Episode 29 Strictly - It Takes Two

Live from London, this is Strictly

It Takes Two.

Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!

Tonight's show is packed full

of the greatest Strictly

news and exclusives one

could ever dream of.

And, to match that,

we have quite the cast.

Lined up on our sofa

right now, we have...

The New Queen of Latin

and her loyal servant -

Debbie and Giovanni!

Evening!

Better the devils we

know - Mollie and AJ!

Here to give the week's training

footage a good looking

over, it's Ian Waite!

Nice shirt!

And she's only just

recovered from Halloween -

but what are her designs

for the weekend ahead?

It's Vicky Gill!

Beautiful people.

But first up, their devilish

cha-cha-cha made Hell look

like a place we'd all love to hang

out - but it wasn't enough to keep

them from a nightmare

trip to the dance-off.

It's Mollie and AJ!

A devilishly good cha-cha-cha! It is

so much fun in hell that I wanted to

join in.

There are some issues. The

core needs to be more toned. You

were wearing shoulders as earrings.

You are starting to look more

comfortable doing this stuff!

Hello!

You gorgeous twosome. We have never

seen a pair of devils looking so

good. Sorry, Russell Brand!

You were amazing. How much fun was

that?

We had so much fun. Literally,

I could not take the smile off my

face. I was trying to go for a sassy

thing, but I kept breaking into a

smile.

I'm not surprised, the

outfit, the crowd, the music, Kylie.

Craig said he looked confident and

comfortable. You have always thought

you were not keen on Latin, but has

that helped?

I love Latin, it is

just that I have completely fallen

in love with ballroom. I need to get

my confidence up, but it was good to

hear that from Craig. It is great my

confidence is improving. Go on,

Craig!

Social media is going crazy.

HellomynameisLucy wrote,

I wonder if Mollie King has to be

cut out of that outfit

to have a pee?

Can you shed any light on this?

Did take an army to let me go to the

toilet. Zipped out, so much going

on, the microphone pack and

everything. Quite a few to let me go

for a quick wee. When you're nervous

you always have to go. We are going

live and I need a wee!

You make a

great devil, great choreography. A

lovely touch when you were checking

yourself out in the mirror. Did we

catch you off or was that the

currently?

Morley caught me off

guard all week. Any thing

reflective, an opportunity to have a

look.

Were you happy with how it

looked?

Very happy, waistcoat and

all of that.

You were working your

tail.

As the smiliest couple

in the competition, how hard was it

to get into character

as those devils?

You kept saying, Mollie, you need to

be more fierce and sassy. I kept

coming out of my fork, hey!

You've

got to do it seriously, this is

going to happen on the live show.

She was coming out, all smiles. A

bit scary, but not really.

Then

something terrible happened. The

dance-off. There was an audible gasp

shock throughout the audience,

throughout the country. What

happened?

We were in the danger

zone, the middle of the table is

always a scary. You never know who

is safe. When we found out we were

in the dance-off, we were both

gutted. We love it so much. We just

don't want it to end.

That's the

thing.

You see the red light and you

just think, my gosh, this is the end

of it. We are literally going. I'm

not going to learn any more dancing,

we are not going to be hanging out

any more. It's just over. You have

to really pick yourself up. AJ was

there to calm me down. I was going,

my gosh, we are going.

Your little

faces! The judges saved you

unanimously. So good.

Craig

was singing your praises

Do you feel more confident?

Yes,

there are so much technique to

learn. The most important thing is

to go out and have fun. We love

rehearsing together, being in the

training room, getting to learn a

whole new skill every week. I just

love that. I hope we can continue

for as long as possible.

We have

been looking in your training room

this week. A character keeps making

an appearance.

I think I told my tension in my

hands. My hands look like a

Tyrannosaurus rex. I seem to dance

with Tyrannosaurus rex arms. My

hands are like claws. Those changes,

I was in business.

It's all the rage.

We have worked at

what it is, she is so used to

holding a microphone in hand. It is

like shoes go to start singing.

That's what I told him, anyway.

Foxtrot. That was to Connie

Francis's Call Me Irresponsible.

Dreamy. This takes me back. What can

you reveal about your character?

Morley is a Hollywood superstar. She

is there. I'm her assistant, helping

her. I am taking off the code and

glasses. I save her at the

beginning. She falls in love.

You

fall in love with her, or she falls

in love with you as to market

She

physically falls, and then she falls

in love with me.

