Episode 48 Strictly - It Takes Two

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Willkommen!

And bienvenue!

Welcome...

...to It Takes Two!

It's Wednesday and, if you can't

tell, we're very excited about

this weekend's musical spectacular!

That's right, people - no-one's

'gonna rain on my parade tonight'!

So, jazz hands at the ready,

let's find out who's

in the green room...

She's 'Footloose' and ready to take

on the Pro Challenge - it's Amy!

Mama Mia! Here he goes again...

- it's Ian!

Plus, they go together like rama

lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong...

- it's Debbie and Giovanni!

But first, for one night

and one night only,

I've got a Strictly legend

ticking off my dance card.

Let's take a look at

the master in action.

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Vincent I had to say we are very

lucky because you have come back,

you cannot talk at the moment but

you have come to see us and we are

honoured to have a world champion on

my dance card, you were going to

teach as the Argentine tango, why do

you love this dance so much?

The

tangle loves me, put it that way! I

think my main thing is the music, I

can hear the Argentina music and the

tear comes down my face. Everything

is about the music and the

storytelling, you can tell a story

in two or three minutes of music.

You can interpret the tangle as you

wish, there are no rules which is

the most important thing for me, and

I want to say to my people, the

students, it's the dance of time

because every single person can pick

their own instrument and interpret

the music as they wish.

What can you

tell us about the history of the

dams?

Everybody knows it was born in

Argentina, if I had been young

enough I would have invented it

because it is in my blood. It was in

Argentina in the streets of

Argentina, the knotty streets, the

knotty areas.

My favourites!

I have

never been there.

Really? Steal I

never want to go, I am too pure. It

was the men trying to impress the

ladies of the night.

The to dance

together, creating dance moves so

when they the ladies so they would

be impressed. There are loads of

moves the lady dancing, because of

money, there are lots of ladies,

they invented the step where they

come close to the man and go up and

down. You can use the move to clean

your shoes or to see how much money

men had in their pockets to see if

it would be a good night for them or

not.

This is amazing! You have

performed some memorable Argentina

Tango's, Rachel Stevens, the best

score you ever had, 39, in action

there, incredible. And you have been

choreographing them for some of our

couples this season, what makes the

perfect Argentina Tango?

I do! As

you can see, intricate footwork,

speed, variety of speed and going

slow, you can have some storytelling

moments. Beautiful lines, the

connection between the woman and the

lady...

Or the woman and a man,

whoever is dancing together!

The

woman and a lady.

You can have that

as well.

I have women in my head all

the time!

Let's get to it, can you

teach us some steps?

If you wish.

Before we do that I need to set the

mood.

Good evening Sir!

OK the first

step I will be teaching is basic,

the figure of eight. We can do

forward or back, let's start

forward. Two feet, one left foot, we

start with a left foot, I will turn

you slightly to your right, step

forward with your left foot, brush

the feet. Turn the other way and go

forward with your right foot. And

forward. OK? Keep brushing the feet,

not bouncing, giving nice and flat.

From here I will take you into

backward eight's, which is back,

brush, back, brush, back, brush.

And

the feet are on the floor? Is this

right? It feels good.

The next move

is a little bicycle, it's a

decoration the man would do to the

lady and I am very good at that. So

I'm going to do it from the backward

eight, I will be using my feet and

left off the floor and do a little

bicycle action, don't panic, just

follow me. Keep breathing. These are

forward eight's then back eight's.

Then I will use my fruit, with tenet

of the floor -- I will use my fruit,

lifting it off the floor. There and

there. That is that, the bicycle. Is

there room for one more?

Definitely,

yes.

This is one of my favourites,

you can get really close to the

partner and you have the perfect

excuse, we have seen this with

Alexandra and Gorka in the past. I

will give you a signal, without

using my speech, my lisp, nothing, I

will use my hand behind your back,

lift you up, you don't move, just

start leaning on me and then I am

going to walk around.

Are you sure?

I am so heavy! CHEERING

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That feels good! So we put all this

together? But then we have learned,

I hope you are joining an at home.

