:00:08. > :00:11.It's Wednesday. Coming up on tonight's show, Jason and Kristina
:00:11. > :00:15.lost pole position on the leaderboard this weekend. They're
:00:15. > :00:19.here live. I'm chatting to Audley and Natalie about how they got to
:00:19. > :00:29.grips with the foxtrot. It wouldn't be Wednesday without him. Ian Waite
:00:29. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.is here to give us the latest news Live from Television Centre, this
:01:04. > :01:11.is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball.
:01:11. > :01:17.APPLAUSE Yes, hello, close the shutters and
:01:17. > :01:21.bolt your doors. It's Strictly Hallowe'en week. Our couples will
:01:21. > :01:26.be sending chills up your spine and taking a dance on the dark side
:01:26. > :01:32.this weekend. On Sunday, one of them will go bump in the night and
:01:32. > :01:37.disappear from the competition forever. SINISTER LAUGHTER
:01:37. > :01:41.One pair sure to put us under their spell are Jason and Kristina.
:01:41. > :01:45.They're near a second. But first, here's a recap of how they did at
:01:45. > :01:49.the weekend. You got the performance, but you
:01:49. > :01:54.lacked the technique. You looked great when you were standing still.
:01:54. > :01:59.You lit up the room. You create the atmosphere. It was a great
:01:59. > :02:03.performance, but not your best so far. You tried to make a big meal
:02:03. > :02:07.out of this paso. You got indigestion. You need to keep your
:02:07. > :02:10.shoulders down at all time. You need to follow through all the
:02:10. > :02:16.lines that you create. It's a real shame actually, because the
:02:16. > :02:21.intention, I know, was there. You go out and dot best you
:02:21. > :02:25.possibly can. I don't think that was a bad job. All the comments
:02:25. > :02:31.were pretty fair. If anything else, what this does is make me work
:02:31. > :02:40.harder. Jason and Kristina! APPLAUSE
:02:40. > :02:43.Hello. They're a lively bunch in the studio tonight. It's Hallowe'en.
:02:43. > :02:48.That's why. Almost a full moon. It's scary. First week that you
:02:48. > :02:54.weren't at the top. Were you surprised by the sudden downturn of
:02:54. > :02:59.scores on Saturday? I think in a funny way it was a bit of a relief.
:02:59. > :03:02.Because everyone talks about it and talk about, you know, well, where
:03:02. > :03:06.are you going to be next week. There's probably only one place to
:03:06. > :03:10.go, unless you maintain it. You can't maintain that the whole time.
:03:10. > :03:13.I thought the whole landscape of the competition in terms of
:03:13. > :03:18.everybody else, the celebrities, just went up a notch as well. But
:03:18. > :03:23.vi to say, I was really happy with my performance Saturday. I also
:03:23. > :03:28.felt it was a much better performance than the dress
:03:28. > :03:33.rehearsal as well. Was there a lot of pressure this week, Kristina,
:03:33. > :03:37.could you feel it? Definitely. We were at the top of the leaderboard
:03:37. > :03:40.for three weeks. It prove that's Jason, even though he comes from a
:03:40. > :03:45.musical theatre background, he has to work as hard as everybody else,
:03:45. > :03:53.if not more. Paso was really hard. That's why I wanted the dance to
:03:53. > :03:59.come early in the competition, get it out of the way. I imagine a
:03:59. > :04:03.worse performance, but when I watch it at home, the knees at the
:04:03. > :04:08.beginning was incredible. And even the professional boys hate doing
:04:08. > :04:12.the knee walk because it hurts so badly. He was a trooper. He did it
:04:12. > :04:16.amazingly all week long and on the night as well. You were very
:04:16. > :04:21.pleased with him. I was proud. you should be. What was it like to
:04:21. > :04:25.kick off the show, does that add to the pressure to go out first?
:04:25. > :04:30.think it's tough going on at any point during the show. I do think
:04:30. > :04:36.there is a level to be set and also, they say that the audience isn't
:04:36. > :04:39.quite as warm... They're not warmed up. Yeah, but as far as performing
:04:39. > :04:43.goes and having performed, it doesn't matter when you go on. I
:04:43. > :04:47.get into a zone and a moment. Once you're out there, it takes over.
