Episode 47 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Tuesday. Coming up: Alex and James are here.

Karen Hardy will be getting her teeth into the weekend's routines.

She may look sweet, but she knows how to fight with her feet. Flavia

takes on the Pro Dance Challenge. A fashion designer, Ben De Lisi, will

be critiquing the weekend's outfits. This is Strictly: It Takes Two.

Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello. Welcome to It Takes Two.

Strictly was full of movie magic at the weekend leaving us with plenty

of box office hits to review. I will be chatting to the kind of

people I like to meet - "Pretty Woman" Alex and "Pretty Boy" James.

Here is a reminder of their Saturday night moves. You came out

and sold it. Well done to you. APPLAUSE For me, you have been

consistently improving in this competition. There was a tiny

incident. But I tell you, it doesn't spoil the gorgeousness of

this dance. You have learned how to put sexy into dance. Well done!

comepts were pretty positive. I wish -- the comments were pretty

positive. I wish we could have shown them how good it could have

Luckily for us, she did. Please welcome Alex and James! APPLAUSE

are still here! Congratulations. You did brilliantly on Saturday

night. You seemed so disappointed. What happened out there? Well, I

mean, there was a point. It wasn't going incredibly well from two-

thirds of the way through. The dress got caught in the heel, the

same old. It is annoying when that happens! Then, I glanced at James,

lovingly, and saw him doing something completely different.

was when we were side by side. We were supposed to start on the right

leg. I said to her, it's got to be the right leg! If you do start on

the left, keep going. She started on her left leg. Off we went. Is

this it? Here it comes. Look at the face! I'm smiling. Then she turns

here. Then she came at me on the wrong leg. It was lovely. Listen, I

admit, your choreography was better than mine! That wasn't what we were

supposed to do. LAUGHTER I tell you, I lost the plot by that point! I

didn't know what was going on. good that was! None of us had any -

we were none the wiser. Rachel said, "Alex was the epitome of elegance,

love it!" You were much happier with the scores this week, James?

was. I said to Alex, "I hope they haven't overmarked us this week!" I

want it to be consistent. I was worried because I knew there were a

lot of mistakes in the routine, but I didn't realise how well she did

them wrong! LAUGHTER That shows me how much she has moved on as a

dancer. If that had happened week one to five, you would have freaked

out. I would have stopped! Recue the band! Let's start again.

carried on. And got to the end. I was very proud of you. Thank you.

Still second from the bottom, that must have been tough knowing how so

many of you want to get through to the semifinal. How were you feeling

after the whole evening? That is the disappointment. I had to

convince myself - even if we didn't go, I felt there was a good chance

Robbie and Ola and us would be in the bottom two. Why couldn't we do

a nice dance to go out with? I thought oh no, I can't believe I

have messed our last dance up! I believed we were off. When you

heard your names called out... First! I know. How good is that?

Shock. You can see me mouthing to James, "How did that happen?"

LAUGHTER You said to Claudia, you wanted a recount because you were

worried it wasn't true. Have they counted the votes wrong?! It was a

brilliant feeling. Just so grateful that obviously my choreography

worked well. LAUGHTER Oh no... can choreograph this week! We must

talk about your bruised ribs. Going up into that incredible lift, you

have bruised your ribs. How much pain were you in? Quite a lot. A

few painkillers were taken before. It is part and parcel of the

experience. You can't go 13 weeks when I have no clue what I am doing.

He has this habit of telling me what's going to happen! I stiffen

like a board. It is natural there is going to be... It's the

intercostal muscles. It was very painful. I kept saying I didn't

want to talk about it. I don't like going for the sympathy vote.

Toughen up! Is he being serious? Take the pain. And take a couple of

pills, you'll be wonderful. You were? Na is why I went on the wrong

foot! LAUGHTER -- That is why I went on the wrong foot! This week,

waltz and salsa. Sounds lovely. Waltz, lovely dance. In hold,

beautiful. Salsa, I just think - shall we freestyle it? You are good

at that! Alex's choreography! LAUGHTER He gets scared! I didn't

know what a salsa looked like until this morning. Your friends go,

"Let's go to salsa nights!" No. I'm gutted I didn't go. You have worked

miracles before. There is only three places in the final. How much

do you want to be in that final? Well, now that we have got this far,

it would be incredible, just as well to shut you up! I'm joking.

