She was talking about how your confidence grows on

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the show. How many weeks did it take to kick in? The tenth week and then

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I was out! LAUGHTER I hit myself behind a Russian for ten weeks and

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then I got found out! Some people are quietly confident and it doesn't

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matter how many people they feel they are telling. Some people keep

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it in them. They just think they'll do their best and go out there and

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do the best I can. I think Louise is like that. We'll discuss the other

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couples in a little bit. Our Friday panel!

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Right, time now for some more backstage Strictly action

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from TV's sexiest Welsh hunk, Mr Jones.

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LAUGHTER The other Mr James! -- Mr Jones. Here is a gold medallist,

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Greg Rutherford. Do you mind if I have a quick chat? What are you

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doing, laughing at the costumes? Look at this! It's a thing of

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beauty. I think it is AJ's I wonder if I could squeeze into this one? Is

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that like a gold colour underneath or a skin tone? It's nice, isn't it?

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For a man who spent his adult life in a sand pit, you are living be

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Strictly experience. We go through these costumes and you have the time

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of your life. You train hard all week, get to go out and perform.

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It's not terrifying in the slightest. Some people call you

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peachy. Bruno called you Tiger last week. You've got the cha cha cha

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tomorrow, you're a bit nervous. I am, we've worked incredibly hard on

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this one. Annoyingly this thing up here won't retain the steps. We had

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a bit of a moment in rehearsal where I ended up watching Natalie do the

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dance and I'm sure I was meant to be moving to. So we will try and

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rehearse it more and smash it up tomorrow night. You're an athlete,

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you always perform when it matters. As soon as the music starts,

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generally I get into the mode. Good luck.

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Craig was not "amoosed" with their Viennese Waltz -

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but we thought it was "udderly" brilliant.

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You did it quite well overall. Lots of proper Viennese waltz content.

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Your facial expressions are on the up. You've got a great balance

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between good dancing, a bit of fun and I enjoyed it. APPLAUSE

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Welcome. They were loving it! There so kind! They adore you. I loved the

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lederhosen. Not many people can pull off that look! It did get a bit

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surreal when I was standing there and Boris Becker arrived! He said, I

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was wearing the same thing two weeks ago. That's a very strange

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conversation! Complimented for their great high energy as well, did you

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have a good night? I terrified myself so much because we were right

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at the end up by the time we started I was so exhausted by being nervous

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that there's not very much gas there. There was some gas...

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LAUGHTER A mixture of comments from the Judges. Darcey was really

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impressed with the amount of content you had in there. Did it all go

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according to plan? Did it go according to plan? Pretty much,

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there was a bit of a dizzy situation. The dizziness situation!

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By the end we got a bit dizzy. She means me! I've taught her to speak

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like the Queen! We didn't have a good night! We had a good night!

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Obviously the one thing you are very much apart from being divine, is

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consistent. Consistently average! Imagine that at a parents evening,

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he's marvellously consistent! Oksana, did you think the Judge's

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scores were fair? Is working so hard. The amount of work he puts

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into it, underscored. We got dizzy, so, you know. Hopefully this week

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they will go up. Craig did say that there is a delicious dancer hidden

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in there. Will you be revealing this delicious dancer for us all in the

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jive? I'll have to ask the boss, I hope so. He's a master of the

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backhanded compliment. If you dig really really deeply somewhere

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there's a delicious dancer! We've all seen the delicious dancer,

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haven't we? APPLAUSE Week after week! It's lovely to be

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here on Friday. There's wine and snacks and lovely people! So far

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you've been a Judge, a caveman, a milk farmer. What character will you

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be this weekend? This weekend he's the Army. That's going down well.

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It's certainly my favourite outfit, what there is of it. Is it skimpy

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army? You've got a new series that's started, have you got a really

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hellish schedule? It's challenging. We don't get to rehearse on a

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Tuesday or a Wednesday so we only have Monday. The thing is, it's not

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a job. People keep coming to tell me, you must be so tired. You've

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done it, it's not work. Nurses and doctors and people who do real jobs

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work really hard. I arrive in the morning, I get to learn a new dance,

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she's gratuitously strict, it's heaven! Does he respond well to the

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strictness? The further we go the better his response is! I like that!

