Episode 24 Strictly - It Takes Two

Live from London this is Strictly:

It Takes Two. Please welcome your

host Zoe Ball.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!

No time for faffing

about tonight - we've

got loads to get

through, so let's get

straight to business

and find out who's in

the green room!

It's the delicious

Davood and Nadiya!

The delightful

Mollie and AJ!

Naughty!

And the divine Vicky Gill!

Plus, we'll be revealing

which scary costume you have

chosen for Ian Waite

to

wear later in the show.

I wonder what it could be.

But first, I like my Strictly

couples like I like

my coffee -

Hot.

Strong.

And a little bit frothy.

It's Davood and Nadiya!

MUSIC: "Tell Her About It"

This is your strength, this is what

you have come amazing power and

energy in the dances and it worked

perfectly in the jive.

A little bit

heavy footed, I thought.

I think you

are very good.

APPLAUSE

Davood and Nadiya everyone!

Show them your love! That looked

quite good, didn't it?

It was all

right.

It was a scorching start to

the show. How ready were you for

this jive?

I was nervy at the

beginning, because you need a warm

up into a jive because its physical.

We were jumping all over the place

around the back and it added to the

nerves kicking off the show but you

could enjoy the rest of the show

afterwards so it was a bonus.

So

there are pros and cons to all of

it. I have to say you are back where

you belong not in the.

APPLAUSE

Did you feel last week you had a

point to prove?

You want to come

back strong and we felt like we had

something to prove, and the jive is

a great dance to come back on and

hit the ground running.

And joyous

and Shirley and Darcey gave you so

much praise, which we love. Craig

gave you a bit of a list. Deep

breath, too much of the body

movement, your arm misplaced, heavy

footed and on, like the teacher on

Charlie Brown. The thing is, Nadiya,

you are working with him all the

time, how much has he improved?

A

lot, really. Yesterday in training

he was telling me that where do we

start? Start with the swivels, or

the Telemark. And I thought, you

really know.

The terminology!

These

terms you will never forget. Years

later. That is encouraging, also

your gorgeous mum, Bonnie Langford,

she tweeted this, fabulous jive.

Don't let him do the ever again.

#proudmum. She is an amazing mover,

Bonnie. Has June Brown given you any

tips?

I could do with tips if you

are watching, June. Next time we are

in the Vic.

Have they been

supportive?

We were sitting in the

Vic and the people who have been

here and done it want to hear about

my journey and so everybody is

really into it. It is like we are in

the pub and then we remember we have

got to do a scene.

Not really

shandy, it is an apple juice or

something like that. Glorious. Now,

it is Halloween and we know very

well that you, young man, are a big

fan of this season. Let's have a

look, anyone remember this? Check

out the face on that pumpkin. I met

with this dance this weekend, it is

a rumba, you might have to wear a

little bit more than that on the

screen.

A little bit more than that.

The first man to do the rumba in

Halloween week, how does it go?

It

is the most difficult dance for a

man, that is for sure. Why is it so

difficult for the fellows? He is in

charge of everything, he has too

literally lead me every step, and if

he doesn't, you can see it

straightaway because it is a slow

dance, so any small mistake.

It is a

very exposing dance because it is

slow and there is a lot to think

about and a lot to get through.

How

do you feel about it at the moment?

I feel good. Can you tell the

conviction? I feel good! When it

goes right it is a beautiful dance.

And you enjoy it.

I even enjoyed it.

You enjoyed it? This is progress. We

look forward to see what you are

wearing on Saturday. I love a rumba.

Davood and Nadiya!

Now, it's the moment we've

all been waiting for.

TENSE MUSIC

You've been voting

in your thousands.

But what will Ian

Waite be wearing for

Halloween?

Your options were -

Scott Mills' Uncle Fester

from the Addams Family.

Frankie Bridge's

Elphaba from Wicked.

And finally, Ore Oduba's

Grotesque Shopkeeper!

And the winner -

with an overwhelming

70% of the vote -

will be revealed after

this short message.

Ian Waite, please reveal yourself!

My Lord! That is quite something

else. Do you know what, Green really

is your colour. The funniest thing

is that is Frankie Bridge's actual

outfit from the show.

Can I say,

Frankie, please stop wearing it

because you are stretching it.

This

is something else. Are you all

right, love, had an easy flight? Got

enough props?

It is hard work but

anyway, never mind, we are here now.

I can't take him seriously. Starting

with Aston and Janette and their

paso doble to it Smells Like Teen

Spirit. Does this smell like

success?

