:00:13. > :00:17.It's the Friday before the semi- finals. They packed a punch with
:00:17. > :00:23.their paso. Have they got enough fight to get to the final? I will
:00:23. > :00:28.drop into the BBC One studio for a sneak peek of the samba. The boss
:00:28. > :00:38.of the ballroom, Mr Goodman answers your questions in Len's dance
:00:38. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:19.Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly It Takes Two. Here's
:01:19. > :01:23.Zoe. Hello. Hello. Welcome to It Takes
:01:23. > :01:30.Two. There is an air of pure excitement in the studio tonight,
:01:30. > :01:34.as you can hear, because in 23 hours, 58 minutes and 35 seconds,
:01:34. > :01:39.our Famous Five will hit the Strictly dance floor and the semi-
:01:39. > :01:45.finals will commence. One couple who are in it to win it
:01:45. > :01:52.are Holly and Artem. I will chat to them live, right after this
:01:52. > :02:01.reminder of their stomping paso doble.
:02:01. > :02:05.Finally Holly, you Spanish sorceress. Your hands and arms were
:02:05. > :02:10.superb. You have stepped it up a notch. Good for you! This is not
:02:10. > :02:16.about where you start, it's where you finish and I tell you, you're
:02:16. > :02:22.finishing strong. That, my drlling must be your personal -- my darling
:02:22. > :02:25.must be your personal best. We got two tens. That's a perfect
:02:25. > :02:30.score! We have been in the bottom two for
:02:30. > :02:35.two weeks. We had to bring it and bring it strong. It was awesome. We
:02:35. > :02:43.got a standing ovation. Two tens, unbelievable!
:02:43. > :02:48.Please welcome the come-back kids, Holly and Artem.
:02:48. > :02:53.We thought you'd still be holding your certificate. I wanted to.
:02:53. > :02:58.James was so jealous, I decided not to bring it. Holly, last weekend
:02:58. > :03:02.you needed to pull it out of the bag and boy, did you show us all.
:03:02. > :03:09.An amazing dance, great comments. Craig said your personal best.
:03:09. > :03:19.There is proof of how good it is, you are now officially joint
:03:19. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:26.highest record holder with Austin Healey for the best paso doble on
:03:26. > :03:30.Strictly ever. You have beaten Emma Bunton and even Kara as well.
:03:30. > :03:37.she's good. She was good. She's still good. How did it feel out
:03:37. > :03:41.there last weekend? I loved every second of it. I went out fighting.
:03:41. > :03:46.I loved the choreography. I thought if we go out, we'll go out with a
:03:46. > :03:53.bang. And you didn't. You are still here. Thank goodness! People love
:03:53. > :03:56.you and they loved that dance last weekend. You are not as
:03:56. > :04:02.complimentary about yourself. watch myself and think it looks
:04:02. > :04:08.like a dog's breakfast most of the time. Do I look like a gooz during
:04:08. > :04:15.that bit. I have turned into an elephant. I look like a rag doll. I
:04:15. > :04:22.am gripping on like a monkey. No, I am the hunchback, I thought. That
:04:22. > :04:25.leg looked like a dog weeing on a lamppost. I feel like a dog chasing
:04:25. > :04:30.its own tail. The reason I am doing that is because in my head I know I
:04:30. > :04:37.am kicking back like a horse. It is like a cat in a cage, that is what
:04:37. > :04:45.I'm going to look like. You are hilarious. I do love it. Yesterday
:04:45. > :04:52.you tweetded to your fellow celebrities, "is anyone else having
:04:52. > :05:01.trouble walking. Even my eyelashes hurt." I went down stairs last
:05:01. > :05:07.night backwards. My boyfriend when, What are you doing? You have the
:05:07. > :05:13.Argentine tango and the charleston. You will dance to this music.
:05:13. > :05:22.In case you recognise it Arnold Schwarzenegger did a tango to that
:05:22. > :05:27.music in True Lies. It is in three or four films.
:05:27. > :05:35.Chelsee was criticised for not having enough intensity. They were
:05:35. > :05:41.criticised for not having enough intensity in their Argentine tango.
:05:41. > :05:47.How are you doing? We may get some of our own complaints. Can we see
:05:47. > :05:54.the passionate look between you? That will.... That will do it!
:05:54. > :05:58.Artem, what is Holly's biggest... In goes a round of applause! What
:05:58. > :06:03.is her biggest challenge with the Argentine tang go? I think we have
:06:03. > :06:09.a challenge in the Charleston. it all comes out, doesn't it?
