Episode 3 Strictly - It Takes Two

We're the show that makes dreams come true, and have we got a fairy

So, plasma, plasma on the wall, who's the sparkliest of them all?

Is it the enchanting Lesley and Anton?

Or the dazzling Judge Rinder and Oksana?

And, he's my Knight in Shiny Shoes, Ian Waite returns to give us

But first, they charmed the judges with their Waltz on Friday

and like birds of a feather they stick together,

I have to say, great control, through art. Just watch you don't

get lost in Anton's chests. It was so well felt, you acted very nicely.

Your posture was a bit high but you are a lovely lady and I thought you

danced beautifully. APPLAUSE You were a vision

in fuschia on Friday. Pink is my favourite colour, I love

it. You looked glorious. What was it like stepping

onto the floor for the first time? I found it slightly traumatic. Such

a strange animal, you do not know what you will feel like until you

get out there. I love it, I wanted to correct all my mistakes and do it

again. There weren't many mistakes, were there? Of course. None! Perfect

in every possible way. Hello, Anton du Beke, I've missed you! 23 points.

You received a respectable 23 points from the judges.

Bruno said he "found it very touching and almost moving" -

Doing it to that song, which I've known and lived with for 25 years,

it was emotional. Linda Robson was in the audience, also in tears. It's

part of our lives. Incredibly special, my first time on Stricker

come dancing, to be doing to me Birds of a Feather theme song. I was

moved. I was in pieces when I saw Linda crying.

Lesley, you didn't manage quite as well.

I don't like to brag but it is a hell of a chest. Three weeks you

were waltzing during one of the hottest Septembers we ever had. You

were training on the hottest day ever known to man, in 100 years.

Anton du Beke, never does the tie or shirt come off. Yes it does! Hang on

a minute! It doesn't. The other day I got him training in tracksuit

bottoms and a T-shirt. Goodness. I haven't got it here. Scandalous.

Therefore, he made me do one of my BT 's with no make-up on, not a

stitch my face. You are so cruel! You have the photographs? Bring them

with you. There he is, in a shirt and tie. That is what he did to you.

How hard is he working you? Very hard but I am working him harder.

Man alive! By 5:30pm I am still raring to go and he is like, "Can I

go home, let me have a tea break". Really, straightaway? Another go? I

am loving how in control you are of him. I have never seen this before.

I crack the whip a lot. Good work, he loves it. How is the cha-cha-cha

coming? You said you were looking forward to some of these dances. I

can't watch myself! I am loving it but I am finding it hard, like I

found the warts hard, the strictness, precision of it. He

keeps making me do it again. Ie The forget my bottom or my head up, my

chest out, the heels all the toes. So much to remember. There's lots to

do. I am liking your straight leg. 27 centimetres, the height

difference, that is the size of an adolescent penguin. How is she

coping, daddy-longlegs? Yes, I hadn't noticed. Every time he dances

he is holding me like I am that much off the floor. I hugged her the

other day but I completely missed her. Doing brilliantly, we can't

wait to see it, Leslie Well we've heard how these two have

been getting on in training but how Here's a look at Ore and Joanne,

Melvin and Janette, The cha-cha-cha is a Latin dance. We

have just trained for the tango, which is a ballroom dance. It is

quite the opposite. For weeks on end, we had our hold out here and

our knees bent. Now I've got to have straight legs. My arms are all fluid

and free, basically, I don't understand. I have been looking at

Joe all day with just a blank space. I don't know a lot about the tango,

to be honest. I'm stepping on the heel instead of the toe, there's a

lot of action going on here, my posture isn't the greatest. I've

choreographed it so that we begin steps sometimes on the two and he

keeps trying to step on the one. Because I am the DJ, I am so used to

hitting the first beat, anything that doesn't start on the one

confuses me straightaway. Yet! -- yeah! It's a totally different dance

we are doing from the Serena waltz into a wild and energetic

Charleston, we just got to go for -- serene waltz. We did a lot of

run-through is from beginning to end, which is really important,

knowing he can do it in terms of stamina. It's quite high energy, I

can hardly speak at the minute. It's tough. But I'm looking forward to

it. It's time now to welcome

our next couple. On Friday night they gave

new meaning to the term "courtroom That was the wildest surprise I

think I've ever had. Those looks could sink a thousand ships. If

entered -- entertainment's is a crime, you're guilty.