Here we go.

Follow me.

I Will follow

you.

Gone backwards, I feel like I should

have gone backwards.

I like that part. It's like you

don't even know it's coming!

Then...

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Vincent, oh my goodness! Vincent!

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The pleasure was all mine! Isn't he

gorgeous, I hope you enjoyed that at

home. Now from a five foot five

Latin legend to a 6-foot four

ballroom giant...

I am five feet

seven by the way! And a little

espresso shot on top!

It is you and everyone! CHEERING

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Little sausage!

Are you a little bit

jealous?

I am, I wanted to dance

with him.

What did you make of the

dramatic events at the weekend?

It

just goes to show that nobody is

safe at the moment, everybody is in

danger.

At this point you have do

vote for your favourites.

That is

what I meant but I could not great

spit it out.

You are still thinking

about Vincent!

It got me all hot

under the collar.

We are so close to

the quarterfinals, will you be

strict with them all?

With my

microscope I will be there watching

every little action and step and

he'll turn, I will be watching all

about.

Let's start with Joe and

Katya, top of the leaderboard for

the first time this weekend, is the

cabaret themed sambar looking on the

money?

There are some nice Samba

steps, they will do somebody action,

Samba is all about the rhythm, it's

all about this type of body action

and at the moment he is not getting

it, apart from the places where it

said OK here is where we do the

double body action.

Here it is...

I

was trying to do it with my finger

but it didn't quite work. Here, this

body action, I thought we could try

it.

You do it, I think you'll be

quite good. Go on.

Double, double,

double. It's like this, double,

double, double.

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It's much more fun doing it facing

you.

It is, what a lovely view. We

move on Debbie and Giovanni, eight

Cats inspired American Smooth, could

it be close to perfection?

She

catapulted herself out of the bottom

two last week didn't she? The

wonderful Argentine tango. A bit in

places, very good posture but

occasionally in places with the

pivot, as you can see the leg gets a

bit straight. I didn't mean to do an

arrow, I meant to do a straight

line. Anyway, green line. As you can

see, sometimes she straightens her

leg a bit too much. I would soft and

into the knee. Especially on the

pivot, if it's too straight it can

look quite jolted and a bit hard.

Need to soften the edges especially

in a dance like that. American

Smooth.

I like it, extra something

special, Gemma and Aljaz doing a

quick step, would Barbara Streisand

be proud of this?

Anything with

Barbara is good, I love her. They

are doing charleston steps, I have a

couple of clips here, every time, if

I show you here, every time she does

a step up, look at where the leg is

going. If I clear that under that

were Aljaz's leg is, it's just going

a bit too high. Any charleston moves

on the quickstepped it is fine but

on those where you are doing step up

you have to try to keep it more low

and controlled so it does not look

out of control.

OK, Mollie and AJ

got their first nine with the

quickstepped which was beautiful,

this time they are doing our number

two hopelessly devoted to you, is it

hopelessly doing it for you?

I think

it'd be a great theme for her

because she is like a sandy

character, she is sweet and blonde,

I think she will suit it down to the

ground. What I have seen, she has

got lovely straight legs, the issue

I have with is you know on the,

remember, if you are holding you

still have to use the hips, she has

got a straight, she has to stand on

a straight and leg and then released

into the hip but there is no release

into the heck, if we can just try

that.

You can be Mollie, you will

make a great Mollie.

As she steps

across she needs to settle into the

hips. Step, settle, step, settle.

It

is not a natural movement...

She

needs to make sure she has a

settling situation.

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. The master at work, Alexandra and

Gorka, first time in the dance off,

recovering well, this week, maybe

Poppins, charleston.

This will be

great for her because she is good at

fast and frenetic dancing. A lot of

side by side stuff which is great

for the charleston but she has to be

careful with the finishing off of

the quality of lines and finishing

off the hands and feet. Because it's

so fast sometimes you can lose that,

that's the key to a good charleston,

matching parts you have got, the

character parts are exactly the

same.

