Episode 25 Strictly - It Takes Two

Wow, I still can't believe we got

a nine and a ten last week.

I know, it's incredible!

I think we've finally managed

to shake the ghost of Ed Balls.

Totally.

Katya!

Ed!

Excuse me, we were just

in the middle of something, here.

A lady never forgets her first love.

I think we all know

Mrs Katya Jones likes her men

like she likes her pumpkins.

Orange with fire in their belly!

This is my worst nightmare!

Aagh!

Oh, thank goodness,

it was just a bad dream.

Morning!

KATYA SCREAMS.

Live from London, this is strictly-

It Takes Two. Here is your host, Zoe

Ball!

APPLAUSE.

Hello and welcome to a spook-tastic

edition of It Takes Two!

Give it up for our not-so-gruesome

twosome, Kevin and Giovanni!

APPLAUSE.

They'll be back later in the show

with their partners,

Susan and Debbie.

Katya will be here, too,

but who knows which partner

she'll be bringing!

Plus, Shirley Ballas

answers your questions and there's

music from Clean Bandit!

APPLAUSE.

No tricks here, folks, just treats.

And with just 24 hours, 32 minutes

and 23 seconds until Halloween, we

could not be more excited!

Now, let's head over to "hellstree",

where that handsome devil

Gethin Jones has been digging

up the dirt.

It is Friday, Elstree studios, it is

a last chance for the couple to

perfect their routine before

tomorrow night. It is a spooky

special so I am going behind the

scenes to see who I can scare. See

you soon!

There'll be more from

Gethin later in the show.

But now, my first guests danced one

hell of a rumba last Saturday.

In fact, it was so good

it shot them straight

to the top of the leaderboard.

It's Flexi McGee and her glamorous

assistant, Giovanni!

APPLAUSE.

I have never seen standing leg as

beautifully straight as yours!

It

was wonderful how you can arrest the

floor with your feet, your best

dance.

Giovanni, darling! That was

sensational, I loved it!

APPLAUSE.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, gorgeous Debbie McGee! Hello,

gorgeous Giovanni! Lovely to see

you. And that frock! What a gorgeous

rumba last week. Just divine, how

did that feel on the floor?

I loved

it, I did not think of anything else

except dancing with Giovanni and I

did not know that anything else

existed, it was magical.

Just both

of you lost on each other.

Brilliant. It was a tough week for

Debbie McGee. Quite emotional.

How

proud were you? I cannot even

describe. It was a very difficult

week but she delivered one of the

best rumbas I have seen my life!

APPLAUSE.

That is praise indeed! So good that

Craig did a Bruno Tonioli and threw

himself off the seat!

I have saved

that. Any time I am depressed I will

think of that!

You did that

dangerously well. And top of the

Leader Board!

APPLAUSE.

How chuffed were you to be at the

top?

Chuffed to bits! We worked so

hard that so it was great, at the

end of a very tough week to get

that, it was wow!

Shirley Ballas has

travelled over the world and said

she has never seen a straight leg,

more beautiful than your own?

That

is some praise indeed! We talked

about the legs and focused on the

legs because we wanted to show the

judges that she has a beautiful

league action and from the Latin

Queen, Shirley Ballas, something

like this, you must have been proud

of yourself?

I could not believe she

was saying that! I had to watch it

the next day!

This is what dreams

are made of.

This week? We are doing

the charleston!

APPLAUSE.

Nobody says it quite like Giovanni!

That is it.

In English, charleston!

Dancing to this wonderful Sister

Sledge song... Frankie, would you

remember me? Will be remembered this

dance for a long time to come?

Hopefully! There are a lot of lifts.

Hopefully they will remember this

for the right reasons.

If it works

it will be amazing, we just love it,

we have not stopped laughing all

the, I cannot believe I am doing

what I am doing. When he first

showed me at, I thought, don't be

stupid!

How is it going upwards?

Nothing!

You are such a tease! It is

Halloween, is a storyline?

Yes.

I

really have to act this week. I will

be Frankenstein. With the lovely

Debbie McGee as the woman of

Frankenstein.

I have to fall in love

with them X may so difficult!

Especially in green make-up.

Going

Phil Green? Who knows?

The judges

will be keeping a close eye on this

level, yesterday Ian said you were

looking very good.