Now, before we begin I must ask that you both place your right hand

Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing

but the truth during my next line of questioning?

Your cha-cha-cha is the most viewed Strictly clip ever online with over

That's extraordinary. More views than penny Strictly dance ever. I'm

having fun. It's splendid. -- than any.

Did you have any idea that this legal eagle would turn out

That he would be that good, once you got him in the training room? I had

an idea but a lot better than what I was thinking. Really? Did he say

that until he got out on the floor or could you see him being that

brilliant? I've seen all of it and more. LAUGHTER

Lucky girl. We saw quite a bit. I am not sure that's what you meant.

Both Craig and Darcey appreciated your chaine turns.

The opening to that dance was ridiculous.

A classic Revel-Horwood move - was that intended as

I'm not sure, but you know what you say, the first thing you do is to

admire them, copy them, ignore them if you like them. You are so cruel,

he will hate you for that. 25 points? Was that enough? Can we

complain when we receive so much love on social media. A lot of

people thought it was under marked. Sixs. Always somewhere to go. You

need a journey. Yes, that's the first time. Facial expressions. I

didn't know that happened until I watched it back. This is just a

Little competent -- compilation. Will they be back? We have an

American Smooth, next, I am trying to control it. Good lord. We will

print that out and you can take that home.

All this week we've been getting to know our new

If dancing's a crime then l-Oksan-her up and throw

Let's investigate a little further shall we?

MUSIC Lights by Kanye West feat Rihanna

I am Ukrainian champion as well as American champion. I have been on

dancing with the stars in America but I am excited to be here on

Strictly. I am a passionate dancer, I am a powerhouse on the dance

floor, I like to whip my hair and I have a lot of fun when I dance. My

partner is Judge Rinder and I absolutely love him. He is a very

talented dance and he will surprise everybody. I am positive we are

going all the way to the finale. We move on to the American Smooth,

how is it going? I don't answer any questions without referring to Mike

dancing partner. -- my dancing partner. Your legal aid. It is going

well, there are tricks involved. A lot of responsibility. She wants me

to dance like Anton in rehearsal. A wasted jacket. Working up a sweat,

working very hard. It is exhausting. You are allowed three lifts, is that

going to be happening? Absolutely. The risk is pretty big, apparently

if you break them, you buy them. Well, someone who is in agreement

is none other than Gary Barlow, That made my year, pretty much. Good

luck. Gary Barlow? Yes? Yes... We love you already.

Well I've got to wrap this case up, now.

So lovely to see you both and good luck on Saturday.

With 15 couples back in the ballroom this weekend there's a whole

Here's a look at Greg and Natalie and Daisy and Aljaz.

Go, go, go! The tango is difficult because you are holding positions

that are very unnatural, locking in muscles and holding them for a long

period of time that you wouldn't normally. I am trying to keep you in

a frame. I have to work on his feet, the legs, the head. It's coming

together, now. Loving your work. It is a matter of repetition, drilling

the routine. So good! This week, we are dancing the

cha-cha-cha to Forget You by Cee-Lo Green I am. Looking forward to doing

a barn dance this week. -- I am looking forward. Daisy is picking up

steps really well, a lot of technique. We take a lot of time to

perfect them. There is so much to think about. It's literally the

opposite of the ballroom. Is that better? Yeah. Can you get any more

beautiful than Daisy and Aljaz. Now, have we got

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following question correctly. In week three, last year, Jay and

Aliona performed a pulp fiction themed jibe but what was the total

score they received from the judges? -- jive.

