Episode 49 Strictly - It Takes Two

Live from London, please welcome

your post, Zoe Ball!

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to It Takes Two!

It's the last day of November

and you know what that means...

Only two more sleeps till

the Strictly musical special!

So we'd better put on a show!

Let's see who's waiting backstage...

They sailed in on a River of Dreams,

it's Gemma & Aljaz!

And hoping not to have a Pro

Challenge nightmare,

it's Chloe Hewitt!

But now, we don't like to make

a song and dance about it, but we've

only gone and booked television's

greatest costume designer -

it's time to put on the glitz!

Vicky Gill, everyone!

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And she is wearing a dress.

It is

getting to the end of the run!

Not

long left, my goodness me, how is

the workload at the moment?

It has

been a lot all series but we love

it. Every week I say it, it's going

to be really easy after next week

and then they get into that week and

it might not be easy this week but

maybe next week...

Extra dancers,

big show numbers. We cannot go on

without talking about last weekend,

Queen of the catwalk of course I

refer to or team

Oti, this is divine, talk us through

the outfit?

The silver number, we

thought it looked amazing on Oti but

the creative was it needed to be a

leotard...

Shake it baby!

We created

this court to put on the back of it,

but we don't have to do too much

work when Oti looks like that.

She

is a goddess. Incredible. Did you

enjoy the designing your first

catwalk collection? Two it was good

fun, different from what we have

done but good fun. I can imagine

they were fighting over this. Let's

talk about this weekend, Debbie will

be doing American Smooth to memory

from cap net Cats, will she be

wearing a catsuit?

She will not, she

could pull it off but she is doing

an American Smooth so we need a long

line frock. We have achieved for the

upper body and we have cut through

it, creating the player so it's nice

and fitted, so she could be wearing

a catsuit but we have given her a

skirt, nice and light, no

underskirt, a lot of fullness, grey,

black, white and lots of crystals.

Will it have a tail?

Not physically

but there are feathers running up

the centre back so there is a little

nod.

Obviously Giovanni will be in a

catsuit. Come back, I forgot! It is

because the boss is here tonight! We

are going to talk about Mollie,

doing a Rumba to hopelessly devoted

to you which in Greece is when she

is still sandy so you kind of want

her to be sexy, how have you worked

it into the design?

We have kept the

colour, it is pure and white, one

layer, splits up, two side panels,

we might put a slit up the back

purely because they need more

movement and softness with the

Rumba. If it's a full circle it will

contract and moved water body and I

needed to move away. Underneath

there is a completely crystal base

and that the neckline and it is to

reference the knit.

And this is

Alexandra being Mary Poppins, but

it's a charleston so how have you

adapted?

I will put the ruffle on,

these things are completed on

Friday, obviously! Last-minute!

Again it's difficult, I love

musicals week but the competition is

quite intense and they all had to

perform their number, this week it

is charleston so have to be careful

they can still do everything they

need to do. We have the sleeves,

ruffle on the front, nod to a corset

but hopefully she can still do

everything she needs to do. We have

some nice bits made as well which is

different.

I love it. Underneath, we

have to be careful, lots of left

leg.

We try hard to keep the skirt

limestone but it is difficult with

the charleston.

I love this one, it

looks special, I love the hen of

course it is the mystery man can! We

will unveil Gemma's outfit in a

moment but first of all let's

welcome the girl herself! Come on

girl! Quickstepped, hello Dolly,

what are you hoping for this week?

Something glamorous but easy to move

in, kind of, you know, yeah, I trust

them, anything I have worn has that

the first time, it's been amazing,

down

the first time, it's been amazing,

down to a tee.

Drum roll

the first time, it's been amazing,

down to a tee.

Drum roll please...

That is lovely!

I love the reaction!

Look at that. Or my goodness.

We

will turn it around.

Look at this.

What can you tell us about the

detailing? As I turn it back...

All

of these...

That is exactly how she

will look.

These will be draped

through the bodice and we will run

these through the back but the fact

she likes it now...

It will look

nice with my Spray Tan!

The Spray

Tan on Friday as well. It is a

triumph everyone, I think we can

agree. Gemma will be joining us

later with Aljaz.

Right, the costumes are almost ready

but how are rehearsals coming along?

Here's a bumper training

session starring Mollie,

Debbie, Joe and Davood!

I am so frightened with the Rumba,

every step there is so much to it.

It is quite sexy isn't it? It's a

bit embarrassing in front of our

family and friends. My mum and dad

will be watching so it's like do not

look at me right now. If you're not

feeling it, fine.