You have had so much patience and we have had such a laugh. To be

able to enjoy the experience to the end would be the perfect outcome. I

mean, as you say, there's incredible dancers left. Only three

places. There is more chance of hell freezing over than us being

there. You have said that before. You never know! We couldn't help

but notice during that dance the Pretty Woman nod he gave you a box

of jewels. This is what we think perhaps James should have given you

on Saturday. It is not a spider? Open it up. Yes! It is your very

own James Jordan medallion which you must wear with pride at all

times. Look at how good I was! will never pull this off! LAUGHTER

We want to see that on The One Show tomorrow. Can you wear that

tomorrow? Yes! I bet you don't! Say now on TV that you will wear that

on The One Show. I will wear it on The One Show! Good luck. Alex and

James. APPLAUSE In a moment, we will be finding out how Flavia

fared in this week's Pro Dance Challenge. Our experts are great

gossipers but who are they talking about. This dancer was born and

raised in Poland but lives in England. This dancer claims her

favourite pastime is yoga, I know better, it is shopping! This dancer

was once accidentally headbutted by her celebrity dance parter. She is

best-known for her sexy dance routines. This person is always

telling me off! She can get away with it. Who do you think it is?

Find out later in the show. In over a week-and-a-half, one couple will

walk away with the glitterball trophy. The prize our professionals

want to win is the It Takes Two Pro Dance Challenge. It is time to

welcome our next contender, Flavia "Fast Feet" Cacace. APPLAUSE Hello,

Flavia. Welcome back. What a frock! Thank you. How nervous were you

before the Pro Dance Challenge? was really nervous. I was the first

one to do it. I got dl in the morning. I thought it was going --

I got there in the morning. I thought it was going to be a bit of

fun. There's all these serious people there. This is a world

record. I know. It is a serious business. We had this square

dancefloor and they told me the rules and they said if you don't do

it correct, we will deduct points. OK. Shall we see how you have done?

No. You are desperate to know! It is time to see how you did in your

Guinness World Record Botafogo Challenge. Let's take a look.

have the world record at stake. The most botafogos in 30 seconds. We

As a competitive dancer, to have a world record would be pretty

special. It would be another thing to tick off the list. Will the next

challenger please come to the floor? Hello, Flavia. Hello.

nervous? No. I'm going to wish you all the luck in the world. Thank

you very much. Please take to the floor. Dancer ready? Adjudicator

ready? Ready. For the record, three, How did you find that? Good. A good

workout. You were tearing up the floor! Fantastic work. Really well

done. Thank you. Precise. Thank you. I have no idea if I have the world

record. I went as fast as I could in the space that I had. I'm going

to keep my fingers crossed. APPLAUSE You could barely look at

the screen. Top at the moment is Pasha with 65. He is fast! Do you

think you could have beaten him? I don't know. I have no idea. 65

sounds a lot. OK. Shall we find out? Can I hide? Flavia, your

botafogos have been counted and verified. Oh no! How do I find out?

Where do I look? I can now reveal Flavia your result. You received

two disqualifications giving you a total of - cushion-down - 67

botafogos! Wooh! Look, lady, at the leaderboard. You are the top.

Well done. You still have Brendan, Artem and James... That says it all.

Who would be the top out of those three? Brendan went mad. Doesn't

mean... All I am hoping is he got lots of disqualifications. James is

always up for a challenge. Artem would be quite precise. I don't

know. I have a feeling it will be one of the boys. Give it up for

Flavia! APPLAUSE Give my love to Russell. I will. At the weekend,

the Strictly dancefloor almost froze over when Craig complimented

everyone. Was our choreography critic, Karen Hardy, impressed?

Here is our girl, Karen Hardy! the music! APPLAUSE Can't be The

Monkeys! On the whole, Karen, did movie week deliver? It delivered

far and beyond anybody's expectation, including mine. One

great big fight and it will be all the way to the final! It is so

gripping. I think we got a happy from Craig, did we not? Craig

seemed pleased. Let's start talking about the routines from Saturday.