Thank you to the gorgeous Allan. It's the moment we have all been

Waite-ing for, here to warm us up for the first time this series, it's

the legend that is Ian Waite. APPLAUSE AND

CHEERING Ian Waite everybody! I have missed you, my darling. As my mum

says the leg-end. Evening to Ian's mum. It's been hidden away all year,

it's time to dust it off, do the honours. I have been warming it up

all summer. Has it shrunk in the wash? I asked for it to be two

inches bigger but they wouldn't give it to me. What did you think of the

couple's first weekend? I loved it. Full of loads of surprises and

surprisingly good. Judge Rinder, I had to wind it back so many times I

nearly missed the next programme. You love Casualty, don't you. We are

going to look at half the couples and starting with Claudia and AJ. A

cha-cha-cha and now a waltz this week, how is it looking? So cute,

aren't they? You know, it's OK. She's got a lot of content in there.

Difficult content. Falling away from each other a little bit. If I go and

reverse it back. Then pause it here. You can see that they're getting a

little bit of a gap there. That's probably because she's dropping her

hips back. Also she needs to make contact higher up in the rib cage.

They have a height difference. When you have a height difference. Come

forward a little bit. You have to connect in this zone here where the

rib cage is. If we are high like we are, we are sort of in the middle.

She's lower than the contact would have to be higher. Lower on me,

higher on you. Yes, OK. Imagine if I was down here. Right. Fascinating.

Higher in the rib cage for her. Next up top of the leaderboard, didn't

they do brilliantly, Daisy and Aljaz. This week how are they

looking? The character last week was shy and demure. Cha-cha is more in

your face dance, going for it. For me, she needs to make sure this leg

action is very strong. As you can see here, Aljaz has a lovely

straight leg. She's got a bent leg there. She needs to be stronger on

those legs. That's what they're going to be looking at. Cha-cha is

always exposing as far as that is concerned. On to Melvin and Janette.

This week they're doing a tango. What do you think? I love Melvin.

Little pocket rockets, aren't they? For me, it's a little bit forceful.

He is using - obviously he has mixed up. Janette's probably said to him

it needs to be forceful and sharp and attacking. But he is using it

too much. He needs to hold that position and not force it too much.

There is three points I want to make. We have one, two and three.

The first point is when he does get forceful, the lead and the arm of

the left arm comes forward. Janette's being overpower by his

left arm. He needs to get the hips under. Tucking everybody, that nice

position. This will help three, which is the head position. At the

moment his head is in front. If he gets the tail tucked under they can

lift the head. Perfect. Now then they launched the entire series

brilliantly with their cha-cha-cha, this week is a romantic chats for

Laura and Giovanni, what do you think? -- waltz. Doesn't she look

gorgeous in that outfit. Gorgeous long legs. She looks like your

sister. Don't you mean daughter! Thank you. Your younger sister. I

wish. They had a wonderful contact throughout this little piece. As you

can see here, she is slightly off balance. Her head is not actually

over her feet. I want her to get those hips forward in a throw away

so that her head, if I can draw it here, so that her head is more over

the foot. You see what I mean? She's doing more of a back bend. If she

can get those hips forward she will actually be able to create more hip.

Now let's look at Will and Karen. We are loving Will's wardrobe. He

promised he was going for it this week. I love that tank top. How is

the jive looking? Slightly off-putting - distracting his

outfits. Looks very bouncy, very light in the feet. He looks natural

doing the jive. I have slowed this down because as you see they do

these pivots and there is lots of sway in there and he's already doing

it. Also swinging the hips. I thought we could try it out. OK. You

have to give weight into the arms. And swing around. That's fast! Oh!

My weave will come out! Goodness me. OK, on to Brendan and

Anastacia. She's a strong character and she's able to show that. She did

a brilliant job in the cha-cha-cha. There's some fantastic armography as

you can see. Fancy! They do it without any hitches really. I would

like to see from her a little bit more body action and hip action.

Salsa is a rhythmical dance. You have to look and go wow, that was

rhythmical. Not just steps and arms, but body. All of that, perfect!

Bruno said Greg could go all the way after his jive last week. He was so

impressed. They're doing a tango, what say you? At the moment it's

looking a little bit ploddy. As you can see, he is sort of stepping it

out. It's not smooth. First of all, he needs to soften into the knees,

which will help him get him into the ground. When you say that I

automatically do that. Do you do that at home? As you can see here,

if I highlight this area here, you can see that he is picking up his

feet. That's a big no-no in tango nr any ballroom dance, unless you are

doing flicks in the air or whatever. You can do flicks in tango as well,

but this is not a flick. It's a step and should stay on the floor. That's

how it is done. Feet down. Towards the floor, don't pick up the feet so

much because you will get that ploddy look. You can do it, Greg.