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The Judges are a bit divided on their love of your comedy. The thing

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is you can only be you when you're out on the floor and we love that.

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What's your take on that? Believe it or not, I'm trying to be myself and

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have fun. The thing is, you probably remember this as well. During

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rehearsals it's heaven. Not only am I loving the dances, I love the

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music this week. The frustrating thing is you want to dance to it but

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you're so nervous that sometimes you forget to hear the music. The last

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thing I'm thinking about is my facial range. LAUGHTER If that

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happens it's an authentic reaction to me having the best possible time

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I can possibly have and sharing in my enjoyment of the dance and what

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Oksana has taught me. It is infectious, I watch people's faces

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and they are so happy, you bring such joy. We are also loving you

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guys in the fashion stakes. Oksana, look at your lovely leggings. Do the

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leggings reflect your mood when you're training? Yes, probably you

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can see that. The ones in the middle are more reflective! Because she is

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so strict. I've tried those ones and... What did you say? Give it

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back! It's all coming out to night! I tried them on for the Flintstones

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and I'm yet to return them. Do wash them dear, especially with your gas

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problem! You bring us such joy. Judge Rinder and Oksana! APPLAUSE

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We do think you're going to make an amazing soldier but I think you

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might need a bit more training. Judge Rinder, drop and give me 20!

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Amazing, amazing! It's not just him training hard for tomorrow. Let's

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find out how the others are getting on in the training room. I'm in

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love, I tell you! The waltz is slow, sensual and romantic. Somehow I have

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to channel that into this dance. It is about precision in the feet, rise

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and fall, swing and suede. Any mistakes are going to be really

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highlighted. So, I've got to be bang- on with this routine. How you

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did that, I do not know. We are dancing the charleston. There's lots

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of hopping involved, lots of ankle swivelling, and it is about having a

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good time. It needs to be loose, fun. At every point, we need to look

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like we are enjoying ourselves 100%. We did it all right? We did! I'm

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still getting over Judge Rinder. Not only are we here to entertain but to

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educate. Let's find out how Janette got on.

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There are so many exciting forms of dance from around the world, and I

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thought it was time we learned a little more about them. During my

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career as a professional dancer, I have tried different styles, and one

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that has always fascinated me is flamenco. I am here to learn the

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basics. Wish me luck! Flamenco isn't just a dance style but an entire

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artform that developed from traditional songs and dances

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performed in southern Spain. Flamenco is characterised by

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rhythmic handclapping and footwork, which is contrasted with fluid hand

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and arm movements. Good, good! That is warm up? That's incredible. What

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is the first thing we are going to do? We will do some footwork.

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Allegria, 12 beats in the bar, which is particular to flamenco. Allegria

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means happy, doesn't it? We should be happy! Stayed flat. Quicker!

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I think you've got the feet. OK, I'm getting there. We will do arms and

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hands. It is specific to flamenco. For me, it is the elegance of

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flamenco. Flamenco is highly expressive and impassioned, often

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expressing the hope, pride and struggle experienced by the Spanish

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working classes. And relax. So, we lift up, we turn from the elbow.

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Bring it down so that the shape of the arm, no matter where you move,

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remains the same. Again, we join the two together. Out, in... Stretch the

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arm here. So why are the arm is so important in flamenco? Your arms are

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giving you the strength that your body feels. Like the arms are coming

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from the soul. From the soul. We have done footwork and arms... Now,

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some movement. Feet together. Unlike many types of dance, when it comes

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to flamenco, older is better. The traditional view is that it takes an

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older person to have the emotional maturity to deliver an honest

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representation of flamenco. Brilliant, good. We will put it all

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together. Altogether now. Thank you so much. Your incredible

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teacher, and you are incredible dancers. You did so well. That was

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so much fun, I loved it. But keeping up with the rhythms was harder than

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I thought, so I am going to lie down. Odelay! We're trying to do our

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hands. Not quite natural. That was her birthday last week, but the

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party has not stopped for our next couple. The charleston had everyone

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up on their feet and they are still going strong. Party on, it is Leslie

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and Anton. You really shocked me each time. It was strong, vibrant, I

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loved it. You bring such a cheeky, fun, naughty little girl to this.