The thing is, we

have to get Giovanni to say so

little. I have been dreaming of him

saying that. Sweevel?

Swivel. It is

my accent. Sweevel!

Beautiful. You

were born on Halloween, Debbie, it

is your birthday.

Ooh! You must be

excited? Yes, I am a real witch

because it was born on Halloween! I

just hope to be in the competition

for Halloween and I am so excited.

Doing the stands where from the

moment we start dancing, we both

start smiling and that is what it

has been like in training.

Just

happy. Every week.

The charleston in

particular makes us giggle.

Good

luck with your charleston, Debbie

and Giovanni!

APPLAUSE.

Now, to get you in the spirt -

as if you weren't already -

it is my great pleasure to introduce

Michael Jackson's Thriller

as performed by the class of 2017.

MUSIC: Thriller.

You try to scream... But terror

takes the sound before you make

it... # 'Cause this is

Thriller # You're fighting for your

life Inside a killer Thriller

tonight, yeah You're fighting for

your life Inside a killer Thriller

tonight, yeah Creatures crawl in

search of blood To terrorize y'all's

neighborhood no mere mortal can

resist, the evil of the Thriller...

LAUGHTER

The Class of 2017.

Time now to welcome our Friday panel

of Strictly supernatural fans.

Give it up for Ed Balls, Katy Brand

and The Reverend Richard Coles!

APPLAUSE.

Welcome, what a fine selection we

have. Richard, welcome back. We

never got to say goodbye! Reverend

Richard Coles! How much are you

missing the Strictly experience?

A

lot, mostly of this has come off on

my bath towels!

I started a dance

class.

APPLAUSE.

I know!

Thank you. What style?

Wednesday night, in the working

men's club. It is so rock, it is

like chatting. You must swap

partners and it is very civilised.

We need to go!

Are you excited for

Halloween? I love Halloween

generally as a festival but I also

love Halloween on Strictly, my

favourite, maybe even more than

Blackpool!

Shocking! I could be with

you! Ed Balls is back!

APPLAUSE.

How are you?

So good to see you. So

strange to be back in the middle of

Strictly!

It is like you have never

been away, we have much to discuss,

Jim and Aljaz, doing the jive this

week, let us look at them. The

judges say they are the ones to

watch. Here they are in rehearsals.

Doing a jive to the Buzzcocks.

Marvellous stuff, do the others need

to watch their backs?

Definitely, I

think Gemma is improving every week.

Beautiful, dancing beautifully, her

lines were fabulous, doing really

well.

Goodbye! They have a vampire

inspired dance. Could she slay this

week? This is the first of many!

Don't open with that! I think

they're dance was so beautiful last

Saturday, quite emotional and it was

like the time and I saw them coming

together as a proper partnership on

the dance floor and she looked like

she was having a lovely time so I am

excited to see how that translates

into this dance.

Into the Latin.

Ruth and Anton, quick step,

bewitched. Here they are in

training. Will this be enough to

cast a spell over the lovely judges?

Richard? I think it will. Ruth is

wonderful, she keeps pulling stuff

out, and the perfect partner for

Anton, it is comedy and delivery.

The perfect sound bite. Very fast

paced. As you know. You got 27 for

your quickstep! Lots of stamina

needed, how is not looking to you?

It is clear that Ruth has got

stamina and she is really performing

and projecting, the way she pulled

off her dress at the weekend to

reveal... Were you watching a

different show? She pulled it off.

And she pulled it off! Keep saying

it! Alexandra and Gorka are doing a

zombie tango. Could be glorious.

Sliding down the Leader Board at

tiny but last week. Here they are in

training.

She obviously has incredible talent

and presence. She's used to

performing and she's ambitious in a

brilliant way. I'm looking forward

to her tango because she has that

angry but dignified vibe which I

think suit the tango well.

Not many

people can do angry and dignified.

I

admire it in others.

She set the bar

early in the competition. Can she

maintained that?

She can do

anything. A sensational dancer. She

did that first paso doble with

Gorka.

Sat between a vicar and a

politician and I am the least

professional person from a dancing

point of view!

She has to do is keep

getting better every week. You have

to keep improving otherwise the

others get better.

Mollie and AJ and

their cha-cha-cha. Ed Balls, you

were a mad scientist with your

cha-cha-cha, genius. Any advice you

would give to these two brilliant

youngsters?

