0:00:06 > 0:00:14VOICEOVER:Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome all the couples
0:00:14 > 0:00:19to the floor for the It Takes Two - A -Thon!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Dancing tonight...
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Susan Calman and her partner Kevin Clifton
0:00:33 > 0:00:40Gemma Atkinson and her partner Aljaz Skorjanec.
0:00:40 > 0:00:47And finally Zoe Ball, and her partner...?
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Oh great - looks like I've got no chance winning this year...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Wait, wait!
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Stick we me baby - we've got this!
0:00:59 > 0:01:05Russell, yes.Anyone got a ladder?
0:01:44 > 0:01:51Live from London this is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome your host,
0:01:51 > 0:01:57Zoe Ball.
0:02:01 > 0:02:12# Get fresh for the weekend! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It's Friday, or as the kids like to call it Fri-yay.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Maybe they don't.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25A big thank you to the gorgeous Kevin and Aljaz, I'm not letting
0:02:25 > 0:02:28go of them just yet - they'll be back later on.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Also, joining us on the Friday panel - Clare Balding,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Cherry Healey and Russell Grant!
0:02:32 > 0:02:35We have a packed show in store for you tonight,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37so let's kick things off in style.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Here singing her smash hit, 'Say You Love Me' -
0:02:40 > 0:02:43it's the brilliant Jessie Ware!
0:02:51 > 0:03:01# Say you love me to my face
0:03:07 > 0:03:12# Heart's getting torn From your mistakes
0:03:12 > 0:03:16# Just say you want me, That's all it takes
0:03:16 > 0:03:23# Heart's getting torn From your mistakes
0:03:23 > 0:03:26# 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
0:03:26 > 0:03:31# If you don't wanna try
0:03:31 > 0:03:35# But all that I've been thinking of
0:03:35 > 0:03:41# Is maybe that you might
0:03:41 > 0:03:51# Babe, it looks as though we're Running out of words to say
0:03:51 > 0:04:01# And love's floating away
0:04:05 > 0:04:07# Slowly, slowly you unfold me
0:04:07 > 0:04:15# But do you know me at all?
0:04:15 > 0:04:23# Someone told me love Controls everything
0:04:23 > 0:04:28# But only if you know
0:04:28 > 0:04:35# 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
0:04:35 > 0:04:40# If you don't wanna try
0:04:40 > 0:04:43# But all that I've been thinking of
0:04:43 > 0:04:50# Is maybe that you might
0:04:50 > 0:04:57# And, babe, it looks as though We're running out of words to say
0:04:57 > 0:05:02# And love's floating away
0:05:02 > 0:05:12# Won't you stay?
0:05:13 > 0:05:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:19 > 0:05:22What a stunning performance - there'll be more from
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Jessie later in the show!
0:05:24 > 0:05:27But back to business.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34It's Friday night and I can confirm we are only...
0:05:34 > 0:05:3924 hours from the next live Strictly spectacular. So we must get
0:05:39 > 0:05:41cracking.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45First up, we sent my stunt double - Mr Gethin Jones - for another trip
0:05:45 > 0:05:48to Elstree this morning to report on all the backstage gossip.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Let's see what he's been up to.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Yes we are back in Elstree, familiar territory for all our couples.
0:06:03 > 0:06:15Tomorrow night you will see two quicksteps, an Argentine tango and
0:06:15 > 0:06:23all the couples have to deal with the paso doble. I am going to catch
0:06:23 > 0:06:26up with as many people as I can.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Now, 'When you're alone, and life is making you lonely,
0:06:28 > 0:06:29you can always'...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Rely on my first guests to lighten the mood.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Fresh off the tram to '10' town - it's the illuminating
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Gemma and Aljaz!
0:06:39 > 0:06:46You must be a really great student. You listen and you listen some more.
0:06:46 > 0:06:52Kept your body strong in the lifts. Beautiful finishes. I loved it.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59You're getting better and better every week. Fantastic.
0:07:01 > 0:07:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Feel the love in this room!Body ripple.What an
0:07:15 > 0:07:21entrance. People are still smiling after your incredible performance
0:07:21 > 0:07:27last weekend. Were you chuffed to bits?I was so chuffed. Literally.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33I'm still smiling, the choreography was amazing, the music, we were up
0:07:33 > 0:07:40North, that ball room, he told me about it and when I walked in, I was
0:07:40 > 0:07:46oh, my gosh.It is wonderland. You need to go there. And after nine
0:07:46 > 0:07:58weeks of such hard work you finally got the 10! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:07:58 > 0:08:05Well done.High ten!So well deserved. How did that feel?You
0:08:05 > 0:08:10know what? It felt amazing and the fact that Shirley stood up and
0:08:10 > 0:08:15clapped as well. Yeah, it was weird, because when the scores were coming
0:08:15 > 0:08:22in, you could hear them, b I was still, I didn't know what was
0:08:22 > 0:08:28happening.Aljaz at what point did you think, hang on, this is quite
0:08:28 > 0:08:36good?From day one of training back in September. Open the box in fronts
0:08:36 > 0:08:47of you. OK. Tell me to do it. What is it?Let's have a look.Moustache?