We are looking for pretty much

perfection now. Let's talk about

Davood and Nadiya, the first boy to

take on the Argentine tango, they

are dancing to one of your

favourites, Phantom Of The Opera.

The Phantom Of The Opera is there!

Ends signed my mind! Thank you! I

hope you're coming to my musical

next year! I'm going to be singing

all the time!

How is it going to go?

There is some nice romantic parts to

it, and there is also some

interesting parts we are actually

he's doing a little normally the man

is running around with the lady...

Very good.

Never fails to deliver a

star turn, give it up for my leading

man Ian Waits.

Right, time now to make

our Strictly pros squirm

in TV's toughest dance move-related

challenge.

A lot of blood, sweat and swivels

have gone into this.

It's the Pro Challenge.

Attempt to set a Guinness world

record title for the most charleston

swivel steps in 30 seconds. In order

to qualify the professionals will

have to complete one forward and one

backward step. If there is no swivel

in the feet and ankles the step will

be disqualified. The challenge will

be the hardest are pros have ever

faced but only one person can claim

the title. It's the Strictly pro

challenge 2017.

Thank you.

Please welcome our next contender.

She has a twin sister,

is scared of all animals

except goldfish and spiders,

and is doing it for Wales!

Oggy, oggy, oggy...

It's Amy!

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Welcome back!

I have missed you.

Well done, Mark Carney, good work.

The new girl on Strictly, what does

it mean to take on your first pro

challenge?

I am so honoured, amazing

professional dancers and lovely

friends of mine.

Friends until it

gets competitive! You were 12 this

year, with Brian, we miss you. Can

you get higher on this do you think?

I was 12th with Brian but I went on

to win children in need and now I

want my next title!

I like it, game

face on. Any complaints about your

action in the past?

In practice I

was showing 40 and all she could do

was laughing.

Can you take catcher

down from the top of the

leaderboard?

If I do I will be

scared to see her next.

Lets see how

you got on.

Everyone is very competitive, as you

can imagine, with professional

dancers. It is my first one and I do

not want to be at the bottom. Hello.

Hello, lovely, welcome to the

Strictly Pro Challenge. Has anybody

given you any tips, any of the other

pros been talking to you?

Neil Jones

watch me practising, he giggled and

said good luck with that. I phoned

my dad for some advice and he said

the saying in Wales is quality

rather than quantity.

Although this is a challenge where

you had to do as many as possible.

My dad is not a dancer!

We hope you

do really well. Good luck. Please

take your position on the dance

floor.

For your official attempt in

three, two, one, go.

Keep it going, Amy.

It's good.

15

seconds.

Five, four, three, two, one, stop.

Very good.

Did you get one for

smiling?

It looked good.

Your flick

was really quite high. For me, that

is a mark for good quality. When you

hit the floor I could hear the

charleston rhythm, which is what it

is all about. Really good, very

impressed.

Thank you so much.

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I followed my dad's advice, if I

don't get the world record I had

somebody to blame!

CHEERING

Always with a smile. In retrospect,

was it good taking advice from your

dad, Richard, lovely man?

If I have

not done well he is off the

Christmas list. Go by shaking in his

boots. At each of the professionals

make their attempt, the footage was

watched back by adjudicators in slow

motion to verify every swivelled to

make sure they were all accurate.

How do you think you did?

I am quite

nervous.

I can reveal that you had three

steps disqualified, OK? Which means

you need 20 good swivels to beat

Katya. Can you do it?

I don't think

so.

Amy, I can reveal bat in 30

seconds you completed...

13 swivels!

Oh, your face. Which puts you...

At

the bottom.

Joint bottom with Ali

Ash. What do you had to say to your

dad and the whole of Wales?

You are

in trouble.

Richard, you'd better go

out. You are always a winner to us.

Thank you, gorgeous Amy! Katya still

at the top.

Now, this Friday we have a very

special treat in store.

Queen of the Topline,

Miss Darcey Bussell,

will be in this studio

answering your questions!

If you want to ask our

Prima Judge anything,

then email It Takes Two at bbc.co.uk

or tweet us using the hashtag

It Takes Two.