It smells pretty good from

here, darling.

LAUGHTER

Very recognisable paso doble steps

as you can see, very good shaping.

Have a look at this, Zoe. This

gorgeous shaping, lovely. Lovely

shaping here, like a proper matador,

you know what I mean?

LAUGHTER

For that I will give it four

pumpkins.

APPLAUSE

Four pumpkins! Moving on to Simon

and Karen who are looking good, they

were in the last weekend and have

not be this week, Sweeney Todd

themed American smooth Viennese

waltz style.

Sweeney Todd needs to

get his elbows up a bit because they

are dripping in places. That studio

needs a bit of a clean.

You could go

around there with your broom.

As you

can see here he is looking over the

right-hand side of her. Can you see

that? Stop laughing at that.

I'm

laughing at you, not Simon. You have

lipstick on your teeth. You've got

it.

He needs to look over this way,

if you get hold of me, when you go

there. Can you see, dear? He needs

to look in that window?

Which

window? CDs to look there are three

that window, through this window.

Get away from me before I turn

green.

He is going to get three

spiders and one pumpkin. Not bad,

not bad.

It's the way you wear that

we've come he's wearing it well.

Alexandra and Gorka, zombie themed

tango to Nelly Furtado's Man eater,

should the contestants be afraid?

The competition should be very

afraid. Nice and low in the mix,

sharpened staccato slick and fast,

that's what it looks like. Look at

the lovely balance in the country

check. In places... This is getting

on my nerves! In places now here, as

you can see, sometimes she gets over

enthusiastic and straightens that

right arm. She needs to keep it

compact all the time, nice and

compact in the arm, so keep the bend

in the arm Alexandra command the

rest is brilliant. So for this I am

going to give it three pumpkins and

one spider.

That is serious. The

cha-cha-cha to Kylie Minogue, your

favourite, is it looking good?

Anything with Kylie Minogue is a

winner for me, darling. It needs a

bit more snap in the legs. Talking

about the straight legs in

cha-cha-cha, they need to snap back

on every step so you get the nice

slick, shop action. There is a bit

of this going on here. As she

swivels, if I do it around my broom,

straight, straight.

Do you want me

to hold your skirt up, love? Yes, we

get the idea. Come here. Do you want

me to tuck it behind your ears?

It

is getting stuck to my lipstick.

I

have to do this all the time.

Hold

on. We have two spiders for it and

two pumpkins.

There we go, Mollie is

doing a little air punch in the

studio.

Do you like what you see in

the quickstep? It is my theme tune,

darling. Clear the spiders, yes.

There is a lot of yapping going on,

as you can see but it is early

stages, only Tuesday's footage and

they are going through the steps and

it looks a complicated routine. If I

stop it here, you know we talk about

flower in a vase, darling? Really

she needs to shape her body towards

him there. Get ahead out here. Even

in a promenade, if I take hold of

you. Come around.

This is very

surreal.

Open in two promenade that

way and then your head comes out

that way.

Just like that.

Do you see

what I mean?

Yes.

Flower in a vase

all the time, think about that. For

that I am going to give it three

spiders. And one pumpkin.

APPLAUSE

Thank goodness for that. No idea

about the system. Susan and Kevin

dancing the foxtrot to Killer Queen

and this could be so good.

These

killer heels are killing me.

They

are not mine.

She is struggling

slightly to keep up with Kevin

Vickers Kevin has so much energy and

I can understand that and her legs

are slightly shorter than his but

her movement is really good, which

is a plus. The other thing is I

noticed that sometimes, as you can

see here, her arm drops down the

side. She's got to keep the site up

and the elbow up and she will be

absolutely fine.

Where are we going

with this scoring system?

I'm afraid

we are going to have to give this

four spiders.

Is that good or bad?

We're not really sure.

I'm not

feeling really generous dressed like

this.

I have to say sadly it is time

for this pretty one to fly away. Ian

Waite, or Elphaba.

APPLAUSE

Just something else.

It's the way you are holding that

broom!

Now from one wicked

treat to another.

We sent our cameras to meet

Strictly's Director

of Choreography Jason Gilkison

to teach us how perform

the perfect Viennese waltz.

Take a look at this.

The Viennese waltz is probably the

oldest of all the ballroom dances

and it is very rich in history. It

dates back to the 18th-century and

differs from the normal waltz in

that is twice the speed. Many of the

celebrities probably think they will

have a very easy time when they do

the Viennese waltz because there is

not many steps. That's where they

are very, very wrong. The first step

we would learn when learning the

Viennese waltz is the natural turn.

The natural turn is a movement that

moves to the right and starts on the

right foot and moves around the

floor counterclockwise. If we are

just concentrating on the man's

steps, the man steps forward on the

right foot, continues to the side on

the left foot and then closes his

right foot to his left foot to start

off. The second half of the action,

he goes back on the left, swings his

right foot to the site and then

closes his left foot to his right

foot. I think it is inputted to note

the male and female do exactly the

same steps. The second step you

usually learn in the Viennese waltz

is the reverse turn, the turn to the

left, and the left foot goes

forward, the right foot goes to the

side, and the left foot crosses in

front of the right foot for the

first part of the action. And then

the right foot goes back, the left

foot goes to the side, but this time

we actually close the feet together

just like in the natural turn. I

think the important thing to watch

on the reverse turn is that we don't

lose sight of our body connection.

The third step is a change step. We

use this step to go from rotating

one way to the other. It's

interesting to note that no matter

what step in the Viennese waltz the

counting is all the same, one, two,

three, one, two, three, one, two,

three, one, two, three, one. I

always like to tell the dancers and

celebrities when they are moving

around the floor to think of it like

a race track and it's like a small

circle. It's a weird name but the

little fast moving spin that happens

in the middle of the floor during

the Viennese waltz. You can do one

both ways, you can do it in reverse

which is normally how it starts

where you can do a natural one. What

separates them both is the sudden

movement you see in between. It's so

important to master because it's one

of the few elements which is in

every single ballroom dance and

particularly in the Viennese waltz

it is done quite quickly. The thing

I love about the Viennese waltz is

that even though it's one of the

oldest dances it's probably one of

the most beautiful and the most free

once you get it right.

There is a real feeling of

exuberance and freedom as you dance

around the floor. While the number

of steps may make the Viennese waltz

seem really, really simple it is one

the judges can pick up on

straightaway something small goes

wrong so good luck with this one.

Thanks Jason, Chloe and Pashpot!

Now, it's another big

week for the costume

department on Strictly.

But what terrifying

delights are in store?

Let's find out - it's time

for Puttin' on the Glitz!

Give it up for Vicky Gill!

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Here she is!

So let's get straight to it -

Half term and Halloween.

Has this been a week

from hell for you?

Not the best combination.

Have you

sorted out your kids outfits?

I

will.

Can you help me with mine...

I'm just joking! Let's start with

the sketches, Alexandra for the

tango, what can you tell us, Man

eater.

She is a zombie. So we begin,

I try to maintain what they need for

the dancing style, although we have

lots of fun on Halloween I want them

to feel comfortable performing, they

want to stay in the competition

whilst having fun and dressing up.

The skirt is fitted over the hips,

lots of room, similar to a ballroom

skirt but we have a regular shapes

running through. Big split on the

left-hand side which we don't

normally do but it's happening more

and more.

Because they all have such

good leg work going on.

At the

moment it looks crisp and new but by

Saturday night we will have got the

dirt on it.

We move on to Susan.

She has already been Wonder Woman,

now she's great to be the mother of

dragons.

We have made the dance base

and got all those pieces. We have

hired some pieces so we get the

authenticity of the Basque and the

shoulder detail and then some high

street numbers so this will come

together tomorrow. We have stuck

with the blue base and then we have

weather belligerent. -- leather

embellishment. Susan will tell us.

And Kevin, is he going to be you

know nothing Jon Snow?

Yes!

OK this

one looks incredible.

We have bases

which already exist and it's a good

base to embellish and have fun with

and this was already there and

started life as a Latin piece which

is why the feathers are on it but I

felt like they became like spider

legs so I thought we can use it.

You

have got it going on.

The spider

detail down the side of the costume.

Turn it around, look at that jewel

work.

We need some red elements but

we will probably do that tomorrow.

At the bottom we have got binding on

the head so it's more of a ballroom

shape and we will see, she might

want it to go, we wish you what she

thinks.

If we wonder this way you

will see this means we have the

mystery manic and back.

You are doing the cha-cha-cha to

better the devil you know, what are

you looking for?

I have heard it is

red, so feel on devil with horns.

That usually works. Let's do the

reveal.

Wardrobe malfunction!

Gasps

from the audience. Let's look at age

eight, he looks happy! Mollie what

do you think?

I am loving it!

What

can you tell us in 20 seconds?

