Episode 42 Strictly - It Takes Two

From London, this is Strictly It

Takes Two. Please welcome your host,

Zoe Ball!

Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!

Tuesdays don't get better than this.

Coming up, Strictly's

Jason Gilkison will be

showing us how to do

the perfect quickstep.

Plus, we'll be exclusively

revealing this

weekend's music in Tunes on Tuesday.

But first, let's meet

tonight's guests.

I "spy" with my little

eye - it's Davood

and Nadiya!

"Slam your body down,

and wind it all around!"

It's Debbie and Giovanni!

But first, he's a former

world champion, with 12

titles under his belt,

and was a professional dancer

on Strictly for seven years.

Taking over this week's

choreography corner -

it's one the and only Vincent

Simone!

Give it up for Vincent!

What a

treated! It is so lovely to see you!

I know!

We have missed you!

I know!

What have you been doing with your

time?

Well, unfortunately not too

good so far because I hurt my back

on tour. Not long now until I get

back. Since Strictly I have been

touring a lot, with all my womens!

So many womens! How much have the

contestants been impressing you this

year?

What a beautiful show.

Obviously, I have performed in

Blackpool so many times, but

watching on TV it is so grand and

beautiful, so well done.

Yes, well

done, everybody involved. Let's

start off by talking about our

dancers, and the highest scoring

dance of the night, Alexandra and

Gorka's quickstep. Was it worth its

wake in gold, Vincent?

Definitely.

The thing I love about Alexandra,

she's got that charisma which is

very hard to find anywhere. The

dance was beautiful, there was loads

of content. The only thing for

criticism if I have to say something

is when they do a prominent

position, which is the hardest. We

have a clip. When we have it like

that, is quite hard to keep in

contact with your partner and showed

three hips. As soon as you overturn

you're going to end up showing four

hips and your shoulder can come out

a bit as well. Apart from that,

beautiful.

OK, three hips on show.

And I call them 'eeeps!

Next, Gemma

and Aljaz, what stood out for you?

She is the beautiful girl to watch

but I think she is the most improved

so far. That dance was really

beautiful. The lifts going in and

out - perfect. My only criticism,

the foxtrot is so hard when you're

moving backwards for the ladies, you

should have a natural release of the

toadfish if we watch a clip, she was

lifting the toes and the feet off

the floor.

OK.

But then here, she

doesn't. Obviously, Aljaz has been

telling her, it's just obviously,

you know, performance mode, people

watching, too many people watching!

Now, we have Susan and Kevin's paso

doble. Craig said it needed "more

of, sort of, everything". What did

you think?

Well, the paso doble is

all about... If that makes sense.

It

makes perfect sense.

That's what I

want to see when I see this dance.

There's three different ways to

dance the paso doble. Do you mind if

I show you?

OK, are we having done

no time? Come on!

That was it!

Actually, the three ways, we've got

what we call challenge, which is the

man and the woman going against each

other. It's like the matador against

the bull. Then, the lady can become

what we call the Cape action.

Oh,

it's coming off!

So, it's very

important goals Kevin was doing all

this action, going around one way

and the other. But I would have

loved to see her using the skirt a

bit more. When she goes around, it's

very important that she swings...

Swing that skirt around!

And then,

of course, the Flamenco section,

which was good but I would have

liked to have seen a bit more

rotation of the wrists, the elbows,

more nails, more drama.

Just a bit

more drama. Are you all right

getting your jacket back on?

I'm all

right.

Now, if we look at Susan in

action...

You can see the skirt?

She's doing little moves, it should

have been more.

Bigger moves, OK.

Mollie and AJ and their Charleston.

She looks so gorgeous, the bird is

certainly let out of the cage. Craig

just mentioned a bit of a floppy

foot - what did you think?

Definitely. It is an option, the

Charleston, you're allowed to do it

either way. It's my perfect stance!

So what I'm saying from that point

of view is, so far they've been

doing so much amazing choreography.

In my opinion they have been a bit

old and scored so far. But I do

agree that in this dance, we have a

clip where you can see the foot...

-- underscored. And then once she

goes around, if you put all of that

intensity when you dance, you should

go to the extreme of your body, to

the hands and to the feet.

All the

way. OK, Mollie will get that.

Amazing left they did there. Davood,

surely praised his terms in the paso

doble - what did you think?

I did

like the twist turns, but not as

much, because the footwork was

there. What I would have loved like

I explain in the paso doble, more

like a shape and leaning action. If

we look at the clip it was a bit too

straight for me.

You're talking

about his shoulder line?

Yeah,

shoulder line, more into her so you

create a massive, bigger shape. It

was too linear for me.

Next off,

dance-off survivors heavy and

Giovanni. Was there a Spice Girl

inspired Samba spicy enough for you,

Vincent?

Well, the samba we know is

the hardest for the celebrity girls

to do.

We spent all of our time to

tell our womens, keep your legs

straight! And then we come to the

samba, where actually we have to do

the opposite.

We have to say, Flex

your legs. And you can see from the

clip, she's very linear. Tiny, tiny

little bounce. But here you can see

she's doing it more. It is not the

easiest dance to do for the ladies.

And Giovanni right, your little

brother.

Yeah.

And finally, Joe and

Katya's salsa, Craig said it lacked

the necessary rotation in the hips,

what do you say?

I agree to a

certain extent. I loved what they

did. They made me smile. But then

again, when it comes to the basics,

like we saw in that clip, it's very

important...

Here we go! Come on!

It's very important for the man and

for the lady, in dancing, most of

the time you either step forwards or

backwards. So, in this case you step

forward into a line. And then with

some nice foot pressure, being a

Cuban dance they all dancer down and

dirty, like that. The way he was

doing it, stepping sideways or

diagonally, it creates a swing.

As

you're wearing those shoes, which

look amazing - I'm jealous...

Almost!

If we start with any foot

you want, when you go forward you

make sure you step in line.

OK.

Nice

foot pressure.

I'm not sure about

this hip action!

Step to the side...

And step to the side. I get to dance

with Vincent Simone! It's my dream

come true! Will you come and see us

again, please?

Any time you want.

We

adore you!

Right - time now to

meet my next guests.

There's a new Bond in town, and he's

licensed to dance...the paso doble.

It's Ghadami,

Davood Ghadami,

and his femme fatale

sidekick, Nadiya.

The sparks were flying between you,

it was strong, the attack was great.

A powerful performance, incredible.

I have to commend you on your twist

and turn - it was extremely

impressive, great performance.

Wow!

Davood and Nadiya! Everyone was

really excited about the way you

went into that! Where do we even

start with this?! Did you love it as

much as we did?

Obviously, it was

exceptional. It was so much fun. Who

doesn't want to be James Bond and be

parachuted into a fire?! With one

hand! By no! I had to mix it all

together.

You see, teaching him well

cap you wait till the next James

Bond film! And I must say, the

outfit was something else. Did it

take much...? Nadiya, you look

stunning as well, but Davood, did it

take much persuasion from Vicky Gill

to get you in that see-through

number?

No, I just turned up to

Blackpool in that top and it looked

perfect! I didn't realise how

revealing it was, actually, until I

caught myself and I look at the

screen - that's me! All exposed! And

I kind of did that!

Funny, does, you

wore it so well! And Nadiya, a huge

gear change from joy of the

Charleston the week before - how

happy were you with how it went?

Ferry, because he really wanted to

do the paso and he got the chance to

do it and to be James Bond, and in

Blackpool. Everything worked for us.

And then once we did it I was so

happy and I watched it back and he

looked like a real professional

dancer doing that.

That's what you

want to! It's lovely watching the

two of you watching it for - look at

that bit...! And also your joint

second highest score of the series

so far, so well done to you. Do you

feel now the two of you like you are

on a roll, it feels good?

It feels

good. You know what, I'm taking the

opportunity to really enjoy every

dance and go out and relax on the

Saturday when we do it - that's what

you've asked me to do, and that it

has really started to come together.

Just working hard in the week and

relaxing on the Saturday.

He knows

he is going in the right direction.

And it gives him some extra

confidence.

I've got a great

teacher.

You have, she's very good.

And your fast becoming a front

runner, dare we say? I mean, this is

exciting stuff, Davood?

I don't like

to think about that! I don't want to

jinx it in my head. Like the Sox, I

forgot my socks, and then it got

into my head. So if I start to

think... But we take it week by week

and see what happens after this

week.

I'm interested now, will you

be wearing the Sox this week?

I will

be doubling them up this week!

And

also, the judges now are getting

really down to the nitty-gritty, as

we get closer and closer to the end

of the competition. Does that make

your job harder?

I mean, from the

beginning, tried to look at all of

the details but now, absolutely it

is even more difficult, because he's

getting better and better every

week, so everybody is expecting more

from him. And so we go into all the

technique and details and especially

this week it's going to be a very

technical one.

We must mention as

well, your mum and dad were in the

audience, they were absolutely

loving it.

Dad knows when there is a

camera on him!

I know, he does!

Can

you see the similarity? And they had

a great time, they were so

supportive and they came all the way

from Essex.

They must have loved it?

They adored it and they loved being

in that front row seat. At the end

of the dance I saw my dad standing

there and he could not contain his

excitement.

Are you scared, excited?

A mixture of both?

The fear is

definitely there. It's a lot to take

on board. You have to forget the

last dance and reset... Only half

forgetting. Not completely, you

might have to do it again. It is

picking up everything new. All the

technical aspects. You saw my face

earlier today.

The waltz is slow.

You have to control. Technique

should be right. Footwork.

Especially with our song which is

quite slow in the beginning. We

decided to do it like a proper

waltz. I think we had it all. We had

him parachuting on to the dance

floor. You...

Mixing it up. Down to

emotional, exposings and slow. The

choreography is beautiful. I want to

do it justice.

It is just a waltz.

Just a waltz. A walk in the park.

Good luck this weekend. You're

glorious. Davood and Nadiya!

CHEERING.

Now, if you want to know what music

the kids are listening to these

days, then you've come

to the wrong place!

We only play classics here.

It's time for Tunes on Tuesday!

It's that time of the week

people - let's see

what's on the jukebox tonight.

MUSIC: "Umberella" by The Baseballs.

It's Umbrella ella ella eh eh

eh by The Baseballs!

This song was originally a huge hit

for Bajan pop goddess Rihanna back

in 2007, scoring her,

her first ever UK number 1.

Oi oi flexy Magee you can't stop the

woman! If she does herself an

injury, he'll kill us.

Although when it was released

there was record rainfall across

the majority of the UK, with

many dubbing it the Rihanna curse.

Hopefully the song will bring

better luck to this couple.

Here we go...

It's Mollie and AJ, and

they'll be dancing a quickstep!

Well done, thank you so, so much.

Thank you. You must. Such a

gentleman.

Right, what's next on the playlist?

Those legs are amazing.

MUSIC: The River of Dreams

by Billy Joel.

Yes, it's The River of Dreams

by none other than Billy Joel!

Known informally as the Piano Man,

Mr Joel has sold over 150 million

records, making him one of the

biggest selling acts in the world.

Not bad for someone who's last

UK hit was this, back in 1993!

But who'll be dancing to this?

Let's find out.

It's Gemma and Aljaz!

Who'll be dancing a samba.

Last one now.

What's it going to be?

MUSIC: "Halo" by Beyonce.

It's Halo by bootylicious

megastar, Beyonce!

This angelic power ballad

was released in 2009

reaching number 4

on the UK hit parade.

The song includes the

word 'Halo' 69 times

and apparently took

three hours to write.

What did they do with

the rest of the time?!

Let's find out who's

taking on this number.

Hello. Here we go.

It's Alexandra and Gorka!

And they'll be dancing a rumba.

A rumba.

To find out the rest of the songs,

head to the Strictly website.

And, well, from that heavenly treat

to another,

Here's Jason Gilkison with his guide

to the perfect quickstep.

to another, perfect quickstep.

The quickstep is one of the most

popular of all the ballroom dances.

It is fast and exciting and one of

the ones the celebrities look

forward to doing the most. It's

actually a sped up version of the

foxtrot with a birth of charleston

thrown in for good measure. Like

many of the famous dances of the

1920s and 1930s, the quickstep

hailed from New York. If originated

with a dance called The You Turkey

Trot. One of the most important

things to get right off the cuff is

the tempo of the music. The basic

feel of the quickstep is slow, slow,

quick, quick, slow. Slow, quick,

quick, slow. If you he can that in

your head from the beginning, you're

on yare way. One of the most famous

words in Strictly is chasse. Not

only will you see a normal Shahs

abut a scatter Shahs away moves very

quickly around the room. The normal

Shahs acomes after a forward walk.

After that on the right foot, a man

would put his left foot to the side.

He would go to the ball of the foot

and close very neatly and then he

would descend to ball flat before he

finance on with his backward foot.

After you've mastered the chsssis,

it is the scatter cricks hassis.

That's quicker, quicker, quick, you

have to be so synchronised with your

partner. In this dance, the judges

are looking for a smoothness across

the room. Smooth on top like a swan

across the water. Underneath, your

feet are paddling like mad. You have

to master that rise and fall. The

fall part is on your heels when

going very low. You're on the ball

of your foot, you're in the high

part. You have to control your

ankles. At the end of a quick

motion, you your angle has to

control your foot ready to do a heel

lead again. One of the most used

steps in this dance is a lock step.

Generally, the man moves forward on

his left foot on the ball of the

foot and his right foot crosses

behind. To do this perfectly, he has

to move his left side forward to

indicate to the lady that he's about

to do a lock step. Whilst a lock

step and cricks hassis are similar,

when we move to the side it is a

cricks hassis and when we move to

the side it is a lock step.

# Come on over Valerie

# The clue is in the title, the

quickstep is quick.

The dancers should travel at speed

across the floor and have the

feeling of the wind in their hair.

And, if you master all of those

moves, you'll be we will on your way

to getting a perfect score.

Now despite giving us all what we

really, really wanted at the weekend

with their samba, my final guests

found themselves in the dance-off.

Here to dance another day, it's

Debbie and Giovanni.

Thank you for bringing girl power to

the tower!

The shadow reverse roll,

you were outstanding in that.

Love

you dropped into the splits and the

timing was exceptional.

Debbie and Giovanni, everyone!

CHEERING

Congratulations on

surviving the dance-off.

How was the weekend for you? We had

a great weekend.

There was such a

buzz at Blackpool. It did come

crashing down when we were in the

dance-off. But, from week one, where

Giovanni's been really good is he'd

really coached me about if we were

in the dance-off. Every week he

really pushes me with tech sneak. If

you're in the dance-off, you have to

have the technique. It worked on

Saturday. So, thank you to him.

Well

done. Good coaching. You really were

in that danger zone. Smack bang

middle of the leaderboard. Were you

worried after? And about the results

show?

Yes, we were. Eight couples

left, to be in the middle of the

leaderboard is really dangerous. You

hope the public really vote for you.

We just ended up in the bottom two.

We both felt it once we knew that's

where we were on the leaderboard. We

were quite serious afterwards. We

didn't say anything to each other

but we both knew.

We felt it was

going to happen at some point.

Of

course, you dealt with it

brilliantly. I have to say, who

doesn't love a Spice Girls' medley?

It was something else. Comments from

the judges all good. Darcey said she

thought it was lacking a bit of

energy at the end. I remember doing

a samba. Getting to the end is

exhausting, you were on podiums, up,

down, how was it?

I really enjoyed

doing it. It was a dance we had a

lot of fun rehearsing it. On the

night, I enjoyed it as much as I

enjoyed it in the rehearsal room

which isn't always possible. It does

take it out of you.

It was a

difficult routine. It required a lot

of stamina. You did it.

You did

brilliantly.

I just hadn't eaten my

spinach like Popeye.

There you were

in the Union Jack dress with the

hair and a certain original Ginger

Spice got in touch. What did her

message say?

She said, Geri sent me

a message on Friday saying she was

thinking of me and thought I was

inspirational and a shining star and

go for it, girl. How wonderful is

that. Still pinching myself.

So

good. You are an inspiration. She's

not the only pop princess who

messaged you. I believe somebody

beginning with K has been in touch?

It is not Kylie who messaged me

direct but her make-up artist told

me working on her new video this

week in rehearsals she's been going

let's do some Debbie ma geeb lifts!

I've sent her a massage saying, I

hear you're stealing my lifts. Which

are his.

Could be a Great War. This

week, for you two, it's the big one.

It's the fan favourite, the

Argentine tango.

Yes, it is.

So

exciting. That's just our getting

excited Argentine tango music. The

music they have is amazing. We're

keeping it a secret. How do you

approach this Giovanni? How excited

are you, sir?

Absolutely excited

about this dance. It's always been

one of my favourite to watch. It

requires a lot of passion, which I

think Italian and English people is

the best combination.

Ooh, yes! I

thought that myself, actually.

I

paid him to say that.

You didn't

give me the money yet. It's a lot of

technique going on in there. A lot

of flicks and legs. The song is

amazing. I believe and have a

feeling this will be epic.

How is

sultry...

We had a little bit of

time so far. At the moment I'm

trying not to kick him in the shins

and up the bum, actually.

A bit of

that.

The sultry bit I'm sure will

come. At the moment, I'm just trying

to learn the steps.

This one really

excites me.

This is the music for the paso doble

thon to get us into the mood. I love

it. We know, Debbie Magee, this is

how you started the show. Seems like

years ago, with the paso doble. You

wowed the nation, are you looking

forward to revisiting that dance?

I

really am. I really loved the paso

doble the first week. The fact it

was our first week learning

together, it is really nice to go

back there. From that music, I think

it will be quite different from the

first week.

It is a completely new