0:00:55 > 0:00:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It's Wednesday, and boy, do we have a show lined up for you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Don't believe me?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Well, take a look at who's in the green room tonight!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10They're cheeky, charming and can certainly cha cha cha.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13It's Alexandra and Gorka!
0:01:13 > 0:01:18And is that a kilt I spy?
0:01:18 > 0:01:25We love a man that keeps his word - it's Joe and Katya!
0:01:25 > 0:01:26What a treat!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Plus we have royalty in the building.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31The Queen of Latin, Shirley Ballas, joins us later!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34But before all that, I think we need a warm-up.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I wonder who can help us out?
0:01:46 > 0:01:52Ian's back everyone!
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Hello, gorgeous man.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Dramatic events at the weekend.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The competition is really starting to heat up now, isn't it?
0:01:58 > 0:02:06It is.Does this mean you are going to be very strict?I am going to
0:02:06 > 0:02:14inspect every little heel turn and every ball. Watch out!The wand is
0:02:14 > 0:02:20out already.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Let's start with Debbie and Giovanni, they smashed their tango.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Top of the leaderboard three weeks in a row.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Can they make it four with their salsa?
0:02:29 > 0:02:40I don't know, it is looking pretty good, a lot of fancy armography, you
0:02:40 > 0:02:44have to have good contact with the hands to do this and maintain it.
0:02:44 > 0:02:51The only place I would say she needs to work on, she does lovely feet and
0:02:51 > 0:02:58hands, but I would say that she needs to work on this area.Hips.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04She has got to be loose in the hip area each way it is like the figure
0:03:04 > 0:03:13eight all the time, squeeze those sides.I can't do that!To have the
0:03:13 > 0:03:17whole salsa package she has to have that.She has got to loosen up!
0:03:17 > 0:03:27Moving onto Darverd and Nadiya,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Moving onto Darverd and Nadiya, their bum lift.
0:03:31 > 0:03:44It is quite simple! Seriously? I weigh a tonne!I did my rotator cuff
0:03:44 > 0:03:48once and I had never been the same since.I've heard that before! But
0:03:48 > 0:03:57they were brilliant at the weekend. And the Charleston.Finally
0:03:57 > 0:04:00producing that dance we were expecting. This will be another full
0:04:00 > 0:04:08on Charleston and we have seen quite a few. At the moment on Tuesday it
0:04:08 > 0:04:12is slightly behind her, everything has to be in line with each other.
0:04:12 > 0:04:20As I spotted here...He has gone in and she has gone out! It could be
0:04:20 > 0:04:30deliberate?Trust you! But the side by side positions in Charleston are
0:04:30 > 0:04:35very exposing if you are not in tune and doing the same. They had to do
0:04:35 > 0:04:37that.Loving that she is smiling.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Susan and Kevin made a massive improvement with their jive.
0:04:39 > 0:04:4111 points higher than the week before.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Do you think their tango will top it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:52I don't know about that. What a very shiny floor! Then been wearing socks
0:04:52 > 0:05:03all week! There is a slight bobbing up and down with her flicks. And
0:05:03 > 0:05:09also the arms going up and down, you got to keep that still come down in
0:05:09 > 0:05:16the Lakes. There was this area here... -- in the legs.It is the
0:05:16 > 0:05:25issues again.I will do a little demonstration.Tango, my favourite.
0:05:25 > 0:05:37Side, close, side, close.I think I pulled something.And again. Hold
0:05:37 > 0:05:44the position. That wasn't what I was doing to talk about, it was this
0:05:44 > 0:05:50half, she has to get her knees in and inside edge of the toe, that was
0:05:50 > 0:05:58good. And when we go off we do a lovely he'll lead.Not easy in these
0:05:58 > 0:06:04boots.Unfortunately she missed a lot of that. Early stages. Only
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Tuesday.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Finally, Jonnie and Oti turned it on with their salsa.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12But are they doing it for you with their foxtrot?