0:08:47 > 0:08:53You have two. One each. You put those on and I will carry on.I need
0:08:53 > 0:08:58to unglue it.It is quite sweaty in here, I can't guarantee they will
0:08:58 > 0:09:09stay on.Oh! I feel normal.Your mum was in the audience, it was your
0:09:09 > 0:09:16birthday.I know.Sandra's waited years to get here.Bless her, look
0:09:16 > 0:09:20at her.How much did she enjoy her experience and what a night to be
0:09:20 > 0:09:26there.She loved it. She has tried to get tickets so long for Blackpool
0:09:26 > 0:09:30and she came on the floor after and she was so happy. She said, you
0:09:30 > 0:09:33didn't have to prove anything to anyone, but I'm so proud of you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:41Goodness. As a mum, that gets me. I have to say I can't take you
0:09:41 > 0:09:46seriously wearing those moustaches. I know you love the statistics,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49you're the only couple to have improved in scores over the last
0:09:49 > 0:10:07three weeks.Well, well, well!If you're smiling. Why does the
0:10:07 > 0:10:12American Smooth suit Gemma?We did a foxtrot a couple of weeks ago and it
0:10:12 > 0:10:18went really well. Incredibly well, but on the night the nerves got the
0:10:18 > 0:10:22better of us both. Because it was such a slow and smooth dance. The
0:10:22 > 0:10:31music was changing types all the time. Down town... I can't do it.
0:10:31 > 0:10:38But the down Town was a lovely foxtrot and doing it up in that huge
0:10:38 > 0:10:43ballroom, which doesn't make any accepts, because Gemma gets nervous
0:10:43 > 0:10:48in Elstree and Blackpool ballroom is so huge, but as soon as the numbers
0:10:48 > 0:10:52started, you could see love in your face and you loved the whole thing.
0:10:52 > 0:10:59Because it's Blackpool.It lifts you I think.I have so many amazing
0:10:59 > 0:11:05memories from Blackpool.We are doing the show again in Blackpool.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11We are all coming down. This weekend it is the Samba. How has it gone?It
0:11:11 > 0:11:20has been OK, but it is quite light and it is the bounce. I don't think
0:11:20 > 0:11:26I have enough hippage. I'm quite surfboardy. Aljaz said, no matter
0:11:26 > 0:11:32what, he said in four weeks this journey is over for everyone. Four
0:11:32 > 0:11:36weeks left, enjoy it. That is what he says. Any bits I'm going to go
0:11:36 > 0:11:52for it.And great music.Oh, yeah. Ooh! It is a beautiful thing. Lexie
0:11:52 > 0:11:58McGhee described her Samba rolls as like sausage rolls.I don't eat
0:11:58 > 0:12:03meat, but I would rather have a sausage roll. It is like playing
0:12:03 > 0:12:10snooker.We explain it is like a snooker. It is nothing like that
0:12:10 > 0:12:19really.When they do it tomorrow, we will. Good luck and paso doble you
0:12:19 > 0:12:32were great.Put your hands up. It is fun.Love you too. Aljaz we haven't
0:12:32 > 0:12:39finished with you. Find out he got on
0:12:47 > 0:12:50But before that let's head back to the training
0:12:50 > 0:12:52room to see how Mollie, Alexandra, Joe and Debbie
0:12:52 > 0:12:54have been getting along.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59It is like the other dances, but a hundred miles an hour and I'm so
0:12:59 > 0:13:07slow. The hardest part is remembering the sequence.You have
0:13:07 > 0:13:15to remember it.Hopefully it will become muscle memory. At the moment
0:13:15 > 0:13:25my mind is blown.We are going to do it again and again until Molly gets
0:13:25 > 0:13:29it perfectly and we are synchronised.The rumba is the
0:13:29 > 0:13:36slowest of the Latin dances and that makes it more difficult. You're so
0:13:36 > 0:13:41open to any mistake.You have to be precise in every step. One, two...
0:13:41 > 0:13:48And you need to feel the music with the movement of your body. I know
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Shirley is going to pay a lot of attention, as she loves the rumba.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56What I need to do is relax and do the movement and enjoy it. Because
0:13:56 > 0:14:08this is going to be a special number for us.It has been tiring a
0:14:08 > 0:14:13quickstep is energetic. It is quite complicated. There is lots of
0:14:13 > 0:14:19rhythms and steps.The comply Cailleted part is that the steps
0:14:19 > 0:14:25repeat, but all in different order and speeds.I'm quite exhausted. The
0:14:25 > 0:14:32hardest part is maintaining the energy and remembering which rhythms
0:14:32 > 0:14:40you're going into it. Oh!I'm loving learning the Argentine tango. It is
0:14:40 > 0:14:49very leggy and pointed feet and I just feel right in it.Beautiful.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53The technique is coming along really well and the legs, beautiful legs.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58My biggest problem is to make myself relax so I can do the technique
0:14:58 > 0:15:03properly and I'm just not very good at relaxing.Relax. We have the
0:15:03 > 0:15:12legs. We have the passion. All we need to do now is relax. And put it
0:15:12 > 0:15:14on show a bit more.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Debbie is looking good!
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Now our Friday's wouldn't be the same without a panel and boy do
0:15:25 > 0:15:26we have a lineup for you tonight!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Make some noise for Clare Balding, Cherry Healey and Strictly Legend -
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Mr Russell Grant!
0:15:30 > 0:15:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:39 > 0:15:55Calm and! -- come on. I've never seen Clare Balding dance. Moves!
