Episode 5 Strictly - It Takes Two

Here it It Takes Two HQ we like to give our couples time away from the

stress and tension. No running away tonight however.

Oti, keep that hand up. Looking good. Every last second counts

because somebody is going home at the weekend. What are you doing with

my shoes? ! Cheeky work on those hips, Pasha Kovalev. Nobody wants to

be left behind. Giovanni, shoulders down! That looks comfy Laura.

Otherwise they'll face the wrath of this one! Ready? ! But it's not all

serious around here. Isn't it right, Friday panel? !

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Live from London, this is Strictly

It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.

# Bang, bang, into the room... # Thank you. Thank you!

I could get used to that. Pasha and Giovanni, everyone!

Welcome to It Takes Two. It's Friday, I can confirm we are only 24

hours, 18 minutes and 37 seconds away from the next live Strictly

show! Which could mean only one thing. Our

first couple will be leaving the competition.

Sad times indeed but let's not feel dragged down, we've got a show to

get on with. Definitely got the Friday feeling, a good bunch in

tonight. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

What was the mood like earlier this morning? Only one man capable of

covering such a job, the Welsh wonder himself and Strictly's Gethin

Jones. Let's see how he was Gethin' on! Sorry.

So good to be back in the Strictly ballroom, all the memories come back

and how I've missed that smell of hair spray. Will and car reason

dancing to Rock Around the Clock. Week two, he's looking good, he's

absolutely loving this. Let's have a look.

So that's Will and Karen's jive. Will will need a sit down after that

routine. I'm going to be clocking up some miles around the Elstree studio

catching up with some of the other couples before the first elimination

night tomorrow. I'll see you later. Will looking good there!

Plenty more exclusives from Gethin. First, jaws dropped to the floor

during the explosive cha-cha-cha last Saturday and Bruno said wham

bam thank you mam. It's Danny and Oti.

That was fast, packed full of absolutely everything and more.

100%, you are the contender, I've got to tell you that. I love the

Michael Jackson moves you put in there. They were absolutely

brilliant and no lack of action. Wambam thank you mam.

# Return of the Mac... # Oh yes! Danny and Oti. Welcome to

the show. Team Doti, loving that title! Talk about a Macattack last

week, goodness me, where's the energy coming from, Danny, it was

incredible. How much did you enjoy yourself? I had THE best time. It

was sheer adrenaline. I've never been so nervous my entire life.

Never ever? No, never ever and I've had a lot of reasons to be nervous.

I was sick almost literally to vomiting that day. Sick with nerves.

Pass the bucket, yes. He said, I think everything's coming out. When

you're that nervous, the pay off once you get to tend of it was

absolutely amazing. Joint second on the leaderboard in week one with

Louise and Kevin, audience on their feet, absolutely going crazy. I mean

your heart must have gone boom. It was, yes. That end position when I

had Oti's head in my hand and it was like "done! " I was like, that is,

it was just nuts, absolutely nuts. Such an incredible routine though.

Oti choreographed it, so massive respect and credit to her for that.

Then it was just three weeks. He's a good boy. Trained him well. Yes.

Three weeks of whipping me into shape to get that done. It's 90

seconds but you spend eight to ten hours every day doing that. Darcey

was completely shocked, wasn't she, saying, a man who can actually move

hips, how hard did you have to work on getting him to do that right? It

took for ever. I was asking him to move his hips and he was like no,

no, no. Then he did it but it was amazing. He worked so hard. We have

fun in training. There was a moment in week two where I genuinely begged

Oti, I said it's week one can we just make it simple and clean and

you should have seen the look I got from her. I know that look - how

dare you! She was disgusting that I suggested

it. I think also when you ask them to make it easier, I asked Ian Waite

once and he made it harder, so watch it! We saw this from your Twitter

feed, this is what happened in rehearsals just beforehand, it

wasn't all easy. Oh, no! Took that well. The way you

styled it out by lying on the floor. Like as if you meant to do that. I

wish I could say it was the first time. Takes a lot of these to get it

right. He got that step in. He was just playing the mirror and spinning

and he was like, oh, my gosh, did you see the judge was turning, and

it was like, we are doing that, we are keeping that. The Viennese waltz

for the two of you this week, a completely different feel. How is it

going, Ian Waite is very impressed with your posture, young man.

Really? Oh, yes. A rumbling of happiness, they approve. See the

pinches there. Pinching, slapping, arguing. Don't

get me wrong, I adore here, she's fantastic but she's a beast!

Can you say a woman is a beast, I'm not sure? ! Len was talking about

too stagey, it would be brilliant for charleston stuff, for the

Viennese waltz, you have less than that anyway don't you? Sort of, we

have a really intense story that we kind of want to tell because it's

usually such a romantic dance. We'll just twist it up a bit this time and

tell what happens before the romance comes, so we kind of have like a

discussion. The song hints towards it as well. Yes. It's a rock song

and it's got this gritty thing, it's not a lovy-dovy Viennese waltz. We

want some grit! Good luck. You are both incredible. Danny and Oti!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. They've both got such lovely teeth!

The Strictly dream will sadly be over for one of the celebrities, one

couple must leave and nobody wants to go first, but if you are going,

you may as well do it in style. With that in mind, we have been looking

at the archives through some of the, let's say, note worthy ones who've

been memorable. We are asking you at home to let us know what you

thought. Quentin Wilson managed to score eight points for his

cha-cha-cha which remains to this day Strictly's lowest ever scoring

dance. I loved it, frankly. Next, Edwina Currie from series 9

partnered with legend Vincent Simone. She scored 17 points and,

I'm sorry to do this, because obviously I love and adore him.

Could it be Johnny Ball? ! My dad, series 10, I thought he was

brilliant. Here he is with the gorgeous Yvetta. Cha-cha-cha 17

points. I thought he was good. Final choice, Greg Wallace with Strictly

champion Aliona, the cha-cha-cha in series 11. 18 points for his

gastro-themed routine. That's funny. On graph layingses to

Yvetta because she's had a little baby, gorgeous!

-- Don graph layingses to Yvetta -- congratulations.

How many professional dancers does it change to change a light -- take

to change a light bulb? I don't know but I know how many it takes to put

on a show-stopper, look at this. It's 17.

Welcome back to the group rehearsals. We have an incredible

group of routine this is series starting here. We haven't done a

group number that's been a tango for a long time so we wanted to gather

all the flavours that encompass this beautiful dance, the Argentine

tango, the competition tango and a bit of flamenco and Spanish dance as

well. The story of this Argentinian tango

that we are dancing together is kind of like a Romeo and Juliet

situation. Playing that part, I thought it would be nice to use the

two new pros, so we have Gorka and Oxanna. He is strong and throws me

around really good. Important quality.

Two gangs of people trying to keep Romeo and Juliet away from each

other. These guys are fantastic when they do drama so I can't wait to see

this unfold. One more time... I think it wouldn't be a Strictly

group number without quite a few props. Using tambourines and fans.

There's glitter! It's amazing. There are a lot of lifts that Oxanna has

to do which can be dangerous. Being thrown around and it's so much fun

flying around. Gorka throws her in the air, does a 360 flip and she

lands in Brendan's arms. It's scary, but we are practising so we are used

to doing it. I think Oxanna is fearless. It feels right at home and

I love it. Tune in this weekend to see if Romeo and Juliet get their

happy ending. Thank you. Doesn't that look

incredible. She's so brave. Almost as lovely that lot as our

next guest. Will they be as sweet when they get their teeth into this

year's couple though. Here, to voice her opinions on all things Strictly,

Alison Hammond, Daniel O'Donnell and Sarah Pascoe!

# Last Friday night... # Welcome back to you two naughty ones

and you too! I remember your cha-cha-cha. It's

the only thing I can remember. Daniel O'Donnell, we adore you,

singing at the end of the show. Sarah, welcome to your first It

Takes Two. What are we thinking of this year of everybody so far? They

are amazing, so good. Week one, I was really surprised, every person

out and it's like, they are going to win it. Picking a final four is

impossible. We'll start at the top of the leaderboard with Daisy and a

gentleman you know very well, your gorgeous Aljaz, fantastic opening

with their waltz last week. Have a look at their cha-cha-cha and tell

me what you think, Alison? Do you know what, oh, I did that move!

LAUGHTER. She's only got three! I think I did

that as well. He just puts them all together in a different way. Do you

know what, obviously Aljaz is at the top of the leaderboard but I just

think Daisy was just beautiful. When I watched her. Her story, the way it

was, it was so natural and innocent, just beautiful. She's one to watch.

I'm not being biassed. Sara, you are nodding in agreement. Some times is

I find the slow dances Borg then I couldn't take my eyes off her. I

watched it again on iPlayer straightaway. She's stunning. It's

very hard to make the slow dance look as she did because you can see

the faults. If it's a quick dance you can hide. And disguise things.