She is so innocent

and kind, so it is about going out

there and doing her best.

This

helps. I think I need to just try

and build the confidence up and

embrace this dance. He doesn't want

me! Of course he does.

Giovanni and

I are dancing American Smooth, I

just find it really difficult.

We

have a lot of technique, all the

time we had to stay down with the

knees.

The hardest thing is there

are so many spends. This dance has

made me feel nauseous and dizzy and

not more so than I have ever felt in

my life. Not only is my head

spinning around and I don't know

where I am but your knees turn to

jelly and you think you're just

going to fall.

It's ambitious, it's

not easy. But hopefully practice and

practice we will be fine. Lovely!

Yes, this week it is Samba and as

usual I have been throwing

everything at him. Different

rhythms, a lot of footwork and knees

because it's a lot of pounds, up and

down, up and down, they never stop.

The Samba is a tricky one.

Knees and

knees.

Goodness, it is so hard. Even

a simple little moves have bounces

so it's keeping the bouncing going

without losing steps.

It is a really

hard dance. Knees, yes. But I have

faith.

The Argentine tango I am

finding out is quite intense,

passionate and close, back to that

getting into character, playing the

role and telling a story.

Everything. Everything close.

All

the stuff they make with easy is not

easy. That should have been more

elegant.

We have to get steps right,

the connection points, what goes

after what but it's such a beautiful

dance and I am so excited.

I think

it's got every opportunity to be a

really big, hopefully memorable

number.

Now, if teaching celebrities how

to dance wasn't challenging enough,

our pros have been busy trying

to set world records.

Yes, get out your swivel-o-meters

because it's Pro Challenge time!

This year the challenge is heading

back in time to the roaring 20s

where are pros will attempt to set a

Guinness world record for the most

charleston swivel steps in 30

seconds. In order for the step to

qualify the pros have to complete

one forward and one backward step.

If is no swivel in the feet and

ankles the step will be

disqualified. This year 's challenge

will be the hardest our pros have

ever faced but only one person can

the title. It's the Strictly pro

challenge 2017.

Time to welcome our next contender.

The other pros call her

Little Miss Sunshine because she's

just so happy all the time!

And what makes her so happy?

An endless supply of

decaf soya cappuccinos!

It's Chloe Hewitt!

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Give us a tour role, you look

amazing. This is your second pro

challenge, not such a great debut

last year, only the Joneses did

worse. Sorry, I keep bringing that

up. How keen are you to restore your

reputation?

Very keen, I went into

this one a bit more focused and

let's just do it and relax and have

fun. Last year I was really nervous

and that is what set me back. I am

hoping I have done better this year.

You are still the youngest

professional, surely that could work

in your favour?

You would say so, a

bit more youthful energy but we will

see, I hope so, I really hope so.

Your professional partner, e:g., was

knocked off the top spot by none

other than

girls keep together, hopefully I

can, AJ is not happy about it at

all.

Let's see how you got on, good

luck.

AJ is my professional dance

partner and I am so competitive so I

have to beat him.

Hello and welcome

to the Strictly pro challenge. It is

lovely to have you here for the

second year, last year you'd did not

do so well.

It was not my best year

but it was my first so hopefully

second time lucky. Bill will be

looking at the techniques will get

it nice and crisp and clear.

Your

official attempt beginning in three,

two, one, go.

That is good, keep it up.

15

seconds.

Keep it going.

Five, four,

three, two, one, stop.

It started

off all right, I was doing good and

then at the end...

Lost a couple of

swivels and then you stopped before

the end which is a shame.

It was a

shame you ran out of steam because

the first steps were really good and

the technique was excellent but it's

keeping the ankle is going the whole

time is difficult.

It burns!

It was

a very good attempt, good luck.

Thank you. I think it went better

than last year but hopefully I have

beaten AJ because that is all I am

here to do.

That is all you have to

do, you said it burned, where, the

feet, the ankles?

The tiles on the

shins, you do not realise until you

do it until it starts burning,

constantly twisting.

It seems like a

longer 30 seconds when you are being

watched like that I think. Ran out

of steam a little before the end, do

you think you would have started

slower if you did it again?

I don't

think so, I think my start was

really good and you could say maybe

I went full steam ahead to early,

but I don't think so, I think I just

needed to maybe have trained myself

a bit more. I did not practice.

You

are so naughty. After each of the

professionals made their attempt the

footage was watched back by

adjudicators in slow motion to

verify every single swivel to make

sure they were all accurate. Taking

a look at the leaderboard, AJ is in

second place, do you think you can

get that spot or do one better?

