Episode 3 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Wednesday, coming up on tonight's show: Holly and Artem and

Holly and Aliona to join us to chat cha-cha and the judges' comments

and Ian Waite is here and a peak at this week's training and Nancy and

Anton are here to tell me about the highs and lows of their first live

performance. This is brand new Live from Television Centre, this

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

Hello, hello and welcome to It Takes Two. It is the middle of the

week which means the new routines are well under way. The next live

performance is looming and the excitement is building. Let's crack

on. Holly and Artem were the first couple to hit the dance floor this

series and they're the first guests on my sofa tonight. Here is a

reminder of how they did at the weekend.

A lot to work on but a lot of good, actually. Thank you. You look

sensational and you have the sexiness down and you were

convincing throughout. The footwork was good. The extension excellent.

Our first one out. We got a 6. That's OK. Got to change that.

will get that up next week with any luck. We will.

Oh, at last, welcome holly and Artem. Before we go any further,

Holly, can I point out your shoes. Look at those! I want them, they're

amazing. They fit perfectly. How many inches is that? I think about

eight. Definitely higher than a dancing shoe. I am glad I took the

sticker off. The price tag. First out on a new series of Strictly.

Was that an extra serving of nerves and excitement for you on Friday?

It was a good thing. In hindsight I had a heart attack initially, and

then I realised that the longer I left it, if I was on late or the

Saturday I would have been a complete mess so I was happy to go

first and enjoy the rest. Poor Jason, he had to wait until the end

on Saturday night. I don't think it threw him somehow. He was still

good, wasn't he? Were you disappointed in Craig giving Holly

a 6 because she was very good. Actually I wasn't, it's an amazing

score considering other couples. It's pretty wow. Good job. It means

you have somewhere to go with Craig as well. Let's talk about the frock.

What a dress, amazing. People's hearts were racing watching that,

including my husband. I became a human Oscar. That's a perfect

description. Did you feel confident going out in a dress like that?

Bard robe -- wardrobe department is incredible, you are sewn in and

feeling strong and good. You go out feeling confident and that's the

last thing on your mind. It's different when you need to go to

the loo. Then you need a friend. You need someone to unzip. Artem,

you were champion last year but a task-master in the training room.

It's a fair comment. Please tell me you have footage! We have noticed

that there is a scary side of you making a comeback. Ha-ha! You are

I'll be back. I decided my goal for this series

was to never bring up the Terminater in me. One more time.

But he just jump out of me and I Straight knees. That one didn't

count. One more time. I have heard about the Terminater. Keep it on

the ground! No, no, and no. Put your heel out. It's quite hard to

handle him. I am going to lose it. He is part of me. I am going to

lose it. Scary when he comes out. don't think this position is part

of the dance. You should incorporate it.

Oh! I am I am quaking in my reasonably priced shoes just at the

sight. Is he scary like that? know what, I just go really quiet

and try and get through it. He is actually such a sweet man and then

when he gets on a little mission, like yesterday, then I keep my

mouth closed and try and get on and do as I am told because he is as

frustrated as I am, I am as frustrated as he is. Is she a good

pupil, are you pleased with her and how is the salsa coming on? I am

amazed she hasn't walked out of rehearsal yet. We all are! How is

the salsa? It's good, getting there. What do you think? It's fun. It's

less technical for me than the cha- cha. It's more relaxed on the knees.

It's more groovy and hippie and I can get into it without feeling

alien. The judges want more confidence from you and Karen Hardy

said yesterday Holly, eyes up, that was her tip. I do look down a lot

and he is always checking after we get off stage "was she looking

down"? He's back, the Terminater! Good luck, Holly and Artem. So by

now we should all know our professional dancer intimately,

right? Could you identify them from their dance moves alone? Just for

fun see if you can work out which one of our Strictly pros is

monkeying around. This is Dancers # I can feel it coming in the air

tonight # I've been waiting for this

moment... Who is the Dancer in Disguise? Find out later in the

show. Oh, yeah, who was that? Stay tuned

and we will reveal all later. Now down to much more serious business.