Aljaz probably would have replayed some of my dances and she would have

got an influence. Yes. Ed and Katya, they move to a charleston. That

makes me very excited indeed for Ed. Here they are, look at Ed! Go on!

I think we have discovered a new Ed! We have a new Ed. I love him. I did

the cha-cha in the second week and I was terrified doing it but it gives

you a chance just to have a bit of fun because that's what the cha-cha

is supposed to be. Is it a charleston? It's a charleston, I

know what you mean, but... It's a bit of fun but apparently I didn't

have enough fun when I did it because they told me that I didn't

have enough fun. I was dreading it. I said to Christina, I hope I don't

get the charleston. Really? ! I love it. Let's have a look at AJ and his

partner. This week a waltz, little Romeo and Juliet, Sarah, what do you

make of these two? I'm glad she's got this dance, she showed off her

gymnastics last week, this is showing herself as a dancer so I'm

really excited for this one. Sara's shoes, can we look at those, those

are great. Thanks, guys! Greg and Natalie doing a tango this

week. Let's observe. Alison, has he got the command? Yes, the energy.

Last week was phenomenal. Look at him, he's proper into it and

Natalie's such a good teacher. He's going to be great.

Go on Greg. Louise and Kevin are doing a Viennese waltz. Thank you

very much over there. Let's have a look at them in training. Look at

her arms! Isn't she good? ! Daniel, what do you think of Louise?

Terrific last week and obviously you see there she's taken to it. Kevin

is magnificent too. Yes. Kevin, his enthusiasm when you meet him, he

gives that to his partner. Louise was super and I expect nothing less

this week. Sara what do you think? I think she's one of those performers

you can't take your eyes off, she's a God else. Are you liking that?

ALL: Yes. A lot of Louise fans in. Ore and Joanne follow on from their

cheeky tango last week to Donna Summer's hot stuff. How excited are

we about this? Look at him in his little braces. He's doing the move.

That's definitely the look we must go for now. Daniel, will you be

rocking that look? Yes. Has he got the cha-cha moves, is it all working

for you, Daniel? I found the cha-cha very difficult. The straight knees?

Do they call it sticato? I don't know what it is. Doesn't look right

when you are doing it. But it's not about how it looks, it's about how

it feels. How does it feel? Last year there was nights I thought I

was fantastic. Yes. Then when I look back at it, I wasn't fantastic. So I

decided after that I would never look back again. I think that's the

best thing. So feel it then forget it. Then it's gone. Moving on to

Danny and Oti. Len said their dance routine was too stagey last week, we

thought it was epic. I thought he looked like a professional. Dan you

Zuko. Sudan yell O'Donnell, remember them? Them?! Viennese waltz this

week, he's enjoying it and looking good. What do we think? Sexy this

dance. Them two together is just so electric anyway and to be honest his

looks are just too much for me. One of them people, don't look at me, go

away! He's brilliant. Looks like a professional dancer, great. How

impressed are you, Sara? Very and I love the pairing. I was clapping

last week when they started like, yes please! Great fun. Finally,

judge Rinder. Oh my goodness. He was all out. I mean when you looked at

him, he was going to enjoy it no matter what and I think that's what

Strictly is, you know. The people that go on it are not dancers, so to

speak, but he went out there and he was just going to do it. It was

fantastic. We can have a look at this. He's doing the American smooth

this week. Look at his little face. Wait for

it. Wait for it. Here he goes! LAUGHTER.

Is he practising in the courtroom. Look at that! Looks like it. He's

great. Obviously that's wonderful, but

Graham Hunter has tweeted to say his four-year-old would like to know if

somebody can do the conga this week. Not sure if they can do that on the

main show, but we can do it. Come on then. Cue the music. Come on.

CONGA MUSIC. Let's see if Gethin was having as

much fun today. Lot of rushing around for final preparations

tonight. I feel like a bit of an autograph hunter. But look who is

arriving in glamorous style in the golf buggy, Ore and Jo, nice to see

you. How are you? I'm good. Looking fresh. Here for your cha-cha

rehearsals. How are you feeling? Pretty good. Quite achy generally,

she's pushing me hard making sure I'm OK, I've not bent my legs.

Everyone's talking about bent and straight legs Jo, it's taking over

the nation. Straight legs in Latin and bent in ballroom. Stop whacking

my thighs. So you've got here in one piece, that is a good start. You are

clumsy this week? Everywhere I go I'm tending to bump into something.