:04:47. > :04:51.Something sort of takes over. exciting to open the show to be
:04:51. > :04:55.honest. It works against us, because the judges were slightly
:04:55. > :05:03.grumpy I think at the beginning of the show. They weren't yet warmed
:05:03. > :05:07.up. They got better by the end of the show. More generous with marks.
:05:07. > :05:12.I suppose they have to have somewhere to go as well. If you
:05:12. > :05:17.give good marks in the first dance where can they go with it? Do you
:05:17. > :05:21.think you're so good that the judges are extra critical of you?
:05:21. > :05:25.Yes, I think so. But they have to be. That's part of the role that
:05:25. > :05:31.they have to play. I respect what they have to say. I think the one
:05:31. > :05:34.thing I took away from this weekend is you've got to provide
:05:34. > :05:39.entertainment. Let's, you know we saw Rory go, who is a great friend
:05:39. > :05:42.of mine. Were you gutted to see him go? Yeah I was. He was genuinely
:05:42. > :05:46.upset. He puts a lot of effort and is passionate about dancing. That's
:05:46. > :05:51.what this show is about. You have to remind yourself when you get
:05:51. > :05:54.deluded by scores and routines and what Harry is doing or Chelsee's
:05:54. > :05:59.doing, calm down. We're here to have a bit of fun and get into the
:05:59. > :06:05.spirit of this experience. Speaking of having fun, Len seemed obsessed
:06:05. > :06:09.with your firm buttocks on Saturday. I loved that. As we were all were
:06:09. > :06:14.frankly. Very nice. We were trying to work out did he like a firm
:06:14. > :06:18.buttocks or not sure? I don't know what he was talking about. Actually,
:06:18. > :06:22.his position, which in paso doble the man is supposed to stand with
:06:22. > :06:26.his hips slightly forward, arch in the back and all of that, it was a
:06:26. > :06:31.beautiful position. It was really great. I think Len liked it.
:06:31. > :06:37.think he wants to swipe his credit card in between my buttocks when he
:06:37. > :06:42.goes to his local offlicense to get his milk and bread. Stop it.
:06:42. > :06:48.only kidding. It's a bit of fun. Sarah online said, "The paso is a
:06:48. > :06:52.difficult dance. I reckon Jason did a darn good job." There we go.
:06:52. > :06:56.Thank you so hutch. Changing the subject. I think Len might have
:06:56. > :07:00.been spending a lot of time in a plane with cabin pressure as well.
:07:00. > :07:05.It has slightly gone to his head. He is working hard at the moment.
:07:05. > :07:09.This week the quickstep, so far, it's been quite a successful dance
:07:09. > :07:12.for our celebrities on the show this series. Is it going to be a
:07:13. > :07:17.good one for Jason? You're smiling. I think so. It's a great story in a
:07:17. > :07:22.dance, you know, afteriously with his acting background, it comes
:07:22. > :07:24.really easily to him. Also, I think the whole ballroom frame and
:07:24. > :07:29.everything helps to feel confident about the dance. I hope it's going
:07:29. > :07:34.to be a good week. Nothing is easy in this competition, I'm so sorry.
:07:34. > :07:37.I know, I've been there. Nothing is easy. This is the music you're
:07:37. > :07:43.dancing to. # Bewitched, bewitched... #
:07:43. > :07:48.When they said you were dancing to bewitched, we thought it was the
:07:48. > :07:54.den im-clad bewitched. It will be slightly faster. A bit of a theme
:07:54. > :07:59.this week, you like a theme as an actor. Does it work in your favour?
:07:59. > :08:02.Definitely. Absolutely. I think to immerse yourself in a character is
:08:02. > :08:07.what the judges are looking for and hopefully the audience are looking
:08:07. > :08:11.for exactly the same thing. Kristina has done some great
:08:11. > :08:15.choreography this week. She always does. The quickstep is about being
:08:15. > :08:20.in sync, frame, foot work and hoping for the best. Speaking of
:08:20. > :08:23.character, we think you may have been channelling somebody into your
:08:23. > :08:33.performance. The legendary Michael Jackson himself. Check this out.