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Were you showing them what to do? This new woman in my life, Cherry
0:15:59 > 0:16:09Healey. She's on BBC Three, I have to learn to go online.You will be
0:16:09 > 0:16:15friends for life! Welcome. What are you making of the class of 2017?I
0:16:15 > 0:16:19love it, because I treat it like a sporting event. Those that have
0:16:19 > 0:16:24endurance and those that can perform in front of a big crowd. I think is
0:16:24 > 0:16:26the most brilliant shared experience... I have conversations
0:16:26 > 0:16:30with everyone all over the place about it, just like the Olympic.In
0:16:30 > 0:16:34the queue at the garage, the supermarket, the library... I'm in
0:16:34 > 0:16:41the library all the time! You are a massive fan of the show, have you
0:16:41 > 0:16:49had any favourite moments?Aston's paso doble broke me. I thought
0:16:49 > 0:16:55Kevin's, Kevin and Susan's dance from the Strictly Ballroom, like
0:16:55 > 0:17:00someone living their dream and loving it. So many.Russell so many
0:17:00 > 0:17:09gorgeous memories. You were dancing with. Welcome back. Let's talk about
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Susan and Kevin. Tomorrow, an American smooth, it has a nautical
0:17:13 > 0:17:17theme. Could it be perfect smooth sailing for you, Russell? Tell me
0:17:17 > 0:17:23what you think.I love Susan because she is full of joy and I love the
0:17:23 > 0:17:28joy. I really saw the joy come out when they did the jive, the painting
0:17:28 > 0:17:34on the wall. I love her because its infectiousness. I think if I was a
0:17:34 > 0:17:39woman, I'd be Susan.You would be Susan! LAUGHTER
0:17:39 > 0:17:47OK, all right, fantastic.I might be in a cupboard.Are you excited to
0:17:47 > 0:17:52see this one?Susan's my friend that I can't believe how well she's taken
0:17:52 > 0:17:56to it. And she's not a dancer. I think she's embraced the whole
0:17:56 > 0:18:00thing. She does bring joy to attend entertainment and I'm really proud
0:18:00 > 0:18:08of her.She was in a dancer and now she is!And she can do serious as
0:18:08 > 0:18:14well as funny.Alexander and Gorka, rumba time. People can go either way
0:18:14 > 0:18:18on this. There has never been a perfect score for a rumba.Could
0:18:18 > 0:18:22this be the one? I think if anyone is going to bring it, it's hard.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28Look at her. She nails every single dance. She's got the intensity, the
0:18:28 > 0:18:33strength, and she's got that Latin fire in her. Her last dance was
0:18:33 > 0:18:38absolutely insane. She's just... Like they said... Is there anything
0:18:38 > 0:18:45she can't do?High jump.Is there a touch of Alesha Dixon is there? I
0:18:45 > 0:18:51just loved that cha-cha-cha they did a couple weeks ago, I loved it so
0:18:51 > 0:18:57much, because the music matched. The music has to match the dance, you
0:18:57 > 0:19:03feel it. When you get that music, you just can't stop!You can't stop.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07I'm lost in him! We are going on to Davood and Nadiya. Great scores for
0:19:07 > 0:19:11them last week. They are creeping up here. They have a waltz this
0:19:11 > 0:19:14weekend, a tricky one because it is so slow, it can be exposing. If they
0:19:14 > 0:19:20are in training, what do you think? I think Davood has improved so much,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24growing with the competition. He is clearly very fit and sporty anyway.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30He has a beautiful head carriage, like a horse in dressage. I just
0:19:30 > 0:19:35hope they wear a proper outfit.Yes, it's all proper.What? No! Don't
0:19:35 > 0:19:46take away the sheer tops.Oh, no! I love the live and let die number,
0:19:46 > 0:19:52the passion and the fire! Didn't you like the way he came down the union
0:19:52 > 0:19:58Jack?I thought, I wasn't watching that!
0:19:58 > 0:20:00But don't worry it's not the end - these beauties will be
0:20:00 > 0:20:02back later in the show!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Right time to check back in with Gethin -
0:20:04 > 0:20:07it's a tough life for our Welsh wonder, earlier today he found
0:20:07 > 0:20:09himself cosying up with Debbie, Alexandra and Mollie.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Poor lad.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17I stumbled across Debbie, Mollie and Alexandra. Back home in Elstree
0:20:17 > 0:20:23after almost a week in Blackpool, nice to be back?So lovely to be
0:20:23 > 0:20:26back, so nice. Everyone's here, the food is here, that's what we all
0:20:26 > 0:20:29really love! Everyone is really happy. I think everyone had a good
0:20:29 > 0:20:34week this week.Everyone talks about food on strictly must stop I feel
0:20:34 > 0:20:39like dancing is taken of your life. All you do is dancing down the
0:20:39 > 0:20:43street, down the aisle in the supermarket, what's going on, you've
0:20:43 > 0:20:50lost the plot?I don't know if I had the plot but I've lost it. Down the
0:20:50 > 0:20:53street, flicking, hopping down the street.I don't think that's in the
0:20:53 > 0:20:56quick step, but try and see what happens. LAUGHTER
0:20:56 > 0:21:08Debbie, an original Argentine Tango. Is the extended leg...?Lots of
0:21:08 > 0:21:12extended legs in this. Like Mollie, it's taken over my life. I was
0:21:12 > 0:21:16sitting in the bath last night watching a video of rehearsals and
0:21:16 > 0:21:21thinking, I should be relaxing, what on earth am I doing?You are
0:21:21 > 0:21:26cleaning most nights!It's my Friday and I already started this morning.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I started airing the rooms and then took all the bed sheets this
0:21:31 > 0:21:35morning.Stop talking about cleaning! Talk to me about rumba.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40Are you doing as your cleaning? Actually, no, but I'll let you know
0:21:40 > 0:21:43tonight. What I was doing this morning on the car on the way here,
0:21:43 > 0:21:48I was doing the rumba and I think the driver thought I was a bit crazy
0:21:48 > 0:21:55because I was going four, 12... He said, are you all right? I said, and
0:21:55 > 0:22:00just practising in my head.Driver doing all we had things on the road.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Three completely different answers, I know you will be brilliant
0:22:03 > 0:22:06tomorrow, good luck!Thank you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09But enough with all the fun and games, it's time to get serious
0:22:09 > 0:22:11in TV's toughest challenge.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Never have Swivels been as terrifying as this.
0:22:15 > 0:22:23This year's Strictly Pro Challenge is going back in time to the roaring
0:22:23 > 0:22:271920s, where they will attempt to set a world record title for the
0:22:27 > 0:22:32most swivel steps in 30 seconds. In order for the swivel step to qualify
0:22:32 > 0:22:35our pros will have to complete on Ford on one backward step. If there
0:22:35 > 0:22:40is no swivel in the feet and ankles, the step will be disqualified. This
0:22:40 > 0:22:45year's challenge will be the hardest our pros have ever faced, but only
0:22:45 > 0:22:51one person can claim the title. It's the Strictly Pro Challenge 2017.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Thank you!
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Please welcome our next contender...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56He loves opera music, is desperate for a pet cat
0:22:56 > 0:22:58and is named after a famous tower!
0:22:58 > 0:22:59It's Aljaz!
0:22:59 > 0:23:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:17I'm so sorry.Second appearance of the night, and to be the lucky ones!
0:23:17 > 0:23:21This is your fourth Pro Challenge. Does it make it any easier or more
0:23:21 > 0:23:29nerve-racking.Not easy, definitely not easier. I've only been doing
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Charleston for as many years as I've been on Strictly. The Charleston
0:23:33 > 0:23:38swivel, I'm always happy Craig doesn't ever pick up my swivel!
0:23:38 > 0:23:43LAUGHTER Interesting seeing how you pros say
0:23:43 > 0:23:51it's really hard. You won the 2014 challenge with Karen Clifton. Not so
0:23:51 > 0:23:57much luck on your own with the Pro Challenge.Thank you!Sorry to bring
0:23:57 > 0:24:04that up!I don't. It was all Karen the first time.She will love you
0:24:04 > 0:24:12for that. How do you rate your swivel action?From 1-10?Yes.A
0:24:12 > 0:24:17really strong three. It was 30 seconds... I think three.OK, let's
0:24:17 > 0:24:24see how this wonder got on. Hold tight, darling, here we go!
0:24:24 > 0:24:29I've been swivelling everywhere, tube stations, shops, studio. I'm
0:24:29 > 0:24:34really excited to do this challenge so I can stop swivelling!Hello
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Aljaz and welcome to this year's Strictly Pro Challenge.Thank you
0:24:39 > 0:24:45for having a.How are you feeling?A bit nervous, actually.Duke brought
0:24:45 > 0:24:49came in with you.Indeed I have, I've been practising for this
0:24:49 > 0:24:53challenge so I haven't let go of this cane for a while. They goes
0:24:53 > 0:24:57everywhere with me.Good luck on Aljaz. Please take your place on the
0:24:57 > 0:25:05dance floor.I'm so excited!For your official attempt beginning
0:25:05 > 0:25:10three, two, one, though. -- go.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Up.15 seconds.
0:25:33 > 0:25:43Five, four, three, two, one. Stop! Well done.Two more seconds and I'd
0:25:43 > 0:25:50be out of here.You need to breathe more, what did you think?When you
0:25:50 > 0:25:54are getting tired, you pulled up and that's why you kept going.Do you
0:25:54 > 0:26:01think the cane helped?It probably did.Well done, Aljaz, good luck.
0:26:01 > 0:26:08We'll see how you get an.Can't wait!You can Charleston off.I'm
0:26:08 > 0:26:12not sure how I did but I tried my best, I have cramp in both of my
0:26:12 > 0:26:18calves. Judging from that, I gave it 100%.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:18 > 0:26:24You make me laugh so much! They were all being really serious. How do you
0:26:24 > 0:26:31think you got on?I think incredibly well, just judging by that video. I
0:26:31 > 0:26:34did practice loads. Since I left Slovenia about 9 years ago, that's
0:26:34 > 0:26:38all I've been doing.That's all you've done. After each of the
0:26:38 > 0:26:41professionals had made their attempt, the footage was watched
0:26:41 > 0:26:45back by adjudicators in slow motion to verify every single swivel come
0:26:45 > 0:26:51to make sure they were accurate. Are you ready for this? Yes? The wait is
0:26:51 > 0:26:57finally over. Aljaz, I can reveal that in 30 seconds you completed...
0:26:57 > 0:27:07DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:27:09 > 0:27:16LAUGHTER 18 swivels!
0:27:16 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE Thank you.I look all right there.
0:27:22 > 0:27:29However... There were mistakes. No, no, no!I can reveal you had five
0:27:29 > 0:27:35steps disqualified. Furious, furious!I'm never doing it again!
0:27:35 > 0:27:42The most the series, giving you a series total of 13... The bottom of
0:27:42 > 0:27:47the leaderboard, I'm so sorry. What do you say to that?What do you say?
0:27:47 > 0:27:53It's been such a lovely Friday, such a lovely week, and now... You see, I
0:27:53 > 0:27:58like the number, 13.We must ask Janette, lots of people saying she
0:27:58 > 0:28:03could take this title stop here I really hope so. I hope so. I am six
0:28:03 > 0:28:08feet and... Yeah.To do a fast Charleston is always difficult.
0:28:08 > 0:28:16Excuses!I know, excuses. We still love you Aljaz! Good luck tomorrow!