:06:09. > :06:16.have made it through 11 weeks and now it goes wrong. This is what you
:06:16. > :06:21.are dancing to. A nice modern take there. It requires a lot of over
:06:21. > :06:27.the top characterisation. You are very laid back. How are you getting
:06:27. > :06:32.on? This is annoying me all this laid back stuff. If you cut my head
:06:32. > :06:38.off I'm doing the amount of hard work, if not more with all the
:06:38. > :06:48.stuff, I can not ham things. I am probably just a bit... What is a
:06:48. > :06:52.British thing. I am basically beige. You are so complimentary about
:06:52. > :06:56.yourself! Is it going well? It is a party tune. We want to get the
:06:56. > :07:02.party started. This could be it. I am grateful, I cannot believe we've
:07:02. > :07:07.got this far any way - we want to have a party, giggle. Kick some
:07:07. > :07:12.flicks. Do all that stuff. It is being muted as the toughest semi-
:07:12. > :07:19.final yet in Strictly history. How are you feeling about the yds that
:07:19. > :07:23.two couples will go home this -- fact that two couples will go home
:07:23. > :07:29.this weekend? It is OK if we go out because it is further than we
:07:29. > :07:34.thought we'd get. How will you get the judges' scores up? How will you
:07:34. > :07:41.make sure you are in the final, Artem? I don't know. You are
:07:41. > :07:45.exhausted. He's saving it all... There is a lady at the back saying
:07:45. > :07:51."Ah!" don't feel sorry for him, this is his profession. How much do
:07:51. > :07:53.you want to be on the black board? A lot, if it doesn't kill us first.
:07:53. > :07:59.Holly and Artem. APPLAUSE
:07:59. > :08:04.Come on! So excited. Now we have a very
:08:04. > :08:10.extra special Friday treat for you. All series this man has been
:08:10. > :08:20.critiquing our celebrities, now for one night only Len Goodman is
:08:20. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:32.answering your dance dilemmas in He's the first man you want on the
:08:32. > :08:39.scene of a dance emergency, please welcome Len Goodman.
:08:39. > :08:46.Thank you so much, Len. I shall go here and perch. It is wonderful to
:08:46. > :08:51.have you here. Thank goodness Russell Grant has not sat on one of
:08:51. > :08:57.these! You will answer some viewers' questions for us. What is
:08:57. > :09:02.the Dance Clinic ailment that bugs you most? Technique. It is in all
:09:02. > :09:08.the forms, the posture, the hold, all the technical fuddy-duddy
:09:08. > :09:12.things that I am picky about. So technique. Let's work on some. The
:09:12. > :09:17.first question: We do a lot of cruising and find the dance law is
:09:17. > :09:22.a little smaller than we are used to. How can we best modify your
:09:22. > :09:26.dancing style to make best use of the space available yet still
:09:26. > :09:34.appear graceful. That is from Julian. Doing a bit of cruising,
:09:34. > :09:38.are you. I guessed he would be. Julian, it's like driving your car.
:09:38. > :09:42.You know, obviously we'd like lots of room and we can swan along at
:09:42. > :09:47.the speed we want, but that doesn't happen when you're on a cruise
:09:47. > :09:51.liner or whatever. The floor's going to be crowded, so you have to
:09:51. > :09:55.modulate where you can. You move swiftly on.
:09:55. > :10:00.A little bit of congestion, then you... But even so, you can still
:10:00. > :10:04.be thinking about your posture and this and that. Then, when a gap
:10:04. > :10:10.comes along, off you go again. You have to cut your cloth to suit the
:10:10. > :10:16.customer and the floor. Question answered. Next question is from
:10:16. > :10:21.Nick. My question is: When I do my ballroom dances, the quickstep and
:10:21. > :10:25.so on, I get told that my hands are in the wrong place. Could you
:10:25. > :10:31.demonstrate a good hold for me, please?
:10:31. > :10:35.A good hold. Nick looks quite a burley chap. Well he did. Well
:10:36. > :10:42.built. Well built and burley. First of all, your hold will change with
:10:42. > :10:47.the height of your partner. You would not hold them if they are
:10:47. > :10:54.small as you would someone who is tall. It is about balance. If I
:10:54. > :11:02.take hold of you. Please take hold of me - someone should! I would
:11:02. > :11:08.locate your brassier. The back of And then, this arm, this hand
:11:08. > :11:12.should be up. What we want then, if I moved, so they see my back, the
:11:12. > :11:16.distance from my spine to my right elbow should be basically the same
:11:16. > :11:20.as the distance from the spine to my left elbow. That's what gives
:11:20. > :11:25.you balance in the hold. Now, if I had a very small person, of course
:11:25. > :11:31.this hand would have to come a little.... If I was like that.