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You look like a 20-year-old. You did a fantastic job, my darling.

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Leslie and Anton, everyone. Lovely. A brilliant charleston last week,

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Leslie. I am looking forward to watching you. I love the charleston,

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I absolutely love it. My mother, who only died this year at nearly 104,

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she was a flapper in the 20s, so she would have been a teenager in the

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20s. Oh my goodness, it was just... I loved it. Look at my face, I'm in

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seventh heaven. Our floor manager, the one with the red hair who is

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popular, he was saying he was so excited. I had gone wrong in the

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quick step, so I was disappointed. And that week, everything went

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right. You don't have a chance to do it again, so it's frustrating if you

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don't get it right first time, but I did. You did, and it was marvellous.

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As ever, a huge responsibility review online.

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It has been a bit mental, because I am filming the Christmas edition of

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Birds Of A Feather. We have been up at 5am every day, and we trained at

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Pinewood Studios at 7am on Wednesday morning. I've been up since 4:30am.

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He had been out on the rack as -- on the Rand and! It was incredible. It

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is not only that dance, I feel them all up with content. Leslie hasn't

:38:30.:38:37.

wanted me to take it easy. Every dance we have done has been a dance

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full of content. We have tried to underpin everything we've done

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together with content. Anything, like the quickstep, the dance was

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full of content and everything we did was layered on top of that. The

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charleston, exactly the same. When we got together, we went,

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charlestoning all the way to the end. There was no time for larking

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about... No, oh, oh, oh, we didn't do any of that. The tango this week,

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how have you found it? Every week we go one, I say, this is my new

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favourite dance. I'm loving the tango now. Lastly, it was the

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charleston about that is so yesterday. Now it is the tango and I

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am loving it because it is passionate, feisty, I haven't quite

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got it yet, but I will by tomorrow evening. And I'm a fortune-teller

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and it's all a bit mystical. So, it's right up my street. He walks

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into my world, God help him! And I try to get him into my web. Has she

:39:51.:39:59.

managed to get you in the web yet? I'm frightened all the way, but I'm

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not sure how much longer I can keep up. Has she managed to bring this

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fibre, passionate character to this tango? I am always ecstatic with

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Leslie because she is such a joy to work with, which makes my job

:40:17.:40:20.

easier. The dance is just full of tango. Which helps, because it is

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the tango. If it was the quickstep, I be worried! I haven't made it

:40:29.:40:37.

easy. You got it from start to finish. It's great. He said, put

:40:38.:40:42.

your head up, Lena, look over there, where I am looking? Witch and? It is

:40:43.:40:53.

like being a contortionist. We have a statistic for you. You guys are

:40:54.:40:57.

the only couple in the series this year to have improved every single

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week. Yes, the scores have crept up. Does that feel good, Leslie? Yes, it

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does. But it has to keep going, that is the only thing. Keep going. In

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four weeks, we will have 52 points! I have to say, it's not just Leslie

:41:19.:41:24.

causing a commotion dancing. The James Brown group number last week,

:41:25.:41:27.

oh my god. The phone was off the hook! Won the said, Anton is my

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hero. Amanda said, go, Anton, you funk demon. Have you always been

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able to do that? I've always been able to do that. I had great fun

:41:50.:42:00.

doing that. The guy who put it together, Chris Scott, an American

:42:01.:42:04.

guy, he is that sort of dancer, he was lovely and encouraging. The boys

:42:05.:42:10.

and all the other professionals were great. They were brilliant. I sound

:42:11.:42:17.

like I'm 900 years old, but it looked like a midlife crisis on

:42:18.:42:25.

national TV. I stole it, I looked kind of call. I couldn't believe

:42:26.:42:34.

what I was seeing. -- kind of cool. Give it up for Leslie and Anton will

:42:35.:42:38.

stop actually, do you know what? Before you go, could you just spring

:42:39.:42:45.

funk demon Anton, bring it on to the floor? Here we go!

