0:00:54 > 0:00:57CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Willkommen!
0:00:58 > 0:00:59And bienvenue!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Welcome...
0:01:01 > 0:01:01...to It Takes Two!
0:01:01 > 0:01:04It's Wednesday and, if you can't tell, we're very excited about
0:01:04 > 0:01:09this weekend's musical spectacular!
0:01:09 > 0:01:12That's right, people - no-one's 'gonna rain on my parade tonight'!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So, jazz hands at the ready,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18let's find out who's in the green room...
0:01:18 > 0:01:22She's 'Footloose' and ready to take on the Pro Challenge - it's Amy!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Mama Mia! Here he goes again...
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- it's Ian!
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Plus, they go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong...
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- it's Debbie and Giovanni!
0:01:36 > 0:01:41But first, for one night and one night only,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I've got a Strictly legend ticking off my dance card.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Let's take a look at the master in action.
0:02:15 > 0:02:25CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Vincent I had to say we are very lucky because you have come back,
0:02:32 > 0:02:38you cannot talk at the moment but you have come to see us and we are
0:02:38 > 0:02:42honoured to have a world champion on my dance card, you were going to
0:02:42 > 0:02:47teach as the Argentine tango, why do you love this dance so much?The
0:02:47 > 0:02:52tangle loves me, put it that way! I think my main thing is the music, I
0:02:52 > 0:02:59can hear the Argentina music and the tear comes down my face. Everything
0:02:59 > 0:03:04is about the music and the storytelling, you can tell a story
0:03:04 > 0:03:09in two or three minutes of music. You can interpret the tangle as you
0:03:09 > 0:03:13wish, there are no rules which is the most important thing for me, and
0:03:13 > 0:03:19I want to say to my people, the students, it's the dance of time
0:03:19 > 0:03:22because every single person can pick their own instrument and interpret
0:03:22 > 0:03:28the music as they wish.What can you tell us about the history of the
0:03:28 > 0:03:33dams?Everybody knows it was born in Argentina, if I had been young
0:03:33 > 0:03:39enough I would have invented it because it is in my blood. It was in
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Argentina in the streets of Argentina, the knotty streets, the
0:03:43 > 0:03:52knotty areas.My favourites!I have never been there.Really? Steal I
0:03:52 > 0:03:57never want to go, I am too pure. It was the men trying to impress the
0:03:57 > 0:04:05ladies of the night.The to dance together, creating dance moves so
0:04:05 > 0:04:10when they the ladies so they would be impressed. There are loads of
0:04:10 > 0:04:15moves the lady dancing, because of money, there are lots of ladies,
0:04:15 > 0:04:20they invented the step where they come close to the man and go up and
0:04:20 > 0:04:28down. You can use the move to clean your shoes or to see how much money
0:04:28 > 0:04:32men had in their pockets to see if it would be a good night for them or
0:04:32 > 0:04:41not.This is amazing! You have performed some memorable Argentina
0:04:41 > 0:04:47Tango's, Rachel Stevens, the best score you ever had, 39, in action
0:04:47 > 0:04:51there, incredible. And you have been choreographing them for some of our
0:04:51 > 0:04:59couples this season, what makes the perfect Argentina Tango?I do! As
0:04:59 > 0:05:07you can see, intricate footwork, speed, variety of speed and going
0:05:07 > 0:05:11slow, you can have some storytelling moments. Beautiful lines, the
0:05:11 > 0:05:20connection between the woman and the lady...Or the woman and a man,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24whoever is dancing together!The woman and a lady.You can have that
0:05:24 > 0:05:31as well.I have women in my head all the time!Let's get to it, can you
0:05:31 > 0:05:37teach us some steps?If you wish. Before we do that I need to set the
0:05:37 > 0:05:49mood.Good evening Sir!OK the first step I will be teaching is basic,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54the figure of eight. We can do forward or back, let's start
0:05:54 > 0:06:01forward. Two feet, one left foot, we start with a left foot, I will turn
0:06:01 > 0:06:04you slightly to your right, step forward with your left foot, brush
0:06:04 > 0:06:09the feet. Turn the other way and go forward with your right foot. And
0:06:09 > 0:06:21forward. OK? Keep brushing the feet, not bouncing, giving nice and flat.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26From here I will take you into backward eight's, which is back,
0:06:26 > 0:06:34brush, back, brush, back, brush.And the feet are on the floor? Is this
0:06:34 > 0:06:41right? It feels good.The next move is a little bicycle, it's a
0:06:41 > 0:06:48decoration the man would do to the lady and I am very good at that. So
0:06:48 > 0:06:53I'm going to do it from the backward eight, I will be using my feet and
0:06:53 > 0:07:00left off the floor and do a little bicycle action, don't panic, just
0:07:00 > 0:07:08follow me. Keep breathing. These are forward eight's then back eight's.