:08:33. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:44.I would like to see a bit more I keep doing a Michael Jackson
:08:44. > :08:48.impersonation. Where is my Michael Jackson solo? If you have marked
:08:48. > :08:53.your performance well, you can almost let it go and live inside
:08:53. > :08:57.the character that you are. # You've been hit by a smooth
:08:57. > :09:01.criminal... # You are Michael Jackson. That's
:09:01. > :09:02.cool. We love it. Good luck with the rest of your training, Kristina
:09:02. > :09:09.and Jason! APPLAUSE
:09:09. > :09:13.It's time for another It Takes Two teaser. We've been finding out a
:09:13. > :09:17.few interesting facts about some of our pro dancers. See if you can
:09:17. > :09:26.guess who everybody is talking about. Can you guess the dancer
:09:26. > :09:32.from these clues? He is talented. Tall. Handsome. And unfortunately
:09:32. > :09:37.married. This person is outspoken, arrogant, talentless and is my
:09:37. > :09:43.friend. This person is never happy. This dancer is definitely one of
:09:43. > :09:46.the naughtiest on the show. This dancer has appeared in every series
:09:46. > :09:52.of Strictly Come Dancing. Whoi, do you think it is? Find out later in
:09:52. > :09:55.the show. And we'll reveal all at the end of the show. Now, as our
:09:55. > :10:00.couples work hard for Hallowe'en week, who better to koost an all-
:10:00. > :10:08.seeing eye over the training than our own wizard himself, Mr Ian
:10:08. > :10:14.Waite. Please welcome Ian Waite!
:10:14. > :10:18.APPLAUSE Hello Blondie. Nice to have you
:10:19. > :10:23.back. Good evening gorgeous. sound so formal. What a weekend it
:10:23. > :10:27.was, quite a change around. Jason knocked off the top spot. Harry got
:10:27. > :10:31.a ten. Chelsee went flying up the leaderboard. We said goodbye to
:10:31. > :10:35.Rory. You just can't call it, can you? You can't. Who would have
:10:35. > :10:40.thought we would have had Jason's name engraved on the trophy already,
:10:40. > :10:43.wouldn't we? He's been doing so well. Probably not necessarily a
:10:43. > :10:48.bad thing, because he has something to work towards. He was still
:10:48. > :10:54.amazing on Saturday. Fplgts yes. Who are we starting with? Holly and
:10:54. > :10:59.Artem first. What are te doing? They are doing the American smooth.
:10:59. > :11:02.It's looking very smooth throughout. Holly's really impressed me with
:11:02. > :11:06.this. She's improved on all the things that I was talking about
:11:06. > :11:12.last week. I'm going to draw this in here. She has a banana shape
:11:12. > :11:16.with her body. That's a lovely shape. So that mean noes gapping.
:11:17. > :11:21.She has the contact throughout. Her lovely leg up there. Her head
:11:21. > :11:25.position is right. The only but for me is that sometimes she's looking
:11:25. > :11:31.down. This is in rehearsals and I'm sure she will eradicate that by
:11:31. > :11:34.Saturday. Looking extremely good. So far then Holly big tick. We like.
:11:34. > :11:40.Let's look at Lulu and Brendan. Brilliant samba on Saturday. This
:11:40. > :11:46.week it's the paso doble. How is she looking? This is early days,
:11:46. > :11:49.for me, sometimes Lulu looks a bit lost. She needs to look a bit more
:11:49. > :11:55.direct and a bit more secure in where she's going and what she's
:11:55. > :12:00.doing. My main critique of Lulu this week is arms. What's wrong
:12:00. > :12:05.with the arms? I'd love her to start getting some sort of shaping
:12:05. > :12:09.in the arms. They're dancing paso doble. It's all about the bull
:12:09. > :12:14.fighter and the flamenco dancing. That's what I want to see in her
:12:14. > :12:22.arms. Lots of shaping and curves. There you go Lulu. Do you it so
:12:22. > :12:27.well. Anita and -- Robin. They are doing a tango. How are they
:12:27. > :12:34.looking? Very well. I'd love to see, she's looking very straight up.
:12:34. > :12:41.good? It's creating, if you can see the light between the two of them.