Fingers crossed, it could be you!

Right, time now to

welcome my final guests.

Bow down to the queen

of Buenos Aires...

The mistress of Argentina...

Her partner's not too bad either -

it's Debbie and Giovanni!

CHEERING

Your legs were like a paintbrush in

the hands of a great artist.

I wish

I could dance like you, my darling.

I have never seen balance like that,

you were outstanding.

Debbie and Giovanni!

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My goodness! Incredible, to follow

on

with that dance. Debbie, it was

amazing. Absurdly good. And your

legs, young lady, one word. How a?!

How?! They are incredible. Erin

Bogue said yesterday they are the

best in the business, what did you

make of that?

It has been a

fantastic time. We really, really

worked hard at the Argentine tango,

fares had never done this before

either so there was pressure on both

others. -- Giovanni had never done

this before either. We just loved

dancing the dance.

How could you not

love that? I have just done a little

bit with Vincent and I want to learn

it forever. The audience loved it,

everyone went crazy, the judges

loved it, Craig wants to dance like

you, Shirley says she has never seen

balance like yours. Those comments

must make you giddy?

Absolutely, you

can't believe they have said it.

When I watched it back I could not

believe I had danced like that. It

wasn't quite like that in the

rehearsal room.

Definitely not.

Is

came together on Saturday night.

It

was so complex, it must have been

tough to learn?

Definitely difficult

to learn. A lot is going on.

Technique, passion, you had to

perform. Until the dress run, it did

not go that well. But something

happened on Saturday night and she

just became Pamela from Spain or

something. You say Pamela, I say

Pam-ella!

At first I was like, is

that a pomegranate?! Were you

nervous, it was your first Argentine

tango?

Yes, I had never danced it

before. We did a BT with Vincent and

I said it will not be like this, I

am the best Italian, he is the

second-best, I think it will be

better than this. -- we did a VT

with Vincent. But we really loved

it, I think it is my best ever done

some Strictly.

And you have done

amazing dancers. Dame Joan Collins

is absolutely loving it. She said

this online...

That was the best Argentine tango

I've seen on @bbcstrictly ever!

If it is good enough for Joan...!

Wonderful.

You will be mixing in

such different circle soon. And

another supporter of yours, she was

loved so much on the show on

Saturday, she was trending, your

mum, Babs. We adore her, what did

you make of this raunchy little

number?

She didn't mention the more

generous but she would not, if

anybody cases on television she

makes a cup of tea! But she was

incredibly proud and she is very

shy.

You brought her out of herself!

He gives her lots of hugs and

kisses.

She jibes?

She goes dancing

with her brother on a Saturday night

so she does not come to Strictly

every week because she misses her

dancing. She used to jive with my

dad all the time, weddings and

parties...

Babs is on the floor

exhumation muck I want to meet her.

Evening, Babs, if she is watching,

but she might be dancing.

The cat is out of the bad, musicals,

American Smooth to this classic...

# Memory, all alone in the

moonlight.

That is beautiful, you like little

choir. It is an iconic musical,

could this be one of those iconic

Strictly dances that we refer to

four years to come?

We are loving it

so far, we have not quite got there

yet.

It is on its year... Way. The

music is beautiful. The routine will

be beautiful, because I have done

it. We did a little bit of a

Viennese waltz, which helps the

timing, but we are changing

something now because I want to make

it more smooth. We will change it.

We have a lift.

You are good at

those! It sounds like it be a big

one. I love it. We are getting so

close to the quarterfinals, Debbie,

how much do you want it?

I really

want it. We have had such a

wonderful time, we have got so far,

I really don't want it to stop. I

can't believe everybody has been

voting for hours and we have had all

these lovely messages and everywhere

we go people have been so lovely, so

for them and my...

Du Ed Balls Babs!

Good luck this weekend, Debbie and

Giovanni. -- do it for Babs!

That's all we have time for tonight.

We'll be back here tomorrow

at 6.30pm

getting all the

gossip from Gemma and Aljaz.