:11:31. > :11:37.I am down a bit. This hand wants to be adjacent to your nose with you I
:11:37. > :11:46.am up here. With this one, I'm down here. I am not sure how long I can
:11:46. > :11:51.hold that pose. Oh, my ties! A, to -- Oh my thighs. A, to it is
:11:51. > :11:57.to do with your partner and B to do with your hold. Another question: I
:11:57. > :12:01.seem to struggle doing the tang go and making my move -- tango and
:12:01. > :12:05.making my moves look quick. What we are talking about is the sharpness.
:12:05. > :12:08.It's partly to do with the head, especially the lady's head and
:12:08. > :12:14.partly to do with the feet. The feet should have this, what we call
:12:14. > :12:20.a delayed foot action. You don't just close up, you snap it closed.
:12:20. > :12:26.Now what I will do is I'll do a step called "the link" with you.
:12:26. > :12:29.What I will ask you to do is move that glass stall backwards.
:12:29. > :12:34.Of course the tango hold is different. This hand is going under
:12:34. > :12:40.this. This is here. I vaguely remember. I go down. You will go
:12:40. > :12:45.back with your right leg. Step it back. Step to the side.
:12:45. > :12:50.As we do this, your head is going from the left to the right.
:12:51. > :12:54.Let's do that again. It's been a while. I am a bit rusty.
:12:54. > :13:01.As you step to the side jerk that head around.
:13:01. > :13:08.No.... Bigger step. It is my massive feet. Sorry, Len. Step it
:13:08. > :13:13.back. Not yet. Go! How was that? Now we're in promenade position.
:13:13. > :13:23.This is side by side. Let's do it once more. It's all
:13:23. > :13:29.about your head and ya-da! Whooo-hoo!
:13:29. > :13:33.Here we go. Let's hear it for Len. Thank you, Sir. My pleasure! Just
:13:33. > :13:43.for fun, for you at home, can you guess which one of our pros is
:13:43. > :13:52.
:13:52. > :13:56.Dancers in disgieds. -- disguise.
:13:56. > :14:03.# Do you come from the land Down Under? #
:14:03. > :14:07.Find out later in the show! Who is the little roo!? Now it is
:14:07. > :14:16.time for our last Friday Panel of the serri.
:14:16. > :14:24.It's a -- series. You are in for a treat as we welcome Su Pollard.
:14:24. > :14:34.Chart topper Pixie Lott and Mr Entertainment, Lionel Blair.
:14:34. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:41.Entertainment, Lionel Blair. Welcome.
:14:41. > :14:48.I have loved the series. It has been a Corker. Su, you are doing
:14:48. > :14:53.the Christmas special. My dear, talk about anxiety. I had
:14:53. > :14:58.the wrong pair of shoes. If your shoes don't fit in the right pair
:14:58. > :15:04.you cannot do your steps. I had pointed shoes, I said, this is
:15:04. > :15:08.going to be no good. Can I sing? They got me a pair. I improved, I
:15:08. > :15:13.am happy to say, but not enough. can't wait! There you are in your
:15:13. > :15:17.frock though. Did you get to keep that? That is incredible. I think
:15:17. > :15:22.it's going to an old people's home or something. It will be on
:15:23. > :15:29.Christmas Day. You will not want to miss it. Holly danced to Cry Me Out
:15:29. > :15:36.on the show. She did her Viennese waltz to it. How is it to hear Dave
:15:36. > :15:41.Arch and his band perform one of your numbers on the show? Fpbl
:15:41. > :15:50.Twitter went -- My Twitter went crazy.
:15:50. > :15:55.She is a great talent and so young. We saw you on the series helping
:15:55. > :15:59.out Rory. He did his best dance out Rory. He did his best dance
:15:59. > :16:04.that week. D It has been one of the best series from the point of the
:16:04. > :16:08.non-dancers, improved so quickly. Quicker than any other series. You
:16:08. > :16:13.were wonderful,vy to tell you. You're pretty good yourself!
:16:13. > :16:17.I have to say. They did improve very quickly. The last five are
:16:17. > :16:22.really terrific. They are really good. Let's look at them. Semi-
:16:22. > :16:27.finals tomorrow. They are all tackling two dancers. First we will
:16:27. > :16:32.talk about Chelsee and Pasha. Let's see their paso training. Here they
:16:32. > :16:38.are, paso doble, this will be good for Chelsee. They are dancing to
:16:38. > :16:43.this music. Like it! What do you think - can Chelsee get
:16:43. > :16:49.to grips with the dominant paso, do you think? I think she can. The
:16:49. > :16:54.paso doble it's a feisty one, isn't it. Didn't you do it? I used to do
:16:54. > :16:59.ballroom and Latin when I was ten. I used to do little competitions. I
:16:59. > :17:07.remember doing the paso doble. It is fiery. She's an actress....