Any advice I give should

be ignored! But the thing with

Mollie, she's doing really well. AJ

is a great teacher. She needs to

have a big breakthrough dance, the

one where people say she has really

arrived. A bit like the Argentine

tango that Louise did. Maybe this

week she will stay in, but she needs

a moment where she really arrives.

It hasn't happened yet, but I think

it will.

Lovely New Yorkers.

Corrected by Ed Balls!

It's what Len

told me but maybe I'm wrong.

Simon

and Karen doing an American Smooth

based on the Viennese Waltz. This is

training. He's had a thigh injury,

they've got Tom Jones and Delilah.

He's putting any effort and enjoying

himself, improving every week. I

hope there is a lot of American in

it but with that thigh injury there

might not be much smooth.

Joe and

Katya doing a foxtrot to Troubled by

Coldplay. We all had a singsong with

the crew earlier and had a cry. He

got his first ten last week.

Richard, can he carry on with that

standard?

I think he's one to watch.

I remember on the first day seeing

Joe and thinking he's incredibly

good. He works incredibly good and I

think he will go far.

The paso doble

was amazing. I actually stopped

looking at Twitter for the duration.

I like Kellie said paso doble

properly.

I didn't mean to!

Your ex

woman dancing with a new man.

Ex

woman?

Dance partner. Well

corrected.

She's a genius, great

choreographer, brilliant teacher. I

would love to say Joe was over

marked with the ten, but he wasn't.

We will resurrect that with the

panel later. Thank you.

Now, like a beautiful bogeyman

Gethin Jones has been creeping

around Elstree to bring us

Strictly's deepest, darkest secrets.

Let's see what he's

uncovered this time.

How's it going?

Really good. Two

professional dances with it being

Halloween. We saw Brendan Purcell

nightmare routine earlier on in the

week. What about this one?

It's a

really cool number. It's about a

haunted Strictly Museum, starting

with those great winners. They are

frozen in their frames. All the

celebrities who have survived so far

are walking into the museum to find

something scary.

I heard the

celebrities are involved. Does that

change the routine for you guys?

It

makes it even scarier!

Who are you

talking about specifically?

Nobody

specifically. But it's always an

added bonus when you have a full

floor. Because on Halloween they do

their own number and then the group

number. So many things to remember.

A lot of things can go wrong. When

you see a scared face on Halloween,

it's genuinely scared.

The

celebrities have to raise their game

with you. I hear a light fitting

doubles up as a swing. What's going

on with that.

It's a huge chandelier

but it goes in and out. It's part of

the dance. It's a very cool concept.

The professional dancing is always

amazing to watch.

The audience getting very excited

about the line-up.

Thanks, Gethin.

Time now to welcome our next couple.

Wronged by her ex and wrapped

in a furry pink blanket,

she had nowhere left to turn.

All that was left was to dance a cha

cha cha with her bessie mate -

it's Susan and Kevin!

Technically not great, no hip action

to speak of, but I love your energy.

There was just moments where you

step out too much and then the

technique suffers.

I love you and I

would never break up with you. I

think you bring their cheeky to the

cheeky cha-cha-cha.

How are you?

Great, thanks.

It's a

lovely crowd tonight. We are a

little bit excited about Halloween.

Are you over your break-up with

Craig Revel Horwood?

I will never be

over it, never be over how it's

going, but I still have hope that

one day we will be together.

That's

the best thing I have ever heard.

Kevin, your role is supporting your

best friend. How did she do last

week?

To me it looked like she got

over it pretty quickly! I thought

she was brilliant. She was scared of

the cha-cha-cha. I said you just

have to throw everything at it and

that is what she did. We always have

the most fun when we danced

together. An amazing time. Last week

was no different and I loved it.

You

made no bones of the fact he --

other facts you were not a fan of

the cha-cha-cha.

Every time I dancer

Kevin it's amazing. Every Monday

when he arrives in Glasgow and we

start dancing, it's the best week of

my life. Of course I felt joy at the

end of the dance. Every single week

is the best of my life!

You are so

lucky! Craig was worried when you

went down with the splits that

something might snap. Were you

scared?

Could have gone further!

Saving that for Blackpool.

