:00:55. > :01:00.Live from London, this is Strictly, It Takes Two. Welcome your host, Zoe
:01:01. > :01:01.Ball. And there'll be more
:01:02. > :01:15.from the amazing Strictly But I wonder if things
:01:16. > :01:18.are as harmonious in It's the pitch perfect
:01:19. > :01:22.Danny and Oti! It's our next pro challenge
:01:23. > :01:28.contender - Gorka the Corka - Speaking of which -
:01:29. > :01:36.stop fooling around, CHEERING
:01:37. > :02:04.The crowd roars his students! So it's a double whammy warm up
:02:05. > :02:07.tonight, as we know our couples So get your wand out, Mr,
:02:08. > :02:19.and let's get to it! Look at this, it is not just a ball
:02:20. > :02:20.ball in my trousers. Look! A little. All Christmassy, be careful where
:02:21. > :02:23.you put it! First up, Claudia and AJ who finally
:02:24. > :02:26.joined the ten club last week. They're dancing the quickstep -
:02:27. > :02:40.looking worthy of top marks to you? It is very intricate step patterns,
:02:41. > :02:42.as you can see. But with those difficult choreography Yes, it is
:02:43. > :02:51.more difficult to keep everything else in check. There are lots of
:02:52. > :02:57.gaps going on. Mind the Gap. Amber leg month, AJ has quite a longer
:02:58. > :03:01.legs than Claudia, sometimes the gap will occur. She needs to make
:03:02. > :03:08.contact higher up, further up the top of the rib cage, then she will
:03:09. > :03:10.have more legroom to go back. Look at the length. Not that many people
:03:11. > :03:13.have that length of limb! Danny and Oti are dancing
:03:14. > :03:18.the American smooth, last weekend both Craig and Len said
:03:19. > :03:21.Danny needed to work on his heel leads, is his footwork
:03:22. > :03:33.looking up to scratch here? With the tango, it is very important
:03:34. > :03:37.that those he leads are seen. It is an American Smooth Viennese waltz,
:03:38. > :03:45.this is unusual. With those Viennese waltz is, the ones always had to be
:03:46. > :03:50.a heel lead. The footwork is very good. I would like to see on the
:03:51. > :03:54.pivot, a little bit more rotation in the body, he leads his left side
:03:55. > :04:01.little bit too open when he pivots around. Watch him go. He needs to
:04:02. > :04:05.get the left side around. Look at that at the top of the hat! -- drop
:04:06. > :04:06.of a hat. Next up, Louise and Kevin
:04:07. > :04:08.who are doing the samba. We know she can do grace and poise -
:04:09. > :04:15.but how are her hips looking? I think this could be a big
:04:16. > :04:19.challenge for heard this week. I think she will struggle more with
:04:20. > :04:24.this dance. We have not seen it from her before, she normally breezes
:04:25. > :04:28.through, but this is more technical, the samba, the females seem to
:04:29. > :04:32.struggle with it. I think she will need to work on the details. If she
:04:33. > :04:37.can get a little bit more into the knee on the promenade runs, she
:04:38. > :04:42.would be able to stretch the back leg. The thing with her Richey
:04:43. > :04:47.always has impeccable arms, look at the finishing of. -- the thing with
:04:48. > :04:48.her is she always has. She is so graceful.
:04:49. > :04:50.Ore and Joanne will be dancing the quickstep -
:04:51. > :04:54.do you think this will keep them out of the dance off this week?
:04:55. > :05:12.They are dancing to Argue Gooner Be My Girl by Jet.
:05:13. > :05:18.-- Are You Gonna Be My Girl. The arms are dropped, it is more like a
:05:19. > :05:24.practice run through than doing it properly. That is difficult. I will
:05:25. > :05:29.say that he is upon the balls of his feet, it is very light and frothy.
:05:30. > :05:34.That is what you want, it needs to be kept in light and smooth, just
:05:35. > :05:40.like articles across the dance floor. Dancing across hot goals! --
:05:41. > :05:40.like hot cold across the dance floor.
:05:41. > :05:42.Let's look at everyone's second dances.
:05:43. > :05:45.Claudia and AJ's rumba, we know they can do high energy -
:05:46. > :05:47.how do you think they'll do with this?
:05:48. > :05:56.She is doing some really nice straight legs, which is a must in
:05:57. > :06:03.the tango... Weight, in the rumba. It has been a long few weeks! She
:06:04. > :06:07.needs to settle into those heads a little bit more. You can look stiff
:06:08. > :06:21.if you are just straightening the like. Settle into the hip, squeeze
:06:22. > :06:28.the sides. Back, settle, squeeze. Do I look like I have had some kind of
:06:29. > :06:29.Ministry Of Funny Walks? It is very tricky.
:06:30. > :06:34.Danny and Oti are doing a salsa - how's it looking?
:06:35. > :06:44.This could be exciting! For Danny, this does not look as comfortable as
:06:45. > :06:49.we have seen before. When we saw him do the samba, the tribal samba,
:06:50. > :06:54.wasn't it amazing? How could we forget? This has a similar vibe but
:06:55. > :06:58.a totally different technique, I think he is struggling. Who knows if
:06:59. > :07:02.he can pull it out of the bag by Saturday. There is a little bit of
:07:03. > :07:09.choreography that went a bit wrong, but I see that Oti has taken the
:07:10. > :07:13.blame for it. The professionals can go wrong! We are normally perfect.
:07:14. > :07:16.Back to Louise and Kevin - they'll also be taking on the tango.
:07:17. > :07:19.Do you think this will see Kevin reach the final
:07:20. > :07:31.I really hope so. It is looking tight and compact, just like my
:07:32. > :07:36.bottom. Here, here! Lots of very staccato moves. I love her head
:07:37. > :07:40.position. She has a lovely head position. The thing is, when she
:07:41. > :07:44.pivots, she brings her head in so she does not get the full range and
:07:45. > :07:49.movement of the pivot. If she took the head out a bit as she went
:07:50. > :07:56.round, she would use that the weight of the head to get her round. Spin
:07:57. > :07:59.her around. She would go faster. Science, ladies and gentlemen.
:08:00. > :08:01.Last week, Darcey was impressed with Ore's control.
:08:02. > :08:06.Does his Argentine tango with Joanne look under control to you, too?
:08:07. > :08:19.Will be good? For me, it is looking sultry, sensual, seductive. Just
:08:20. > :08:23.like me! It looks great. I love what he is doing with partnering, he
:08:24. > :08:29.seems to be holding her, shaping her. Look at that lovely line. I
:08:30. > :08:35.thought we could try that. It is a little bit like a throwaway. Throw
:08:36. > :08:43.that leg away, now this arm comes around my head, like that. And this
:08:44. > :08:51.caresses my arm like that. Then just/ me. Just/ you?! On the elbow?!
:08:52. > :08:58.That is sexy! It should looked just like that! That is how it is done.
:08:59. > :09:00.That is our penultimate Waite's Warm Up, there is only one more, we can
:09:01. > :09:02.spare it. Isn't he gorgeous?! Right, time now to make our Strictly
:09:03. > :09:19.pros sweat in TV's toughest dance The Strictly Pro Challenge is back,
:09:20. > :09:25.bigger than ever. The professionals will attempt to set a Guinness world
:09:26. > :09:28.record for the most jibe kicks and flicks in 30 seconds. We will be
:09:29. > :09:33.looking for strong pointed cakes and then the feed return in to the floor
:09:34. > :09:36.after the flick. If they don't bring the foot back to the resting
:09:37. > :09:40.position than the step will be disqualified. There can only be one
:09:41. > :09:45.champion, so they need to make every step counts. This is the Strictly
:09:46. > :09:48.Pro Challenge 2016. He's 26, brings a packed lunch
:09:49. > :09:52.into work every day and has a rucksack with eight compartments
:09:53. > :09:54.including one with Jive kicking and flicking
:09:55. > :09:58.for his place in the competition - Hello, darling! We have missed you
:09:59. > :10:13.on this show! So, first year on Strictly
:10:14. > :10:28.and your first Pro Challenge. Yes. I am and I was. And you were
:10:29. > :10:34.and you are! That is a good order. We hated losing you and to Mika in
:10:35. > :10:36.week two macro, can you do better? Bat hated losing you and Tameka in
:10:37. > :10:38.week two. Oksana Janette are top
:10:39. > :10:53.of the leader board ? do you feel I didn't expect them to be the first
:10:54. > :10:56.ones. We are still missing some of the other professionals that I
:10:57. > :10:59.thought would be first on the Leader Board. So I'm quite impressed with
:11:00. > :11:01.them. It is interesting. This competition is a huge deal -
:11:02. > :11:12.how many years have you been Did you do lots of practice? I have
:11:13. > :11:14.been 26 years practising for this. This is what we like to hear. Let's
:11:15. > :11:25.see how you got on. This is my first experience on the
:11:26. > :11:30.Pro Challenge, I hope my cakes and flicks are good enough. Hello, how
:11:31. > :11:36.are you? You are one of the new professionals, this is the first
:11:37. > :11:41.time that you have ever turned a Pro Challenge. Can you take on the rest
:11:42. > :11:45.of the professionals? I am super excited, I will do my best to
:11:46. > :11:49.impress everyone and to make all the other pros be scared. Gorka, good
:11:50. > :12:29.luck. Three, two, one, go. Stop! Yes! That feel? Very good. Is
:12:30. > :12:35.your heart pumping? Good god it is all right. It is good to see the
:12:36. > :12:39.fit, young, fresh ones. I thought he did very well, it was almost like a
:12:40. > :12:43.performance, the quality was there. Maybe there were some dodgy ones,
:12:44. > :12:48.but you did very well very well. Well done. I hope I did enough to be
:12:49. > :12:51.in the highest position I can, I think I did quite well.
:12:52. > :12:53.APPLAUSE Nice work.
:12:54. > :13:00.Lots of stomping there - how do you think you did?
:13:01. > :13:10.I was doing flamenco. Even flamenco with your kicks and flicks. The
:13:11. > :13:12.footage was watched back by adjudicators in slow motion to
:13:13. > :13:20.verify every single step and make sure they were accurate.
:13:21. > :13:25.Choreographer to the stars Richard Marcel Sabitzer lot of quality, do
:13:26. > :13:29.you think you made any mistakes? The last 15 seconds where the hardest,
:13:30. > :13:34.you get tired and your legs do not go properly high. Maybe of them.
:13:35. > :13:36.Well, interesting you should say that, because I can reveal you had.
:13:37. > :13:44.So things are looking good - are you ready to hear your fate?
:13:45. > :14:04.Gorka Marquez, I can reveal that in treinta segundos you completed...
:14:05. > :14:08.53 jive cakes and flicks! Which puts you third on the Leader Board.
:14:09. > :14:17.So close, yet so far - are you happy with that score?
:14:18. > :14:19.Oh, Gorka! Everyone rushes to give him a cuddle.
:14:20. > :14:23.Well it was a solid effort indeed - give it up for Gorka, everyone!
:14:24. > :14:29.Lovely to see you! Give my love to Tameka.
:14:30. > :14:31.Well, Gorka may have fallen slightly behind in the Pro Challenge -
:14:32. > :14:34.but can the same be said for our celebs?
:14:35. > :14:40.Let's see if Cloudia and Louise have been keeping up in training.
