Episode 13 Strictly - It Takes Two

Harry and Aliona did Greaseed lightning.

Plus, the wait is up. Ian is back to give us his lowdown on this

week's training in Waite's Wednesday warm-up. This is Strictly,

It Takes Two.... Live from Television Centre, this

is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, it's Zoe Ball.

Hello. Welcome to It Takes Two, the fourth

weekend of live shows is rooming -- looming and there are 11 different

dance styles on offer this weekend. We can look forward to the first

pasos and American smooths of the series. For one woman, the hard

work is starting to pay off. Lulu will be here with her partner

Brendan next. First, here is how they looked on Saturday night.

did it again. A great story, told brilliantly. Can't believe how good

you are playing the injured you, seduced by the power of the dark.

Illegal lifts will not be tolerated. The other judges should have done

the same, penalised us more for the lift, but they liked it.

They liked it a lot. Please welcome Lulu and Brendan.-- On the show

yesterday, we had Bruce Oldfield here and OOnagh O'Hagan about

fashions and we found a picture of you in the '60s and one of you on

Saturday. You are the envy of every woman in town. You look better now!

That's nice! Yes. What a nice thing to say. What's your secret? It's a

compliment that. Do you eat something particularly? How do you

look so good, we love it? You will have to reveal your secrets in a

book? Yes, I have a book. Am I allowed to plug it?! OK. Let's talk

about Saturday. Your rumba brought tears to my eyes. So relieved.

enjoyed it. The illegal lift, of course, Karen Hardy said it was

amazing even if illegal. Craig and Len disagreed, they were split,

what were your thoughts? Do you want to speak? You put it in or you

don't, you know. I expected a penalty, I've done plenty of them

in the past as we all know and if you do it, you run the risk of

getting low marks and therefore a much higher risk of leaving the

competition. We discussed it beforehand and said it suits the

music, it's got to go in. It's that crescendo, it yelped and screamed

for something special and he provided it. And it was gorgeous

and everybody did love it. But what did you think about the low marks?

Were you worried about that, that that might make you go out? He said

they would be, that's the chance you would take. I expected fives

across-the-board so we were lucky to get away with it. I wasn't the

only one who put a lift in on Saturday. There were other lifts.

get caught out because I've always done it, but don't be offended if

you don't like my lifts, it's something I like to do. I totally

loved it. He laughs and I say I'm not Jennifer Grey but he's

definitely Patrick Swayze. My girlfriends are so envious. I was

swept off my feet, every woman wants that. Where is this

confidence coming from, it's a change from two weeks ago? It's

because of that incredible lift. He's tough, very tough. We know.

I'm a gluten for punishment. I love it. So he's trying to teach me

things and I'm getting them and feeling more confident and better.

Are you pushing her? Is this a new teaching method for you? Lulu

doesn't like it when I break things down too much. I think I'm at

school. But you have to to get through to the nitty-gritty and I'm

not prepared to go through just like that. This week, we are doing

the Samba and it's looking really good. We are having so much fun.

You have had trouble with Samba haven't you? You've gone out...

Don't say that! Four weeks he's gone out during Samba. Break, break,

break that? Yes, there is that small equation. Moving swiftly

along. I don't want to know about it, change the subject. Samba is

notoriously hard, so many different rhythms, speed changes. It's a

crazy, manic dance and a lot of celebs struggle with it and my

partners have been no exception but I'm starting to think it might be

me. No, darling, never. Brendan sounded positive though and thinks

you are doing well? We are having so much fun. It's just... Like I

say, I really now, that's the breakthrough. You said what's

happened, I think I'm now really having fun with this and the Samba

is great. I'm crazy scared because we've got to get through next week

and if we do, I have one day off because I'm on QVC, are you going

to rehearse with me... This is what we call Lulu land. We want to talk

about Lulu land. This is a little place that Lulu likes to go to when

she's in the training room and Brendan calls it Lulu land.

knows what is going through Lulu's head at that time when she goes

into, as I like to say it, Lulu land? Argh... She's like an

excitable child. I'm flying.... What foot? Pfftt. Good girl! What

was that? Skippy jumpy... Left foot first, right. Da-da... Shut up!

Don't kick off on me, please. I take myself too seriously.

I don't know how he stands it. That's the truth of the matter.

She's absolutely mental all the time. I'll be talking to her all

the time and I have a conversation with myself because she'll go, what

did you say. Bonkers. I feel bad for him. This week you are doing

the Samba. How are you going to avoid going out in Lulu stage mood

and not the rock chick one? This is a very good point. It's about the

focus, it's about hard work, hard work, hard work and being in Samba

land. Lulu land, Samba land. Focus is a big point and it's something

that's growing as we develop in our relationship and our dance, we are

starting to understand why Lulu goes in and out of this little Lulu

land. When I get absolutely panicked, nothing happens, I really

can get very panicked and it reminds me of being at school, if I

have an exam, I can never pass because I freeze or start making

funny noises. Fingers crossed on Saturday you are going to break

that Samba. Last year I was fine so there is no curse. We have faith in

you. Lulu and Brendan! Thank you.

Now we've got another it take twos teaser for you. Can you guess who

it is dancing in disguise? -- It Dancers in disguise. # Who let the

dogs out? # Who let the dogs out?

# # Who let the dogs out?... # is the dancer in disguise? Find out

later. It's that time of the week to cast a spotlight on training.

Here he is, my midweek marvel, Ian Waite.

How are you this week, Sir? Feeling amazing. Did you enjoy Broadway

week? Wasn't it great. You thought that was good. This weeks, we have

11 different styles of dancing, so let's have a look at some of the

couples in training. Our first American smooth is being done by

Anita and Robin? Yes, Anita, American smooth is very obviously

smooth like it says. Sort of old Hollywood, is that American smooth?

It is, yes. When I said smooth, I would like to see Anita be a bit

more smooth in the action in her knees, the softening of the knees

which creates a bit more fluidity. But here I have stopped it I'm

highlighting her hand there. What's wrong with her hand? She's grabing

hold of Robin and I would like to see a more refined feminine hand

all the time, trying not to grab him quite so much. It's difficult

though because sometimes you are grabbing on in fear? Yes. Clutching

on for dear life. Yes, most of the time you were. Thank you, let's not

go back there. Don't start! Nancy and an none. I cannot wait. They're

doing the Paso Doble this week. I think she was made for this dance

frankly. Let's talk about the positives first. Yes, good. It's a

sticato dance so suits her very well and she's doing good heel

leads which is fantastic. She's wobbling about in a lot of places

and I believe if I was to stop it there and I'm going to do this,

highlight that and I'm going to do that, you see. Pointing to...

point at a woman's... Tummy! needs to make the centre stronger

and I think that will improve her overall balance. It gets a bit

wibbly wobbly. We are talking about core exercise, sit-ups and stuff

like that? It will improve her stance. James has been doing that

with Alex, hasn't he. Look at her pins though, amazing. Holly and

Artem, they've done Latin and they're back in the ballroom and

doing the Viennese waltz. Not a lot of this clip here, it's at the

beginning but there is some interesting arm-ography there.

make these words up! It's a great word though. Slowing it down, very

interesting. I think that's very good a thing to do at the beginning

of a routine if your partner's nervous because you are keeping

hold of them all the time. As you know from our routine, Zoe, I never

let go of you. Apart from once in the Paso Doble which was a disaster.

We haven't seen much of the ballroom steps yet. Alex and James

doing the rumba. Rumba is one of James's favourite dances? This is

looking like Ravel's Bollero at the start. She's doing a good job.

James is very clever because he makes his rumbas very controlled so

there's not a lot of room for error. As you can see, she's doing all the

moves lovely. What I'm more concerned about is, I would like to

see Alex let loose a little bit more. What I mean by that is, she

needs to release in the body because it can look... And I've

said this again and again and again, she's doing brilliantly, but I

would like to see more fluidity. It's so hard, it's like stand up

straight, relax, give in, keep your legs straight, so much to remember.

It is, it is. For your little head. Obviously it's only Tuesday that

training. She's improving every week. She is. She was glorious on

Saturday. Chelsee and Pasha? concerned about her hold. She's

holding on to him like anything. would, given half the chance.

steps were all wrong in the running step. This charleston step was very

good. The runs now, I'm going to stop it just here and you are going

to see. Look, her elbow is dropping off his right arm. I would like to

see her elbow a little bit held aloft so that she's holding her own

arm up. Elbows up? Yes, because she's dropping that arm off and

that's what's creating that claw. That's the kind of thing Len will

spot isn't it and he'll mark that down. That was wrong. What are you

doing with your machine? I was trying to do that and show you the

law. Claw. So we want and an elegant, elegant hand. Shall we

talk about the boys later on? that would be good. Ian Waite,

isn't he gorgeous. Len loved Audley's top half in the quickstep

but was less impressed with below the belt. Audley and Natalie are

here in a moment and here is a reminder of how they did at the

weekend. I thought you were going to be all

heavy but it was great. From the waist up, you were joyful and full

of verve. It's from the waist down we've got to get a bit better in

the footwork. You've got the right attitude for the quickstep, full of

attitude, great to see. You are the size of a surf board and you have

to navigate one of the most difficult dances in the ballroom.

You did a fantastic job, very well. Yay, we got a seven! Really saw the

positives in our dance. This's all you can hope for is to improve

every week and have fun, so we are on the right track.

Please welcome Audley and Natalie. APPLAUSE Lovely to see you both.

You are smiling. Dorothy's been in touch online and says she loves

your smile, Audley, loves it. Jane says she loves you're attitude, so

it's all good from everybody watching at home. Were you relieved

to get the quickstep out the way? It's a tricky dance isn't it?

tricky. I really enjoyed it though, but we've gone on to the hardest

dance this week, but I'm just glad we got through this and I'm glad I

didn't fall over because I almost did at the end. You said though

didn't you, one day you would fall over your feet? At some point I was

going to fall over my feet. Nicely recovered though? Yes, he didn't

fall over. Just a little glitch of a stumble. I didn't notice it until

I watched it back. You must have been relieved not to be in the

bottom two? I could have sworn we were going to be in the bottom two

again, I told him to prepare himself. When we got called out

first, I've never screamed out so much. I had to tell her to calm

down. I was going yay backstage and trod on your foot. Calm down, dear.

Bless! Now, Len said he's a bit worried

about the lower half. How much do you think Audley's footwork has

improved? Look, we've been working on it hours a day, every week.

There's a major improvement, that's all we can ask for. My Achilles is

killing me, so much rise and fall, rise and fall, rise and fall, I'm

18 and a half stone with my big feet, rise and fall is not easy for

me.? You've lost weight though haven't you? In four-and-a-half

weeks I've lost a stone so I'm almost fighting fit. Almost, not

quite. Does this mean you might get back in the ring at some point?

Definitely, 012, one more year, give it another shot. Thank you

Strictly for helping me get into shape. Yeah, I know, we don't mind,

we'll take all the credit. You were taking to David Haye and saying you

want to lose weight on Twitter weren't you saying you want to do

dancing? This would be a good show for David Haye to do next year,

he's now retired, if you are watching, come on the show next

year. Joey, on the phones to David Haye. Great show, great dancing.

really love your positive mental attitude here and we love the way

you turned it around. Cast your eyes over this. The odds were

stacked against him. He was a man out of his comfort zone. Plummeted

into a world of dance. Feet the size of surf boards. When you run

in the dance room, you can't run like a normal person. My confidence

level rielgts now is a bit dented - - right now. But there was one

woman who believed in him. I want you to just let go. Five, six,

seven, eight... She set him the biggest challenge of his life.

could be absolutely brilliant together. And he rose to the

destiny. That was the appetiser, this is main course, time to get

serious. Nice! How good were you? Feeling confident now? You are a

good teacher and I'm a good student. I'm so proud of you. Nobody puts

Audley in the corner! That was nice. Nobody puts Audley

in the corner. Sometimes but not often! We must talk about the

foxtrot you are doing this week. You thought the quickstep was hard,

foxtrot really tough? I'll take it to a whole new level. The rise and

fall is going to give me a chance to make it, I'm going to make it or

break it this week because the foxtrot I can't hide, I have to be

able to do that ride and fall, so there's goinging to be no hiding

for me this week, I'm working hard and will give it my all. Toughest

dance for me. It's a real tough dance for boys to do. Good luck

with your fancy foxtrot, I'm sure it will be amazing. Keep it coming

Audley and Natalie. Time now to see how the other men

are getting on in training and, for me to do a mad dash in the stoorbgs

Ian is back with more Waite's Wednesday Warm Up. - mad dash

across the studio. Here we two! Let's talk about the

men's training, Ian. We have got the Paso Doble and remembering from

years gone birbgs Austin Haley, amazing in his bolero jacket --

years gone by. Jason is doing the pass sew, he's been the golden boy,

top of the leaderboard, how do you think he's going to fare with this?

Fantastic choreography from Kristina here yet again. Concerned

about his arms, to be honest. I want to see a lot more shaping from

his arms. So I want to see every arm that he produces, it has to be

curved. He's got to be the matador bullfighter, hasn't he? Yes, even

when he's turning her, I want to see the curves. Also, come here,

darling. Not very good at pass sew, forgive me. Also... Told you.

together. Keep the elbows up. up, OK. That will create the shape,

OK? Yes. Kristina was doing it right. He's a pro, I'm hardly a pro.

It's been a few years! Keep the arms up and create the shape.

Mr Donovan take note. Rory and Erin are doing the cha-cha that and did

so well last week. If anybody can turn Rory into a dancer Erin will.

I've stopped it here because what I feel with Rory is that he's

learning the steps but he really needs to choreograph the arms as

well. Really, he needs to make sure he's making really, really strong

shapes with the arms, really strong hands and almost like every arm

that he produces, it's got to be deliberate. At the moment you

know... To have a finish? It's kind of there but not enough. It's

difficult because you are trying to remember the steps and sometimes

you do forget about your arms because you are so worried about

remembering that bit and you have got to connect them? And the

pressure and everything else. I think it's important to programme

those at the same time. OK, from the beginning. Robbie and

Ola, what dance are they doing this week? The jive. Robbie is a big

surprise to me because every week, he's doing really well with this

jive, by is a surprise because it's a fast dance, there's lots of

choreography and steps, but the thing I'm most impressed with is

the fact that he really looks as though he's enjoying it now. Who

would have thought a big butch football player, nearly said old

rugby player. He's not old. young, and he's loving it. He's

here on the show tomorrow to talk about it. Lulu said how much she's

enjoying it and Audley. Everyone's falling in love with it at this

point. After the first weeks of the nerves, now they're starting to

relax into it and enjoy it. Now it gets really tough because we don't

want anyone to go home. Russell and Flavia. He's tangoing in a tank

top! I love that boy. Doesn't he look fabulous. I would like to see

his shoulders down a bit in hold and elbows up, so he's creating

more of a T hch shape. -- T-shape. Have we got time for the dip. Do it,

darling. Beautiful. Now watch what happens. Flavia changes the hold

and now this is the first time we've ever seen this on Strictly

Come Dancing! What? He is dancing lady. Yay. He's being the lady.

celebrity as has changed sex during the dance. That's the first time we

have ever seen that. Craig said he wanted him to get more masculine.

Do you think this is it? I don't think this is the way to do it,

but... Especially with his face as well. Look at that. But no, he's

doing a couple of steps as the lady, as you can see, but I think it's a

bit tongue-in-cheek. On the whole, encouraged by the training this

week, looking good? Yes, it's going to be an exciting show and all the

different styles to compare is great.

Can't wait. Come back next week? Yes, hope so.

Thank you, gorgeous Ian Waite. Harry and Aliona are here next.

Here is how they got pulses racing at the weekend. Harry, you have

finally arrived. Tell you what, I've f I'm very

impressed. That's your best dance. Well done. So good to see you

having fun and letting go. When rp driving, you were right on the

money. -- when you were driving. Grease leather clad, ripping

muscles, action-packed expressions. I almost hate you. Apparently, I've

arrived, so this is good news. I have been here for four weeks, but

Craig has finally noticed me, so hopefully I can keep this up.

Oh, boy, has he arrived! Harry and Aliona, welcome to the show!

What a Saturday night it was for you, young Harry. I tell you, you

had a nine, got another standing ovation and you got to be Danny

Zuko at last. Well done. How much did you enjoy it? Loved it, really

enjoyed myself. For me, that's the most important thing. I want to

impress the judges and for the audience to enjoy it, but for me to

go out there and have fun and not be terrified was great. It really

came across how much you were enjoying it. Wasn't your friend Ben

who played Danny when you didn't get the part there? Yes, he was

there watching. What did he make of it? He loved it and loved the whole

show and I was watching him when everyone else was dancing and he

was clapping and he's hooked now. What are the band making of it as

well? Aren't the boys watching? They've been there for the first

two weeks, they are away writing a new album at the moment. Wut you,

the drummer? -- without you? Yes, they were there watching and when I

rung them, they said they were in some lake house miles away, just a

house phone, no phone reception and they said hi, I said hi and they

were like yay and they realised I couldn't hear them, but yes. He's

on the telly. Were you pleased with Harry's performance? Extremely,

because if he enjoy himself, I can let go and enjoy myself and we

danced equally together and that makes the best performance.

really does. How much does getting into a character help with a dance

like that? Really helps. You can lose yourself in it and really

perform it and pretend you are someone else. That works for me.

This week is a little different though. Total change of pace. You

are going from the jive to the waltz. Aliona, what character are

you going to give character to help him? Danny Zuko again? Yes, it's

Danny Zuko, but in the part where he's just spending the summer with

Sandy when she's the nice girl. Away from his mates. Yes, he's the

nice one, yes, that's the part we are aiming for. Flattened hair?

the gentleman. Bless you. So many people online have been talking

about your physique, the judges, even my friend Lara is obsessed

with you. Are you fitter now than when you started the show? Have you

noticed the difference? I think so. You have to be. I think you are the

same. She knows, don't mess with Aliona. I did some exercise before

because Cara told me last year it was physically demanding, so a lot

of swimming and running made me prepared for it because it's

physically very demanding. Is it getting any easier? No, it's

getting harder, honestly. Every week, I want him to get better

which means I'm giving him more and more technical things to do. I'm

making it harder for him. Technically. That's why it will

never get easier. I came in on Monday like yeah, do the jive yeah

what's up. Then you have to get into it. Five minutes in, I was

like, this is impossible. How are you going to close the gap with

Jason, he's been top every week, can you nudge him off the top?

Donovan, he's good isn't it? He is. I'm having lots of fun, trying my

hardest every day, trying to focus, stay positive and just do my best

really. Do what I say. Do what she says. I'm questioning her for the

first time today, never again! luck with it on Saturday. Harry and

Aliona. So, earlier on, we set you our

latest It Takes Two challenge to see if you could recognise which of

our pros was dancing in disguise. Do you think you know who it was?

Time to reveal all. # Who let the dogs out?... #

Aliona thought that was Vincent, yes, you are not her best friend

any more. It was Flavia, of course, knocking spots off the competition.

Thank you to all my guests today, back live tomorrow at 6.30 with