:12:41. > :12:46.Gapping. There's a big gap here, yes. There's a big gap there and
:12:46. > :12:50.I'd like to see a bend in the knees because I think that would get her
:12:50. > :12:55.hips underneath. Because it is tango. It is in many directions, we
:12:55. > :13:01.keep the knees low and keep it compact. That would make her dance
:13:01. > :13:06.her body up to Robin a bit more. love how I start doing it.
:13:07. > :13:10.hoping everybody at home is doing it. And we're happy that Robin is
:13:10. > :13:15.wearing his sweat band that we gave him last night. It looks so cute on
:13:15. > :13:20.him. Robbie and Ola are doing the paso doble. Having seen them do so
:13:20. > :13:24.well at tango, I think he will make a good matador, yes? It's good for
:13:24. > :13:29.him because his character, his character, Robbie is all about, I
:13:29. > :13:33.mean he's a masculine and he's dramatic. I think he's got that
:13:33. > :13:39.sort of strong character that the paso doble needs. What I'm stopping
:13:39. > :13:45.it here for is, I'm going to do that, oh, no that's not right.
:13:45. > :13:50.Can't operate his machinery. going to do that. There you go. His
:13:50. > :13:55.bottom. In paso doble, a bit like with Anita, I've got a problem with
:13:56. > :14:01.his dropped bottom. If he was to... Everybody has a problem. I've got a
:14:01. > :14:07.problem with my dropped bottom. Sorry. He needs to open his hips,
:14:07. > :14:12.clench his buttocks and then he'll be like what Len said to Jason last
:14:12. > :14:17.week. Firm buttocks. Hips underneath and then he can apel and
:14:17. > :14:25.walk off doing heel leads. Can you do that again. Apel and walk off.
:14:25. > :14:30.love it when you do that. Looking very fiery in my waist coat and red
:14:30. > :14:33.shirt. Let's look at Nanton as I like to call them. This is the
:14:33. > :14:40.rumba. Nancy tells me she's an expert at making love. She should
:14:40. > :14:44.be good at this. I'm excited about that. But I would like to say, for
:14:44. > :14:49.me, one minute she looks stiff and the next she looks floppy. I'd like
:14:49. > :14:57.to see more consistency in her body action and body movements. Here, we
:14:57. > :15:00.can see it's an opening out. I'd like her to use these hips and
:15:00. > :15:10.bring them out like Anton is doing at the moment. I will do a
:15:10. > :15:14.
:15:14. > :15:19.demonstration with you. This is opening out. Was that St? Thank you
:15:19. > :15:23.for that almost round of applause. I'd like to see it more three
:15:23. > :15:28.dimensional with Nancy. We need to see that third dimension. They gave
:15:28. > :15:31.Alex a hard time for lack of hip action. Nancy needs a bit more.
:15:31. > :15:36.Russell and Flavia are doing the samba. Now, he's a bit of a party
:15:36. > :15:40.boy. He brings the party. This should be a good dance for him.
:15:40. > :15:45.This is perfect for Russell. It's carnival, Brazil, flamboyant.
:15:45. > :15:49.Typical him. I've slowed it down. I would like Russell, he's doing heel
:15:49. > :15:53.leads here N samba we don't do heel leads. Is that a hangover from the
:15:53. > :15:57.tango from the weekend snfrplgts maybe. Last week he spent the week
:15:57. > :16:01.doing tango. Everything going forward is a heel lead. Here we
:16:01. > :16:08.pitch our weight forward and dance with the toe first. If I dance with
:16:08. > :16:13.my weight back then I do a heel. So get your weight forward and you'll
:16:13. > :16:17.be doing lovely dainty toes everywhere. Flavia, loving the
:16:17. > :16:22.pants there. Alex and James had the rumba last week. This week it's the
:16:22. > :16:27.paso doble. How is our lass looking? I feel that Alex is
:16:27. > :16:30.struggling this week because I think the James is making
:16:30. > :16:36.choreography a bit more difficult. It's paso doble week. The
:16:36. > :16:39.choreography is more intricate. The steps are more difficult. She is
:16:40. > :16:44.struggling slightly. She's clinging to James there at the moment, as
:16:44. > :16:48.she's running around him. I think by the end of the week, she will sl
:16:48. > :16:52.got to speed. He's strong as well. That's true. At the moment she
:16:52. > :16:57.probably, her feet are not in the right place as her body. Hopefully
:16:57. > :17:01.by the end of the week, she'll be up to speed. She will be. Harry and
:17:01. > :17:04.Aliona got a ten for the waltz last week. Tango this week. Can Harry
:17:04. > :17:09.get another high score? It's looking very slick this week.
:17:09. > :17:15.They've done lots of rehearsals already. I think most on the
:17:15. > :17:23.leaderboard. Look at that face. What can I say? Like he's being
:17:23. > :17:27.attacked by a deplted squirrel. Oh, look! He is the devil. I'm loving
:17:27. > :17:30.the expression. I'm saying they're dancing much slicker at the moment.
:17:30. > :17:34.It's the extra practice they're putting in. They want to continue
:17:34. > :17:38.from the success of last weekend and I do think they're going to do
:17:38. > :17:41.it. I'm loving his expression. He's got the right feeling and
:17:41. > :17:46.expression, as you can see, explosive face in there. We are
:17:46. > :17:51.excited by Harry. Chelsee and Pasha are doing the tango. She had a
:17:51. > :17:56.great show on Saturday. How's it looking this week? Like Holly, I
:17:56. > :18:01.think she's confident because of their result last week. Her top
:18:01. > :18:05.line is much better. Her hold has improved immensely from last week.
:18:05. > :18:09.What I'd like to see, I'm going draw an arrow there. I'm going to
:18:09. > :18:15.draw a little circle round there, oh, no, no, no. That's not a circle.
:18:15. > :18:18.You need to practice with it, love. Circle there. I feel that she needs
:18:18. > :18:22.to be dancing up to him. The problem is dancing without any
:18:22. > :18:32.shoes on. She needs to get her shoes on and practice with those.
:18:32. > :18:36.Then she'll pb a bit taller and it will look better. No shoes, bad.
:18:36. > :18:40.never let you practice without shoes did I? No, and look what
:18:40. > :18:45.happened - we didn't win. Who is going to give us thrills this
:18:45. > :18:52.weekend? I think it's the Hs, Holly and Harry this week. They're going
:18:52. > :18:57.to bring the thrills. And the chills and spills, Nancy, but I
:18:57. > :19:00.think you know, I'm always excited to see what she produces.
:19:00. > :19:04.always pulls something incredible out of the bag. Lovely to see you
:19:04. > :19:09.gorgeous. Come back next week, Ian Waite!
:19:09. > :19:12.APPLAUSE So handsome. As ever, you have been
:19:12. > :19:21.keeping your Finger On The Pulse of all things strictly and let us us
:19:21. > :19:27.know what you think. Hi, my name is Ellen, I'm from North Wales. I
:19:27. > :19:32.don't know if you notice, during the show, while Tess was speaking,
:19:32. > :19:38.in the background, James Jordan was messing up Robbie Savage's hair. It
:19:38. > :19:43.was funny. Thank you. Hello, I'm Charlotte. I'm from Yorkshire. I'm
:19:43. > :19:53.six. I really want to say that the Argentine tango with Flavia and
:19:53. > :19:57.Vincent was great. Thank you, bye! Hi, it's Mark, aged four. When
:19:57. > :20:04.Robbie laid down, I thought it was very good and when Ola wiggled her
:20:04. > :20:09.hips, I thought that was brilliant. Hi it's Terry from Plymouth here,
:20:09. > :20:15.just a quick note, was Zoe Ball born with trousers on? Thank you
:20:15. > :20:18.very much. Bless you Terry from Plymouth. I
:20:18. > :20:24.know I always wear trousers. Especially for you, I'm wearing a
:20:24. > :20:28.skirt. It may not happen again. Thank sow much to Charlotte and
:20:28. > :20:31.Mark and Ellen for your lovely messages. You're gorgeous and so
:20:31. > :20:41.polite. Our lines are open for you to call us and tell us your
:20:41. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:49.Now on Saturday night, Audley proved yet again that he could
:20:49. > :20:53.master the ballroom dances. Even Len gave him a standing ovation
:20:53. > :21:00.while sitting down. Audley and Natalie join me in a second, but
:21:00. > :21:04.first, here's a reminder of the action at the weekend.