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Thank you, Zoe.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Speaking of your missus, let's find out what happened
0:28:23 > 0:28:25when the Latin Sensation went to Ireland to go behind the scenes
0:28:25 > 0:28:30at their version of Strictly.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Love Janette.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Strictly Come Dancing features all over the world and where are we off
0:28:40 > 0:28:43to today? Ireland, of course, why else would I be wearing a shamrock
0:28:43 > 0:28:50my head? Ireland's version of Strictly is
0:28:50 > 0:28:54called dancing with the stars on the first series aired in January of
0:28:54 > 0:28:59this year.Tonight, the world's most popular dancing extravaganza has
0:28:59 > 0:29:05reached Ireland. Welcome to Dancing With The Stars.Last week the series
0:29:05 > 0:29:09proved to be a big hit and in June it was announced it would be
0:29:09 > 0:29:13returning for a second series. There are a few familiar faces from the
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Strictly family, including one of the judges comment Nicky Byrne, who
0:29:17 > 0:29:20got to the quarterfinals in 2000 while. I have come to meet him to
0:29:20 > 0:29:27find out a little more about the show. -- in 2012. So you were a
0:29:27 > 0:29:31contestant on Strictly Come Dancing but now you are hosting it?Yes,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35when I heard the rumours last year dancing with the stars was coming to
0:29:35 > 0:29:40Ireland I thought, I have to be part of this and how.Annualised it with
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Amanda?Amanda is from Ireland originally. On the final show they
0:29:44 > 0:29:48asked myself and Amanda to do part of the group dance. We didn't have
0:29:48 > 0:29:53much of a rehearsal, two hours. Do you think I got it right?No. Karen
0:29:53 > 0:29:59would not be proud of you!I stopped, I thought, I messed it up.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04I think I made a mistake but we won't tell anybody.Don't have
0:30:04 > 0:30:09anyone!No wonder I didn't win Strictly.What are the judges like
0:30:09 > 0:30:16compared to here?Pretty similar. We have Lorraine, Brian and Julian.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Brian is the nasty one-stop Hebrew
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Brian is the nasty one-stop
0:30:24 > 0:30:29you always have the guys backs, you've been there, you know how it
0:30:29 > 0:30:35feels. I think it went well...Tell me about the most memorable moments?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39This guy Hughie had been on Big Brother and he decided to apply fake
0:30:39 > 0:30:43tan himself, continuously. When they were going to the ad break the
0:30:43 > 0:30:48producers are saying, you have to stop!I want to start off by asking
0:30:48 > 0:30:56how Tandy 's planned?You can never be too tanned!He put the show on
0:30:56 > 0:30:59such a high-profile, it appeared on American chat show is on the UK
0:30:59 > 0:31:03press. What is this guy doing with his face on dancing with the stars?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10What a lot of you probably don't know is the pro dancers have to
0:31:10 > 0:31:13start rehearsing the group dance is months in advance, and luckily for
0:31:13 > 0:31:16us, the prose in Dublin started rehearsing this week so I thought
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I'd go and take a look.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30Strictly's AJ not so little proer brother is a professional dancer.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36Tell me about your partner last season.I had a partner.How far did
0:31:36 > 0:31:43you get.We tipped. Hopefully we will win it.You're right tall, you
0:31:43 > 0:31:48will need a tall one.I don't know where I came from.AJ's different.
0:31:48 > 0:31:54Fingers crossed then. There is more familiar faces too. Strictly pros
0:31:54 > 0:32:02and champion, darn Bennett and Lilia Kopylova. I want to know what are
0:32:02 > 0:32:05the biggest differences between the Irish dancing with the stars and
0:32:05 > 0:32:10Strictly.We have some lovely themes. Last year we had a beautiful
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Valentine's vehicle. And we have the Irish week, St Patrick's Day, the
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Riverdance and the energy they produce is unbelievable.We have the
0:32:19 > 0:32:24switch up, that means the couples get to dance with another partner
0:32:24 > 0:32:31during that episode eight creates different stresseschesJealousy.If
0:32:31 > 0:32:41you had to pick... Oh!What have been the most memorable moments.
0:32:41 > 0:32:49Contemporary ballroom. Des doing his paso doble and Austin Powers number.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52We have had some stand out moment and looking forward the season two
0:32:52 > 0:33:00and there is a lot of work to do between now and then.It is so
0:33:00 > 0:33:03exciting to see another series starting, I was going to wish them
0:33:03 > 0:33:08good luck, but as the Irish say, if you're lucky enough to be Irish,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11then you're lucky enough!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Time now to meet my next guests.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18They stormed the Tower Ballroom with their dramatic Paso Doble.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24It's Susan and her partner Kevin.
0:33:28 > 0:33:35I loved that flamenco. That was fantastic.At times it looked like a
0:33:35 > 0:33:40paso doble that had shrank in the wash.You covered the floor well.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45You had some nice styling. Well done.