:14:41. > :14:46.I am loving the quickstep. It is so cool. It is a bit of ballroom and
:14:47. > :14:51.jumping out of the same time. I don't know if that is technical
:14:52. > :14:58.dancing words. It is not exactly like that. I like the energy. Lots
:14:59. > :15:04.of pivots. My quickstep has to be really good. I really want to get to
:15:05. > :15:09.the final. Sorry. Don't say sorry. Just don't get it wrong. I want to
:15:10. > :15:16.keep that energy and keep smiling. Very good. I've been a bit nervous
:15:17. > :15:24.of the samba. I find the wiggling hip action difficult. Everything is
:15:25. > :15:29.moving. Nothing ever stops moving. I don't like the sound of that! She's
:15:30. > :15:36.got to be sexy and full of body action. I think she's a little bit
:15:37. > :15:38.nervous. I'm trying to be positive and move everything as much as I can
:15:39. > :15:40.and see what happens. Now, the music on Strictly this year
:15:41. > :15:43.has been pretty amazing. We've had everything
:15:44. > :15:45.from Whitney to Gangham, all of which have been delivered
:15:46. > :15:49.flawlessly by my next guests. Please welcome Hayley,
:15:50. > :16:03.Lance, Andrea and Tommy - It's so lovely to see your faces in
:16:04. > :16:11.front of me. The first time we have had you altogether. Tommy, as the
:16:12. > :16:16.series been enjoyable so far? It's been the best one so far. What has
:16:17. > :16:21.been the best one? The dancers more than anything. We have enjoyed doing
:16:22. > :16:27.a lot of the music. It is a joy to go in every Friday and Saturday. You
:16:28. > :16:34.have had some incredible songs to cover. What has been your favourite
:16:35. > :16:39.to cover? I think I'll be seeing you, for Basil and Madge, the
:16:40. > :16:48.Remembrance. We were all in tears. I think unforgettable for Daisy. We
:16:49. > :16:55.must talk about Gangham style. That was quite a moment. Lance, I'm
:16:56. > :17:02.assuming you do not speak fluent Korean. I do know! What do you do
:17:03. > :17:06.when you get a song like that? It was a little bit of both. I had some
:17:07. > :17:13.lyrics written phonetically. And the original lyrics. And then listening
:17:14. > :17:17.to it. It was hard. Would you give us a little blast now.
:17:18. > :17:35.--? It is a group effort! Gangham style!
:17:36. > :17:43.How long do you get to rehearse the numbers? I started learning the
:17:44. > :17:50.songs on Monday. About four days. And then on Friday we have the
:17:51. > :17:53.evening rehearsals. Not very long. You do them a couple of times on
:17:54. > :18:00.Saturday before the show. How is it when you have got Whitney to do? It
:18:01. > :18:07.is a big number. It's very scary for me because Whitney is my idol. No
:18:08. > :18:13.one sings like Whitney Houston. So yeah, I'm always a bit petrified
:18:14. > :18:19.when I get a Whitney song. You do it good, girl. You always get really
:18:20. > :18:26.emotional the bigger it gets. You have been singing on the show since
:18:27. > :18:32.it started, Tommy. I have, since the pilot. You haven't aged at all. I
:18:33. > :18:37.was five when I started! What is the most difficult part of your job? I
:18:38. > :18:45.think the languages. Spanish is not so bad. We get nervous when the
:18:46. > :18:51.language once come up. But on the whole it's not really a chore, is
:18:52. > :18:59.it? Well, from a... I always think you get the best view, you four. We
:19:00. > :19:04.saw a great film this week about the mistakes. Have you had any mistakes
:19:05. > :19:15.during the shows? I don't find mind that funny. We do! Tommy and Angela
:19:16. > :19:25.-- Andrea did Ghostbusters once and left Andrea by herself. They left me
:19:26. > :19:35.hanging. Buttercup was one of my favourite moments. I came in on my
:19:36. > :19:40.own a bar early on the introduction. We are going to dig that out! You
:19:41. > :19:43.are so busy doing the show. But lovely and from Barnes would like to
:19:44. > :19:50.know what you do when Strictly is not on-air? Just wait for a
:19:51. > :19:55.Strictly! Just do lots of different gigs, writing music, sessions.
:19:56. > :20:08.Arranging harmonies. So give me a call! Studio and session work, and
:20:09. > :20:12.touring as well. With Strictly stop. The same. Backing vocals for
:20:13. > :20:20.different bands and artists. Studio work. Adverts. You know me! Tommy?
:20:21. > :20:27.I'd like to do nothing when we finish. Perfect. Lance, Hadi got any
:20:28. > :20:33.advice from somebody who would like to send? I think it is important if
:20:34. > :20:37.you have a passion for singing to go for it and make sure that you learn
:20:38. > :20:44.your craft as you go. If you believe in something, go for it. Do not be
:20:45. > :20:53.knocked back. And phone David Archer! That is so lovely to see
:20:54. > :20:57.you. We couldn't have you on the show without asking you to sing a
:20:58. > :21:09.little something. Would you do the honours? This is my friend, Susie.
:21:10. > :21:15.# Sleigh bells ring, are you listening.
:21:16. > :21:21.# A beautiful site, we're happy tonight.
:21:22. > :21:25.# Walking in a winter wonderland. # We can build a snowman.
:21:26. > :21:31.# And pretend that he is passed around.
:21:32. > :21:34.# He'll say, are you married? We'll say, no man.
:21:35. > :21:38.# You can do the job when you're in town.
:21:39. > :21:44.# Later on, hit the spire, as we dream by the fire.
:21:45. > :21:48.# The plans that we made, walking in a winter wonderland.
:21:49. > :22:05.# Walking in a winter wonderland. That has made me cry. If that
:22:06. > :22:08.doesn't get you in the Christmas spirit, nothing well. Good luck with
:22:09. > :22:12.the rest of the series. Give my love to all the band. Hayley, Lance,
:22:13. > :22:13.Andrea and Tommy. Right, time now
:22:14. > :22:21.for our final guests. # And I've been telling you how to
:22:22. > :22:28.go. In fact, they did very well
:22:29. > :22:48.with their tango this week. Hayley, nice one! I loved it. It was
:22:49. > :22:55.dynamic. You were leading. You are an incredible, incredible dancer.
:22:56. > :22:59.The focus in those eyes. It was outstanding. Every moment of their
:23:00. > :23:07.stance was under your control. You were the star of the show. -- of
:23:08. > :23:15.this dance. What a pair of dream boats. Danny and Oti, everyone. Just
:23:16. > :23:21.a lovely little moment they're. Oti said she hasn't watched it back. Why
:23:22. > :23:29.not? Because she still thinks I'm going to go wrong! Fourth week, top
:23:30. > :23:38.of the leaderboard on the trots. Amazing. What is the view like at
:23:39. > :23:46.the top? We didn't even know! You just scared us. You just take it one
:23:47. > :23:53.week at a time. I simply hope to get all the steps right and not mess it
:23:54. > :24:00.up. Oti, how does it look? You can't even look! You did say you were not
:24:01. > :24:09.expecting tens from this dance. What were you most worried about? It was
:24:10. > :24:13.the footwork. If I'm honest, I was terrified. I get so nervous
:24:14. > :24:19.anywhere. I was really worried about this one. I had a horrible feeling
:24:20. > :24:23.that I didn't even tell Oti about. I thought it might be the foxtrot all
:24:24. > :24:27.over again. Even when we got through, and as soon as you very
:24:28. > :24:32.negative comments from the judges, you straightaway go, it's not going
:24:33. > :24:38.to be a ten. I was really surprised. Amazing. Oti, you were rocking the
:24:39. > :24:43.disco diva look. You sounded so excited when it ended as well. It
:24:44. > :24:50.was a huge relief. Did it go better than you expected it to? It did. I
:24:51. > :24:54.also had the same feeling but I also didn't tell him. I also thought, I'm
:24:55. > :25:00.going to mess it up but I didn't tell him. I didn't want to do it so
:25:01. > :25:07.late in the competition. And then he did it with no mistakes. And I could
:25:08. > :25:12.not stop. I was so happy. I thought, probably you shouldn't do this on TV
:25:13. > :25:17.right now, but I couldn't hold myself! I love seeing you like that.
:25:18. > :25:23.I love the group Tango moment. Everybody has been trying that at
:25:24. > :25:29.home. Was that your idea? It was, actually. Having extra dances is
:25:30. > :25:37.such a nice thing. You want to make it look like a formation. I think
:25:38. > :25:41.they are all incredible. We all need to say how amazing the extra dancers
:25:42. > :25:45.are. To have them dance with us, it is an honour for me to have them. I
:25:46. > :25:52.just thought, let's use their talents. There was quite a nice
:25:53. > :25:57.moment in rehearsals. The pros came in for an hour. It takes the four
:25:58. > :26:01.days to do that. They came in for an hour. It was lovely to see her
:26:02. > :26:10.choreography come to life with a bunch of people. I was emotional. It
:26:11. > :26:16.is semifinals week. Things have just got serious. Two dances. American
:26:17. > :26:24.smooth for you. How difficult is this? The American smooth is such a
:26:25. > :26:27.beautiful song. It is Oti's choreography. It's lovely to do. The
:26:28. > :26:32.only thing that helps with this is that we have done the Viennese waltz
:26:33. > :26:38.before. That is a bit of the stress taken out. We don't have to worry so
:26:39. > :26:44.much. It's not a brand-new style but we do have the lifts. This is quite
:26:45. > :26:51.exciting. You are doing a salsa as well. We know he likes to shake his
:26:52. > :26:58.tush. Oti, the verdict so far and training? It's different. We just
:26:59. > :27:01.started it. We just finished the Viennese waltz. Now we are starting
:27:02. > :27:10.on the samba. It is completely different. It is getting the lifts.
:27:11. > :27:15.We have new lifts in both dances. You are the only couple with lifts
:27:16. > :27:23.in both your dances. Are you feeling strong? Hardly! I'm tired. We always
:27:24. > :27:31.try to do something different. In both dances, they are difficult
:27:32. > :27:37.lifts. But we will get it. She says! Has she gone into overdrive? It's
:27:38. > :27:43.actually funny this week. Oti is such a stickler for technique and
:27:44. > :27:46.precision. But this week, because there are to dances, she almost had
:27:47. > :27:51.to be slightly more lenient because there is so much choreography to
:27:52. > :27:56.learn. You have to hold back on how much time we spend. Every week, Oti
:27:57. > :28:02.spends so much time with me, taking the time to get the technique right.
:28:03. > :28:08.We don't have the time this week. You train 11 hours in the day. When
:28:09. > :28:13.you have two dances, how those days? They feel short. I have got used to
:28:14. > :28:22.taking every waking hour to learn one. There are no extra hours.
:28:23. > :28:28.Unless we do it in our sleep. I'm trying to suppress the panic.
:28:29. > :28:36.Whenever a we're under pressure, I get really relaxed. I chill. It is
:28:37. > :28:45.really disconcerting. I ask him, why are you panicking? He says, because
:28:46. > :28:50.you calm. What are you going to do?! There is only room for three in the
:28:51. > :28:57.final. How are things between you pros? Kevin Na 's been there three
:28:58. > :29:03.times before. He has not won yet. AJ is the young guys. -- die. Is it
:29:04. > :29:09.getting tough? No, it's not. I know from Joanne, and I am the biggest
:29:10. > :29:12.Joanne fan, she is a really good friend of mine. I look up to Kevin.
:29:13. > :29:22.I think everything he does is amazing. Everyone wants to take care
:29:23. > :29:28.of him. There is love. They are all amazing. They really are. It's a
:29:29. > :29:34.good group. I love all of them. You stay calm, you don't panic. It will
:29:35. > :29:37.be fine. I cannot wait to see the to lot of lifts. Danny and Oti!
:29:38. > :29:39.That's all we've got time for tonight -
:29:40. > :29:44.Join me tomorrow, where I'll be chatting to those cheeky little lion
:29:45. > :29:47.Vicky Gill is here with more glorious Strictly costumes,
:29:48. > :29:49.plus husband and wife Neil and Katya go head to head
:29:50. > :30:04.MUSIC: Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin
:30:05. > :30:13.# Beyond the sea... # Hi!
:30:14. > :30:17.Watch your little ones discover CBeebies Playtime Island -