:21:04. > :21:09.I'm seeing some improvement, particularly in your frame. That's
:21:09. > :21:15.good. You've done a foxtrot which is probably the hardest technically
:21:15. > :21:19.to do. I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation, well done.
:21:19. > :21:23.could see it, "I'm going to get through this." You lost it a couple
:21:24. > :21:26.of times. I want you to relax a bit. The more relaxed you are, it
:21:26. > :21:33.becomes more enjoyable to watch. You did a good job. You should be
:21:33. > :21:37.proud. These dances are so tough for me. There's no hiding. We
:21:37. > :21:43.delivered, when it mattered. That's the best we've danced that dance. I
:21:43. > :21:48.can't ask for no more than that. I'm happy. Definitely. Welcome
:21:48. > :21:53.Audley and Natalie! APPLAUSE
:21:53. > :21:59.Audley, you've got a seated standing ovation from Len. That is
:21:59. > :22:04.praise indeed. Well done you. you, thank you. Were you pleased
:22:04. > :22:08.with that? Definitely, the judges' comments were uplifting. To get a
:22:08. > :22:12.standing sitting down ovation from Len, lazy thing. Get up. If you
:22:12. > :22:15.want to give me a standing ovation, stand up. I was happy. Were you
:22:15. > :22:20.pleased with the overall performance that you gave on
:22:20. > :22:25.Saturday night? How was it? I was definitely pleased. The rehearsal
:22:25. > :22:29.beforehand, I didn't nail the dance, messed it up a few times. Every
:22:29. > :22:34.Saturday night, I put my best dance in. We danced the dance the best we
:22:34. > :22:39.have danced it. Can't complain. I thought, if I go out, I've danced
:22:39. > :22:43.it the best I could. It's hard to learn that dance in a week.
:22:43. > :22:47.Everybody has said how notoriously difficult the foxtrot is to learn
:22:47. > :22:53.for the male celebrities. Were you pleased with him? I was extremely
:22:53. > :22:56.pleased. Like Audley said, it was our best dance that we'd done. It's
:22:56. > :23:02.very exposing that dance. If you do the wrong rise and fall it looks
:23:02. > :23:06.very out of sync. We were definitely in syny Saturday night.
:23:06. > :23:09.You were. Were you relieved to get it out of the way. It's nice to get
:23:09. > :23:12.the comments from the judges, being the hardest dance. I know we can
:23:12. > :23:16.put that away and say we've done the hardest dance, now everything
:23:17. > :23:21.here is a bonus. We can keep improving. I'm glad to get it out
:23:21. > :23:26.of the way. That rise and fall was hurting my knee. Let's talk about
:23:26. > :23:31.your knee. We have seen in training you have an Audley sized plaster,
:23:31. > :23:39.about the size of a loaf of bread. How was your neon Saturday? It was
:23:39. > :23:46.painful. But at the end of the day, we don't focus on problems. 20
:23:46. > :23:51.years as a sportsman, so my knee, anything sitting into my knee, the
:23:51. > :23:55.foxtrot, sit into your knees, I was. Then I done some ballet and jumping
:23:55. > :24:05.in the air, it took my knee over the edge. I had to try to bring it
:24:05. > :24:12.Can you imagine. OMG. It's such a workout for you. How's it going in
:24:12. > :24:17.training? Good. As you can see, I'm like, eight-and-a-half stone
:24:17. > :24:20.bouncing. With boxing we have the soft ring, we could take away the
:24:20. > :24:24.impact. This is like going for it. No rest for the wicked. You should
:24:24. > :24:30.do it on a spring floor. Can't you train in a ring with a bouncy
:24:30. > :24:35.floor? We should try that. Penelope said on Facebook, "Audley was a bit
:24:35. > :24:38.of a Mr Darcy on Saturday night, proper hero." Daniel says, "Audley
:24:38. > :24:43.Harrison should have been a dancer, in the a boxer." There you go. You
:24:43. > :24:48.can fall back on boxing if your dancing career accidents work out.
:24:48. > :24:52.Good to know. And Karen has said, also, Karen Hardy, choreography
:24:52. > :24:57.queen, has said the jive again is really hard. You're getting all the
:24:57. > :25:01.best ones for the boys to master. Why is it so tricky? There's lots
:25:01. > :25:05.of, all your weight has to be in the front of the toes. Have you to
:25:05. > :25:12.really lift your knees up. You're dog a lot of solo work as well. I
:25:12. > :25:17.can't really hide. You can't hide. You can't hide Audley, look at him!
:25:17. > :25:22.I might as well just get stuck in. He's going to be on his toes,
:25:22. > :25:27.pumping those legs. It's hard work. It's a minute 30 and we can do this.
:25:27. > :25:30.It's 100mph. If you miss a step, you can't catch up. On top of all
:25:30. > :25:33.that, you have been all the way back to the States this week and
:25:33. > :25:36.come back with your lovely wife, who is here tonight. She's so
:25:36. > :25:42.excited to see you. How much training have you squeezed in on
:25:42. > :25:45.top of your trip back? Fly there, coming back, we went straight to
:25:45. > :25:49.the gym yesterday, got three hours in. Three hours today. We're
:25:49. > :25:54.getting there. We like to work under pressure. Yeah we do. Did you
:25:54. > :25:58.see Len and Bruno on the plane. know, we missed them. They do that
:25:58. > :26:02.every week and dot show. They were back there in economy.
:26:02. > :26:06.LAUGHTER BBC budgets! Nice one. You were one
:26:07. > :26:10.of the first couples up for elimination, each week you have
:26:10. > :26:14.impressed the judges. Can you go to the top? Each week we've got better
:26:14. > :26:18.and better. I think if you aim for the top, you can only come down.
:26:18. > :26:21.Each week to show improvement, shows I'm working really hard. I am
:26:21. > :26:26.working as hard as I can. To be recognised by the judges an the
:26:26. > :26:32.beautiful public keeping me in, how can I complain? It's a special day
:26:32. > :26:36.today. It's your 40th birthday. Happy bairge day darling. And we've
:26:36. > :26:41.got -- happy birthday darling. We have a special present for you. We
:26:41. > :26:47.asked a few of your Strictly friends what they would buy you for
:26:47. > :26:52.your birthday. I would get him a gold watch. A really nice, big pair
:26:52. > :26:56.of comfy slippers I would buy him a Margeic carpet. After training with
:26:56. > :27:00.Natalie he could nip back to the States to see his wife and children.
:27:00. > :27:06.Then still get back to to strictly on Saturday. A pair of Strictly
:27:06. > :27:12.boxing gloves so he can give Craig a right hook. Some very special
:27:12. > :27:20.couture, very stylish, Italian boxer gloves. Smaller feet. Fplgts
:27:20. > :27:24.a ten off Craig because he deserves it with that beautiful style.
:27:24. > :27:27.right pec. A large Strictly Come Dancing trophy. Go on champ.
:27:28. > :27:34.Especially for you, we have clubbed together and that's what we decided
:27:34. > :27:41.to get you. Open it up. It's exciting. OMG!
:27:41. > :27:46.APPLAUSE We had them specially made for you.
:27:46. > :27:49.Aren't they stunning. Wow. We will see them on the show. I am going to
:27:49. > :27:55.wear these with pride. One more message from you, from a bloke
:27:55. > :28:00.called David, you might know him. Have a look. Audley, in the wise
:28:00. > :28:06.words of Mohammed Ali, float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. In
:28:06. > :28:10.your case, just don't dance like an old man. Happy 40th birthday and
:28:10. > :28:15.keep battling on the dance floor. David Haye. That's cool. Good luck
:28:15. > :28:20.at the weekend. Audley and Natalie! APPLAUSE
:28:20. > :28:24.Earlier on in the show, we asked you to work out who our pro dancers
:28:24. > :28:28.were talking about. Have you guessed yet? Have a look at the
:28:28. > :28:34.answer. Who was everyone talking about? Did you guess? You guessed
:28:34. > :28:37.it, it's me. It was our very own bad boy,
:28:37. > :28:41.Brendan Cole. He's here tomorrow night with Lulu. Thank you to all
:28:41. > :28:46.my guests tonight. Tune in tomorrow at 6.30pm, when I'll chat to Harry
:28:46. > :28:53.and Aliona and Russell and flafya. Plus, I'll be check in with head