:17:07. > :17:11.thing I love about Chelsee is she finishes her step, zoom. She has a
:17:11. > :17:16.sharpiest to her which is very -- sharpness to her which is very
:17:16. > :17:23.important. Her hands are beautiful as well. They are dancing to this
:17:23. > :17:26.music. It's Cyndi Lauper. What do you want to see in American smooth?
:17:26. > :17:34.Smooth and they have smooth. For the youngest couple, they are
:17:34. > :17:38.terrific. As I say, she moves it beautifully. What do you think
:17:38. > :17:42.about the romance here? Straight away as long as you can get a
:17:42. > :17:49.characterisation, she does not is to be who she is in real life, she
:17:49. > :17:58.takes on a character. Are vow have you -- have you seen how her whole
:17:58. > :18:03.body is fluid. Mine is like this. I'm loving having you here! Let's
:18:03. > :18:07.look at Harry and Aliona. Here's their charleston training. This is
:18:07. > :18:13.the music they are dancing to. I can see you are desperate to say
:18:13. > :18:17.something about Harry. This is Peggy Lee.
:18:17. > :18:21.He is unbelievable. The wonderful thing, the reason I think he's so
:18:21. > :18:26.good, when you play the drums you do that with your feet and that
:18:26. > :18:31.with your hands. The co-ordination. And hands. He's got to give it a
:18:31. > :18:39.bit up here then he'll get it. not ugly.
:18:39. > :18:45.He's all right on the eyes. It must be all right to have somebody
:18:45. > :18:54.holding you, when you think "You're all right, mate." He wants to beat
:18:54. > :18:59.his partner who has just won the jungle. Yes, King of the Jungle.
:18:59. > :19:06.They are dancing to this year's Love.
:19:06. > :19:10.-- This Year's Love. I had no idea. McFly are not known
:19:10. > :19:15.for dancing, they rock out on stage. I had no idea that he could dance
:19:16. > :19:23.like that. Do you think at future McFly gigs they will all be dancing
:19:23. > :19:28.- a different crowd in the audience. Let's look at al election and James,
:19:28. > :19:34.who are doing -- Alex and James, who are doing the salsafplt this is
:19:34. > :19:43.what they are dancing to in the salsa. Would this get your hips
:19:43. > :19:46.going? Come on. Oh, yes! You won't see this anywhere else
:19:46. > :19:54.this time on a Friday night. know what is so good about that,
:19:54. > :19:58.you are in a sex pot, hopefully if you have got one. Your inner sex-
:19:58. > :20:01.pod makes you want to get the rhythm. If you don't have any fun
:20:02. > :20:05.with that, then that is really sad. To watch that I think it will be
:20:05. > :20:09.stunning. It will be stunning. Come on, Alex.
:20:09. > :20:13.They are doing the waltz and dancing to a Aretha Franklin
:20:14. > :20:18.classic, written by Carol King, who was on The One Show this week. Are
:20:18. > :20:22.you a fan of this song? What do you think of her steps? I am a massive
:20:22. > :20:27.fan of this song. When you get to dance to such a great song it is
:20:27. > :20:32.such a great motive. The steps follow. I am a massive
:20:32. > :20:38.fan of the song. When it sweeps like that you want to sweep along.
:20:38. > :20:43.She does sweeping really well. It is what it may come to. You
:20:43. > :20:49.dance with Anton on the Christmas special. What is it like to be in
:20:49. > :20:59.the arms of a pro dancer? Straight away, he said "Su, follow me. I
:20:59. > :21:02.will take you. I lead." I kept forgeten. I said you're Butch, I'm
:21:02. > :21:12.Fem. I was always dancing with the girls there were no blokes at
:21:12. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:18.school. It is a nightmare. He is so confident. He said, "Don't look
:21:18. > :21:24.down." Anybody to win or not, to take part and come this far and not
:21:24. > :21:33.have discipline like this ever.... It is hard. Jason and Kristina this
:21:33. > :21:36.week take on the argentin tango and the samba. Here is their --
:21:36. > :21:45.Argentine tango and the samba. Here it is.
:21:45. > :21:51.It is very good. I would like his flick to be flickier. He's improved
:21:51. > :21:58.enormously! He's got to have more... And forget counting the steps -
:21:58. > :22:02.he's got to dance. Live it in the face. Look who he is dancing with.