0:33:50 > 0:34:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. # Dance boogie wonderland. That dance has
0:34:02 > 0:34:07gripped the nation. It was a big moment for you, did the weekend live
0:34:07 > 0:34:13up to expectations?Absolutely, Blackpool was everything I thought
0:34:13 > 0:34:19and more. Being in the Tower ballroom doing the dance was one of
0:34:19 > 0:34:24greatest moments of my life.Ole to that I say! Serious amount of love
0:34:24 > 0:34:31there. I love Fridays, you both have your tans.I can see myself on the
0:34:31 > 0:34:36screen.You can get emotional in these routines, what was going
0:34:36 > 0:34:42through your mind?Just pride that we had made to it Blackpool from
0:34:42 > 0:34:49starting off not knowing if we would make week three or four. It was a in
0:34:49 > 0:34:53a big flamenco dress and he had his wee gold jacket. I felt proud we had
0:34:53 > 0:34:59made it there to do the dance that Kevin had wanted to do.Kevin is
0:34:59 > 0:35:04your dream dance. Did you think, there is a lot of pressure to put on
0:35:04 > 0:35:11two things.I don't want to do it. But she did do you proud.She did
0:35:11 > 0:35:16amazingly. I wanted to do this for years and paso is supposed to be the
0:35:16 > 0:35:20man's dance in general, but I had the this vision of having Susan in
0:35:20 > 0:35:24the middle of the floor and doing the flamenco and I thought, what I
0:35:24 > 0:35:29would love is if everyone starts clapping along. But it only happen
0:35:29 > 0:35:33if Susan's big enough with the performance. Off she went... Look at
0:35:33 > 0:35:39that.And the whole crowd...Started straightaway. I got chills down my
0:35:39 > 0:35:46spine. I went, they're doing it, it is happening, the moment I have been
0:35:46 > 0:35:52waiting for.You made him so happy. Such an iconic film. I wonder if
0:35:52 > 0:35:56anyone from the film has been in touch?We have had the musical have
0:35:56 > 0:36:02been in touch saying we did them proud. Because Strictly is coming as
0:36:02 > 0:36:06a musical to the west end.We have a little something for you. We could
0:36:06 > 0:36:15do one for you. Have a look.Hi it is Tara here in Sydney. 25 years ago
0:36:15 > 0:36:26I did the paso pob lay. Doble. A life lived in fear is a life half
0:36:26 > 0:36:32lived.Love!We have been so like that.That is unbelievable. I can't
0:36:32 > 0:36:39believe it. That saying she said from the end, that was written under
0:36:39 > 0:36:46my collar on the suit I got married in.I can't take any more. Thank you
0:36:46 > 0:36:56so much.Oh wow!You follow that with an American Smooth this week.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01You're getting emotional. Beyond the sea, Bobby Darren, it is a classic.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07This has been my favourite week in Strictly. We are doing a beautiful
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Fred and Ginger American Smooth and it is gorgeous and fun and
0:37:11 > 0:37:23romantic... He doesn't know it yet, but it is. In every dance I'm going
0:37:23 > 0:37:30to kiss you and he says, no, it's not appropriate.And the concept?On
0:37:30 > 0:37:38the deck of a ship and very Fred and Ginger style and I'm a naval captain
0:37:38 > 0:37:43and Susan's a passenger on the ship and we are courting.It is such a
0:37:43 > 0:37:48good word.We are in the early stages of romance. We might kiss. We
0:37:48 > 0:37:55are going to kiss, we are going to kiss.You haven't done a lift since
0:37:55 > 0:38:00the Charleston, you have been getting the giggles.Yes it is
0:38:00 > 0:38:05really high up and I'm very short and anyone above five foot is
0:38:05 > 0:38:10terrifying. We have been trying some ambitious lifts and I kept
0:38:10 > 0:38:14screaming, put me down, I'm frightened. But it will be OK, won't
0:38:14 > 0:38:21it?I will do me best.Before you go, I have to ask you about a tweet
0:38:21 > 0:38:27you sent to a fan. We do the rumba in the training room to make
0:38:27 > 0:38:32ourselves laugh. No one will ever see it. No one. You then go on to
0:38:32 > 0:38:42say, we rumba to another level's Freak Me. I don't think anyone needs
0:38:42 > 0:38:46to see that. Well, we disagree. We think people need to see it. Kevin
0:38:46 > 0:38:53off you go.Starts off with a bit of wiggling like this. And a bit of
0:38:53 > 0:39:05that.This is amazing.Debbie McGhee!Oh, look at that! It is my
0:39:05 > 0:39:11special birthday dance.That is about as far as it goes.That is
0:39:11 > 0:39:23amazing. And a rumba. Just for you lot. You carry on. I like to get my
0:39:23 > 0:39:27warm ups from Ian.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Now, as we all know I like to get my warm ups from Ian Waite.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Gethin on the other hand, likes to get his from someone else.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Take a look at this.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Stuart getting Edinburgh in the mood for Strictly.Have been waiting for
0:39:41 > 0:39:49years for this.Explain what you do. I'm a come per, but I'm called a
0:39:49 > 0:39:55warm up guy who entertains the audience before the show. I have
0:39:55 > 0:40:01been doing it for 12 years.You do a brilliant show.I'm the best in my
0:40:01 > 0:40:05price range.Have you ever learned to dance?You know what? It is a
0:40:05 > 0:40:10very good question, because, no, I know all the dances of Latin and
0:40:10 > 0:40:15ballroom, but never danced. It would be a dream come true if I could
0:40:15 > 0:40:25dance.I'm sure one of pros will be watching.Only Giovanni has offered.
0:40:25 > 0:40:31You're famous for your attire. I see you brought a selection with you.I
0:40:31 > 0:40:36like a whacky suit. I have got about 25 suits. These are a small
0:40:36 > 0:40:40selection of the ones I will wear on a Saturday night. So you have got...