"The comeback kid"s, Holly and Artem in their paso doble. Such a

great night for Holly. A disagreement between Bruno and

Craig about her looking down and whether that is a paso thing?

simple, in a nutshell, basically, we dance the paso doble, which is

depicting a bullfight. The audience is up in the air. The eye line

should be up to where the audience are, we have the flamenco work here.

Once you start flamenco work it is an influence within the dance of

paso doble. The entire dance is not flamenco. When we do a lot of

flamenco work the eyes are down. The important thing we were looking

for from her here, the great choreography I got to say,

fantastic... Well done, Artem! you are going to do the flamenco

you have to finish with the grand elevation out to that audience of

the bull ring. Yes. And then the audience. That is the big thing we

work on. The main thing I loved here, he brought some great

choreography into this. There was a moment where we had no music at all

and then she was having to keep the beats going. Oh! Fabulous! That was

clever. Very difficult to do. and Kristina and their American

Smooth. A bit of a shocker that Jason was in the bottom two. In

hindsight, do you think it was a mistake for Jason to try and

replicate Gene Kelly's moves? at all. To be given that

opportunity, to show the youngsters this great music, this great

choreography, that they wouldn't have seen from back in the 1950s,

this is what I want you to look at. The brolly lift! The brolly! Now,

how I relate to that, that is like having three people in a

partnership now. You have Jason, Kristina and the umbrella. That

means three people, three of those, one of those could go wrong. Could

have missed the umbrella, could have got the connection wrong.

What's important for me to highlight here, an American Smooth

is all about the lift work. Don't think it is more difficult for the

ladies than it is for the men. The male celebrities if they get the

timings wrong, if they get the connections wrong, and if they

remember - they haven't had their Shreddies, the lady goes nowhere!

Jason should remain a front-runner. I was upset to see him down there.

The thing to highlight, a competition is not only about how

much you are improving yourself, you have to watch what all the

others are doing. Keep an eye on the competition. Alesha was in the

bottom two and she went on to win. Exactly. Don't assume they are

making it. Harry and Aliona did an incredible rumba. Alesha said one

of the best she has seen on a male celebrity for a long time. He still

hard for a male and how did you think he coped? Harry was fantastic.

Aliona with her choreography, again, my gosh, she is on a roll! Look at

this, he does not stop. He is assertive. I will die for you! I'll

pertrued my chest for you! The secret to this rumba, when a male

celebrity is dancing it, you do not make them static at any time. You

keep them active, assertive. We had everything from the body moving,

the arms moving, dropping into lines, elevations. For me, that was

a top rumba. I was shocked to see him in fourth. Chelsee and Pasha's

jive. Jam-packed with content. loved this jive! It was brilliant.

How tight is this competition? know. Everybody brought something

great. This is what I want to show you. Kick, kick, but there is is a

slow-motion, see that bit there, that... What do you call those?

It's kicks but it is what we dropped in our era. It took a lot

of work. I'm going to show you! I have the worst outfit ever! I will

do the impossible. This is a normal jive kick that we can get a lot of

effect from. She kicks forward, twists back, kicks forward, twists

back, all on one foot. At high speed. How you jump up-and-down at

the same time and you twist your body. APPLAUSE That is why she is a

goddess! Everyone said I should come back and dance, they should go

quiet now! Moment over. Semifinal this weekend. I can't sleep at

night. Two dances for our couples. What would your advice be to them

this week? They eyes are on the final? It is a lot of psychology

versus physical energy now. Your mind is saying I'm exhausted but

the mind is also saying I have a chance now. It is only now that you

suddenly believe I could make that final. Then you know what it takes

to make that final. And suddenly you feel there is this heavyweight

on you. Don't think about anything else. You deliver the steps you

practice. It will be over in a heart beat. I can't wait! Will you

see us next week? I will be here. Karen Hardy! APPLAUSE Now, believe

it or not, the quickstep has been performed on Strictly over 75 times.