He was my dance partner and he's become my great friend and now he

is joining me by popular demand as It Takes Two's dance expert. He is

a man always worth the wait. With his Wednesday Warm Up, it's Mr

Waite. Oh, darling! Let me be back in your

arms. It's really lovely to see you again, Blondie. You are going to be

here talking about the couples' training mid-week, and have a check

on that. Before we do that, Zoe, I want to take a trip down memory

lane and remind the viewers of how... Must we go back? Look at

this. Will Zoe Ball please take to the floor. Drop dead gorgeous!

Love, sex, passion, what more do you want?!

Oh, we were so young before it all started to slide. I know, those

were the days. Vintage years. Enough of our exploits. Let's talk

about the couples. It's mid-week they have one dance to learn in one

week. Let's start with with Lulu and Brendan. They didn't have the

greatest weekend with the cha-cha. No, they didn't and they have a bit

of a a height difference but Lulu is doing brilliantly well. Heel

turns I want to talk about and that's why I have highlighted her

Lulu did a bad heel turn at the beginning of this dance, but here

she's doing a perfect heel turn. This is where she puts her heels

together with her toes in the air and turns on her heels and on to

the toes. Absolutely perfect. Lulu. I am loving the machinery, by

the way. I have had a bit of practice. Let's not speak too soon.

Let's look at Robbie and Ola. I am excited about seeing Robbie in

tails. I hope Robbie doesn't lose heart with Craig's comments last

week. I hope he keeps his confidence high because he could be

really good. His foxtrot technique is excellent. That's only on Monday.

Here the only thing I have a concern about is he is dropping his

arms back behind his back. I would like him to see more of a T-shape

through the body and he drops his arms behind that shape and I would

like to keep the arms up. Taking notes, Robbie? Apart from that his

footwork is impeccable. Let's look at Edwina and Vincent. She had a

cheeky cha-cha last week. She's really loving it. You can see it

through her face. She keeps eye contact with Vincent all the way

through this. How could you not? you can see. She's looking at him

in the eyes and he is looking at her. He is looking at her barnet.

It's beautiful. Vincent's done that purposefully because it keeps her

focus. She keeps her head up by looking at him. It stops her

looking down. It's a very good thing to do in early stages of a

partnership. Very, very good. a romantic dance the foxtrot, if I

remember rightly. This is all lyrical at the beginning, telling a

story. Alex and James. I was a little bit disappointed with her

last week. Really? She has a fabulous body but she was a bit

stiff. That's what the judges said. In the foxtrot she looks more at

home, more relaxed. The only thing I have a concern about is if I show

you here she's actually got her left shoulder far too far forward.

She looks cramped. How should the hold be? Any excuse to get back in

his arms! Right foot. I am standing there, if she can get that shoulder

back and she will have more room for that hand. Where is this hand?

Shoulder back and more room for that hand. See, I am happy now.

That's all I wanted. I can't do the rest. You look gorgeous. You do

strike reu and -- Strictly and your partner leaves and you can't do any

of it. Weddings are an embarrassment. Jason and Kristina.

The golden boy on Saturday. Kristina has been berating Jason

about his neck. She has had him in a a -- braise and everything. --

brace and everything. He has a gorgeous long neck now. Also his

quality of movement, he is going to have another great week this week.

His quality of movement, he strides across the floor as you can see

there. Lovely big strides creating space. Beautiful. Looks amazing.

am impressed with your machinery. Ian Waite! We will cover the salsas

in a little bit. In a minute I will be talking to Nancy and Anton about

their unexpected contime drama on - - costume drama on Saturday. Let's

have a recap. A word of advice, darling, forget props altogether.

It was too long messing abouten the set -- about on the settee thing

but the bit of dancing is good. are the glamour puss of Strictly

this year. I am sure you will be back doing better. It all went

him. We never got a chance to do the dance, if we had it would have

I think an extra huge cheer for Nancy and Anton! APPLAUSE AND

CHEERING. Thank you. Nancy, lovely to have you here. Lovely to be here.

Wardrobe malfunctions, they're part and parcel of Strictly. Would you

like this removed? We will have it burnt. They're dangerous. You want

to keep it? Is that wise? What happened on Saturday, Nancy? What

happened, do you remember? I don't remember what happened. Saturday,

what's that! Well, it was not supposed to come with me afterwards,

it was supposed to stay and then, of course, it's a live show.

followed you. Yes, it was between me and Anton in one way. Already.