0:40:40 > 0:40:45You are themed. You do movie nights and Hallowe'en.I have a couple
0:40:45 > 0:40:50here. I will have a suit for the special nights that we do here. So
0:40:50 > 0:40:54we have got great, like a love heart one, TV test card. Not sure whether
0:40:54 > 0:41:01you can see that. But you have got a confety, galaxy and for the
0:41:01 > 0:41:07special... Kind of nights, very light.It makes the one you're
0:41:07 > 0:41:12wearing look dull.This has a trick up its sleeve. You press a button
0:41:12 > 0:41:20and... We have gone all neon. This will be making an appearance on the
0:41:20 > 0:41:27final.You have fun with the judges. Who is your favourite.I would say
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Craig. I have known him a long time. Well about three faces ago. We go
0:41:32 > 0:41:38back a long way. That guy's the single reason why aliens refuse to
0:41:38 > 0:41:45make contact us with.He is looking great these days.I he is. Nice to
0:41:45 > 0:41:51meet you.I love that boy.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Time now to take things down a notch - it's that part of the show
0:41:55 > 0:41:58where we all try to hold back the tears.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00This series has been such an emotional rollercoaster
0:42:00 > 0:42:02for our celebrities, and they really couldn't do it
0:42:02 > 0:42:03without their partners.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Take a look at this.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12I don't think I could have had a better partner than Giovanni. We
0:42:12 > 0:42:18have so much fun together. And he is such a lovely human being.We are
0:42:18 > 0:42:25both on the same page. Debbie's such an amazing person to work with.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Molly is the perfect partner for me. I want affection and we are striving
0:42:29 > 0:42:34for that.He has taught me so much about dancing and about life. I feel
0:42:34 > 0:42:39like the luckiest girl ever are I week.I like Sandra she is always
0:42:39 > 0:42:43someone who comes every day and loves everything what she does. I'm
0:42:43 > 0:42:49going to miss her when this finish. He has taught me what real
0:42:49 > 0:42:52partnership means. I hope he realises that. Without him I
0:42:52 > 0:42:55wouldn't have been able to get through this at all. I'm very,
0:42:55 > 0:43:04very... Thankful for his... Just for him.I've learned so much from
0:43:04 > 0:43:10Aljaz. I have learned to believe in myself.She is pushing me as much as
0:43:10 > 0:43:19I push her. She has so much talent. To see her progress it is epic.I'm
0:43:19 > 0:43:24under no illusion that I'm still here because of her. She has dragged
0:43:24 > 0:43:27me through kicking and screaming sometimes.He wants to work really
0:43:27 > 0:43:32hard. He wants to get it right. I just want him to remember how far he
0:43:32 > 0:43:39has come.To see him changing week-by-week, I couldn't be more
0:43:39 > 0:43:45thankful.She has taught me the ultimate thing with this is to enjoy
0:43:45 > 0:43:52it.It has been really amazing. And I know we are going to be friends
0:43:52 > 0:44:04forever.I would say thank you for teaching me how to dance!Stop
0:44:04 > 0:44:08everyone.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10That was beautiful - just like this lot.
0:44:10 > 0:44:16It's the return of our Friday Panel!
0:44:16 > 0:44:21We are going to drive in with Molly and AJ and their quickstep. A
0:44:21 > 0:44:28different version. Here it is. Do you like this one Clare.They're a
0:44:28 > 0:44:33great couple and I think they will do well. She is light like a fairy
0:44:33 > 0:44:40and you could pick her up and spin her.And he did.I thought that was
0:44:40 > 0:44:49the best dance of show. She has got these amazing flippy anicals. --
0:44:49 > 0:44:56flippy ankles.The lift it was like plate spinning.The quickstep is a
0:44:56 > 0:45:01tricky dance to master. Can she crack it.If anyone can, she can.
0:45:01 > 0:45:06She has flippy feet and she is nippy and moves around the floor quickly.
0:45:06 > 0:45:12Like a little pony.Oh, yes. Horse references I love it. Russell,
0:45:12 > 0:45:17Debbie and Giovanni are doing an an general Tyne tango and a fan
0:45:17 > 0:45:25favourite. Can Flexi McGhee rise to the challenge?I think so I spent
0:45:25 > 0:45:38six weeks doing one in the west end and I was dancing with a scarf and
0:45:38 > 0:45:42it is the trickiest dance.She is precise and you think of the stuff
0:45:42 > 0:45:46she did and it is about precision and she gets it spot on and I think
0:45:46 > 0:45:50she is a good athlete. Because she takes training.The things that
0:45:50 > 0:45:55woman can do with with her legs. Flexi McGhee, I'm all Team Flexi
0:45:55 > 0:46:03McGhee.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06I love Giovanni, who would do anything to get to the final.He's
0:46:06 > 0:46:11been amazing this year. Gemma and Aljaz, high scores at the weekend, a
0:46:11 > 0:46:16couple of temporal macro. Can they stay up the leaderboard with their
0:46:16 > 0:46:21samba? Let's have a look and see what you think of their action here.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26I thought her American smooth was one of the most beautiful dances I
0:46:26 > 0:46:28have ever seen an Strictly, maybe
0:46:28 > 0:46:28one of the most beautiful dances I have ever seen an Strictly, maybe.
0:46:28 > 0:46:34Those long lifts legs, the lift on the gliding round. She gets better
0:46:34 > 0:46:39every single week. Nobody improves as quickly as her. She just absorbs
0:46:39 > 0:46:42all the advice, it's incredible. She's like a slimmer, the physique
0:46:42 > 0:46:54of a slimmer.What animal?An animal?What animal? Ace on... A
0:46:54 > 0:47:03seal?I don't think you could describe a woman is being a seal.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08When I was Batman.Which I loved. One of the most difficult dances for
0:47:08 > 0:47:13a woman is the samba.That is what Vincent said only this week. Gemma
0:47:13 > 0:47:18doing very well. Joe and Katya, another quick step this weekend.
0:47:18 > 0:47:24Could it be a high scorer for Joe? He is so perfectly formed, you could
0:47:24 > 0:47:28put him in your pocket. Every single dance he does, he does with panache.