He added that bit

into the story! Tyre maybe it is a

different story in her brain.

You did say today it could be her

best chance ever.

I think it is. I

love the foxtrot.

Do you think?

This

was the beginning of the week.

She

looks amazing there. Are you

checking yourself out, AJ?

Debbie's been crowned

the new Queen of Latin -

are you gunning for Anton's Queen

of Ballroom crown now?

I would love that!

Good luck at the

weekend, it could be your best bands

ever. Mollie and AJ!

Right now, it's time for one man

and his wand to boldly go where no

man has gone before.

Well, at least since yesterday.

It's Waite's Warm Up.

Luck who is here!

How was your dad's takeaway last

night?

It was a nonevent, really. We

had a takeaway and he said he was

going for a wash and to go to bed

early.

It was his 70th birthday. You

do what you want.

Where's your wand?

You can tell Gio is in the house.

I'm glad you are wearing flowers.

It

works, we are like a couple.

Alexandra and Gorka are taking

on the dreaded Cha-cha-cha,

is she going to make it look easy?

She is doing a pretty good job of a

difficult dance. A lot of syncopated

stuff I have noticed, which is more

difficult. It is half the beat of a

normal beat.

That's what it means,

people!

I'd like to see a bit more

articulation in the ankles. Just to

make the finesse look a little bit

better. Also, I noticed that there

are places where she could settle a

lot more into the hips. When she is

actually settling into it. You make

the area between your shoulder blade

and your hip shorter, squeeze it.

I

don't like squeezing mine.

It gives

you the earthy look. Sometimes she

misses that out.

We have learned

something.

Aston's Paso wowed the judges

on Saturday but can he reach

the same dizzy heights with this

Viennese Waltz?

He's absolutely brilliant on his

own. But sometimes it's a bit like

me, when I'm on my own... Sometimes

he can look a little bit awkward.

He's not so comfortable. But I must

say, his frame has improved a lot. I

notice here that sometimes he is

struggling in the pivot to get

around her. I think if he was

slightly over there a little bit

more, if he took a slightly bigger

step...

Around her?

He might be able

to rotate easier.

We got that,

that's good. I like that little

sketch.

A bigger step.

Susan took a little knock back last

week but can the Mother of Dragons

set the dancefloor

on fire with this Jive?

She has been working very hard.

Think there are a lot of lovely

basics in the routine. I would like

to see a bit more bouncing on the

feet, because they are very flat.

But I like the fact she is

attempting to lift her knees. The

fact she is lifting her knees is

making it look more like a drive. --

jive. To make it much better, she

needs to work on the finesse of the

finishing off of things. Finishing

off the feet, finishing off the

arms. You know, the pointing, the

bouncing and rotation in the back.

It is all a bit square and not

pointed, and not finessed. We could

see some more points.

Good girl.

Ruth and Anton are dancing a Paso.

The judges are loving the

improvement, how about you?

I love

these two. I feel sorry for Ruth,

she had a hard time. On Twitter I

saw she was having a bit of a

meltdown. Just enjoy yourself! Enjoy

the show!

There is a lot of love

here.

I did notice that she has

cheered up. At the end of the day,

look at and on's face, that will

make you laugh!

I just think enjoy yourself, don't

take it too seriously. I know it is

difficult, because everybody saying

you to improve this and that.

She is

a joy to watch.

Davood and Nadiya.

Is their American Smooth looking

smooth enough for you?

Gorgeous foxtrot. At times, he loses

contact with Nadiya, because he

stops driving. He starts to drive

and then he backs off. Literally,

they lose contact.

You talk about

driving a lot in foxtrot, you've got

to move across the floor?

Keep

driving!

If you notice here, when he

is stepping outside of her, he kind

of loses contact. That is because he

has no CBMP. When I go outside you,

instead of being straight, like

that, you've got to turn your body

to your partner, when you step

outside.

You keep contacts, you see

what I mean? Then we won't lose

contact. CBMP it means Contra body

movement.

You are divine. Please

come back again soon. Ian Waite!

Keeping up with the latest Strictly

fashion trends can be tough.

Luckily, we've got a gal

who knows all about

the weekend's must-see looks.

This is not a Stitch-Up -

it's Puttin' on the Glitz!

JAZZY MUSIC

APPLAUSE

Give it up for Vicky Gill, everyone!

Great Halloween.

The cast looked hideous.

I mean that in a nice way.

Let's talk about Debbie's charleston

outfit because she had a quick

change. How much planning and how

worrying is it best to mark quick

change is always a worry, we did one

live and you could see it.

It is

nerve-racking, it is live. I like it

when people go behind and then make

the entrance. It's quite nice that

she was revealed in blue, not that

anybody knew it was coming!

No one

had any idea!

The same system

applies with a quick change, it's

all about timing and I think that

the performer are just going to get

it off.

Debbie did it very well. We

are going to look at some sketches,

Alexandra is doing the cha-cha-cha.

There is a theme that she's being a

jazz singer.

Yes, a slinky longer

line for Alexander. She's had a

short and sassy numbers so far. She

looks brilliant in anything really

bad with the cha-cha-cha it is nice

to have a gentle swish rather than

something bouncy for the samba and

salsa. We may take it short on the

side because her legs are great and

we want to get them out.

Gorgeous.

Oti's dress, she and Jonnie are

doing the salsa. She's gone short,

ooh! Is by natural wee action.

Oti,

this week I feel I need to see more

of their choreography --

that is my

natural reaction.

Oti is Bobby

looking and saying, I sent a note to

get trousers, and she might!

She is

good like that.

But her legs are

fantastic and we are going to

hopefully end up in some slightly

swinging black shorts, and the top

are going to be like mess with

stones -- are going to be black

mesh. That said, we may get

tomorrow...

She may have bell

bottoms! We are going to look at

Ruth, her Paso dress, look at this.

They are dancing to the Shady Lady

From Seville. What can you tell me

about this?

It is a simple dress,

the viewers know that we need a lot

of volume and flair for the Paso

Doble and if she wants to, she can

lift it all the way up. Hopefully

she'll have a nice short Basque

underneath. These frills may become

bigger.

Are they going to be as big

as Anton's?

Hopefully not too much.

Very pretty lady, Ruth. I like the

embellishments down the centre.

There are ss12 stones here, the

smallest ones we go to.

You can

hardly see them and someone has to

stick them on.

We'll have to see

with Anton, he's been quite reserved

this year.

He tends to go

understated for the bigger numbers.

I can't wait! He'll never get better

than the pink trousers. And our two

soldiers, Joe and Cathy are doing

the charleston.

The man needs his

trousers -- Joe and Katya. We need

to be careful with the trouser and

when we have the male and female in

the same style, the body shapes are

different. Joe is going to have a

lot of fun with this. It stretches.

He can do his wafting bits.

And the

pant on the bottom of the men's

shirt.

Oh yes, their pants! That's a

lovely onesie! Will his trousers be

white?

Yes, looking forward to this.

This is our first man mannequin on

the show.

APPLAUSE

Exciting moment. Debbie, you are a

wonder. I just called you Debbie!

Vicky, you are a wonder.

Right, back to the training

rooms now where Davood,

Gemma and Susan are putting

the finishing touches

on the weekend's masterpieces.

So sorry!

American Smooth is a

really nice, elegant dance and

movement should be like gliding on

the floor.

It's quite complex

choreography. It's like you're

walking together but there's so much

going on. It's listening to music at

the same time and if you don't do

that, you step on her feet and I've

done that on more than one occasion.

Ouch!

Then I've got to concentrate

on the other aspect, the hold and

the frame and making sure it looks

like a strong performance. You've

got to really know what you're

doing.

We are hopefully going to see

Gemma doing the salsa.

It's weird

because the footwork is fast but the

upper body is very smooth and loose.

No dance comes naturally to me at

all.

One, two, three, don't worry!

The thing I'm struggling with is my

timing. It is difficult to try and

swing your hips when you don't have

a lot of hips.

The smoother the

step, the bigger the hip.

But I'm

going to find them by Saturday! I'm

doing it!

The Jive is a fast dance

but I know it's very technical as

well.

Try and jilt this but as you

do it. The challenge is picking up

the knees and giving it bouncy and

energetic but also tight and under

control.

Dancing is really

difficult! Despite having... I can't

step forward on the correct foot.

You're going to land on the back

one.

Looking forward to it. Looks

like a lot of fun, I think.

Yeah!

Now, my final guest of the night

took a big risk by resurrecting her

long lost love Gio-stein

for a cheeky Charlie-ston.

Luckily, they did not disappoint.

It's the latest recruits to

the Ten Club, Debbie and Giovanni!

Precise, absolutely incredible.

How

you produce those crazy lifts, you

are fearless.

I'm going to give you

my queen of Latin crown because you

deserve it!

APPLAUSE

Debbie and Giovanni, everyone!

Welcome to the Ten Club.

You had not one but three of them.

The best scoring Charlie-ston of the

series. Debbie, what do you make of

that?

We haven't come down yet, we

are still in the clouds. Having a

fantastic week since then.

They are

both in a very naughty mood, they

keep giggling! Not only that, but...

She's gone! You had a coronation as

well. Look at her face, that's

amazing! You were crowned by

Shirley... Wu yes, I think she's

really happy

--, yes, I think she's

really happy.

She's very happy!

Something in the water! I've got to

say, your final lift, not only did

she give you the crown but the final

left almost broke Bruno. Look at his

face and look at Darcey. Up you go.

His face! He's absolutely

dumbstruck.

Darcey looked like she'd

seen a ghost.

I guess it was

Halloween. You didn't make it easy

for Her Majesty, did you?

Absolutely

not, a guy who did the choreography,

brilliant, we worked together as a

team. We got good stores and I was

proud of her as well.

Yes, a hard

week.

Bos lifts, if anything had

gone wrong, it could have been

awful.

Yes, a disaster.

Was it

scary?

It was Halloween week, it was

meant to be scary, that's the

reason. A lift every week, it's

difficult because we have to do is

push ourselves 100%. What's wrong

with you? We did it and its fine.

I

will say, in all fairness, I'm sorry

I have the giggles, but we have

giggled all week. We've been with

the soldiers are selling poppies at

King's Cross Stadium, which was

really exciting and fun. Back to the

Charlie-ston, in the rehearsal room,

Giovanni didn't drop me once and we

did it so many times. Not once did

he drop me. So I wasn't scared

because I knew whatever happened...

Total confidence. You had those

lifts, you had acting, a quick

costume change. How easy is it to

rehearse this because it is so

speedy?

I couldn't do it twice

back-to-back and in the end,

Giovanni worked out that I needed

four minutes in between to get my

breath back.

Yes, it was difficult

for the stamina, it was very fast.

You did it correctly on the night. I

said to her before we went out, just

do the best you can and she did the

last lift.

It was awesome. Not to be

outdone, you were in green,

Giovanni. It's not easy being Green!

Is this your favourite Halloween

outfit?

I think it looks more like

the Incredible Hulk.

The incredible

"ulk"!

The Incredible Hulk!

You got

39 for your charleston with Georgia

and if we went back, she got to the

final, so...

There is no connection.

Nothing about this. Every week is a

different stance. What we want to

do, impressed the judges every week.

We did with the charleston, so it's

good.

The ulk and the Charlie-ston.

It is the Black Eyed Peas this week.

All eyes are going to be an new two

after your incredible scores.

Giovanni, have you thrown anything

in?

I have phone in everything, I

want to do a completely different

stance, a lot of technique, you

know, tango steps. We are back in

ballroom. We will look at position

and focus on technique.

In the

training room we been paying close

attention, Giovanni seems to have

developed his own dance language.

We

do the GROWL and the GROWL.

Yeah, so HE GROWLS. What are you

doing?

Nothing.

You see where this

is coming from? Do you know what he

means by that?

Actually we changed

that bit.

We aren't doing that SHE

GROWLS any more.

Ian and I tried one

of your moves yesterday and it was a

disaster. How do you keep coming up

with these incredible ways of

displaying Debbie's talent?

We know

she has talent soap every I want to

put in something that really shows

the talent and so far it's gone

really well so fingers crossed for

Saturday again. It's really tricky.

You try to do it yesterday and it's

difficult.

Really difficult.

The

weight is on my right arm, she must

kick and maintain possession. She is

great.

She is good.

She is.

There is

no rise and fall in the tango, what

are we looking for?

Sharp, staccato,

heal action and perform.

And no

growling!

Ooh!

I'm going to give you

my crown of It Takes Two, Debbie.

APPLAUSE

Good luck with your tango.

That's all we've got time for,

a huge thank you to all my guests.

Don't forget to tune

in tomorrow night at

the earlier time of 6 o'clock.

I'll be chatting to Alexandra

and Gorka, Susan amd Kevin

and Gemma and Aljaz.

Plus joining me on the Friday

panel will be Lisa Riley,

Tom Allen and Martine McCutcheon.

See you then.

Goodnight!