LAUGHTER

She's gone! We are all on the edge

now. Shirley said she would never

break up with you. But she said she

wants you to coordinate your arms

more. We think all she really wants

is a couple. What did you make of

the comments? -- is a cuddle.

We

have worked really hard on the arms

this week to address those comments.

Sometimes I get so overexcited, I am

like a puppy that has seen the sea

for the first time. I forget there

is this as well. I just get excited.

Straightaway, the first bit of the

routine, we decided we wanted to

show them arms and we have worked on

it all week. I hope the judges watch

this.

Craig watches everything I do.

He records it, I'm sure.

He is

possessed. Surely popped into your

training room this week.

Such a

crush on Shirley.

Dancing with

quality and entertainment!

LAUGHTER

One of these days I will turn round

to the judges table and it will be

Kevin Clifton wearing a dress doing

Shirley Ballas.

HERE IN PERSON IT IS

SURELY. -- HE IMPERSONATES SHIRLEY.

LAUGHTER

THAT IS UNCANNY.

Please don't give a

say two. We love you.

Great

anticipation for your Halloween

dance. Especially among some of us

who are fans of the great fantasy

television series.

Susan, or should that

be Daenerys Stormborn

of the House Targaryen,

First of Her Name, the Unburnt,

Queen of the Andals

and the First Men, Khaleesi

of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker

of Chains, and Mother of Dragons?

How excited are you?

No, we are

doing the Monster Mash.

This morning

he saw his costume. I saw my

costume, and the two of us went...

It is essentially the most excited I

have ever been in my entire life.

I'm not saying I am, but there is a

possibility there is a dragon and I

might come down on the back of it.

There may be dragons.

If you don't,

we will be furious. I assume you are

Jon Snow?

I am popular Channel 4

newsreader Jon Snow, that's correct.

You were dancing to Killer Queen it

will be a foxtrot, ballroom hold.

How's it going?

I have adored the

foxtrot. I never thought when I

started the competition that I would

love ballroom as much as I have.

Kevin has choreographed the most

exceptional routine I have ever seen

in my life. It's a beautiful,

gorgeous and charming dance and we

will give it everything. We like two

kids. Mum and dad have let us dress

up! I keep saying it, it's

absolutely true. Every single week I

walked in and the wardrobe and

make-up people, this is what you are

just as. Really?! It's amazing.

I am

slightly hysterical about this one.

It's going to be good. APPLAUSE

It can be scary in the training

room. How have Ruth, Aston and Gemma

been coping?

Lots of quick steps in

it. That's the most important thing

about the quickstep.

I'm struggling

to keep up with Anton. That man is

quick.

She's moving very well. Good.

You do lots of moving around, it

stops, and you have to go like that

in sync, and I can't do it.

If you

get the speed right, you have done

the quickstep. You can goes so fast

that you can't see their heels and

toes. That was a quickstep right

there!

Before I started training, my

initial thought was, I can do it

because I'm already fit. I can't do

it, I'm not fit or active enough.

It's really easy to go wrong with

jive. As soon as you miss a step,

the whole dance goes wrong.

When

it's fast, the form goes completely.

My calves and shins are on fire. The

jive is a lot harder than I thought.

You are only halfway through.

Only

half?!

This week we are dancing the

American Smooth Viennese Waltz.

This

is probably more in my comfort zone.

Although I don't like to use that

expression when it comes to dancing.

Simon is a ballroom boy with a great

upper body.

I'm a little bit behind

because I hurt my leg last week. It

puts the pressure on.

He's full of

character, full of life. And have

always have fun.

Now, it's time to welcome our last

couple of the night.

Continuing their Strictly

rollercoaster ride, it's

the matador-able Joe and Katya!

Those silhouette sat the beginning,

the shaping, I'll love it.

You were

committed, controlled. I loved the

double turn to the knee.

That was

the best male paso doble we have

seen on Strictly so far.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You both look amazing.

I'm covered

in cobwebs!

We love your boots,

catty.

I like to please. --

in cobwebs!

We love your boots,

catty.

I like to please. --.

The best paso doble ever? This is

her first series, you never know.

Look at you!

I cannot take my eyes

off you! Fun to do and you feel like

you're fighting, this is about

bull-fighting.

Fighting for my life!

You looked possessed! By the spirit

of the matador! What is it about

that dance?

It is just passionate, I

suppose. And like I said, those are

the dancers I enjoy. The ballroom,

not so much.

You look great in the

ballroom! We were discussing, until

you have choreographed and you teach

them and until that routine gets put

on, you don't know if they will love

the dance, whether it is going to

look good. And on Monday, my God,

what is he doing?

It is like yoga!

We were doing a bit of yoga!

Look

what happened, your first nine

closely followed by your first ten!

APPLAUSE.

Did you ever think you would see the

day?

Personally, I think we deserved

all tens!

He was nice about me,

lovely man!

Do you remember, Ed

Balls, we got ten combined from all

the judges!

That was really nice! We

did predict, you were to send the

roller-coaster... And second on the

Leader Board! Great work!

Is it good

to ride the highs of that? But you

are only as good as your last dance,

you have to do it again this week

and try to replicate last week and

that is the thing.

I have to say, I

would watch that again! Have you

given Neil his jacket by?

I have, I

might need to steal that back for

the two are!

And you have shaved

your chest!

APPLAUSE.

I don't know why I am staring at

that! You have to keep that look!

Never mind. Foxtrot? With Coldplay.

Let us get into the mood... That is

beautiful. This song... Trouble. Has

the choreography been troublesome?

It is actually pretty good, I got

the steps on Monday and we were

running that afterwards.

It shows

you improving. He was struggling in

the beginning. He is getting better

and better every week. By Monday,

come on...

And it is making sure

that when you're under the lights,

it doesn't fly out the window!

Doing

jazz style! It has happened

sometimes! Certainly! Catcher is

going to play a creature notorious

for being the ultimate manager. The

Black widow spider! -- man eater.

Her bite producers muscle aches,

nausea and breathing problems! That

was all just this afternoon! There

is treatment for that! Were you born

to play this?

Asked my husband! He

would say yes!

Nicky showed us the

costume, it is amazing!

I love it.

We decided to show some leg. My

spider legs. Nothing very! -- hairy.

You can see the shape of the spider.

I love it.

A great job with the

costumes. We have yet to see what

Joe is going to be wearing! Are you

all right? That is Neal! We love

you. Go and catch!

APPLAUSE.

-- Joe and Katya.

Now, Halloween means the Strictly

studio is going to look absolutely

fang-tastic tomorrow night.

We sent Gethin to the art

department to find more.

Whilst the professionals and

celebrities get a break, there are

two members of the team who don't

get that... That is spooky! Mark and

Catherine, scenic set supervisor,

producer, director?

Pretty much, and

art director. Tell us what you do.

How does your job work? I am in

charge of the look of all the

staging and props.

What about you?

My job entails from August, being in

charge of building the set and on

Saturday night, making sure all the

beautiful props go on and off

accurately.

They always do but there

must be hairy moments, especially

with a set this big?

Yes, there are

usually 12 hairy moments every week!

From about 6:30pm onwards! After

that it seems to ease off!

Anything

we can look about tomorrow that is

special?

We might have the world's

biggest chandelier! Spooky

chandelier. It is really big. It is

about eight feet wide.

And ten foot

high. Doing Halloween, you have done

a few of these, does it get easier

or harder just to keep raising the

level?

I would like to say it gets

easier but it does not! I think,

everyone loves the staging and the

props, they want more and more! It

gets easier with the fact that we

know what we are doing.

But there is

more to do.

That increases the

challenge for you? Very much. What

we struggle with each week is

because everybody wants to raise

their game, maybe we can have ten of

them? We haven't got 10 million men

to bring it along, they want more

and more each week but it does up

the ante. You work closely together?

Yes.

It is all right.

Every day of

the week? I literally speak to

Catherine more than my wife.

I get

Sunday off. You are basically like a

Strictly couple! Get back to work,

Notts to do! Where is that ghost?

Thanks, Geth!

And it's not just Mr Jones bringing

us the behind the scenes action -

we've got spies everywhere.

Here's how Alex, Mollie and Susan

have been getting on in training.

Step...

I have been quite nervous

about the tango. On the balls of

your feet?

Faultless on the

footwork. I need to concentrate on

keeping connected with Gorka to

dance with him, not away from him,

in the hold.

We are going to do

plenty on technique and posture.

I

am going to make sure I give it

everything when it comes to the

night.