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While we are getting down, let's go back to the training room and find

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out how Greg, Natalie, cloudier and AJ got on. Yellow that we are doing

:43:14.:43:20.

the cha-cha-cha, and I want to be good at this, to be able to do some

:43:21.:43:27.

moves that are really impressive. It is important to execute the flair

:43:28.:43:32.

and the feel of the Cuban cha-cha-cha, so it needs to be very

:43:33.:43:39.

flirtatious and quite cheeky. I've got to get it right, nail it, and

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shall I have good footwork. And three and four, and point. The Samba

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is so fast, I feel like my brain is going to explode. This is not like

:43:52.:43:58.

any other dance, it's insanely fast. I can't remember anything at the

:43:59.:44:03.

moment. We've been working on getting the steps right so far. The

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next part is the hardest. Stop doing this to me. We're having to do it

:44:09.:44:16.

again and again. Till I am like, I can do it any time. Try not to get

:44:17.:44:23.

angry. Time now to talk about the rest of our couples. Please welcome

:44:24.:44:33.

back Sue, Aled, and Helen. Anastacia is now dancing with Gorka I know!

:44:34.:44:42.

It's fascinating. Here she is in training with Gorka. How difficult

:44:43.:44:49.

will it be to have changed partners? If you are an actress, and you have

:44:50.:44:52.

got used to the director, it is almost like she has a certain body

:44:53.:44:59.

language. He is obviously as good as Brendan, because he has gone through

:45:00.:45:02.

the same sort of steps, but equally, he must hold himself in a different

:45:03.:45:07.

way, so I guess you then have to say, oh, yes, this is what you're

:45:08.:45:11.

after. I wouldn't be surprised if, as soon as she gets ensconced in the

:45:12.:45:17.

framework of his body... Ensconced in Gorka! And everyone thinks

:45:18.:45:23.

because she's a pop star that she can dance, but it is a different

:45:24.:45:30.

kind of dancing. Emotionally, she has had to deal with so much, put

:45:31.:45:32.

itself up there again. And goodness Brendan is a lie. Ed

:45:33.:45:55.

and Katya, can they get it back this week with an American Smooth? I love

:45:56.:46:06.

Ed. I think he is what Strictly is about. He's entertaining. I think he

:46:07.:46:11.

is the guy who's going to inspire people to take up dancing. He's not

:46:12.:46:15.

shy, he goes for it every week which is lovely. Is that an American

:46:16.:46:31.

Smooth?! I'm sure it is. I think Ed is so nice. He's really going for

:46:32.:46:35.

it. He's entertaining people every single week, what is wrong with

:46:36.:46:39.

that? He could drop dead but he's had a lovely legacy! LAUGHTER I love

:46:40.:46:49.

that a competition would be his legacy, though! Greg and Natalie and

:46:50.:46:56.

the cha cha cha. Does this look like it's under control? Helen, what do

:46:57.:47:05.

you think? I can't take my eyes off Natalie's stomach! I really like

:47:06.:47:10.

Greg, he's really competitive. This is a completely different world for

:47:11.:47:13.

him. He's used to doing his own thing. The costume and make-up is

:47:14.:47:20.

full on. He's not used any of this. He's another one who is embracing

:47:21.:47:25.

it, a bit like Ed. I'd love to see him in the final because I know he'd

:47:26.:47:29.

put on a real show stopper. That's because he's your mate! She's mates

:47:30.:47:43.

with Ore as well! Its Oreo now! Let's talk about Judge Rinder and

:47:44.:47:53.

Oksana. Craig says he is hiding a delicious dancer, I think we can see

:47:54.:47:57.

the delicious dancer. We saw half the delicious dancer in week one

:47:58.:48:01.

when he took his top off! He said he'd get the bottom half off if he

:48:02.:48:08.

gets to the final! LAUGHTER I think he's got really good energy. They do

:48:09.:48:13.

good numbers, numbers you see in the West End. What do you think about

:48:14.:48:21.

the comedy level? For me, I like it. It's Saturday night entertainment. I

:48:22.:48:25.

want to feel good, I want to have a fun time and he ticks those boxes.

:48:26.:48:29.

You always have a smile on your face. If Radio 1 says male or

:48:30.:48:36.

female, the contestant, it doesn't matter if you go wrong. The people

:48:37.:48:39.

at home don't know the choreography. As long as they are smiling, even

:48:40.:48:46.

though I'm on the wrong foot now... You get your highest marks! LAUGHTER

:48:47.:48:50.

Lesley and Anton are dimming the tango. You danced with Anton in

:48:51.:48:58.

2011, what do you think? I think he's probably quite strict with her.

:48:59.:49:03.

I think Lesley will probably be sometimes and he's not going to give

:49:04.:49:08.

her any kind of leeway. I think she quite likes that because she will

:49:09.:49:12.

rise to the challenge. He wants to win. And he hasn't yet. I think it

:49:13.:49:17.

would be fabulous if Lesley could say, don't you worry, this is the

:49:18.:49:24.

big one for you now! People get behind Anton as much as they get

:49:25.:49:29.

behind the celebrity. She is phenomenal, though. Her energy is so

:49:30.:49:34.

infectious. She is an example to us all. Someone has to go home this

:49:35.:49:38.

weekend so let's see if we can guess who it might be. Who is it curtain

:49:39.:49:50.

time for, Su? This is really dismal. It's so difficult. I don't want it

:49:51.:49:57.

to be Ed. Not Ed. That's an answer. Alex? This is a good game, I don't

:49:58.:50:06.

want it to be Ed either! LAUGHTER I don't want it to be Ed. We thought

:50:07.:50:11.

Lesley for the final but you might have jinxed them. Let's hear it for

:50:12.:50:16.

our Friday panel! No one wants to leave the

:50:17.:50:27.

competition at the weekend. We don't want anyone to go! It's so hard to

:50:28.:50:43.

say goodbye. Take a look at this. The hardest thing about saying

:50:44.:50:46.

goodbye to someone each week is you really get to know and love that

:50:47.:50:50.

person, and really enjoy watching their journey alongside yours. When

:50:51.:50:55.

you put so much effort into something, then to have that

:50:56.:50:59.

stripped away from you and out of your control is really difficult.

:51:00.:51:04.

When somebody who's supported you and you've been close to then

:51:05.:51:11.

suddenly leaves, it's tough. It's horrible, it's a horrible sensation.

:51:12.:51:18.

Somebody you chat, you hug, we hate that side of it. When you get really

:51:19.:51:23.

close to people and you can see their journey to, it's hard because

:51:24.:51:26.

you get emotionally attached everyone. It has to happen each

:51:27.:51:32.

week, it's not going to be nice and we go through it together. It's

:51:33.:51:38.

really sad to see someone though, because we are such a big family.

:51:39.:51:44.

Once you're in this, and you've given it to everything, the last

:51:45.:51:47.

thing you want is for that not to be good enough on the night. That last

:51:48.:51:53.

dance represents the end of their journey which feels pretty sad. It's

:51:54.:52:02.

horrible to see people go. We are a really close group. You know how

:52:03.:52:05.

much they've enjoyed their experience, you know how much

:52:06.:52:09.

everyone wants to stay. We all started this journey together, we've

:52:10.:52:14.

become so close. You never want to see anybody go and it is just so

:52:15.:52:17.

devastating. It's too much for me! Let's head back over

:52:18.:52:24.

to Strictly Towers for our final Gethin update -

:52:25.:52:26.

I hope he's behaving himself. It's getting busy as they prepare

:52:27.:52:35.

for tomorrow night and the big show. This is a good place to find people

:52:36.:52:40.

when they are eating and drinking, watching the others as well. Hello

:52:41.:52:45.

guys! Chilling out, having a biscuit. My goodness. She puts it

:52:46.:52:51.

away, how does she keep that body? She's just genetically superior. Her

:52:52.:52:59.

metabolism is not normal. It's so unfair! What have you been doing

:53:00.:53:03.

since week one? I've been catching up with my old partners. I saw Jake

:53:04.:53:10.

Wood, I saw Melvin. Peter and Emily. It's been really nice. Then we do

:53:11.:53:14.

all the pro-numbers, we're here for the rehearsals on Monday. Still

:53:15.:53:22.

keeping pretty busy. I'm going to ask you about everybody in a

:53:23.:53:28.

session. We haven't seen you since Will decided to leave the show, how

:53:29.:53:33.

have you been? I've been fine, it's been tough but I miss him very much.

:53:34.:53:40.

As long as we have each other and everybody around has been very

:53:41.:53:43.

supportive. I want to support everybody as much as possible.

:53:44.:53:48.

Everyone is saying it such a high standard, do you agree? I wouldn't

:53:49.:53:54.

say anyone is a professional amongst the celebrities. As professionals,

:53:55.:54:00.

has the standard been high? Extremely high. I think we noticed

:54:01.:54:03.

it straightaway in the first rehearsal, we could tell it was

:54:04.:54:08.

going to be an incredible season of dancing. I genuinely cannot call it

:54:09.:54:14.

any week, who's coming to go or stay because every week it feels like

:54:15.:54:18.

they are going up and up and up, with the scores and the dancing.

:54:19.:54:22.

It's an amazing season. What about tomorrow night? Everyone is doing

:54:23.:54:30.

great. I've never seen so many eight and nines in weeks. I don't know. I

:54:31.:54:40.

can't pick. I have my husband in there, my sister-in-law in there. I

:54:41.:54:45.

mean, everybody is in there. And it's really hard because they are

:54:46.:54:49.

doing great. I was having a chat with someone the other day about

:54:50.:54:53.

this, what is the hardest move for a male celeb on Strictly? The Rambus.

:54:54.:55:07.

-- the rumba. Show me this one. It's easier said than done. I might be a

:55:08.:55:12.

while. I might get this by Christmas. See you later.

:55:13.:55:17.

Thanks to my guests and make sure you catch all the action with Tess

:55:18.:55:22.

and Claud as it happens on Strictly tomorrow night at 6.35pm on BBC One.

:55:23.:55:25.

I'll be back on Monday with the next couple to leave the competition,

:55:26.:55:28.

and former Strictly champ Camilla Dellerup will be joining us

:55:29.:55:30.

But now, singing us out with his new single -

:55:31.:55:34.

Wildfire, please give it up for winner of The Voice -

:55:35.:55:37.

# And you expect me darling to talk it out

:55:38.:55:48.

# Holding yesterday cos I'm sick of now

:55:49.:56:00.

# Oh I've been running around for you

:56:01.:56:07.

# I've been screaming like a child for you

:56:08.:56:13.

# That you've been sleeping together now

:56:14.:56:34.

# All you have to do was tell me you'd had enough

:56:35.:56:51.

# Instead of making me feel like I was losing touch

:56:52.:56:56.

# That you've been sleeping together now

:56:57.:57:33.

# You hit me like a cold Monday morning

:57:34.:57:49.

# And kiss me like an old sledgehammer

:57:50.:57:56.

# That you've been sleeping together now

:57:57.:58:19.

# That you've been sleeping together now

:58:20.:58:43.

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