These

mites Tiago, it might go into place

it depending on eg thinks, you will

have detail and horns and lots of

embellishment.

I am loving it, how

much it will shake as I am moving.

Mollie is happy, eg is happy, Vicki

is happy, cannot wait to see it all.

Thank you.

Right, back to the training room now

to see how Aston & Janette's

and Debbie & Giovanni's halloween

routines are shaping up.

It is fast and furious, it feels

like a volcano. He really needs to

have a strong presence throughout

this whole routine.

You have to

really use the wrist and the arms

and pop the chest up.

This is going

to be a serious dance.

The minute we started learning the

Charleston I fell in love with it,

it's fun, happy and I just love it.

It just takes so much energy, I run

out of steam about 80% of the way

through.

We have to focus a lot now

on technique. Swivel and stamina.

Beautiful! Beautiful!

I am going to

be so fit by the end of this week.

Now, my final guests may have

started their performance at the end

of a pier, but there was nothing

'end of the pier' about their

romantic Viennese Waltz.

It's Mollie and AJ!

It was very romantic and very

believable chemistry.

Very

impressive I have to say. You were

gliding around like you're on a

carousel.

A lot of wonderful

Viennese in that. Congratulations.

It's Mollie & AJ everyone!

Welcome.

'Anyone who had a Heart' loved that

routine - we've checked.

I did it feel?

It was my favourite

dance to date, I loved every moment

and it felt like we were in a movie

and I did not want it to end. I felt

like a princess for 90 seconds.

Congratulations for not throwing up

on his lovely slacks.

Always a

bonus!

You were wearing acrobat,

very well. Eight's across the board

including your first from Darcey and

Craig. You'll might guess, we were

asking if he felt OK, it was great,

it was amazing because I said at the

start of the week I would love to

get eight.

You just wanted the one.

Yes and then to get all of them,

come on!

Can you imagine if Bruno

was there as well? Also Shirley

Reilly appreciated your choreography

which I now must go down well

because you work so hard, she said

there were things in their she had

not even seen before.

It means a lot

but it makes it hard for Mollie but

she put in the hard work so the

continuous natural turning was not

easy.

I have got the best teacher.

He is very good. I say that to

everyone in case they get cross. You

put in extra hours last week

training so hard and it is pinning

off.

That is the best thing, you can

see it is paying off. We are

training about 12 hours a day at the

moment.

Nonstop dancing people. No

time for Sam Burgees.

Go again and

again and again.

You are pretty

proud of yourself in the studio and

rightfully so, have a look.

I am

going to nail it. No nerves, just

mailing. I am killing it. Come on!

If Craig could see me now! Ten!

Mollie shaking her days! Yes,

Mollie, nothing like a bit of self

praise in this room. It's the only

praise I am getting. Yes! Positive

energy, positive energy.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

I save the positive energy for

Friday and Saturday.

You barely say

anything AJ.

It's the only praise I

get, I am in the begging myself up.

He is just checking himself out in

the mirror.

The first one I

definitely was.

It's Halloween and

you have a cha-cha-cha. Work!

I am

ready!

Aioli said he was a little

devil. You have always said you

prefer ballroom so how do you feel

about this Latin number?

Positive!

Now he is positive!

The cha-cha-cha

is a devil for me, it is not

agreeing with me. AJ is being

positive with me this week. You know

when it's just not going in the

body? I'm trying to keep the legs

straight, I need to dance like Ian

did around the broomstick.

This is

you in training, it's the snapping

like action, it is a really

difficult.

It is so hard. It feels

weird to keep the legs straight all

the time and AJ is saying keep it

snappy and sharp.

I do not give you

a break, if you have got that good

it goes to the head and then the

arms and then back to the hips.

It's

exhausting. He knows what he's

talking about. You have got great

music, Kylie Minogue. AJ we hope you

are channelling Russell Grant from

2011.

This is why I have the horns.

I don't know if I am going with this

exact bloke but I will take some of

it. Saturday will hit me.

Good luck

at the weekend. I cannot wait to see

the trousers coming off that outfit.

I want to see what my outfit is I

feel left out.

You are wearing

Russell Brand 's outfit! -- Russell

Grant's outfit. Thank you very much.

That's all we've got

time for - a huge thank

you to all my guests.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow

at the earlier time of 6pm

I'll be chatting to

Debbie & Giovanni, Joe &

Katya and Susan & Kevin.

Plus on the Friday panel it's

Ed Balls, Katy Brand and