Mastering this speedy dance is no mean feat. Here is Erin Boag with

her tips on creating the perfect Hi, it is me, Erin Boag. Welcome to

my step by step guide of my favourite ballroom dance, the

quickstep. I love the quickstep more than any other dance because

it is full of energy, it is fast and it is fun to do. Three very

popular steps you would see in the quickstep on Strictly Come Dancing

are the Charleston. The Lockstep is done going forward or backward in

hold. You can do a single lock, or maybe a double lock, or you can do

a pepper pot. It gets harder and harder. You definitely see it in

probably every quickstep that is ever done on Strictly. Quickstep

Runs, couples are in promenade position, they are facing the same

way and they run down the side of the floor. There's so many

different variations of a kick and rush. Be in tune and dance with

your partner in harmony. If you are doing different things but your

body is together, it will be a disaster. My favourite quickstep of

all time was the Christmas Special with Colin Jackson and he received

four tens. We were perfectly in harmony with each other. Colin

Jackson is probably the King of the Quickstep! I hope you have enjoyed

my step to step guide of the quickstep. I love it. Bye! Action

Jackson! Thank you, Erin. Have you guessed who wur professionals were

talking about? -- were our professionals were talking about?

Did you guess it? It was me! Cheeky Mrs Jordan. Strictly was

reminiscent of the Oscars. Pasha dressed as Shrek! Ben De Lisi will

be reviewing the weekend's frocks. Here is is a reminder of Saturday's

show-stealing looks. Please welcome Ben De Lisi and our resident

fashion fact expert, Oonagh O'Hagan. She is senior fashion editor at

Central St Martin's. First, Chelsee. Was this an outfit suitable for a

princess? I loved this one. One of the reasons I loved this was that

amazing bright green which was brighter than the colours we

associate with Shrek. I loved it. It reminded me of a designer who

used a neoc lace and he's done loads of stuff. I loved it. Give me

some more details about what was going on in Chelsee's frock? --

neon. We are looking at the bodice here. The beads gave it texture.

Then there was that skirt, where it is all about the legs and the

bounce. It enhanced and added to the movement of that dance.

little bit longer than your traditional jive dresses? That's

right. It was longer to give it that princess feel. You had the

layers, like Ben was saying. It had the godets in. All these crystals.

There were three colours to give it depth and 4,000 crystals altogether.

There's a fact! I know. Stamp it with a big fact stamp! Such an

energetic dance. This will hit the High Streets any moment now! I love

a green man! I had heard that about you! Let's talk about Alex and her

American Smooth dress. Very reminiscent to one Julia Roberts

wore in Pretty Woman? It is very similar but not exactly the same

and that is because this dress has a function - she has to dance in

it! You might have this in the movie, you can see here it is off

the shoulder, but it's got - we can make a comparison. It has this

halterneck as well to hold everything in place. That goes

round the back as well. For support. It is reminiscent but they have to

tailor it to the needs of the dancer. You can see this beautiful

sweeping back here. I loved this one. They are not randomly put on,

they have this pattern. It is very beautiful. Very classy. Look at

you! It is all about the glamour, the American Smooth. How did that,

this dress, capture that for you, Ben? It was considered and very

precise, all the beading was very accurately done. It had the sort of

a tapestry effect. The skirt, to me, not having seen it close up, looked

like it was a full circular skirt that had a tape to it. You do need

that halterneck to keep everything. I thought the very low back had a

really alluring slant to it. Holly's dress from her paso doble

with Zorro. It is here in the studio. How did this style help

with the drama of the dance? It was that high split I think. It was

Catherine Zeta Jones. That was genius. On television, it looked

velvet because of the sheen to the fabric, but then it is not velvet,

it is a satin Lycra which is really lofty and heavy. It swings. I think

that whole edging of red just sort of made you think of a swish of a

sword! The slashes to it. That was spot on! Great. Didn't she have her

the bottom half of the dress changed at the last minute on the

Friday? Yes, I know. They had to do it on the Friday because she had

been in rehearsal using a flamenco skirt which she loved. They had to

re-make it with this paired-down layers. It's quite a modern take on

the flamenco. You have the traditional colours, but less of

the layers. I loved the hem because it looked like a gymnastic ribbon.

I used to do that! I was brilliant! That is another show! Thank you so

much for coming back, Ben. Looking gorgeous! I am liking the country

look. Oonagh, one more week next week. I'll come back. Ben De Lisi

and Oonagh O'Hagan. APPLAUSE Thank you to all my guests tonight. Join

me tomorrow on BBC Two whenly be chatting to Harry and Aliona and