I

will be positive, yes!

I like it,

there was a pause but...

I think...

That is the attitude, time for the

moment of truth, in 30 seconds you

completed...

20 charleston swivels!

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Oh, yeah!

One moment, Chloe, because

that was the same number of steps, I

know, I hate to do this, that AJ

completed before disqualifications.

The real question is do you think

you had any illegal swivels?

Probably! Probably.

I hate doing

this to you, Little Miss Sunshine.

You had 11 disqualified!

I know, I'm

so sorry!

Which puts you at the

bottom of the Leader Board! No, no!

Seriously...

Do you think AJ is

going to give you a bit of ribbing?

Definitely, I don't want to go home

tonight.

You don't want to go home.

Looking at that now, OK, we still

got eight pros to go. Whom do you

think can win? Who has not gone yet?

Janette hasn't gone yet.

Oh, yeah,

speedy.

Little and mighty, she is

stronger than she looks.

Give it up

for Chloe, I'm so sorry, my darling.

APPLAUSE

Now, the Strictly glam squad

is the best in the biz,

and with party season almost

upon us, here's their simple guide

to going from day to night.

Nice.

Hi, I'm Lisa, the make up

design on Strictly.

I'm Lisa, I'm

the head supervisor on Strictly.

We

are here to show you how to create

your favourite looks at home with

ease. We're going to show you how to

transform your day look into a sexy,

glamorous evening look. This is Amy,

our lovely model, and today, she's

wearing a lovely tinted moisturiser,

and nice wash of colour on her

cheeks, and some mascara. We have

our jail line here on the back of

the hand, making sure we haven't got

too much on the brush, because we

don't want it to blobby -- gel

liner. The keep it nice and close to

your lash line. Go right into the

outer corner of the eyelid and bring

the eye up into a nice flicking

point. We want to get into the inner

corner of the eye. We stopped it

there and there, that's how you

don't do it, don't ever do that. Top

tip, if you make any mistakes, you

just get a bit of cleansing water

onto the end of that Q tip and tidy

it up. Onto the eyebrow. Nice

eyebrows. Eyebrows are so important,

they hold the structure to your

face. I'm going to put some powder

through your brow, to give it more

definition. A bit of advice would be

to use a bit of powder onto the back

of a hand and go through the brow,

not straight from the pallet to the

brow, it might be too heavy. To

finish under the brow, we will place

a bit of highlighter to really

accentuate the arch. Blend it all

in. A nice little shine. There is a

perfect brow. One thing that is

really fashionable at the moment is

contouring. You literally go with

this nice soft and brush into your

contour, give it a shake on the back

of that hand, and go underneath,

underneath the cheekbone, and make

sure it's blended. There's nothing

worse than seeing people with big

stripes down their cheeks! In the

highlighter that we used on the

under the eyebrow, put that on the

top of the cheekbone, then you blend

them all in together. Oh, -- OK,

we'll give another couple of coats

of mascara. You can go heavy on a

night out with your mascara. To

finish off, we add some lovely pinky

loss to the lips. The make-up is now

complete and over to her.

OK, so

this is Amy's whereas she would have

it for work. We'll jazz it up a bit

and take it into a sexy wave for the

evening. We'll section the hair, not

too small because it's more

time-consuming. First of all I'm

going to spray Amy's had with some

hairspray. We are going to use the

larger conical wand. Hold the want

downwards and wrap the hair around.

Leaving the end out, we'll have it

slightly more younger look, rather

than being too curly. You continue

that all the way around. You come to

this side, going away from the face

again.

You went away from the face

on that side.

Away from the face on

that side, away from the face on

this side. Back into the middle.

We've finished curling the hair.

This is a wide toothed comb,

brilliant for pulling out the hair

and making it look more natural.

We'll add some text just spray,

lifting the hair up so the product

goes right the way through, then has

break so it holds well -- then some

hairspray, so it holds well for the

night ahead.

So there you go,

transformed our daytime look into an

evening look, and you are good to

go.

Thank you to two gorgeous Lisas,

and Amy. My dad will kill me, of

course, Chloe did 20, she had nine

disqualified, giving her 11. The

teachers have told me off my! I was

going to take a nap. Jen Rhines

Aljaz were sleeping on the job last

weekend.

Before they join me

on the sofa, here's a reminder

of their dreamy Samba.

I felt the arms exposed your

weaknesses badly.

You did a very

nice volta, I was pleased with your

volta today.

Sometimes you tried

some things that were better than

others, good for you for trying

something different.

Wake up Little

sleepy heads, Gemma and Aljaz.

Hello, you gorgeous firecrackers.

You were Samba plastic last week, I

loved your red outfits. Are you

fully awake now?

Definitely.

It was

all part of the routine, D'Arcy

thought it was a bit strange. How

was it for you?

I loved it, I had

such a good time. Literally from the

minute we got on the bed, started

playing the music, we laughed all

the way through it. I looked at him

at one point and he was going, yeah!

It was like we weren't on the show,

just out on a night out.

It was brilliant, I had so much fun.

It comes across all is watching, I

know that faith so well, the Aljaz

face. Look at you go, you look so

cute, sleeping. Bruneau likes the

interpretation. Did you feel like a

misunderstood our artist, Aljaz, and

your work will be appreciated in

years to come, like the great

question mark

I feel like that

little I hope so.

Oh! Jazz hands!

Favourite moment of the week, when

Aljaz reads his strapline.

I did

feel a bit misunderstood, but I

loved the concept. I've had it in my

head a little while now actually and

as soon as we went through the

production and it was happening, I

was so excited for it. We were

standing there, getting the scores,

and the dance went so well and the

comments, I was like, all right, all

right, it was only fun in Slovenia,

I guess.

LAUGHTER

Round robin and Manchester. Shirley

was pleased with your volta, there

are positives. Did you know the

steps she meant?

Yes, they were the

steps I couldn't do in training.

The

only steps.

Those were when I

struggled, so when she said that I

thought he would be chuffed.

Fireworks everywhere.

We must ensure

paso doble-thon well done. A little

birdie told me you might have almost

tripped someone up.

By accident. I

nearly tripped a few people up. It

was like being on the Dodge is! It

was crazy, wasn't it? We didn't know

where anyone was going, at one point

you shouted, click, so I did. --

kick.

We were running through the

choreography and Gemma did this...

Just move, what do you want to do?

LAUGHTER

I didn't know what to do!

It's a

lairy is. I need to watch it in slow

motion. That sounds the Stat alarm.

We want to look at your scores from

the beginning of the run. There is a

pattern emerging, 20, cha-cha-cha,

onto waltz, up for charleston, week

four... Week five. Down a little

bit. Week six, up again. Week seven,

salsa, moving on week eight, up

again. Week nine... And week ten.

There are mountains in Slovenia!

We

are trying to portray the Alps, all

season.

Stand aside roller-coaster

joke because it felt -- has it felt

up and down, your journey?

More so

mentally than the physical side.

Some dances you stronger at, some

you're not, and we had an amazing

week in Blackpool. To go to the week

last week, whether schools are bad,

I came off and said I had an amazing

time, I loved it, but I genuinely

felt this might be because that

dance didn't go down too well. You

have that fear, don't you? It's

emotionally like, oh.

You and Joe

are the only two never to have been

in the bottom two.

APPLAUSE

Thank you for that.

If you think

about roller-coaster is, its peaks

and troughs, which means surely this

week it will be up again, hopefully,

because it's quickstep and you are

damn thing to Hello Dolly. This

could be epic and the last time you

were in hold, you got tens. How is

the quickstep humming on?

I love

being in hold with Aljaz, I feel

very safe.

Say that again!

I loved

being in hold with Aljaz, I feel

very safe. The thing about

quickstep, you are moving like a

duck, paddling at the bottom, but

graceful on top.

Or a swan.

Swan is

the plan. Ducks or ostriches, no.

Now, one of the highlights of this

series has been watching Aljaz

blossom into a Northerner.

But the real surprise -

we hear Gemma's almost

fluent in Slovenian!

Let's take a look.

Say in Slovenian, hello, my name is

Gemma, and I'll repeat it. SPEAKS

SLOVENIAN

SPEAKS SLOVENIAN

again.

SPEAKS SLOVENIAN almost fluent, it's

incredible. I feel this dance this

weekend could be good for you, yes,

happy, Aljaz?

I'm really happy with

the dams, we are excited having

extra dances, a big production, it

has to be big, it has to be good.

We've practised loads.

It's going to

be great. All I can say to you...

SPEAKS SLOVENIAN it's supposed to

mean good luck, let's hope it does.

That's all we've got time for

tonight. Tomorrow, 6pm, Mollie and

AJ, Joanne Katya, Dick and Dom, Mel

Giedroyc chip on the Friday panel.

Be there. Good night.