We have a pole in our routine and the first time I met that pole we

didn't get on very well. Can you give me something on the

cha-cha? I don't know, show us at home what might be in store for us

tomorrow night? Give you the pole? Yes. What are they called? The Cuban

brace. I'm learning. Two and three and four and one, and two and three

and four and one... That's a very good straight leg and

a very good bent leg. On that note, all the very best for rehearsals.

What else are you going to be doing? Eating, make-up wardrobe and just

making sure that I'm, yeah... Get going, good luck. Off with the bent

and straight leg and I'll be back with more of some of that later, Zo.

From one ray of sunshine to another, she brightens our mornings on BBC

BBC Breakfast and has already illuminated the Strictly floor with

the waltz, rise and shine, it's Naga!

Naga is with Pasha. You are such a beautiful girl. You

really have a natural actual poise for ballroom. That was largely due

to your rise and fall which was a bit bumpy. I love the potential and

the elegance. So well done to you. # Wake up it's a beautiful

morning... # Naga and Pasha, everyone!

Don't fall over yet. Loving your outfits tonight. You compliment each

other beautifully. Well done at the weekend, Naga. You looked absolutely

petrified. How did you enjoy your first experience out there in front

of millions? I loved it. I absolutely loved it. I was petrified

but who would. But it was just wonderful. It was really, really,

really lovely and I get to dance in the arms of this man, who wouldn't

be happy. Who ever would complain. Any Pasha fans in tonight?

ALL: Yeah! CHEERING.

The judges were all in agreement that you have got natural elegance.

Such a lovely thing to hear. A shocking thing to hear. Jason

Shirgold from Birmingham said not only the Queen of television, you

are now the belle of the ball room. I like Jason, have you got his

number. I will pass that on. Thank you. How have the responses been

from people on BBC Breakfast? It's so lovely. You go in in the morning

and everyone's Bleary-eyed and everyone's like loved the dress and

everything and everyone's been so exciting and online everyone's been

so kind. So much love for the show. Darcey said there might have been a

couple of mistakes but she was talking about Naga's beautiful neck

which is perfect for ballroom. What did you make of the judge's comments

and how pleased were you with those? The judges nailed it. Naga has so

much potential and we really turned her into a Princess. As much as she

doesn't like to hear that, she was a Princess, right?

CHEERING. Yes. You looked absolutely

beautiful. It's so strange what this show does to you. It almost made me

a lady, sadly not quite! It's your fourth week of training.

Are you starting to feel that it's coming any more naturally, the whole

process of learning, Naga? Yeah. Yeah, really natural. How are you

finding it all? It's really hard. It's fabulous. Honestly, I wake up

every day and really look forward to training. It's very pleasurable and

enjoyable but it's really, really difficult. One thing I've learnt is

that so I take in lots of information every morning and night

before the programme, take it all in then it drops out as soon as the

programme's finished. You tame it, as well as the muscle movement, my

brain is not used to that. He explained that to me and I was like

"yeah". You are a golf fanatic, he's been trying to explain things to you

in golf swings. Yes, we've stopped that.

Did Carol give you, Carol Kirkwood did the show last year. Amazing. Did

she give you any tips on how to handle or charm him? Handle me! ?

Fierce? No, she said listen to everything he says. Exactly. OK,

this week it's the cha-cha-cha. How's it toing, Pasha? It's going

well. It's all about hips and steps. Here you are. You haven't seen

yourself do it yet. She has to be quite moody in that dance because

she doesn't like me there. I haven't been really good. Naughty Pasha.

Yes, I'm telling him off. That should be fun. Goes off with another

woman. Only week four! We have seen your frock, by the way.

Tina Turner, it's incredible. Your frock absolutely rocks. I only saw

it today. It was quite long and we were wondering is it going to get

shorter with the fringing? I think so. They are snipping.

Everything else goes, yes. You will be Simply the Best. Nurse great

hands, Naga. I see what you did there! ? It's good. Thank you.

APPLAUSE. Now, some things in life require

blood, sweat and tears, like hosting this show, for instance. No, it's a

dream! The same can't be said for our couples training. Don't believe

me? Take a look at this. Viennese waltz is a big change from

the jive we did but because everyone is so good, I feel like we can't

play it safe. There are so many elements that I've got to get right.