Already, yeah, it's unpredictable, like live, that happens. So, yeah,

disappointing. What can you do? Anton, when did you realise it was

all going a bit wrong? Thursday before. I thought this is not going

how I would like. It was fantastic in rehearsal. A shame you weren't

there for that, it was remarkable. We should talk about that. It Takes

Two, as you know, we always have our ears to the ground and this was

no exception. We had our ears close to the ground and this is genius,

this is why Anton is such a pro. When it all started to go wrong he

supported Nancy all the way. He got her through the dance. Look and a

Keep going, keep going. Good, it's going well.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. It was so funny. We have been crying with

laughter. It's when you said "Anton, what are you doing"? Dancing. He

was your knight in shining armour? Yes is the answer to that question.

Of course, yes. Were you disappointed with the scores? It's

the first time Craig has awarded a one for a waltz. It was

disappointing, to be honest I couldn't have cared less really. I

was disappointed we never got a chance to show the dance because it

was lovely. Nancy had been dancing it really well in rehearsal and

sweeping across the floor and the musicality actually was rather good

so I was looking forward to doing it. The boa, the feather boa

constrictor messed it all up a bit and once you go off, it's difficult

to get back on. Especially on the first week. But there you are. I

thought you did well not to completely fall apart. You did well

to pick it up, you got going, I thought you looked lovely by the

way. That's important. Len said you had potential. That's encouraged.

Dismissive there as she was, but encouraged. First of all, I am not

here to show that I am the best dancer, probably I won't be.

not, I think you are. Definitely it's fantastic, probably was great

television. It was great telly, we all agreed. That for me was more

important than probably for Anton. Disappointed because we could have

really danced away we wanted to and I loved the choreography. It was

very good. It was great choreography. Let's leave it behind.

At the beginning, it was really... Good luck with trying to stop.

I speak? Salsa this week. A lot of Latin passions. Nancy is going to

be good at this? A beauty. Go on, girl. Look at that, a natural.

I point out the shoes, how high are your heels there? They're seriously

high to be doing that. They're not high, what are you talking about?

Definitely after Strictly I am going to design new shoes dancing

because it's only thing that's completely unglamorous are the

shoes. I was showing to you today that a little bit higher,

especially for salsa, immediately you are more glamorous, the posture

is right. I have no balance with no high heels. I tell you, I am not

alone in saying that we can not wait for your scorching salsa at

the weekend. It's going to be incredible, heels and all. Good

luck to both of you. Nancy and Anton.

APPLAUSE. She's gorgeous. On Monday we

launched our brand new phoneline and asked you to call in with your

thoughts and opinions on all things Strictly. As if by magic, you did.

We love you. It's Points of You. I thought Anton should have stopped

and asked the judges for a rerun on that. It was the dress and the

costume that that interfered with the dance and it wasn't the

dancers' fault. Thank you, bye. just want to say I really liked

Brendan's new hairstyle on Saturday. Thank you. I think Holly should

have got eight all across the board because she is amazing. Love you,

Zoe. Bye. I want to know did anybody else see Brendan Cole

falling down the stairs on Saturday night?

Karen, we absolutely adore you for spotting Brendan falling and

putting his hand on his chin. Amazing. Our phone lines are open

24/7 for all your comments. Call us any time.

Now it's time for another catch-up with Ian. We are going to do Latin

now. We are going to do the salsa this weekend for our couples. Let's

he is lovely, tall like me, 6'4". He is using it to his ability here.

We are a allowing lifts here. like a good lift. That's going to

use his height and everything else. He looks like a strong boy. He is

going to be good in that dance. Chelsee and Pasha, she wowed the

judges this weekend. Stop it there. Snaky hips. Exactly. Now she's

using her body and mirroring Pasha perfectly. Here he has a nice S-

shape and she has exactly the same. She's using her hips and arms in

co-ordination, which is fantastic. That was only Sunday's training so

that was her first day of salsa. Good stuff. Audley and Natalie.

I was very shocked with Audley last Friday. Good shocked, bad shocked?

He did brilliantly. With this salsa, he can move his body a lot more.

More movement in the body and feet. I would like to stop it there.

has huge feet. His shoes are that big. That's no excuse, darling. He

needs to use his feet more. If he has more feet to use then it's an

advantage, surely. When you say use them more... Actually be more on

the balls of his feet. Use the balls more. And Anita and Robin.

She's having the time of her life, isn't she? She looks like Olivia

Newton John. Stop it here and show you the hips, basically. That's my

main concern. In salsa it's very fluid and there's a lot of movement.

Hip usage. I would like to see her releasing into the hips. She's

going to thank you for drawing a circle around her bottom, as any

woman would! Release the hip, show us the releasing of hip, please.

Well, you are actually releasing into the hip like that. OK. I still

don't think that was close enough. Rory and Erin, he is on the show on

Friday. You know I said about fluidity and rhythm in salsa, this

needs to be more fluid. It's jerky for me. Here he is going to do some

- he is doing the salsa forward and side. Now, if I do this. Circle

around the hips again. He needs to co-ordinate his arms with his hips.

You are going to show us now. The jacket is coming off! He needs to

do... And then the side. That's what we want, Rory. Figure eight

like that, get in there. That's why we love Ian Waite. I have missed

him! Fantastic. A glimpse at Russell and Flavia. I love Russell.

He is flamboyant and exuberant like myself. He is doing more steps. And

he can dance, so why not. He is fantastic. Will you come back next

week? Yes, I sure will. I can't wait. Isn't he gorgeous? Ian Waite!

Have you managed at home to guess who our dancer in disguise is and

what they were dancing? I reckon it's Anton because he is quite

hairy. I have never seen, thank goodness. It's the big reveal. We

It's James Jordan. You should have recognised him doing the rumba, of

course, he loves the rumba. Have you got it right at home? In a

moment I will be joined by Harry and Aliona who impressed all the

judges with a confident debut. was thinking Dirty Harry, make my

day, punk! For me it was too placed, too clean, too straight. As debuts

goes this was very confident. It was a very fit, tight, muscular,

masculine performance, full of confidence and and spunk. I enjoyed

it. I have never been described as Dirty Harry before. I am sure you

have, come on! The first one is out of the way and we can get down to

hard work. Please welcome Harry and Aliona.

You must be so chuffed with how it went on Saturday? I was pleased,

yeah, really pleased. What I was most pleased about was I enjoyed

myself. Because I was worried that I would be so nervous that I

wouldn't enjoy it. But we had fun. You did and Danny and Tom were

there in the front row, did that give you support or make you more

nervous having your friend right there? Tom rung me that morning and

said we are planning on coming but do you want us there? To be honest

it really helped because whilst the VT was playing I saw them and they

looked at me and went come on, mate, so I thought I am going to go for

it and it spurred me on. You did go for it. Mixed judges' comments. Do

you agree with Craig when he said that Harry needs to loosen up his

hips a little bit, is that a fair comment? In general, I listen to

the comments and I respect them, but I don't take them on board.

Karen mentioned it yesterday as well. I do! Well done, Harry. Good

move. Craig, if you are listening. Bless you. We might have spotted

why you are having trouble with the hip movements at the moment, not

necessarily trouble, but we reckon we know why you are not that

comfortable. I have had concerns that I look slightly feminine.

Women hips. I am going to work on that, you know. Go home tonight,

watch Rambo1, 2 and 3, and see how he shakes his hips.

I think Harry is a very butch guy. I don't see why he might think that

he might look like a girl. I am so butch! I will do my hip wiggling

for the guys. If I can do it in front of them I should be able to

do it in front of anyone. I will make them have a go, as well. See

if any of them are as feminine as I want to see the whole band now,

all of you. We have a few seconds left. Straight back into training

on Sunday morning. Good pupil. How is the foxtrot going? You have

given it a new name. I don't know why it's a foxtrot, not that I am

fluid and graceful, but it's a graceful thing and we are doing

this thing with our arms and I made it more look like a swantrot would

skaoeub it -- describe it better. Are you enjoying it? I am, it's a

great experience. Can you keep up the same standard this week?

wants to top last week, so yeah. We are trying. We cannot wait to see

you swantroting. Thank you for coming in. That's all we have time

for. A big thank you to all our guests. Tune in tomorrow at 6.30pm

when I will be chatting to Jason and Kristina, Russell and Flavia,

Edwina and Vincent and getting a preview of what the couples will be

wearing this weekend and if you are a superfan don't forget to look out