LAUGHTER

I am finding the cha-cha-cha very

hard, it is about legs being

completely stiff and it is all about

the hips.

Mollie is definitely

struggling, one of the hardest

dancers so far, there is not to

think about, there is nothing

natural about this dance.

I need my

arms and upper body to be still and

rigid. And then let the bottom half

the talking.

I love the routine this week, Kevin

has choreographed a brilliant dance

for us.

We are working on the frame

a lot because this is a comment we

have had before.

We need to work on

the hold and the footwork and also

on which direction my head is going

in because it is like a that.

Dare I

say it, I feel like Susan is

becoming a ballroom dancer! Well

done!

Looking good, Susan!

Now, a special occasion calls

for a very special guest.

She's kind of a big deal.

It's Shirley Ballas!

APPLAUSE.

How are you? Shirley Ballas! This is

your first Strictly Halloween, how

excited are you?

I am just excited

about the goblins and everything

that goes with Halloween, like the

audience.

You might be dressing up

well as well? I know what she is

wearing! It is a good one. Last

week, you gave Joe the only ten of

the night, he was so excited and you

said this was the best paso doble we

have seen. Are you talking about

this series?

What was so great? The

paso doble is very difficult for the

man to lead an experienced lady. If

you have a strong man and you are

lately, it is easier to follow and I

thought he led her spectacular, his

knee work was impeccable and his

shaping was just divine. His

expression was told, it came from

inside, it was not all out there

with funny faces.

Brilliant. We

don't want funky faces! Sometimes we

do! Also, the second ten you have

given because Alexandra with her

drive, which was spectacular.

What

was so satisfying? With the jive,

full of energy, it can be internal

coming into external and she was

just on 100% on that night, the

routine was great, the dancing was

great, she deserved ten.

APPLAUSE.

It was so good!

Well, the last time you were

on you treated us to a samba demo.

Continuing this great Latin

tradition, I think we'd quite

like to see the jive.

It's time for a Ballas Breakdown!

APPLAUSE.

I thought I would pick the simplest

step first, which is the link, when

you rotate your hips and these kind

of actions, link steps, they connect

every single basic step together.

Watch out for that link step. Rotary

figure. Rotating with your arm

across the body. And I thought I

would mention the chassis being one,

two, three, three steps in any

direction. Loose cross forward, it

can be the chassis to the side,

three steps or ten dancers. Are you

following? And another thing, slip

ball change. You slip the standing

foot, you had your bottom, and the

he goes about the front, slip, Ball,

change. If you are kicking like this

you are not in a good position.

Slipped and hit your bottom.

Ball,

change! We need to see this but

together! We need Giovanni! Here he

is. And surely has picture favourite

Halloween tune ever!

# Reach for the

stars...

Oh! My Lord!

APPLAUSE.

Ladies and gentlemen... And that is

why... You lucky lady! As the saying

goes, it is never too early for a

viewer's questions to Shirley! One

question is, when did you earn the

title, Queen of Latin?

32 years ago

I trained little boy called Alan

Grundy, and he was 17 he was the

young hairdresser of the year and he

would do my hair, from Liverpool, he

would say, come in here, Queenie,

get your hair done! I would hear

this every week, you will always be

my Queen of Latin. He is 41 now. He

nicknamed me.

They have surpassed

themselves! Shirley, you have two

pick something from here? Number

one. This question is from Lauren,

who are what influence due to start

dancing?

I was influenced by going

to the church hall and I would see

the adults dancing and I was seven

and I would put my head through the

little window and see them dancing

and that is when I first fell in

love with the cha-cha-cha! And the

music of the Latin and ballroom

dances and started from and I too

just one year of when I had my son.

Another one?

Number five. Who has

improved the most from the start of

the competition?

Thank you very much

for that question. I would not lead

to single out anybody on this show,

it changes every week. Look at

Susan. They are all improving. Every

week. From the first week, I was

never quite sure, but they all have

the amazing qualities...

Just one

more.

Number seven.

If you could dance one

dance with any person living or

dead, who would it be and why, from

Charlotte?

If I could pick one, I

would love to dance with my son one

day.

Make that call!

That's all we have time for.

Thank you to everyone

who sent in a question,

Now, you've heard of

arachnophobia, claustrophobia,

but what about Strictly-phobia?

Take a look at this.