Make sure your close your feet. Couldn't be more out of my comfort

zone. Having so many rules, get my head back, I'm finding it more of a

challenge. I've just got to relax. I've got to push Louise. It's high

pressure. OK. The thing about the American smooth is it captures all

the joy of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly and all the films that I

really love. More like Fred Flintstone than Fred

Astaire yet. This is crazy, who stands like this. Like a homage to a

statue. Really needs to be elegant. He can

do better. Almost. Cha-cha-cha, loving it. Hard work.

In the heels, I'm not finding it that easy to be precise and to be

tight and to be on time. I keep grabbing Anton. What can I say? !

The cha-cha-cha is going very well. I won't deny I'm very excited about

this dance. Yes! Boom. Never seen Anton with a bit of

shadow. Nice! Time to chat to our final couple, they opened the series

with a sensational cha-cha-cha that left Bruno so hot he wanted a fire

extinguisher to put him out. Somebody call a Fire Brigade. Not

now! It's the smoking Laura and Giovanni!

# She's got it, yeah baby she's got it... #

The love goddess toying with the boy, you little tease. You can toy

with me any time. I enjoyed the upper body, you worked that really

well. Lovely content. First class well done.

Lovely bit of Irish dancing there! Kind of. The one thing that I can

do. May need to work on that a little bit. Not as epic as your

skills, opening the whole series Laura on Friday. Didn't she do

brilliantly? ! Incredible. How was it to have that task? I have never

been more nervous or petrified in my whole life. I can't even... Like you

saw me beforehand. There is no fear like it, is there? ! I couldn't talk

and beforehand I was just like... Help me. And no-one can except your

lovely partner. I was petrified too. It was reassuring to see his face

before you go out there. And he says maybe not, you would get

worried. Not only did you have to go out first, you did a lot of your

dance facing the judges. We can see you doing a bit here. How scary was

it to see their faces? There was one bit where I know I have to turn and

face and I was thinking, I'm going to look them in the eye and I was

trying to aim for Darcey and her lovely face. I looked at Craig and

smile and he just looked at me like, it's a lovely face but I would have

liked a smile. I forgot where I was and I was like, wait, I need to

finish this dance. Don't look at the face. Just look above Craig or

below. Colleen on Twitter said it's not easy to go first. You did a

fabulous job, you both looked gorgeous. Come on the Irish! Thank

you. Are you getting lots of support at

home? Yes, it's brilliant, it's lovely. I come from a place where I

have lots of cousins, all my cousins are basically all of Ireland. It's

really nice. Even just walking down the street like, it's like Strictly

is any age, guys, girls, everyone loves the show and it's crazy the

reaction from just being on the show one week, the reaction you get. It's

lovely. Everyone's like well done for opening the show. Giovanni

welcome back, looking very dapper there. You both have delightful

accents. Any communication confusions along the way? Just a

little bit different accents. What are you talking about? The only

thing I can say is cuppa tea. Is that an Irish accent? Yes. And tanks

a million. Yes. Possibly the cue to that. You have all the right moves

but what do you think this man has the voice to match -- would you

think this man has the voice to match? I can sing, you dance.

# And I will always love you... # Good morning, good morning! Talent.

Make it stop! Can I borrow them? ! Yes. It's

called talent. Thank goodness really. This week you have a waltz

and it's looking very good. How's the training been? It's been really,

really good. I was surprised. I've never danced before and people saw,

Latin or ballroom and I don't have any idea between the two and I'm

surprised I like waltzing. Good contact. Never ever stops, of

course. You got to the final with Georgia, what does Laura need to

focus on to get to that final? She's been really good, waiting for the

waltz is going to be really, really beautiful. It's going to be

beautiful. Look another that faith, it's wonderful! Oh Giovanni, we

adore you. Good luck tomorrow, you gorgeous couple, Laura and Giovanni.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. So, as we know, this weekend we'll

be waving goodbye to our first couple. And everyone's been training

so hard to avoid it. Let us see how they've been doing.

We are doing the cha-cha, it's a great routine. I've just got to get

it right. Two. Yes, sorry. Naga's training to get as -- trying to get

as much as she possibly can in her head and sometimes things get a

little confusing. Back and now... So Pasha says I've got to be a bit more

relaxed, show a bit more sass. Easier said than done. Naga still

has to find a way to loosen up. The Viennese waltz is 100% alien to

me. Soft knees, not bent knees. Not up. Not up. You are just not down.

You can't just mess up one thing. You would be surprised. There are a

whole set of new challenges for me, the posture, the walking. One... The

perfect... We have our work cut out for us. Woo... Stay positive. Ah...