0:06:12 > 0:06:21He is rotating very well as you can see. It is nice and smooth and he is
0:06:21 > 0:06:27releasing his toes on this reverse wave which is very good. I have
0:06:27 > 0:06:36noticed here, I am going to go with a few arrows. As you can see, he has
0:06:36 > 0:06:41got better at putting his bottom under because with the foxtrot there
0:06:41 > 0:06:48is a lot of drive going on and he has got the glutes for it.It's all
0:06:48 > 0:06:56muscle!It's getting much better. There is a slight, with his elbow,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59slightly behind his back and I would like to see them a bit more forward
0:06:59 > 0:07:06like that because here he is losing hurts sometimes and there is a bit
0:07:06 > 0:07:14of a gap.Don't lose Oti!And when he gets his elbows forward he could
0:07:14 > 0:07:20get the elbow is a bit more down.We get very strict at this point.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22We'll be covering the rest of our couples
0:07:22 > 0:07:23in round two tomorrow.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Until then, give it up for Ian!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27APPLAUSE
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Right, time now to meet my next guests, and I don't know about you,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34but their Charleston certainly had me dancing to the
0:07:34 > 0:07:38beat of their drum.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43DRUMMING.
0:07:49 > 0:07:57I loved it, I thought it was brilliant.Doing these steps in
0:07:57 > 0:08:02opposite and keeping it in sync is so difficult. Great job.Your timing
0:08:02 > 0:08:06was immaculate, that was a great Charleston.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Go cuckoo for Joe and Katya, everyone!
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Before we start, give us a twirl in that kilt!
0:08:18 > 0:08:27APPLAUSE I love that move!
0:08:30 > 0:08:32You look so handsome! What a treat.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37You can thank me later, viewers.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43It was such a joyous dance. So incredible. How much did you love
0:08:43 > 0:08:50it?We really love it, get a bit scared because it was going so well,
0:08:50 > 0:08:56but this week is more challenging. We will get onto that! But you put
0:08:56 > 0:09:09more than a smile on Craig's face. He gave you a nine.And that was
0:09:09 > 0:09:17amazing, nine from Craig is like 20! We were really pleased. The thing
0:09:17 > 0:09:24about the songs you kept singing Alexandra's...It is a Ragtime band.
0:09:24 > 0:09:31We bow down, the choreography was exceptional and you through so many
0:09:31 > 0:09:36steps in there.We did the basic Charleston and we thought why not
0:09:36 > 0:09:43throw in a turn and another and we did the funky arms and I thought
0:09:43 > 0:09:48that was still not enough! Lets put 20 others into the whole routine!It
0:09:48 > 0:09:54must have taken you weeks. They were sown in sync.And I thought that if
0:09:54 > 0:10:01he did not do well I could grab one of them?The lifts were exquisite,
0:10:01 > 0:10:09we called them spectacular. How scary was it to practice?It is more
0:10:09 > 0:10:11scary for her because she had to trust me but she did from the
0:10:11 > 0:10:18beginning. I was like, I can't do that because it's dangerous. But you
0:10:18 > 0:10:23do them precisely and the stages and hopefully they go well.You have to
0:10:23 > 0:10:26take it in stages. I'm a bit reckless like that and throw myself
0:10:26 > 0:10:31into it!We all remember what happened with Ed Balls! You were
0:10:31 > 0:10:36having the time of your life. The height you get to...Sometimes you
0:10:36 > 0:10:41would overdo it and I went all the way behind!You are laughing at
0:10:41 > 0:10:44that, anybody else would be scared! So much love on the line, an
0:10:44 > 0:10:51interesting one from Jenin Henderson who wrote, Joe, didn't think the
0:10:51 > 0:10:58Charleston would be his dance, shows what I know! Good to group people
0:10:58 > 0:11:00wrong.Absolutely, that is the beauty of the Internet! We would
0:11:00 > 0:11:05have never heard from them.Quite a lot of opinions this week! When did
0:11:05 > 0:11:10you realise this was your dance?I hoped it would be from the beginning
0:11:10 > 0:11:14because it is the one you put in to do when you're 12 years old.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Misspent youth! But you can throw your energy into it. I was looking
0:11:19 > 0:11:24forward to it and I'm sad we can't do it every week.You never know!
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Maybe you could do it again. And you push him so hard. He rises to the
0:11:30 > 0:11:33challenge every week and you have got used to each other now?I think
0:11:33 > 0:11:40you're used to me being quite pushy. Yeah!That's OK, but my theory is
0:11:40 > 0:11:49that more is not enough. People say less is more, I'm like, what?!
0:11:49 > 0:11:57Practice makes...Progress.We need these on T-shirts and mugs! Let's
0:11:57 > 0:12:07talk about this week. The rumba.I love it!Why do we have to do it? I
0:12:07 > 0:12:12take some comfort in the fact that everybody find it difficult and it
0:12:12 > 0:12:16certainly is. It's getting slightly easier the more we do it. Today we
0:12:16 > 0:12:20had a mini break through and I was thinking, if you act it it makes it
0:12:20 > 0:12:23slightly easier because it is connected to some and not just you
0:12:23 > 0:12:28doing this.This funny stuff.But it's getting there and we still have
0:12:28 > 0:12:36tomorrow.And also, you have this... MUSIC: 'One' by Mary J Blige & U2.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Our floor manager was losing it singing along to this!It's one of
0:12:43 > 0:12:49the best songs ever written.You can act through it, surely?Absolutely,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52it helps if you like the song because you're listening to it 500
0:12:52 > 0:12:58times!And for the rest of time every time you hear it...There are
0:12:58 > 0:13:05certain songs I never want to hear again!For me it is Part-time Lover.
0:13:05 > 0:13:15Totally! It is so exposing, both for the male dancer and the female, how
0:13:15 > 0:13:22do you tackle that?It is not being afraid of it. I think it would look
0:13:22 > 0:13:27a lot more awkward, if you know you have to show that maybe to get here,
0:13:27 > 0:13:34but do it in a sort of stiff way or reserved way, that would look more
0:13:34 > 0:13:38awkward for people to watch. You want them to be with you in that
0:13:38 > 0:13:43moment and feel that we are in this together or she has left me. It is
0:13:43 > 0:13:49more awkward if you don't commit to it 100%.And don't believe it.I
0:13:49 > 0:13:54love like you are telling yourself that like little notes, commit to
0:13:54 > 0:13:58it! But your talents never end, we caught you in the training room...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04# There's just too much that time cannot raise
0:14:04 > 0:14:10# When you cried I wipe away all your tears
0:14:10 > 0:14:18# When you scream I'd fight away all your fears
0:14:18 > 0:14:23# And I held your hand through all of these years #.
0:14:23 > 0:14:30CHEERING You are playing the piano and
0:14:30 > 0:14:35singing!Anything that distracts from dancing! It gives me a little
0:14:35 > 0:14:39break for five minutes. That is quite embarrassing, I did not know
0:14:39 > 0:14:44you filmed that!That is what we are here to do. Good luck with the
0:14:44 > 0:14:52rumba, go get it, you can do it. Joe and Katya.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Now fact fans might be interested to know the cha-cha-cha is the most
0:14:55 > 0:14:58performed dance ever in Strictly history - 169 times to be precise.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00But how can we master it at home?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03It's time to get a wiggle on and learn from Queen of Latin
0:15:03 > 0:15:15herself in my first Dance Card of the series!
0:15:15 > 0:15:22Please welcome Shirley Ballas!
0:15:22 > 0:15:28APPLAUSE Lovely to see you.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32A lot of people were in shock to see Aston go at the weekend.
0:15:32 > 0:15:39Can you explain why you saved Mollie and AJ?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Because it is an awful decision to have to make to send anybody home
0:15:43 > 0:15:48but you have to judge on that particular dance in front of you,
0:15:48 > 0:15:53not past or future performances, but right there and then. I urge
0:15:53 > 0:15:58everybody at home, you have to vote. Look at Ruth, she got a fall, but
0:15:58 > 0:16:11she didn't go in the bottom two.You will be teaching us the Cha Cha Cha?
0:16:11 > 0:16:16You have to be able to move quickly, change from foot to foot and then
0:16:16 > 0:16:24you can keep up with the music that is very fast.Alexandra demonstrated
0:16:24 > 0:16:31this beautifully.Beautiful straight leg, nice curve in her body, she had
0:16:31 > 0:16:40the hips going, she had it going. That is what we are aiming for. Wait
0:16:40 > 0:16:46until you see us do it. When did you first learn best dance?I was seven
0:16:46 > 0:16:50years old at the church hall. I first heard the music Amat was the
0:16:50 > 0:16:57very first dance I learn.We have a photograph of you then. That is your
0:16:57 > 0:17:05friend, Irene, still friends.Dress with the brown trim and I wanted it
0:17:05 > 0:17:12and I was sulking because I thought her dress was prettier than mine.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18You have beautiful eye make-up there.This is what I wore for my
0:17:18 > 0:17:28first Cha Cha Cha. Where did the dance come from?It is a combination
0:17:28 > 0:17:34of Cuban ballroom and American swing. It is known as the mambo.