The scariest thing about being on

Strictly is the shaking knees, the

sweaty palms, and what makes it even

worse is when I hold Gorka's hand

and he's sweating as well and it

shows me he really cares.

You are

out there being judged in front of

millions of people at something you

are not naturally great at. It's

been a terrifying experience, to be

honest.

My scariest moment on

Strictly was the first week when I

was so frozen with terror I couldn't

move.

Scariest moment so far was the

tango where I blanked. I'm hoping

that isn't going to happen again.

The scariest moment so far was the

first time facing the judges. I had

been worrying about that moment like

a recurring nightmare.

Doing the

cha-cha-cha, I knew I hadn't quite

got it. So in my head was, you just

have to do the best you can do,

girl.

The scariest thing for me

about being on Strictly is hoping

the red light doesn't hit you.

That's the scary moment.

Coping with

the fear on the set of Strictly is a

very difficult thing to do.

Terrifying.

So far, my scariest

moment has been standing in front of

the judges after the dance-off. It's

the first time I have felt quite so

vulnerable in front of so many

people.

It's kind of like being in a

relationship that's too good to be

true, so you fear it's going to end.

That's how Strictly feels for me.

It

will be over at some point, so you

have to dance everyone like it's

your last and enjoy it as much as

possible.

They're back, it's

the Friday Panel!

Let's get back to the training. Katy

Brand, we will see Jonnie and Oti

dance eight cha-cha-cha to Olly

Murs' Troublemaker. Will they get

into the judges good books?

I'm

amazed by Jonnie Peacock every

single week. I'm sure everyone is

the same. Fearless, brilliant, a

really good dancer. Oti is my queen,

and she pushes him. The choreography

is astonishing every week. Although

others have been choreographing

great stuff as well, especially last

week. He's my little tip for the

final, perhaps. I'm going there

already!

Ed Balls, a Rumba for

Nadiya. Will he be afraid?

My

biggest disappointment is I never

did the Rumba. I wanted to show my

Rumba side.

We all wanted to see

that.

I think I'm feeling it over

here!

Those two are naturally

beautiful and passionate together

and I think the Rumba will be a

great dance for them.

I think he can

relax a bit now. He's no longer

intimidated by my physique. It will

have released something within

Davood.

A paso doble to Nirvana's

teen spirit. Something else. Can

this routine entertain us?

Aston is

a brilliant dancer, very fluid and

they look like a proper partnership.

You can always tell by this stage

where the partnerships are starting,

where it's not so much obvious who

is the professional and Hurou the

celebrity is. That's happening with

them, it's very fluid.

With Aston

you saw somebody completely

brilliant Wood Street dancing at

first, but now you see him doing

different things. -- brilliant at

Street dancing.

Susan and Kevin

taking on a Game of Thrones inspired

foxtrot. Could this get a seat on

the eye Throne? Dancing to Killer

Queen.

Susan Calman, the queen of

dragons. I love her. I think Kevin

and Susan could do anything in this

competition. I think it would be

great on Saturday.

What are Susan's

strengths?

She said last week,

spreading joy and getting good

marks. She's improving every week

and trying really hard. And she is

spreading joy. People want joy in

their lives and that's why they are

enjoying Susan.

We need joy, people!

Debbie and Giovanni dancing the

charleston. Talking of joy. They

topped the Leaderboard last week.

Can they keep up the good work?

I

was so stunned by their Rumba. I

thought it was beautiful, strong,

sexual but in a great way. She's

amazing, like a walking Jackie

Collins novel, in a good way. Like

an incredible back story, incredible

dancer, she has this mystique of

experience, but she's very brilliant

tap dancing. She is one to watch.

And put Giovanni a bit in the shade.

That's a achievement.

As a vicar, I

have had spray tan with Debbie

McGee, unusually, and believe you

me, the sky is the limit with that

woman.

Top half, awful Jeremy Vine?

I'm not going to go there. -- or the

full Jeremy Vine.

Full Jeremy Vine?

Did he... Wow.

He was told by the

guys in the first week, and he

stripped completely naked and had

the whole deal. What show did he

think he was on?

This is salacious!

So you can have a spray tan, but is

not a full Jeremy.

You learn

something new on this show every

night. Who will be going home this

weekend? Who will be the bottom two?

Clearly Ruth and Simon Haft to show

passion and commitment and drive and

improvement. When you have been in

the dance-off a couple of times,

it's hard to get out of it. But I

think they both can. You could end

up with two people we don't expect

in the dance-off, and that's when

things get spicy.

Give me a name.

Simon might be in danger.

No idea.

Great panel. Thank you to you all.

Right, it's time to head back

to Elstree for one last sneaky

peek behind the scenes.

But where's Gethin hiding this time?

I can't get over the Jeremy Vine

revelation.

In wardrobe the team are working

overtime to make sure everything is

ready for tomorrow. Especially these

three. It's the first time we have

spoken to you on a Friday. Jonnie

and Gemma, what is Friday like for

you? Both of you were in rehearsals

and quite nervous but pulled it out

of the bag in the end.

It's a bit

ropey, but I love Fridays. It's one

of the easiest days of the week. You

are not training for ten hours. Oti

is hanging back somewhere.

What

about you, Gemma?

Its opposite for

me. I get fearful on Friday. We do

the dance three times in the studio.

When you have been rehearsing

somewhere else, you get on the

studio floor with the band and the

lighting and it makes you think,

this is my last attempt to get the

dance before we do it tomorrow.

If

you are not musical it's tough on

Friday. You hear it with the track,

but on Friday and Saturday you hear

it live.

Sometimes when the band

comes in, sometimes I think you hear

it in a different way. You hear

every nuance. On the track you get

the overall thing. But all of a

sudden you get the bits of drum or

base.

Your track, Troublemaker. Is

she telling you something this week?

I hope not. We have gone with the

hips for the first time in the whole

thing.

Can we see some right now?

You'll have to wait and see.

What

about tomorrow night? We saw you

rehearsing earlier, it's amazing but

very quick.

The jive is really hard

on the hips. It's so quick. It is

fast. It's very flicking.

American

Smooth, Viennese Waltz. If you did

the jive tomorrow you might struggle

with your leg. How are you doing? Is

it the perfect dance for you

tomorrow?

I'm very fortunate. It's a

bit of what damage, so luckily the

American Smooth is quite gentle on

my legs. I have got to last 90

seconds, or maybe two lots of 90.

Good luck for tomorrow night. You

can have a quick look at your

outfits before you go.

That's all we have time for tonight.

Thanks to all my guests

and make sure you tune

into the Strictly Halloween special

with Tess and Claud tomorrow night

at 6.35pm on BBC One.

I'll be back on Monday with the next

couple to leave the competition.

But now, singing us out

with their new single,

I Miss You, it's Clean Bandit!

Have a spine-chilling weekend!

# I know you're in Cabo,

hanging with your brother.

# Wishing that I was your bottle.

# so I could be close

to your lips again.

# I know you didn't

call your parents.

# And tell them that we ended.

# Cos you know that

they'd be offended.

# Did you not want to

tell them it's the end?

# And I know we're

not supposed to talk.

# But I'm getting ahead of myself.

# I get scared when we're not.

# Cos I'm scared you're

with somebody else.

# Oh I guess then it's gone.

# And I just keep fighting myself.

# Oh I can't believe it.

# I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# I miss you, yeah

I miss you, oh I do.

# I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# Though I'm trying not to I know.

# You weren't a fan of pictures.

# So I hardly ever took them.

# Got 'em saved on my

mind from the bedroom.

# So that way I can't

forget your skin.

# So I saved all of the texts.

# All of the best over the years.

# Just to remind myself

of how good it is, or was.

# And I know we're

not supposed to talk.

# But I'm getting ahead of myself.

# I get scared when we're not.

# Cos I'm scared you're

with somebody else.

# Oh I guess then it's gone.

# And I just keep fighting myself.

# Oh I can't believe it.

# I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# I miss you, yeah

I miss you, oh I do.

# I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# Though I'm trying not to I know.

# So I saved all of the texts.

# All of the best over the years.

# Just to remind myself

of how good it is.

# Yeah I saved all of the texts.

# All from my ex, minus the tears.

# Just to remind myself

of how good it is, or was.

# Cos I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# I miss you, yeah

I miss you, oh I do.

# I miss you, yeah I miss you.

# Though I'm trying not to I know.

# I can't help it I just.

# Though I'm trying not to I know.

# I can't help it, I just.#

APPLAUSE.