:22:02. > :22:08.They are all doing the samba, which we will see a sneak preview of
:22:08. > :22:16.later on. Oh, wow!
:22:16. > :22:21.They are liking it. Su is happy with that. Holly and Artem are
:22:21. > :22:31.doing the charleston and the Argentine tango. They are dancing
:22:31. > :22:34.
:22:35. > :22:40.here to Americano. Oh, it's gone. Never mind we've lost the CD.
:22:40. > :22:45.did that record Kiss Kiss. She should do that. How do you think it
:22:45. > :22:49.will go - will it be good for Holly? I think absolutely excellent.
:22:49. > :22:56.I can have... I don't want to give too much away, but in conversation
:22:56. > :23:01.with Holly, she thinks, she loves You all ought to tell me at the
:23:01. > :23:10.same time who you want to win? Harry.
:23:10. > :23:16.Such a great panel. APPLAUSE Amazing. Next up we get an
:23:17. > :23:26.exclusive peak. The final is nearly upon us. All they want to do is
:23:27. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:48.# Stay now # Baby, if you've got to go away
:23:48. > :23:55.# Don't think I can take the pain # Won't you stay another day
:23:55. > :24:01.# Stay now # Stay now # Don't you know we've
:24:01. > :24:11.come too far now # Just to go and try to throw it
:24:11. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:22.all away 8 # Thought I heard you say you loved
:24:22. > :24:32.# That your love was going to be here to stay
:24:32. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:37.# I've only just began to know you # All I can say is won't you stay
:24:37. > :24:44.just one more day # Stay now
:24:44. > :24:51.# Baby, if you've got to go away # Don't think I could take the pain
:24:51. > :24:59.# Won't you stay another day # Stay now
:24:59. > :25:03.Stay # Don't leave me alone like this
:25:03. > :25:13.# Stay for a final kiss # Would you stay another day
:25:13. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:39.# Stay now D they are, your five semi-
:25:39. > :25:43.finalists. I think you would agree, telly gold. I have popped to the
:25:43. > :25:49.BBC One studio for the last time. This time last week the whole of
:25:49. > :25:53.the circus will be up at the ballroom. We have a special next
:25:54. > :26:01.week for you live from Tess's area. I thought I would come and get
:26:01. > :26:04.acquainted. Jason Donovan and Kristina Rihanoff
:26:05. > :26:08.are here. Are you more nervous than before? I think in a funny way,
:26:08. > :26:13.having been in the position we were in last week, we are going to go
:26:13. > :26:18.for it this week. Have some fun and enjoy ourselves. You are doing the
:26:18. > :26:24.samba. I did have a sneaky look around the corner earlier on. I
:26:24. > :26:33.want to do a samba check for you. Promenade runs? Check. The frilling
:26:33. > :26:38.of the skirt? Check. Vol ters? Just say yes. It will be a whole in one.
:26:38. > :26:44.Fingers crossed. Are you enjoying it? I soo to say the run-through --
:26:44. > :26:47.I have to say the run-through today has been a pleasure. Whatever
:26:47. > :26:52.happens, this weekend that will be the last time you dance in this
:26:52. > :26:58.studio here, here in London. Sad times. How does that make you feel?
:26:58. > :27:02.I have done some shows during my time. The atmosphere here on a
:27:02. > :27:06.Saturday night is unbelievable. Maybe it is due to anxiety. Nervous,
:27:06. > :27:12.shock and fear. You know, it's a wonderful show. I'm very proud to
:27:12. > :27:16.have been part of it, to work with this one. She is good. You are a
:27:16. > :27:21.very lucky boy. You had a sneaky look at the competition. Do you
:27:21. > :27:28.look at the dancers and get an idea? We were in a bubble today. We
:27:28. > :27:34.enjoyed our run-through. It was great. We had a fun dance. You are
:27:34. > :27:39.dancing to the Jackson Five. It is a happy tune. Listen, good luck
:27:39. > :27:48.this weekend. I will be your alarm call tomorrow morning. I will speak
:27:48. > :27:55.to you on my radio show. 6-8am. I will wake you up. You will give us
:27:55. > :28:05.a sneaky peek of the samba. While they prepare themselves we'll
:28:05. > :28:12.
:28:12. > :28:19.have a reminder of who was dancing Who needs Skippy when you have
:28:19. > :28:29.Robin Windsor? As promised, you can have a sneaky peek of the samba, as
:28:29. > :28:29.
:28:29. > :29:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds