Episode 14 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Thursday. Coming up: They are proving that blondes do have more

fun. Robbie and Ola will be dropping in.

Jason and Kristina are here to discuss their leaderboard hat-trick.

I will be joined by the best wig wearers in town, Anita and Robin. I

have an exclusive look around the Strictly costume cupboard to find

out what the celebrities will be wearing this weekend. This is It

Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly: It Takes Two. Please

welcome your host, Zoe Ball! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello. Welcome to It Takes Two. In just 47 hours - it's broken! 47

hours:53:44 our celebrity also be strutting their stuff once again.

Before we take a look at their training, I have some breaking news.

Oh yes! In November, Len Goodman will be taking one week off from

Strictly Come Dancing. I know! Strictly Come Dancing without Len.

However, Dirty Dancing star and Dancing with the Stars champion,

Jennifer Grey l be taking his place on the 5th and 6th November!

CHEERING I can't wait. In just a moment, I will be catching up with

Robbie and Ola. Let's see how our ballroom boys and Latin lads are

getting on in training. This week, we will be dancing the

cha-cha-cha. Cha-cha. Cha-cha-cha. I think it could be a bit of a cha-

cha challenge. He's got to show a different personality. Nice! He's

got to have fun and debt sexy. prefer ballroom! And... He is doing

the cha-cha, let's have a cup of tea. Rory is not just a ballroom

boy. It is an alien dance to me. It is energy, passion. I have to do my

This week we are dancing the paso doble. It is passion. It is fire.

It's that bullfighter. It's a character. The steps doesn't come

easily to him. We had a bit of a struggle at the beginning of the

week. It is difficult to find yourself with a dance that you are

not quite getting. Argh! Jason! Yesterday was a really tough day

for me. I was tired. I lost focus in the afternoon. I sort of really

hit a brick wall and had to work through it. It is not happening,

babe. If I were to go out, you know, This week we are doing the tango,

which is absolutely brilliant. I so love this! It's gonna be passionate,

strong, dramatic. It might not be butch, but it will be aggressive.

don't know what butch means! That's what I've got to adopt, this

arrogant look. Arrogant! You might see a slightly different side to

Russell. I'm not sure about the butch! LAUGHTER Craig wants me to

look more like Rambo. Lowit's forget that! Let's think Barbara

This week we have foxtrot. Foxtrot is the hardest by far out of every

dance. There's so much variations to this dance. Then you have to

remember all the fundamentals of keeping your head to the left.

back, push. I'm putting pressure on Audley to get it. Your job is

timing and direction. If you can't create that on the foxtrot, we

aren't coming back next week. It's in my nature to be strict with my

teaching. Down! Down! Use your feet. Turn! Turn! If I see something that

is not quite right, I'm not going to say that will do because it

won't. Suck it up! This is the week I've got to man up, take some of

that toughen up soup and nail the I have never done anything similar

to a waltz. It is quite old school. It is foreign to me. No, no. These

are the wrong steps. It feels impossible. I don't have a clue!

The first two days is a major struggle. He's very tough on

himself. Every time that bit, just there! Jive you can have fun with

and really get into it. The waltz is a lot more classical and very

technical. So I have really got to switch over and really try and get

into the feel of the waltz. One, two... Harry needs to just be able

to switch cash ter-wise to sell this dance. -- switch character-

wise to sell this dance. It is so hard. There is no way the waltz

will beat me. This week we are doing the jive. Robbie thought the

tango was tricky. You wait till you see this! One, two, three, four -

jump. The jive makes me very nervous. Ballroom suits me.

Alesha's comments were spot on. I feel more safe with Ola when I'm in

a frame. He won't be in hold and he won't feel as comfortable. Back.

When I'm left on my own, I get worried. Count your steps. He's got

to have loads of confidence on Saturday night. I need him to go

for it. I am sure he will. Yeah! Robbie and Ola, aka Team Savola,

are here! Welcome to the show. Firstly, happy birthday, Robbie.

Thank you. We would have got you a cake but we can't spare the expense.

You celebrated by going to the football? If I can perform in front

of 20,000 people, I will be fine. Ola was a bag of nerves. I was so

nervous. She went wrong! Look. was saying, "What you doing?"

love the reverse of situations. Now you know how he feels. Yes, I do.

Were the fans lovely to you? They were brilliant. They were cheering.

I thought they were going to boo us. There were fans saying they are

going to sing naughty things... Thanks. Thank you for not telling

that. They didn't. Tango last Saturday. Fantastic. Alesha said

you are fast becoming one of the strongest contenders. When you hear

the judges say things like that, is there a tiny bit of you that thinks

I could win this competition? haven't got that far. I don't think

I could win it. There's far better dancers than me. There's one here,

Jason, Harry. They are fantastic. I will try my best. If I can do that,

Ola is the teacher, who knows. hear Darren Gough has been in touch

with you. Has he been giving you any tips? He started like me with a

low score and then got better. This week, it's bad. We are going to

talk about this week in a moment. First week, Craig gave you a 3.

That was it. Then he gave you a 7. So Ola, how come he's improving in

such a short space of time? That is brilliant. It is great. It is

brilliant for me as well. Obviously, we did go a ballroom dance the

second week. Then the third week we did ballroom dance. Now we are back

to Latin which will be a different story again. Really? Robbie is on

his own quite a lot. So we have to see. It's brilliant. He is

improving. He is. This week you are doing the jive to this music.

# I'm a love man... # Nice bit of soul. Some Otis Redding.

You have been finding it a bit tricky in training? Yeah because of

the kicks, you have to flick your leg and kick. I'm used to kicking

people, not fresh air! LAUGHTER somebody in front of me, I will

boot them. Maybe if we sent Jason or Harry passed? How difficult is

the jive in Very difficult. People think I should be good because I

play football, but it is completely different. Is it scary not being in

Ola's arms? Yes. So she can't steer you? Yes, I'm a ballroom boy.

are not. You might be a Latin boy yet! Everybody including Lord Sugar

is talking about your hair. The pony-tail was a huge hit last week.

This week, what are you thinking of doing with your hair? I don't know.

I have put on Twitter, if people send in requests, some people said

shave it off! I can't do that, my nose is massive! It will make the

nose bigger. All right! You know what they say... We have some

suggestions for you. We have this one. This is the Robbie mohican. Or

the '70s look. No. That's scary. Or the Elton John. LAUGHTER Oh dear.

All the It Takes Two fans have been in touch and come up with some

suggestions. We are wondering if you might be a sport and let us try

some of them out on you today? We have a crack team of hairdressers

on standby. Are you happy to try some of these? Of course. What a

sport! So I will send you off to the barbers. For now, Robbie and

Ola. Good luck. I'm kidding. That is Robbie's hair sorted. What about

the outfits? Earlier, I visited the Strictly costume department to get

a look at what our celebrity also be wearing on Saturday night. Here

we are in wardrobe with our wardrobe wizardess, Vicky. The

costumes were amazing at the weekend. Erin's dress, out of this

world! We all want to borrow it. Where are you at with the costumes

at this point? This point, we are in good shape. It is not quite as

mental as last week. You say that now. It will all change tomorrow.

There could be lots of e-mails saying new dresses! You have worked

on almost every series of Strictly. You have made up to 300 dresses per

series. How do you keep it fresh? It must be tricky? I don't know. We

are a creative world. In Strictly it is not hard. All those

characters to dress must be great fun? I have heard rumours of a

catsuit this week? There is a catsuit. Alex is going to be in a

catsuit. That doesn't surprise me. She is dancing with James and Ola's

trademark is a catsuit. That's right. Let's have a look. Mr Jordan

has requested a catsuit. She is doing the rumba? Yes. Alex is tall,

slim, gorgeous. We granted him his wish. Not many people could carry

off a catsuit, but she can! will look great. Chelsee, she has

had some great costumes. We loved her samba trousers. What are they

going for this week? This week, Pasha has requested, or given the

direction that their choreography will be based on a couple on an

aeroplane, so we have taken an air hostess theme so we have the little

hat and the wings so we reference the air hostess vibe. I like it. Is

more Britney than budget airline! Yes. I hope so. Let's talk about

the boys. Are the boys fun to dress this year? Yeah, as always. They

are always great fun. Sometimes they are a bit self-conscious and

we have to persuade them in-and-out of different costumes. They have

been quite daring. Harry had his vest off last week. We did notice!

We did. Did that take some persuasion? I think that they go

with the flow with it in terms of the routine and the dance. A little

bit of persuasion. He got there. They do eventually all of them

crack out the guns! They are all looking good. What about Russell?

We are always excited to know what Russell is wearing? This weekend,

Russell is like an excitable puppy, he loves it. Normally takes up the

whole of the Rhine stone budget. I can't show you his costume. That is

all you are giving us? Yes. He is doing a tango in just that?! Can

you imagine?! Good luck with that(!) Fantastic. Before we nip

off, can we see what's under the cloth? This is the secret frock.

is this blue and cream number. if you can guess who might be

wearing that? Any clues for us? clue is that this dress is designed

for lifts and there is only one number this week which requires

lifts. It doesn't take that much of working out. Maybe not. Can we see

you next week? Yes. We will leave you to it. Now back to me!

Thank you. I can't wait to see that catsuit, Alex. Now, I'm joined by

the man who always delivers, Jason "The Midwife" Donovan and his

partner, Kristina. APPLAUSE Thank you. Hello, Team Donovan. Thank you.

Another amazing top notch performance from you both on

Saturday. Jason, how did you manage to be camp and macho at the same

time? Well, I certainly draw on my theatrical experience, having spent

18 months in heels and frocks in Priscilla helps. Bruno loved

stkpwhrit it! Look at Bruno. must feel good when you get the

judges going like that? We were slightly concern that Len might not

see the funny side. When you combine I Will Survive with the

tango, Kristina's wonderful choreography, and the campness of

Priscilla, you have an interesting mix. You did it so well. Kristina,

you must be so pleased? I am. weeks at the top. How hard would it

be for you to get knocked off the top spot? If it happened? We are

sort of ready for it. We understand it can't be all the time at the top

of the leaderboard. Some weeks are hard. This week was really

difficult. Tough. Tough with the paso. You know, the thing is that's

the nature of the game, I suppose. I honestly think Zoe, I don't look

at it as a competition of scores, I just go out and we both go out and

do the best dance we can and we will go out on Saturday night and

do the best dance we can. We love how you get into character before

you go on. They are filming you before... Oh no! This is how Mr

Donovan gets into character just before he goes on. Here we go!

Wooh! Let's try our best. Rrrrrr! Elbows. Chin and timing. Don't rush.

Oh my God! A Russian voice! You are such a Russian! During that

competition, that particular dance, all I had was a feather in my nose

because of the hair-do. That was a tough moment. Also, he has a bit of

asthma, so I hear (heavy breathing)... Some people would

love hear that sound! You are doing the paso to this music.

# I want it all... # Why did you choose Queen? Queen is

my favourite band. I think they are amazing. The music is timeless.

Plus, the song describes Jason's personality 125%. I want it all and

I want it now! He is so determined to get everything immediately. He

gets a bit frustrated. So I tell him all the time take it easy, you

know, let yourself learn the steps and all of that. He is impatient.

It has been a tough week. We have seen some of you in training. You

have been struggling. We can't talk about paso without mentioning

Strictly Gold, the first time you did a paso with John Sergeant.

Let's remind ourselves of that glorious moment we shall never

forget. Again! 21, you got. You may get higher than. I'm hoping so.

Have you had any tips from John? John is not on my phone but I can

imagine he might send me a text over the next few days. What an

inspiration, John. Look, incredible. I know. He is going to say enjoy,

Jason. This is the thing, it is an entertainment show. You have to

keep reminding yourself of that. When you go through this intense

training, you have to sit back and think wait a second, we have to

have some fun here. We are having great fun watching you two. Good

luck. Stress, anxiety, nervous shock, depression! I know. I have

been through it. I know what you are going through. I can recommend

a good therapist. Thank you. Well done and good luck this weekend.

Jason and Kristina. Thank you. Thank you. APPLAUSE In just a

moment, I will be joined by Anita and Robin and we will be revealing

the result of our Savage styling session. If we cross to the make-up

room, we can see how he is getting on. Looking good. Get the scissors

out! Let's take a look - he is a good sport. Let's look at how the

girls are getting to grips with This week, we are dancing the rumba.

Rumba is the dance of love. I'm going to try everything possible to

get Alex sexiness out! Do I see myself as sexy? Definitely not when

I'm dancing, which is the problem here! Sexily. Not like...

routine isn't quite there yet. Stabbed me. I think this week is

going to be a little bit more difficult than last week. I have no

idea. The lack of technique is going to be more obvious because

you have so much time to see it. We This week I am dog the Viennese

waltz -- I am doing the Viennese waltz - lucky me(!) it is not my

cup of tea. It is very elegant. It has all this amazingly beautiful

lines. Stick your bum in. When I want to put my bum out, I have to

put it in! Is anything right? really. I can be clumsy. I have

knocked Artem's knee about 15 times and stood on his feet for...

happens sometimes but we are trying to work it through. Two, three,

change. One... That's the change. I'm struggling a little bit. Well,

This week is the samba. So it's going to be - we will have more fun.

Argh! I think the samba probably suits Lulu's personality - crazy,

fun. I'm loving the samba. One, two, three. One, two, three... I always

speak too soon, but I really like it. We have developed a language of

our own. It is a natural thing for musicians to make the sound. You

want a kapow! Boo-boo! Side behind front. Real point of frustration is

not remembering. If Lulu can tune in to what I'm saying, she is

brilliant. That bit goes back and that goes forward. This will be a

great dance. I feel this could be one of Lulu's best ones. I love

that! That is nice. This week we do paso. It is very dramatic, very

passionate. It is all about the arms and the skirt. Some sort of

Latin version of the tango. No. Too many stamps! She needs to

understand the paso better. We did the group dance, one, two, then you

jump. Yes. I can use that. The more you practice, you get more familiar

with what we are doing. Yeah! I I'm finding the quickstep, one word

to sum it up, it is quick! It's fast. Energetic. It's fun. It will

be a great work out for me legs. Looking back at the comments, what

was missing is the overall polished look. We need to make it look very

light. Chelsee has bursts of energy. When she is on a rise, she picks up

the steps quick. Then she goes down and her energy level and that is

when we are making mistakes. I can see you are tired. We need to make

sure those steps are imprinted in your head as a pattern. We need to

polish it a bit more. If we get This week, we are dancing the

American Smooth. We are going back to the elegance and the

sophistication that Anita had in the waltz. Left hand, meet right

hand. You have to work together. What I have to work hard on is the

technique, the placement and to keep the frame at all times because

that is where I fall down. I'm on the wrong leg to give you the left

foot. I have been testing the water with a few lifts. I don't have any

problems with the lifts. Bobby is so safe and so strong. Anita is

able to do quite astonishing lifts. Wait till Saturday night and see

what we've come up with! Oh they put on a hair-raising performance

last week. It is Anita and Robin! APPLAUSE Aka Team Dobin! I love

that. Len said fun, energetic and entertaining. Did you enjoy the

performance as much as he did? loved it. It was great fun. I loved

the costumes. I loved the routine. It was fantastic to do. Were you at

all disappointed that you got one less point from the waltz and from

your salsa? Did that... Very disappointing. That's down to

technique for me, I think. Not being on it enough. It was weird. I

thought the jive was better than the salsa so I was surprised we

dropped a few marks there. can't let these things get you down.

You have to move on. Yes. Next dance we can't talk any more

without mentioning week. Here it is. We have brought it in. APPLAUSE

Bobby, this is what you wore last week. Would you put it on for us?

We love you in it so much. thought it went in the furnace.

did it feel to have such a full head of hair again, bobby? I feel

sorry for the likes of Robbie Savage. He must have to spend hours

in the mirror every day... Which is the front? Does it matter? I think

so. Now you are wearing that again, I have to point out that a lot of

It Takes Two viewers got in touch and said that you reminded them of

Nick Cotton. LAUGHTER There you are. We have two stars of EastEnders on

the sofa! You are back in the ballroom this week. You are doing

the American Smooth. I can't take you seriously. I can't talk...

Please don't wear that this week. You are dancing to this music.

# I've got you... # Glorious. A little bit of Frank

Sinatra. Are you glad you are back in the ballroom? Yes. I have loved

everything I have done. But this is - this is lovely. This is a great

track. It is a lovely piece of choreography from Robin. So, yeah.

It is fantastic. Not in the wig! Not in the wig. You are allowed

lifts, up to three lifts. They are legal. Very exciting. You are the

only ones who are alloud to do lifts this week. Fantastic. How are

they going? You enjoying them? was very nervous to start with.

Naturally. He is so safe. Look at him. He is a machine. He is pretty

strong. Anita is as light as a feather. I can throw her up, turn

around, then catch. Can you take it off now? No, leave it on! That's

better. There he is. It is - is it energetic, the routine? It's not as

energetic as last week. It moves. It's got lovely moments in it. No,

it's lovely. It's great to do. Bruno and Craig said you had to

work on the technical side, there are lots of heel turns. Have you

been working on that? Yeah. I'm like those construction works, a

work in progress! I'm really trying hard to get it right. The main

thing is I'm loving it. You are really enjoying it. We have been

talking a lot about hair. It might be time - earlier we sent him off

to have his hair done by our experts. Can we bring him in? Is it

time? Robbie Savage with Ola and his new hair-do!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes! I must say, this was chosen by an It Takes

Two fan, they suggested this. What do you think? Oh no! Please don't

do this to me. Will we be seeing this on Saturday night? I like it!

You can't be serious(!) He is serious. Thank you. Robbie and Ola

and Anita and bobby. That is it for tonight. Joining me tomorrow live