Smashed it? Smashed it. Smashed it! I know that salsa has rhythm and

Latin flavour. A lot of turns and twists and flips and things, I don't

even know what they are called. She can dance salsa so well. See that's

nice. But it's a fast routine, I want her to be really on top of it

and in it. Sorry, I thought you were going to keep holding on.

Looking good. I don't know about you but I could do with another portion

of behind-the-scenes gossip from the Strictly Towers. Let's see what

Gethin has to serve? It's Friday, the day before the Big Show. This is

where people find food. Let us see who is about. Danny is here, at the

coffee machine. Is that yours? Don't mind if I just take that, thanks, I

just need the energy. No idea who that person is. Come with me over

here, Natalie and Greg... Ana is here in her dressing gown too.

You were just chilling out on your phone. How's it going, it's Friday

before first elimination night? Yes, pretty good, two amazing runs, then

one where my leg wasn't working so we had to cut it short. My inside

leg muscle, one of them got a bit tight and sore. It's just all of

this checking and pulling away and all this sort of stuff. At that

point do you get nervous and worried? I do, because he's a

fantastic piece of... He is beautiful, I'm not going to lie!

You've got to go and rehearse, you've been told. If he's injured

that concerns me so we need to make sure he's in fine form. Goned a try

and get your breath back. Go and try and get your breath back.

Go, go. I'm coming. Now time to talk about

the rest of this year's couples. Their cha-cha is top notch. Welcome

back to Daniel and Sara. Let's pick up with Will and Karen. This week

it's a jive and tell me what you think. I love the outfit. Brilliant.

Alison, what do you reckon? Firstly, making me laugh the way you want me

to comment like an expert. Little hole between his legs in his

trowelers. I notice that but the rest looks great! You are supposed

to be looking at his feet. He had a hole. What are you making of Will's

skills? Very good. I was looking at his flicky kicks there, you are

supposed to flick, I never did get as far as the jive, you know, just

the charleston. Or was it the cha-cha-cha? I don't know but it was

brilliant whatever it was. Lesley and Anton. For this week they are

picking up pace with the cha-cha-cha which Lesley is really enjoying.

Look at her. Shake it around. What do we think, Sara? She looks like

she's doing this fantastically well. I think this is going to improve

week on week if she stays, she works so hard. I think she's loving the

whole experience. Absolutely. That just helps. Melvyn and Jeanette who

we adore. Air, Got a soft spot for him, I really have. Doing a tango to

M People. He looks a bit like he's wearing the skirt.

LAUGHTER. Melvyn, what do we make of him? Look

how serious he is taking it, I love that. There's something about him,

he's like a little munch kin. What do you have to remember about the

tango? Your face has to be very... That's it. Check that face, Melvyn,

can you do that? ! I love this man so much. Like that. Let's have a

look at Tameka and Gorka. They were great last week in the paso doble.

This week it's a charleston which is a joy. What are we thinking? This is

totally her dance, isn't it, Tameka. I mean, last week she was doing

serious dancing and I was just laughing. I can't help but just look

at her and laugh so this is perfect for her. What about the skills.

They've got a match a lot in charleston? Yes. It looked really

good for rehearsals. She's my mum's favourite, by the way, my mum's like

she's the nation's sweetheart. What is your mum's name? Gail. Get her to

come on the show. Sara, we are trying to get her on the show. We

have been watching her backstage. She can move. Who would you dance

with if you could choose? All of the boys at once.

I like that a lot! Anastacia and Brendaner, for them

it's a salsa this week. Here she is in training with Brendan. Oh, my

gosh, Brendan. How is this looking, Alison? Well, I can see the salsa

moves coming through there. They are great, they can get on, you can see

they really get on and really love each other. She's in safe hands with

Brendan. I don't know if he is in safe hands! That's always a concern.

What do we want from the salsa, Daniel, when you are watching? Many

my humble opinion I don't really know what you need from the salsa, I

would imagine it's a lot of hip action, you know. If only I had to

get to do the salsa last year, I would have been so good at it. Let's

get Christina back in here. It's a party dance, Sara? Yes, Anastacia is

very competitive and she's been open about that so I think she's going to

nail it. I saw the mistakes last week, so she'll be focussed. Naga

and Pasha, we had a lovely chat with them. This week, the judges were

going on about her having natural poise which is wonder. How do you

reckon she's looking in her cha-cha-cha? Lovely leggings, very

jazzy outfit there. She's got the straight leg. Aljaz never even said

that to me, I just did the cha-cha-cha, I don't think he was

even bothered, he was just like, just do it. I didn't know about the

straight leg. I just had the vibes I think. Was it just natural? Can

people go back into Strictly? If we had a time machine, yes. So

understand you have done it you can't go back. They've never let me

back but we could set up our own show, do a puppet show. An All-Stars

show. I don't think we'd be there. If there was an All-Star show we

wouldn't be in it. Maybe you would but...

LAUGHTER. Laura and Giovanni and their

waltzing. Here they are. The contact is really good here.

Have they got rise and fall, Sara? They seem to have it, yes. She just

did the heel situation there. That's what we like to call it. Heel

situation. An over-sway is that? The over-sway is very important. Very

important. That was my first dance with Christina, forgot it all on the

night. Congratulations to Christina as well because she's had a baby.

Yes, gorgeous. She was the best, she was fantastic. She really is and we

are missing her. I hate to do this to you but, we must. Going down the

line, who do you think is in danger of going home in weekend, Alison? I

don't want to say anyone. Go on, I'll have to push you? I'm only

saying it because... Lesley maybe. You can say Lesley, it's fine.

Daniel? I feel for Ed. You fear for Ed. Sounds like a band!

If Ed doesn't go home, democracy isn't working.

What a brilliant Friday panel. Thank you so much.

I love Lesley, I love her. I know you love her. Who are you rooting

for at home? If you want to vote on Saturday night you can do it via the

Strictly website, head over there to find out how. THUNDER CLAP!

We were having a lovely time. That can only mean one thing. I'm going.

It's the return of the man whose biting critique can make the most

experienced dancer and Alison Hammond break down in tears. I don't

know why he's such a pussycat. It's the one and only Dame Revel Horwood!

Complete and utter absolute disaster, darling.

# I'm affected by the dance floor... #

Hello, darling, lovely to see you. So lovely to be back. They can boo

you because you were so lovely last week. I was. That was last week! Oh,

dear. Easing everyone in. How are you

feeling generally about the class of 2016? I think they're really

talented and I think they are over-achievers and that might let

some of them down a little bit. We are going to get a lot harsher. I

was lenient on their first dance because I did this year after, you

know, it's the 14th series, I felt a little sorry for them. The feeling

is fading fast. He's back! We were slightly concerned. You have been

doing this 12 years. Are you not sick of it? I know, that's not

possible with the money they give me. Are you not excited about the

new batch coming in as you were then? Absolutely. We know the show

now so we know what to look for. The celebrities know exactly what they

are becoming involved in and they know the whole process of how

difficulties so people secretly are rehearsing at home, you know, two

years before the call comes in. Just in case. Yes, just in case they

get the call, but certainly we have some amazing, amazing talent from

week one, I've just been gobsmacked really. Utterly brilliant. Last

week, you gave the most 8s you have ever given in week one. Facts. You

will never see that again. Oh, no! I like to lull everybody into a false

sense of security and then slap them down. It's the British thing to do

isn't it. It's going to be very exciting. Throwing the 8, 9 and 10

panels out the window now. It's wonderful. I'm scared. We didn't get

to hear what you thought of Danny and Oti last week because we ran out

of time. What did you think of his opening dance? I was very surprised

to see a double pencil tone to the knee. I love to see that. That is

when you whip the foot in and schum. I thought that was amazing. I was

thinking technically it wasn't completely correct and I know that

he still has a lot of work to do. He might be wowing people with

ex-trainious moves that don't belong, but I think...

ALL: Ooh... Just saying. Yes, just saying, hashtag! Len will be a

stickler for that, particularly with people that have had any sort of

dance experience or are naturally gifted, we tend to then hone in on

the real nitty-gritty and the finer details of it. He's going to have

difficulty with the hip action, he's going to find it difficult to do

heel leads and rise and fall. He's going to find it difficult to do the

swing. See, he's back, he's back! Apart from that!

Apart from that, he's fantastic. Your critique of how Judge Rinder

did with the turns? I really liked what he did with them, however he

did accidentally throw himself too much into it. He lost his centre and

he started going in an ark and a curve which is not correct. It

should be a straight line and whip, whip, whip, whip, whip of the head.

I do that every week live for this wonderful nation. You judges dance

every Saturday night. He's stolen the move, can you do a different

one? I could do something else that might thrill and delight those at

home. I have no idea. We literally make it up! You could never tell.

Definitely I would crash into Bruno, then push him out the way, hopefully

not on camera, but we only rehearse it once for camera, but we never

know what we are going to do. I look forward to that. Gives it an edge.

Quite scary. What do the couples have to do to impress you? You are

going to get tougher. What do you need? Technique is the big thing and

important thing and also performance skill because people that aren't

used to performing, like for instance Ed Balls, I mean he's very

good and performing and lying to the nation about politics possibly...

ALL: Ohoh. Was that harsh? Yes. His technique at the moment is not

brilliant. But certainly entertaining it will be.

Celebrities, be afraid. Come and see us again soon, the gorgeous Craig

Revel Horwood. For the final time, back to the Strictly studios to see

what Gethin got up to earlier today. I'm in the make-up room, usually a

hive of activity, but right now it's pretty calm and look, I've found for

people just stood here ready for an interview. That happens on Strictly

doesn't it. How are you doing? Yeah... Yes. Listen, before most

people had their cereal this mornings, you had already been

rehearsing the American smooth. How did it go? It felt like it was

really early in the morning but I felt like it went really well. While

we are in the make-up room they are covering the breezes. That is nasty.

-- covering the bruises. They covered the one that was done on

purpose! What are those trousers, by the way?

Aren't they charming. I'm not sure any man in the world can pull off

the jogging bottom with the posh shoes. Isn't it brilliant. You have

got a few tricky injuries. I am high risk. High risk high outcome or I'll

just drop her and that will be the end of the dance. I didn't mean

that. That could be a disaster. That's not going to happen though.

People ask are you nervous, they ask are you terribly worried and that's

not going to happen, how do you feel about lifting your partner in front

of ten million people and she might fall on your head. That's not going

to happen. You are loving this, aren't you, Gorka? I'm loving it,

loving it, loving it, I just can't stop loving it. You have got the

charleston, Ghorka is she keeping up with you foul? Yes. The charleston

is very fast. Next week it's maybe waltz, it's going to be really fast.

It's just fast and furious and this is the new Vint Diesel and I'm the

chic in the front. You are wearing your charleston shoes. That's right.

You've got to feel it. Even though in making up the room, I'm making it

up. Get used to the shoes. Yes. One quick thing. It's the first

elimination. Don't talk about it. Don't wanna hear it. That's the big

thing about Strictly, getting on really well, the camaraderie, how

will it feel when someone leaves? People will be scratching each

other's eyes out. Miaow. I shall write the entire British public a

strongly worded letter if it goes wrong. That's about it then. Good.

I'm going to do that thing you do. I'll do a sincere face. How is that,

all right? Guys, thank you very much, good luck tomorrow night. I'm

going to try and nick a place in the audience because it will be a great

show tomorrow night. Zoe, back to you, thank you very much.

APPLAUSE. Plenty more backstage got sip to

come later. Memorable celebrities we talked about earlier. Quentin,

Edwina, my dad and Greg and I can reveal that your winning loser with

48% of the vote is... Greg Wallace!

Well done, Greg! This is what Craig had to say about

it at the time. I'm going to be absolutely nice and I'm going to

tell you the truth, darling, you were like a wind-up toy out there.

Unbelievable. Like a pressure cooker, about to explode. You

manageded to get into the Samba, darling, with your bouncing. We

would have had to show a clip of you look ing like if if Quentin won.

Look at this picture. That's all we have time for tonight. Oh! Thanks to

my guests and make sure you catch all the action tomorrow as it

happens with Tess, Claude and this gentleman. I'm back on Monday with

the first couple to leave the competition. Singing us out with a

cover of the classic sweet Caroline from his new album out in October,

Daniel O'Donnell! # All right, everybody

# Where it began # I can't begin to know it

# But then I know it's growing strong

# It was in the spring # And spring became the summer

# Who'd have believed you'd come along

# All together now # Hands

# Touching hands # Reaching out

# Touching you # Reaching out

# Touching me, touching you

# Sweet Caroline # Good times never seemed so good

# I've been inclined # To believe they never would but

now I # Look at the night

# And it don't seem so lonely # We fill it up with only two

# And when I hurt # Hurt runs off my shoulder

# How can I hurt when holding you # All right

# Warm # Touching warm

# Reaching out # Touching me, touching you

# Sweet Caroline # Good times never seemed so

good # I've been inclined

# To believe they never would # Oh, no

# Sweet Caroline # Good times never seemed so good...