0:07:08 > 0:07:16Then I will use my fruit, with tenet of the floor -- I will use my fruit,
0:07:16 > 0:07:26lifting it off the floor. There and there. That is that, the bicycle. Is
0:07:26 > 0:07:32there room for one more?Definitely, yes.This is one of my favourites,
0:07:32 > 0:07:38you can get really close to the partner and you have the perfect
0:07:38 > 0:07:42excuse, we have seen this with Alexandra and Gorka in the past. I
0:07:42 > 0:07:50will give you a signal, without using my speech, my lisp, nothing, I
0:07:50 > 0:07:55will use my hand behind your back, lift you up, you don't move, just
0:07:55 > 0:08:00start leaning on me and then I am going to walk around.Are you sure?
0:08:00 > 0:08:08I am so heavy! CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:08:08 > 0:08:12That feels good! So we put all this together? But then we have learned,
0:08:12 > 0:08:18I hope you are joining an at home. Here we go.Follow me.I Will follow
0:08:18 > 0:08:21you.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Gone backwards, I feel like I should have gone backwards.
0:08:37 > 0:08:44I like that part. It's like you don't even know it's coming!Then...
0:08:44 > 0:08:48CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:08:48 > 0:08:55Vincent, oh my goodness! Vincent! CHEERING
0:08:55 > 0:09:02APPLAUSE The pleasure was all mine! Isn't he
0:09:02 > 0:09:07gorgeous, I hope you enjoyed that at home. Now from a five foot five
0:09:07 > 0:09:14Latin legend to a 6-foot four ballroom giant...I am five feet
0:09:14 > 0:09:21seven by the way! And a little espresso shot on top!
0:09:32 > 0:09:39It is you and everyone! CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:09:40 > 0:09:48Little sausage!Are you a little bit jealous?I am, I wanted to dance
0:09:48 > 0:09:53with him.What did you make of the dramatic events at the weekend?It
0:09:53 > 0:10:01just goes to show that nobody is safe at the moment, everybody is in
0:10:01 > 0:10:06danger.At this point you have do vote for your favourites.That is
0:10:06 > 0:10:11what I meant but I could not great spit it out.You are still thinking
0:10:11 > 0:10:17about Vincent!It got me all hot under the collar.We are so close to
0:10:17 > 0:10:22the quarterfinals, will you be strict with them all?With my
0:10:22 > 0:10:26microscope I will be there watching every little action and step and
0:10:26 > 0:10:33he'll turn, I will be watching all about.Let's start with Joe and
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Katya, top of the leaderboard for the first time this weekend, is the
0:10:38 > 0:10:50cabaret themed sambar looking on the money?There are some nice Samba
0:10:50 > 0:10:55steps, they will do somebody action, Samba is all about the rhythm, it's
0:10:55 > 0:10:59all about this type of body action and at the moment he is not getting
0:10:59 > 0:11:04it, apart from the places where it said OK here is where we do the
0:11:04 > 0:11:11double body action.Here it is...I was trying to do it with my finger
0:11:11 > 0:11:17but it didn't quite work. Here, this body action, I thought we could try
0:11:17 > 0:11:26it.You do it, I think you'll be quite good. Go on.Double, double,
0:11:26 > 0:11:31double. It's like this, double, double, double.CHEERING
0:11:31 > 0:11:36APPLAUSE It's much more fun doing it facing
0:11:36 > 0:11:46you.It is, what a lovely view. We move on Debbie and Giovanni, eight
0:11:46 > 0:11:52Cats inspired American Smooth, could it be close to perfection?She
0:11:52 > 0:11:58catapulted herself out of the bottom two last week didn't she? The
0:11:58 > 0:12:03wonderful Argentine tango. A bit in places, very good posture but
0:12:03 > 0:12:09occasionally in places with the pivot, as you can see the leg gets a
0:12:09 > 0:12:14bit straight. I didn't mean to do an arrow, I meant to do a straight
0:12:14 > 0:12:19line. Anyway, green line. As you can see, sometimes she straightens her
0:12:19 > 0:12:28leg a bit too much. I would soft and into the knee. Especially on the
0:12:28 > 0:12:33pivot, if it's too straight it can look quite jolted and a bit hard.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Need to soften the edges especially in a dance like that. American
0:12:36 > 0:12:48Smooth.I like it, extra something special, Gemma and Aljaz doing a
0:12:48 > 0:12:59quick step, would Barbara Streisand be proud of this?Anything with
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Barbara is good, I love her. They are doing charleston steps, I have a
0:13:03 > 0:13:09couple of clips here, every time, if I show you here, every time she does
0:13:09 > 0:13:15a step up, look at where the leg is going. If I clear that under that
0:13:15 > 0:13:24were Aljaz's leg is, it's just going a bit too high. Any charleston moves
0:13:24 > 0:13:28on the quickstepped it is fine but on those where you are doing step up
0:13:28 > 0:13:32you have to try to keep it more low and controlled so it does not look
0:13:32 > 0:13:37out of control.OK, Mollie and AJ got their first nine with the
0:13:37 > 0:13:41quickstepped which was beautiful, this time they are doing our number
0:13:41 > 0:13:51two hopelessly devoted to you, is it hopelessly doing it for you?I think
0:13:51 > 0:13:56it'd be a great theme for her because she is like a sandy
0:13:56 > 0:14:00character, she is sweet and blonde, I think she will suit it down to the
0:14:00 > 0:14:05ground. What I have seen, she has got lovely straight legs, the issue
0:14:05 > 0:14:10I have with is you know on the, remember, if you are holding you
0:14:10 > 0:14:18still have to use the hips, she has got a straight, she has to stand on
0:14:18 > 0:14:22a straight and leg and then released into the hip but there is no release
0:14:22 > 0:14:29into the heck, if we can just try that.You can be Mollie, you will
0:14:29 > 0:14:39make a great Mollie.As she steps across she needs to settle into the
0:14:39 > 0:14:45hips. Step, settle, step, settle.It is not a natural movement...She
0:14:45 > 0:14:49needs to make sure she has a settling situation.CHEERING
0:14:49 > 0:14:53APPLAUSE . The master at work, Alexandra and
0:14:53 > 0:14:59Gorka, first time in the dance off, recovering well, this week, maybe
0:14:59 > 0:15:12Poppins, charleston.This will be great for her because she is good at
0:15:12 > 0:15:17fast and frenetic dancing. A lot of side by side stuff which is great
0:15:17 > 0:15:23for the charleston but she has to be careful with the finishing off of
0:15:23 > 0:15:29the quality of lines and finishing off the hands and feet. Because it's
0:15:29 > 0:15:35so fast sometimes you can lose that, that's the key to a good charleston,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38matching parts you have got, the character parts are exactly the
0:15:38 > 0:15:45same.We are looking for pretty much perfection now. Let's talk about
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Davood and Nadiya, the first boy to take on the Argentine tango, they
0:15:50 > 0:15:56are dancing to one of your favourites, Phantom Of The Opera.
0:15:56 > 0:16:06The Phantom Of The Opera is there! Ends signed my mind! Thank you! I
0:16:06 > 0:16:13hope you're coming to my musical next year! I'm going to be singing
0:16:13 > 0:16:21all the time!How is it going to go? There is some nice romantic parts to
0:16:21 > 0:16:24it, and there is also some interesting parts we are actually
0:16:24 > 0:16:37he's doing a little normally the man is running around with the lady...
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Very good.Never fails to deliver a star turn, give it up for my leading
0:16:42 > 0:16:47man Ian Waits.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Right, time now to make our Strictly pros squirm
0:16:51 > 0:16:52in TV's toughest dance move-related challenge.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55A lot of blood, sweat and swivels have gone into this.
0:16:55 > 0:17:05It's the Pro Challenge.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Attempt to set a Guinness world record title for the most charleston
0:17:09 > 0:17:13swivel steps in 30 seconds. In order to qualify the professionals will
0:17:13 > 0:17:19have to complete one forward and one backward step. If there is no swivel
0:17:19 > 0:17:24in the feet and ankles the step will be disqualified. The challenge will
0:17:24 > 0:17:28be the hardest are pros have ever faced but only one person can claim
0:17:28 > 0:17:35the title. It's the Strictly pro challenge 2017.Thank you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Please welcome our next contender.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38She has a twin sister, is scared of all animals
0:17:38 > 0:17:41except goldfish and spiders, and is doing it for Wales!
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Oggy, oggy, oggy...
0:17:42 > 0:17:45It's Amy!
0:17:45 > 0:17:50CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Welcome back!I have missed you. Well done, Mark Carney, good work.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06The new girl on Strictly, what does it mean to take on your first pro
0:18:06 > 0:18:12challenge?I am so honoured, amazing professional dancers and lovely
0:18:12 > 0:18:17friends of mine.Friends until it gets competitive! You were 12 this
0:18:17 > 0:18:25year, with Brian, we miss you. Can you get higher on this do you think?
0:18:25 > 0:18:30I was 12th with Brian but I went on to win children in need and now I
0:18:30 > 0:18:36want my next title!I like it, game face on. Any complaints about your
0:18:36 > 0:18:42action in the past?In practice I was showing 40 and all she could do
0:18:42 > 0:18:50was laughing.Can you take catcher down from the top of the
0:18:50 > 0:18:54leaderboard?If I do I will be scared to see her next.Lets see how
0:18:54 > 0:18:55you got on.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Everyone is very competitive, as you can imagine, with professional
0:19:05 > 0:19:12dancers. It is my first one and I do not want to be at the bottom. Hello.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Hello, lovely, welcome to the Strictly Pro Challenge. Has anybody
0:19:16 > 0:19:23given you any tips, any of the other pros been talking to you?Neil Jones
0:19:23 > 0:19:28watch me practising, he giggled and said good luck with that. I phoned
0:19:28 > 0:19:32my dad for some advice and he said the saying in Wales is quality
0:19:32 > 0:19:44rather than quantity. Although this is a challenge where
0:19:44 > 0:19:47you had to do as many as possible. My dad is not a dancer!We hope you
0:19:47 > 0:19:50do really well. Good luck. Please take your position on the dance
0:19:50 > 0:19:54floor.For your official attempt in three, two, one, go.
0:20:00 > 0:20:09Keep it going, Amy.It's good.15 seconds.
0:20:20 > 0:20:29Five, four, three, two, one, stop. Very good.Did you get one for
0:20:29 > 0:20:35smiling?It looked good.Your flick was really quite high. For me, that
0:20:35 > 0:20:40is a mark for good quality. When you hit the floor I could hear the
0:20:40 > 0:20:44charleston rhythm, which is what it is all about. Really good, very
0:20:44 > 0:20:49impressed.Thank you so much. APPLAUSE
0:20:49 > 0:20:55I followed my dad's advice, if I don't get the world record I had
0:20:55 > 0:20:59somebody to blame! CHEERING
0:20:59 > 0:21:05Always with a smile. In retrospect, was it good taking advice from your
0:21:05 > 0:21:09dad, Richard, lovely man?If I have not done well he is off the
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Christmas list. Go by shaking in his boots. At each of the professionals
0:21:13 > 0:21:18make their attempt, the footage was watched back by adjudicators in slow
0:21:18 > 0:21:22motion to verify every swivelled to make sure they were all accurate.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27How do you think you did?I am quite nervous.
0:21:27 > 0:21:35I can reveal that you had three steps disqualified, OK? Which means
0:21:35 > 0:21:42you need 20 good swivels to beat Katya. Can you do it?I don't think
0:21:42 > 0:21:52so.Amy, I can reveal bat in 30 seconds you completed...
0:22:02 > 0:22:1013 swivels! Oh, your face. Which puts you...At
0:22:10 > 0:22:17the bottom.Joint bottom with Ali Ash. What do you had to say to your
0:22:17 > 0:22:24dad and the whole of Wales?You are in trouble.Richard, you'd better go
0:22:24 > 0:22:31out. You are always a winner to us. Thank you, gorgeous Amy! Katya still
0:22:31 > 0:22:31at the top.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Now, this Friday we have a very special treat in store.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Queen of the Topline,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Miss Darcey Bussell, will be in this studio
0:22:39 > 0:22:40answering your questions!
0:22:40 > 0:22:42If you want to ask our Prima Judge anything,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44then email It Takes Two at bbc.co.uk
0:22:44 > 0:22:46or tweet us using the hashtag It Takes Two.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Fingers crossed, it could be you!
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Right, time now to welcome my final guests.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Bow down to the queen of Buenos Aires...
0:22:54 > 0:22:55The mistress of Argentina...
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Her partner's not too bad either -
0:22:57 > 0:23:04it's Debbie and Giovanni!
0:23:04 > 0:23:11CHEERING Your legs were like a paintbrush in
0:23:11 > 0:23:17the hands of a great artist.I wish I could dance like you, my darling.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22I have never seen balance like that, you were outstanding.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Debbie and Giovanni!
0:23:27 > 0:23:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:31 > 0:23:38My goodness! Incredible, to follow onwith that dance. Debbie, it was
0:23:38 > 0:23:47amazing. Absurdly good. And your legs, young lady, one word. How a?!
0:23:47 > 0:23:52How?! They are incredible. Erin Bogue said yesterday they are the
0:23:52 > 0:23:57best in the business, what did you make of that?It has been a
0:23:57 > 0:24:02fantastic time. We really, really worked hard at the Argentine tango,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05fares had never done this before either so there was pressure on both
0:24:05 > 0:24:17others. -- Giovanni had never done this before either. We just loved
0:24:17 > 0:24:22dancing the dance.How could you not love that? I have just done a little
0:24:22 > 0:24:27bit with Vincent and I want to learn it forever. The audience loved it,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31everyone went crazy, the judges loved it, Craig wants to dance like
0:24:31 > 0:24:35you, Shirley says she has never seen balance like yours. Those comments
0:24:35 > 0:24:41must make you giddy?Absolutely, you can't believe they have said it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46When I watched it back I could not believe I had danced like that. It
0:24:46 > 0:24:50wasn't quite like that in the rehearsal room.Definitely not.Is
0:24:50 > 0:24:57came together on Saturday night.It was so complex, it must have been
0:24:57 > 0:25:03tough to learn?Definitely difficult to learn. A lot is going on.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Technique, passion, you had to perform. Until the dress run, it did
0:25:07 > 0:25:12not go that well. But something happened on Saturday night and she
0:25:12 > 0:25:25just became Pamela from Spain or something. You say Pamela, I say
0:25:25 > 0:25:33Pam-ella!At first I was like, is that a pomegranate?! Were you
0:25:33 > 0:25:38nervous, it was your first Argentine tango?Yes, I had never danced it
0:25:38 > 0:25:43before. We did a BT with Vincent and I said it will not be like this, I
0:25:43 > 0:25:48am the best Italian, he is the second-best, I think it will be
0:25:48 > 0:25:52better than this. -- we did a VT with Vincent. But we really loved
0:25:52 > 0:25:57it, I think it is my best ever done some Strictly.And you have done
0:25:57 > 0:26:03amazing dancers. Dame Joan Collins is absolutely loving it. She said
0:26:03 > 0:26:06this online...
0:26:06 > 0:26:10That was the best Argentine tango I've seen on @bbcstrictly ever!
0:26:10 > 0:26:16If it is good enough for Joan...! Wonderful.You will be mixing in
0:26:16 > 0:26:21such different circle soon. And another supporter of yours, she was
0:26:21 > 0:26:29loved so much on the show on Saturday, she was trending, your
0:26:29 > 0:26:33mum, Babs. We adore her, what did you make of this raunchy little
0:26:33 > 0:26:38number?She didn't mention the more generous but she would not, if
0:26:38 > 0:26:41anybody cases on television she makes a cup of tea! But she was
0:26:41 > 0:26:50incredibly proud and she is very shy.You brought her out of herself!
0:26:50 > 0:26:56He gives her lots of hugs and kisses.She jibes?She goes dancing
0:26:56 > 0:27:00with her brother on a Saturday night so she does not come to Strictly
0:27:00 > 0:27:04every week because she misses her dancing. She used to jive with my
0:27:04 > 0:27:09dad all the time, weddings and parties...Babs is on the floor
0:27:09 > 0:27:14exhumation muck I want to meet her. Evening, Babs, if she is watching,
0:27:14 > 0:27:21but she might be dancing. The cat is out of the bad, musicals,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25American Smooth to this classic... # Memory, all alone in the
0:27:25 > 0:27:30moonlight. That is beautiful, you like little
0:27:30 > 0:27:39choir. It is an iconic musical, could this be one of those iconic
0:27:39 > 0:27:45Strictly dances that we refer to four years to come?We are loving it
0:27:45 > 0:27:52so far, we have not quite got there yet.It is on its year... Way. The
0:27:52 > 0:27:58music is beautiful. The routine will be beautiful, because I have done
0:27:58 > 0:28:05it. We did a little bit of a Viennese waltz, which helps the
0:28:05 > 0:28:08timing, but we are changing something now because I want to make
0:28:08 > 0:28:17it more smooth. We will change it. We have a lift.You are good at
0:28:17 > 0:28:23those! It sounds like it be a big one. I love it. We are getting so
0:28:23 > 0:28:27close to the quarterfinals, Debbie, how much do you want it?I really
0:28:27 > 0:28:32want it. We have had such a wonderful time, we have got so far,
0:28:32 > 0:28:36I really don't want it to stop. I can't believe everybody has been
0:28:36 > 0:28:40voting for hours and we have had all these lovely messages and everywhere
0:28:40 > 0:28:49we go people have been so lovely, so for them and my...Du Ed Balls Babs!
0:28:49 > 0:28:57Good luck this weekend, Debbie and Giovanni. -- do it for Babs!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59That's all we have time for tonight.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01We'll be back here tomorrow at 6.30pm
0:29:01 > 0:29:02getting all the gossip from Gemma and Aljaz.