0:47:28 > 0:47:34I think this is incredibly difficult. So many people, cropper
0:47:34 > 0:47:41on this one.Katya's choreography is supreme. When with a little toy
0:47:41 > 0:47:44soldiers in the Charleston, it was my favourite Charleston, fun and
0:47:44 > 0:47:51brilliant.I liked about three's versatility as well as endurance,
0:47:51 > 0:47:56Joe. You have to be really fit for it.And they will be dressed as
0:47:56 > 0:48:04construction workers.Obviously!I was thinking more YMCA...Me too,
0:48:04 > 0:48:12why did we think that?I don't know! The paso doble group... Who do you
0:48:12 > 0:48:18think will win that?Susan and Kevin.Davood. How do you pronounce
0:48:18 > 0:48:24his name?Davood. A tricky question... Who is going home this
0:48:24 > 0:48:31weekend?Whoever is second brought on the leaderboard.Nicely done!
0:48:31 > 0:48:38Russell, the pressure of a name? Come back to me later.I think one
0:48:38 > 0:48:43of the boys, the girls are smashing it!You have been divine, come back
0:48:43 > 0:48:47and see us on! Give it up for our gorgeous Friday Panel! CHEERING AND
0:48:47 > 0:48:49APPLAUSE
0:48:49 > 0:48:57But now the end is near, and so we face our final trip
0:48:57 > 0:48:58to Elstree with our dear friend Gethin.
0:48:58 > 0:49:06Let's see what he's been up to.
0:49:06 > 0:49:12Shall we go now?The much talked about paso doble fun, how did you
0:49:12 > 0:49:18get on? You have the most competitive, the Russian, the
0:49:18 > 0:49:25Italian, the English, fresh from competition. AJ...I was off. Two
0:49:25 > 0:49:30minutes long, as soon as that music starts, ... They stand still and I'm
0:49:30 > 0:49:39go, go, go.It's not a competition, come on!This is what your
0:49:39 > 0:49:44bread-and-butter, you're used to this. How do the celebs react?
0:49:44 > 0:49:50Actually, they liked it.Mollie just smiled. I thought, this is not
0:49:50 > 0:49:55happening!I don't think they will know what just happened. I said,
0:49:55 > 0:50:01just follow me. You're not going to win anyway.It's fine.7 couples on
0:50:01 > 0:50:07the dance floor, quite crowded.My heel got caught in Giovanni's shoe.
0:50:07 > 0:50:13Elbows. We just tell them to keep the shape, keep the shape! I'm not
0:50:13 > 0:50:24doing it! On the night it will be fun?It will be a fight.Fight.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28Fight or find... We'll find out tomorrow. Good luck, you crazy
0:50:28 > 0:50:33people!Thank you!Everyone has gone crackers this week.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34That's all we have time for tonight!
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Thanks to my guests and make sure you catch all the action with Tess
0:50:38 > 0:50:40and Claud tomorrow night at 6.50 on BBC1.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44I'll be back on Monday with the next couple to leave the competition.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Who will it be?
0:50:46 > 0:50:49But now, singing us out with her brand new single Alone,
0:50:49 > 0:50:51it's the gorgeous Jessie Ware!
0:50:55 > 0:50:58# Take the weight off my shoulders
0:50:58 > 0:51:03# See, I won't make the same Mistakes when we're older
0:51:03 > 0:51:10# 'Cause with every step You take I'm getting colder
0:51:10 > 0:51:16# So come a little closer, Just come a little closer
0:51:16 > 0:51:23# I don't want somebody Else to call my name
0:51:23 > 0:51:26# No, I don't want somebody else When you could just say
0:51:26 > 0:51:31# Say that you're the one Who's taking me home
0:51:31 > 0:51:33# 'Cause I want you On my skin and my bones
0:51:33 > 0:51:37# Knocking me off my feet
0:51:37 > 0:51:41# Just say I'm the one that You need (oh, please)
0:51:41 > 0:51:46# Say that you're the one Who's taking me home
0:51:46 > 0:51:52# So I can get you alone
0:51:52 > 0:51:55# Oh oh oh oooh, oh oh oh oooh
0:51:55 > 0:52:02# Oh oh oh oooh, oh oh oh oooh
0:52:02 > 0:52:04# Just wanna talk a little longer
0:52:04 > 0:52:09# So baby won't you wanna Stay a little later?
0:52:09 > 0:52:14# 'Cause I could watch You watch me forever
0:52:14 > 0:52:21# 'Cause I know you better
0:52:21 > 0:52:24# And you know I never
0:52:24 > 0:52:26# I never need somebody Else to call my name
0:52:26 > 0:52:30# No, I don't want somebody else When you could just say
0:52:30 > 0:52:38# Say that you're the one Who's taking me home
0:52:38 > 0:52:41# 'Cause I want you On my skin and my bones
0:52:41 > 0:52:47# Knocking me off my feet
0:52:47 > 0:52:50# Just say I'm the one that You need (oh, please)
0:52:50 > 0:52:53# Say that you're the one Who's taking me home
0:52:53 > 0:53:00# So I can get you alone
0:53:00 > 0:53:02# Oh oh oh oooh, oh oh oh oooh
0:53:02 > 0:53:07# Oh oh oh oooh, oh oh oh oooh
0:53:07 > 0:53:11# I don't need somebody Else to call my name
0:53:11 > 0:53:15# No, I don't need somebody Else to make me stay
0:53:15 > 0:53:21# I don't never need to walk away
0:53:21 > 0:53:25# You could just say, You could just say
0:53:25 > 0:53:32# Say that you're the one who's Taking me home (me home)
0:53:32 > 0:53:36# 'Cause I want you on my skin And my bones (my bones)
0:53:36 > 0:53:38# Knocking me off my feet
0:53:38 > 0:53:43# Just say I'm the one that You need (oh, please)
0:53:43 > 0:53:47# Say that you're the one Who's taking me home
0:53:47 > 0:53:54# So I can get you alone
0:53:54 > 0:53:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE