Episode 7 Strictly - It Takes Two

From London this is Strictly It Takes Two, please welcome your host

Zoe Ball! Hello, and welcome to Tuesday

night's It Takes Two! If you're already suffering

withdrawal symptoms from the weekend, don't panic

because coming up tonight, we've got your daily fix of Strictly

news and exclusives. And, of course, it's not just

Tuesday, it's "Tunesday". Yes, later on I'll be exclusively

revealing the music that our couples The hair-raisingly

good Naga and Pasha! And everyone watch your footwork

because Dame Karen of Hardy is back! Now, my first guest of the night

cha-cha-changed up her hairstyle this week as she "weaved" her way

across the dance floor. It's time to wig out

for Naga and Pasha. You looked absolutely stunning. It

was spiky, it was flat-footed, your arms lacked any sort of placement. I

liked the feel of it. I would have liked due to have nailed the routine

better. There was a huge amount of love

on social media for you - It was trending at one point. People

wanted the Rachel, now they want the Naga! Did you take much convincing?

They were a bit sneaky. They said we just want a bit of her to allude to

Tina Turner. I turned around an hour later and I saw these massive curls.

They tried it in the dress rehearsal and then they said, it just needs to

be bigger so they added loads more. It worked! It was fun! Keep it and

take it out at the weekend! I had to give it back. Your dress as well. I

loved it. It was amazing. Did you go to sleep on it? Yes. I actually

snuck it away. Mixed scores from the Judges. Pasha, explain why that

happens with the Judges. I was thinking a lot about that and my

conclusion was based attacked opposite sides of the table.

Different angle of view and what one sees another one doesn't want to.

They did mention a couple of mistakes, were you aware of those

happening? Yes, I think we were trying really hard to get me to

dance the dance rather than just concentrate on the steps and that's

what I tried to do. Maybe a couple of steps were slightly out of beat

but I actually thought we danced it really well. We did it very well and

we did it together. For me that's more important than anything else. A

lot of times you forget that you're there and then suddenly, the dance

is over and what happened. That's not the case with Naga. Darcey was

talking about be concentrating face. At this stage in the competition

there are some people who seem to be brilliant out there. You can't

really help but concentrate on the steps because you've never done this

kind of thing. I've never done this before and I have to learn to

perform as well as get the steps right and I'm struggling with that

but I'm trying my hardest. It's only week two. Week three will be

completely different. We are going to do some stats because, we wanted

to see how you are measuring up to a few BBC breakfast greats that have

graced the dance floor before you. Here are your peers first two dances

scores combined. Two finalists on the list -

one of whom won it, Chris. That's not bad at all. I think we've

got really big heads! LAUGHTER Let's go back to talking about this week.

A Tango for movie week. What can you tell me? I'm enjoying it. It's a big

secret. Think subterfuges. I love the eyebrows going like that! How

easy is the Tango by comparison to last week's cha cha cha? I never

thought I'd say this. It's so lovely to be back in Holt, it's so lovely.

That's the terrifying thing about Latin. You've got to be out there on

your own but when you are in hold its quite comforting. Darcey said I

need to trust Pasha. This has been a real education in actually thinking

he's going to take me there. So just trust him and it does feel a lot

better. You were very independent and sometimes even when you were

waiting for me to take you there, you are still going on your own.

What should we expect from this performance being movie week and

everything? It's going to be a huge character and a lot of... A lot of

that! Without the wobbly jaw! LAUGHTER No salivating, please! I

think you're going to be amazing. Good luck for Saturday, Naga and

Pasha! APPLAUSE During the weekend, I managed

to steal a very important list containing of all our celebs' songs

for this Saturday's Movie Week and I've now personally programmed

each track into our very So put another dime in the jukebox,

baby, it's Tunes on Tuesday time. Let's see what film soundtrack

classics we've got in store in this weekend's show,

what's up first? This is The Heat Is On from

Beverly Hills Cop - which starred Eddie Murphy

in the title role. But did you know his role

was initially supposed to be played Allegedly he walked out on the movie

before shooting began over the important matter of what type

of orange juice was to be kept Luckily - my team know how

I like mine - no bits. They'll be dancing

a tango to this number. But will it be enough to heat up

the Strictly dance floor? Right let's see what's next

on my jukebox tonight. MUSIC: Singing In The Rain

by Gene Kelly. It's really bad luck, don't open

umbrellas inside! Thanks, darling. Sorry, I'm really superstitious.

Have I hurt his feelings? Sorry. Bring him back!

This is Singing in the Rain from the all-time classic movie ?

The film ? starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds -

has been voted the Greatest Movie Musical of all time.

Fun fact ? did you know the rain used in this iconic dance was made

up of a blend of water and milk to make sure it showed up on camera?

But who will be hoping to make a splash on the Strictly dance floor

They'll be dancing an American Smooth to this classic -

but will they storm it on Saturday night?

Right, I've got time for just one more tune.

It's the all-time classic What A feeling!

This smash hit is from the movie Flashdance, about an 18-year-old

The song was performed and written by Irene Cara and won her an Oscar

It was definitely not about tennis, Ed Balls! I like that move anyway.

You cannot be serious! Is that because of the orange juice? The man

is clearly not, I love it! But which couple will be hoping

for an award-winning performance They'll be performing a cha cha cha

and hoping to make movie magic. If you want to find out

what movie classics the rest of our couples are dancing to,

head to the Strictly This weekend the professionals will

be starring in a huge movie extravaganza and we managed to sneak

into rehearsals. Its movie week and you are about to get an exclusive

preview of our Group Dance. Lights, camera, action. So the concept of

the group routine is a tribute to the Rodgers and Hammerstein, all

those wonderful, wonderful musicals. It starts with the Sound of music

which is based on ballet and then that goes into Oklahoma which is the

famous cowboy hoedown sequence. That develops into The King and I which

is basically polka. Then we go into Carousel which is a waltz and has to

be really tight. I've grown up on Oklahoma and the sound of Music. I

can't help myself. In one of the routines the boys have

cowboy hats. Anton is the best cowboy because he looks like Woody

from toy story. I think it adds a certain swagger. The most exciting

part is going to be the lips. -- lifts. That's all we can show you

for now so tune in on Saturday and find out if this is a box office hit

or not! Kevin is saying the Sound of music could possibly be the cutest

thing he's ever seen. Now for some hard-hitting in-depth analysis. If

only I had a Hardy in the house! Karen Hardy, everyone! Hello my

darling. You and Ed Balls in legwarmers... What a vision! We need

to talk about the rest of the couples. We are going to start with

Danny and Oti. Joint high scorers of the night. Len surprised everybody

by loving their modern take on a Viennese waltz, what did you make of

the choreography? It was fabulous. There was one key element, I know

they loved the design of the choreography, it was the flow and

the contemporary feel but nobody really picked up on the power. The

idea of this Viennese waltz, we've got limited steps but normally it's

like this dance-off. We are secretly trying to catch up on each other.

You get this magical drive on the dance floor. He really achieved

that, I've never seen such a powerful Viennese waltz. We are

going to see good things from him. Great night all round for waltzes

because Louise and Kevin did theirs. Craig says there might have been too

much rise and fall. Can there be too much thing as too much rise and

fall? It links quite nicely, the two performances. What is so beautiful

is the attention to her footwork. So graceful, so elegant. As they dance

out of it you'll see slight little Pops. If that had a bit more drive,

it would have evened out the rise and fall. We do need that in there

but it needs the power of the drive. The use of the standing leg. I can't

believe we're saying this in week two. The use of the driving leg. But

it was elegant and it was gorgeous. Onto Ore and Joanne's cha cha cha.

He was so good, wasn't he? He so confident in that outfit. He lived

the dream. I think Darcey was talking a lot about his hands. What

a frilly hand. I'll slow this piece down. This is

my best bit. Oh, and that little extra bit on the end. So, it is

going to carry on. What we need to say about this is that early on,

this is fine. What she's doing, she is being clever, she is at least

teaching, asking the guys who use their arms. They are normally hands

in pockets or something like that. So she is getting him to use his

arms but really we need it a bit cleaner. I will jump up quickly. Is

that all right. Here we go. Into a New Yorker for example. We place the

feet, we bring the hands up, we hit the line up and Bosch we come back

and keep it nice and clean. Full speed And ooze. We don't want

shagga, shagga going on. Too much extra rhythm. But he is being

creative. Later on it'll explode and be fabulous. Next Claudia and AJ and

their waltz. A beautiful moment. Craig upset the other judges quite a

lot when they were talking on Len's Lens about the overhyperextending.

What do you think? Obviously she is a gymnast, what do you make of it? I

can't believe I'm going to say this, I'm going to regret this. I'm on

Craig's side. Oh. You know why. The piece I have picked up here, the

back is arched there. The arms are working. This is all very nice. Once

we get into this, she needs to recover again, but it is keeping, it

is looking too forced. So what needs to happen t just needs, the elbows

to stay in front of our bodies all the time. Once we start pulling the

elbows behind the bodies, it starts arching and pulls the shape and

creates an uncomfortable curve. Keep the elbows in front and she will

have the elegant ballroom line. Lesley and Anton. Shy thought she

was stung. I enjoyed her performance so, so much. Darcey said a couple of

balance issues with the free arm Do you know, we say these muscles are

smaller than our bodies, so we tend to throw an arm into the action to

help us speed up but this lady didn't need that at all. I have to

pick up on this. We will go into this move. She is going to go into

her little drop. Watch closely. She asserts her own energy - did you see

that? That's not Anton lifting her. She is asserting her own energy

going into the drop. It is fantastic. She leaves a lot of the

young ones standing, let me tell you. Come on Lesley! She is

assertive, and inspires her part nerks I love it. Oh great stuff. I

love it. - inspires her partner.

And Will with the jive, Craig said they missed their first intooifd

side, did you spot that? Of course. You know what I'm like, I see

everything. I picked it up here but what I love is how he makes it up.

Look he has gone wrong here, look I'll double turn and catch her again

much that's clever. The benefits of this is he has got musical rhythm.

He has rhythm, a regular occurrence on an accented beat. Say that again?

Rhythm is a regular recurrence of accented beats. Repeat after me...

He was able to jump back in and keep it going. He has to watch his

footwork and he has to watch his feet. I will be interesting to see

how he is developing that but a fabulous dance. All that of with a

twinged bum. Well done, Will. The judges praised the character of

Tam ka and Gorka's Charleston. It is brilliant week 2, and we are seeing

so many performances. Craig would have liked more swivel. Craig always

wants more swivel. Demands, demands, demands. But it is ooerl days. You

have to bring it. He was right. She has a bit of

swivel but I know what he is after, he really wants to see - I'm sorry,

I have to keep watching it, I love it. It is free, easy, natural and it

has the character. You are not feeling like it is robotic anywhere.

But you do in this - you really want to feel the action. Do you know

what, it is week 2. She wouldn't even have had time but the little

bit she got, beautiful. Onwards and upwards for these two. Brilliant. Go

on girl. OK, Judge Rinder and Oksana's American smooth. What a

performance. Len said, however, that Judge Rinder is obsessed with heel

leads. Now they do tell to you do heel leads but I guess there are a

time when you do and a time when you don't? I picked up, you have to look

early on at this. He does heels all the way across the bottom. It is

almost looking Groucho... Marx We always say loyal fans, that work is

the foundation of movement. I remembered that one Well done. So

typically, we would get a heel, followed by a toe, which creates

continuity through movement across the floor. When you are typically

doing a heel and another heel, it is almost a constant stopping action.

We know in ballroom we are looking for continuity. So you would get a

heel to a toe, potentially another heel or another toe, but a

succession of heels, it almost stops the action going across the floor.

However, he is using the ankles. Week 2, we can forgive these things.

He is holding frame and he is working hard. I'm so glad you are

here to explain it. We all understand after Karen explains.

Finally, Daysy and Aljaz. Amazing. Len deducted point because it is the

cha-cha-cha, the feet, one foot must stay on the floor all the time. The

golden rule, feet on the floor. We have a beautiful clip. We have to

show off how gorgeous her legs R let's not overlook that. But here we

go, slowing it down, two feet off the floor and assisted by the

gentleman Any time it is considered a lift is when that happens. Now

what Aljaz should have done, is bend into his knees further, extended his

arms away, so the lady's leg brushed out further and stayed near the

floor. Could it have been his fault or her fault? It was a GM bell, it

is what we call one of the wow steps. - a gamble. It was a risk.

Week 2 - fabulous. Are you looking forward to Movie Week? I cannot

wait. It is my favery. You get the set, everything. Lights, camera,

action. A dancer's dream. Come over, we will wear PJs and get popcorn.

Now, I never ever thought I'd see the day that Ed Balls dressed up

But Strictly is proof that dreams really do come true.

That is a sight I don't think I ever wish to see again. What a comeback.

It is good to see the funny side of Balls. You came out with enthusiasm.

You got a standing ovation. Ed and Katya everyone. Boom. Oh, Ed,

catchia, I have to say, such an incredible reaction from the

audience in the studio and from the whole nation. Could you feel that? I

mean the ground must have been vibrating, Ed? I think we felt it

from the first ten seconds or so. Once you were going and the energy

of the audience gives you energy yourself. I think all the people

would have will be willing us on at home. It definitely helped things.

By the end they were rolling. For the best part of the routine I

couldn't see him. I didn't know what was going on. I turned and I saw him

and thought - yes... He's got it. Yes. I know you worked him so hard.

It is a difficult thing to master the Charleston. Darcey wanted you to

embrace the character. You must have been so proud of him? I was

extremely proud. You know I didn't know how he would feel and the you

had aen's energy got up, it was amazing. - the audience. She is

still on a high now All day in training referry day, this is what

she is like. It is fantastic but exhausting. Ann Widdecombe sent you

advice on avoiding elimination. Did you take anything on board, you

seemed to have embraced it. There was a difference It was Ann and

Darcey in her comments last Saturday who said - you have to go out and

perform and get in character. I think the first week I was in a suit

on Westminster Bridge and we were concentrating really hard. I think

my face said it was me and me, on Strictly Come Dancing, that's not

kind of what I think of me being. But the second week, you know we

were in a music hall, playing the ban Joes. I pulled on my Charleston

head and boom. Ed Balls just said "boom" on TV shocker. There are 7s

there and then a 3 from krachlingt he got booed by everybody. - from

Craig. He said it was the wrong side of "goofy" for him. Do you think

that was fair? Or are you not surprised? He is hard to please He

was right, I wasn't swivelling enough. We were focussing on getting

the character out. So even if he went a little overboard, I would

rather have that. We love Craig but we areall like, boo, boo. He gave me

less marks for that than I did the waltz. I thought the waltz was

nowhere near as good. I love that, you are feeling the improvement, Ed.

This is great. We have got him. I have an exclusive for you. Speaking

of the judges, we here at it takes 2 carefully monitor them throughout

the live shows to make sure they are all paying attention. Here is a

quick little look at their reaction to your Charleston, Ed. Have a look.

Can't wait. Look, they are all really enjoying

it and Craig is trying so hard there not to crack a smile. We have caught

him out there. Darcey did talk about your impressive musicality. That's a

drome in a partner. - a dream. When I found out he could play piano I

thought - you are my cup of tea. I play as watch. We have no problems

with musicality. He feels it through his body. We kept the energy going.

In some of the rehearsals you start strolling it and can't quite sustain

it. This time we were going at the end. We could have done it all

again. I thought - oh my God, you have more energy than me. I can't

keep up. That is not possible. She has had a lot of training. You will

be as good, you wait, Ed. You had unusual support, former political

ally, George Osborne said on Twitter "Come on Ed Balls." Is dance the way

to cure all political differences? Well the Prime Minister said she was

backing me at the Conservative conference. In the end, dance

something appropriate. All the MPs are thinking - go for t have a good

time. There may be a few who think - oh my gosh, what is he up to, but

most think, good for him. Good on you. What was your wife's review of

cowboy Ed? She was in the audience. She was sending me messages to say,

go, go, go, sell, sell, sell, you have to go for T she was worried I

would be cautious. I was reading the messages. I found out Norwich had

baeteden Wolves, so I thought - what a day, fabulous. If Norwich can win

every week it'll spur you on. OK, it is movie week, this weekend, and you

have a samba. I'm still learning what it is. It is not a dance I'm

familiar with. Katya is dressed for a samba. What is a samba. What are

you trying to teach Ed this week? Bounce, up and down action. We have

done waltz which is all gliding. He keeps asking - can we go back to the

frame? No, you have it start bouncing but I think he is on such a

high now after the second week, Charleston, he is quite, you know, I

think he is going for it. I'm quite happy. Good luck this weekend, both

of you. Ed and Katya, everyone. JOHNNY CASH: # You can run on for

# Sooner or later God'll cut you down