0:17:34 > 0:17:43When the English dance teachers visited Cuba in 1952 they introduced
0:17:43 > 0:17:49the triple step that differentiate the Cha Cha Cha from the Ron Barr.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Another theory is it resembles the sound of loose sandals slapping the
0:17:53 > 0:18:01floor as the Cuban ladies danced the steps. Where do we start?I want you
0:18:01 > 0:18:08all to stand up, close your feed. Introduce the past you, get it in a
0:18:08 > 0:18:11vertical straight line. Put the weight on your right foot and free
0:18:11 > 0:18:19up your left. Take a sidestep onto your left foot and transfer the
0:18:19 > 0:18:25weight. Backstabber on to your right foot, now we will Cha Cha Cha to the
0:18:25 > 0:18:39right. Three steps. Step forward, replace your weight. We are going to
0:18:39 > 0:18:48Cha Cha Cha. Then we will get some body motion going. Back on the
0:18:48 > 0:18:59right.What is Cuban body movement? Throw your hip over. Step forward,
0:18:59 > 0:19:13keep your legs straight. Look at that.One more time.Cha Cha Cha.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19Come on, girlfriend.If we put it together, it is all very well doing
0:19:19 > 0:19:32it at that speed.It is three steps, Cha Cha Cha in any direction.What
0:19:32 > 0:19:43is a chassis again?Three steps in any direction. Three steps. But the
0:19:43 > 0:19:50weight on your right foot step. Wait for the music. Cha Cha Cha...
0:19:50 > 0:20:08Forward. Cha Cha Cha back. Back, Cha Cha Cha, Cha Cha Cha.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14APPLAUSE That is why this lady is known as
0:20:14 > 0:20:17the Queen of Latin.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I think I'm going to need a lie down after
0:20:22 > 0:20:23that!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Hopefully Darverd & Nadiya and Mollie and AJ have
0:20:25 > 0:20:27more stamina than I do.
0:20:27 > 0:20:36Let's have a look at their training.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Charleston is fun, fast, it intends. Has to be nice and up all the time,
0:20:41 > 0:20:50very tiring.A lot of kicks and jumps.Swivel, swivel, swivel.
0:20:50 > 0:20:59Everywhere I go, I am swivelling.It is very important he crosses his
0:20:59 > 0:21:08feet.A lot of crossing the ankles. A lot of information in my head.I
0:21:08 > 0:21:17just hope he can get the steps.AJ loves the paso doble eat and he is
0:21:17 > 0:21:29in that strict mood.This is the quickest I have ever moved.It is
0:21:29 > 0:21:34quite fast and quite focused than always something going on.You have
0:21:34 > 0:21:42got to build up the tension and march across the floor. We are on a
0:21:42 > 0:21:46mission.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Right, time now to meet my final guests.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51It wasn't just the music in them on Saturday
0:21:51 > 0:21:53night, they had the Cha, Cha, Cha too!
0:21:53 > 0:21:55'Turn it out' for lady in red, Alexandra and
0:21:55 > 0:22:06Gorka the Corka!
0:22:12 > 0:22:18You put the cheeky in Cha Cha Cha. You are outstanding. It was flirty,
0:22:18 > 0:22:23you were so confident and it paid off.It was the best Cha Cha Cha
0:22:23 > 0:22:30this season so far.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36Who are those two, I would like to meet them. Congratulations, your
0:22:36 > 0:22:42joint highest score. We could tell you loved it. Your reaction, when
0:22:42 > 0:22:48you found out the scores was brilliant.Just the fact we had gone
0:22:48 > 0:22:54on first, I was petrified. When we had done the run early in the day, I
0:22:54 > 0:23:00had stopped and froze. Looked at Gorka. I didn't know what was going
0:23:00 > 0:23:06on. The band and Gorka, professional, carried on but I stood
0:23:06 > 0:23:11there and freaked out. That is why I was so proud and happy, the moment
0:23:11 > 0:23:16the scores came in, I didn't expect it. I jumped the joys. I am still
0:23:16 > 0:23:21living on that high.There is a moment you get out there and you
0:23:21 > 0:23:25freeze, at least it wasn't on the live show.That is what Gorka said
0:23:25 > 0:23:34to me.It is best if it happens on the dressed run and the rehearsals
0:23:34 > 0:23:38because then you are aware it can happen. It made her think a little
0:23:38 > 0:23:45bit of every step she was taking. Just let my energy take over.You
0:23:45 > 0:23:54worked it brilliantly. We must mention the turnout.Something else
0:23:54 > 0:24:02to work on. He said, it was good. I was so confused.I was looking at
0:24:02 > 0:24:12your feet, it is so hard, but well done.It is really hard. We didn't
0:24:12 > 0:24:17have a lot of time last week to learn there's Cha Cha Cha, I was so
0:24:17 > 0:24:21nervous on the technique and half an hour before we went live, I stood
0:24:21 > 0:24:25with a mirror and for half an hour went through my technique
0:24:25 > 0:24:30religiously. It was a little bit intense. I was putting so much
0:24:30 > 0:24:37pressure on myself, but I want to do you proud. We worked so hard.It is
0:24:37 > 0:24:41paying off. Shirley said it was outstanding, she was raving about
0:24:41 > 0:24:44you. She said she was like a professional bouncer. Why did this
0:24:44 > 0:24:53done suit Alexandra so much?It is very fast, change of energy and
0:24:53 > 0:25:03rhythm. She has rhythm in herself and then there is the central dance.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10I was surprised, on the first day I said we will do the Cha Cha Cha and
0:25:10 > 0:25:16we will do Cha Cha Cha walking. And she said, OK. And I thought, that is
0:25:16 > 0:25:22going to be very good. It is very hard. She was working very hard,
0:25:22 > 0:25:27focused on her legs. Please do so, take your time, she was doing it
0:25:27 > 0:25:36perfectly in the mirror.I have never heard you talk so much.I can
0:25:36 > 0:25:37talk all day.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Well Joanne the Cat Lady particularly loved
0:25:39 > 0:25:43it on social media, she wrote...
0:25:43 > 0:25:45"Alexandra Burke is officially the Dancing Queen.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Brilliant cha, cha, cha - and a great start to the show.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Why not a ten Craig?"
0:25:52 > 0:25:59Yes, why not ten, Craig?We never walk out expecting great results. It
0:25:59 > 0:26:03is a matter of taking each day as it comes in trying our best to have fun
0:26:03 > 0:26:09on this journey. If we get great scores, it is the icing on the cake.
0:26:09 > 0:26:16I go on the stage and just see Gorka. It is all about him. I
0:26:16 > 0:26:21literally, all I want to do is have fun, go out there because I love to
0:26:21 > 0:26:26perform. Loving these new dances and having the best time. The scores is
0:26:26 > 0:26:35the icing on the cake if it is good. Every week, I want to have nine from
0:26:35 > 0:26:41Craig and we will make it through every week.It was a bittersweet
0:26:41 > 0:26:47weekend because you lost the other half of team 45, Aston and Janette.
0:26:47 > 0:26:58I heard you had a really big cry? How is it to see that happen?I was
0:26:58 > 0:27:03shocked, I didn't expect it to happen for a second, I thought Aston
0:27:03 > 0:27:13was going to win the show. I have been friends with him for years.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Redefine that, not win.He is amazing and everyone knows how close
0:27:17 > 0:27:27we are. I just hope they are both OK because they are both incredible
0:27:27 > 0:27:34together and she worked so hard with him.They did take it graciously as
0:27:34 > 0:27:45well. In the words of Yazz, the only way is up. The Argentine tango for
0:27:45 > 0:27:57these two this week. Let's listen to your music, which is amazing.Teach
0:27:57 > 0:28:10me, teach me. Do the leg thing.It is all of that.Is the dance going
0:28:10 > 0:28:14to be as saucy as the music?It is intense. It is probably the most
0:28:14 > 0:28:16intense one we will do and the hardest and the most challenging one
0:28:16 > 0:28:29we have done so far. Literally we will be here. It is going to be
0:28:29 > 0:28:39intense. Looking forward to it.Do you need to practice that, Gorka?
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Pretty close. Good luck with that this weekend. Alexandra and Gorka.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49APPLAUSE I have had a nice night tonight.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51That's all we have time for tonight.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53We'll be back here tomorrow at 6:30 getting all the
0:28:53 > 0:28:55gossip from Susan & Kevin and Darverd
0:28:55 > 0:28:56and Nadiya.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Plus Ian Waite is back with another warm-up and Vicky Gill will be
0:28:59 > 0:29:01letting us have a rummage through her
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Strictly draws!
0:29:03 > 0:29:03Ivy's just been sick.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06What do you mean, sick? She vomited on me.