Finally Ore and Joanne. The judges agreed he has the makings of a great

dancer this boy. How are they looking with their cha-cha-cha? He

is a very good dancer. He has rhythm and style. He's speed, all the

elements. For me, again, it's always that cha-cha action. It's so

difficult. I will say, that will help him, if you look at Jo's heel

there, as she does this step she gets the heel down which then

creates the straightened leg. If he was to get his heel down, as you can

see, then I think this will straighten, as well. Show us

quickly. Karen was trying to show us.

I just love making him do that! He is so good. I am making a little bit

of noise but it straightens the leg. Perfect. There we go. Ian will be

casting his little magic wand over the rest of our couples tomorrow.

Not long to wait. Good to have you back. Give it up for Ian Waite!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Love you. Now they were flying the flag for Spain on Saturday night

before we say ola to Tameka and Gorka let's take a tapas-sized look

at their passionate paso. You certainly owned the stage, my

darling. That goes without saying. Actually loved that little run at

the end. You were just going like the clappers, I loved it! It was

full of impact. You came out, it was a corker. I am telling you!

Viva Espana, it's Tameka and Gorka! You can have one too, Gorka. You get

two. I have to say your alter ego Kim has nothing on you, I swear. You

had so much passion out on that floor. It was incredible. How much

fun was it to be the Spanish siren, Tameka? I loved every second of it,

Zoe Ball. I loved it! We did too. Honestly, we were screeching

watching that. How does it compare to giving birth live on television,

obviously EastEnders, 30th anniversary? I love my daughter

Pearl. I do love her and it was all live. But this was completely

different. But equally as exciting. I enjoyed it all. When you hear the

music, you know, you have to watch the music, you can't come under. Of

course Gorka. Welcome Gorka The Corker as we have named him

affectionately. It was your Strictly debut, was it everything you hoped

it would be It was even more, more exciting and beautiful, I had an

idea in my head but it was even more. Lucky you!

Thank you. I have to say, also fact fans, that was, a lot of were saying

it, it was the first ever week one paso doble. Ole! That is in honour

of Gorka's debut, obviously. Thank you. Let's talk about Craig, he was

saying something about Tameka being more than matador than the cape.

What did you make of those comments? It's a positive comment. On our idea

and plan of the choreograph was make her be the man and control the

routine. Normally you see the matador has clin, we were like turn

it around and make her the one control this. That was our idea. We

wanted to do it. You totally commanded him, it was fantastic.

Listen, like I said, you hear the music and the applause and feel the

support. Of course, it being Gorka's first time, Spanish, as well. You

have to do it. You have to give it. Gorka not only one of our new pros,

the first Spanish dancer on the show. Let's get to know the man --

man behind the matador. Take a look. I am Gorka, and I am from Spain. I

have dancing around the world for the last 15 years. As a dancer I

find myself elegant, masculine and sexy. When I found out I was

partnered with Tameka I was super exciteded. She's the most funny

positive person you can meet. As a ballroom dancer you always want to

win, I am sure we can make it to the final and be the winners of this

series. APPLAUSE Yes, Gorka, welcome. We all

adore you. Charleston, tell me about it. How is it going? I thought the

paso was fast and furious, now we have the Charleston and it's all up,

up, up. You know what I mean? It's speedy. It's a lot of character.

That's great for you, I think. It's perfect for you. I heard you were

struggling to keep a straight face when you were doing the paso doble,

which you did, you didn't crack at all. I think it's partly the nerves.

Making sure you get the right foot in, you know, I am thinking of

everything Gorka told me. So, it's just, I love the live. I love it. I

can't hide it, guys. I love it. It's kind of, you can feel it, you are

amazing. Brilliant. Isn't she brilliant. Good luck on Saturday,

Tameka and Gorka. Thank you guys. We want to talk all night. That's all

we have time for. A huge thank you to all my guests. Tomorrow I will be

talking to Greg and Natalie, Daisy and Aljaz and Ore and Joanne.