Episode 52 Strictly - It Takes Two

It's Tuesday. Komenting up on the show. It was 40 love for Chelsee

and Pasha. I get the low down on their perfect paso. Karen Hardy is

spoilt for choice and in the final top of the frocks, Julia McDonald

critiques the weekend's outfits. This is strictly It Takes Two.

Please welcome your host, it's Zoe Ball!

Ola! Can you believe it? We now have our three finalists and the

trophy awaits in the Blackpool Tower ballroom. First, our couples

must perfect four - yes, that's four - different dances. Chelsee

and Pasha wowed the judges at the weekend and they are here next.

Here is a reminder of how they booked their place in the final.

was like the Chelsee Flower Show. Your arms are absolutely exwas zit.

Takes us years and years to be able to master that and you have that

natural -- exquisite. Thafrpblgts was absolutely A -- that was

absolutely amazing. When I see the paso performed properly, I love the

shaping of it. It was fantastic. I'm a little bit speechless. I

don't think you realise how good you are! That was so amazing.

didn't expect that one bit. I can't even explain how I'm feeling, just

amazing. I think she was still shaking right afterwards like she

couldn't believe it. Speechless, honestly. Please welcome our first

Strictly finalists, Chelsee and Pasha!

Well done, well done, well done. So exciting! Online, Ben says, Chelsee

was outstanding, get that girl to Blackpool now! Has it dawned on you

yet that you could be the Strictly champion this year? Erm, I'm just

kind of thinking that I'm in the final, I still have to pinch myself

because I'm in the final. I didn't think that I would have got this

far, so just to even be in the final, I'm not thinking that I

could be crowned yet because I don't know whether I could be, I'm

just in the final. I love you though, it's so exciting! How are

you feeling about it all, Pasha and how good was Saturday night for

you? Well, Saturday night was great, the first 40. I know. It was

amazing because when Craig pulled out the ten, it was like what?!

What is going on... So we were both ecstatic. Not surprised at all.

Let's talk about the American smooth. Mixed comments and the

judges picked up on the splits there. What happened there,

Chelsee? When I started that dance, I was nervous all the way through

it, whereas every other week I've been nervous but have lost my

nerves once I'd got on the dance floor, but throughout that dance I

think because it was the semi- finals and meant that much to me, I

was kind of nervous all the way through so I sort of stumbled on

that because I was shaking. were then able to use what happened

in the first dance weren't you and channel that into the second dance?

Yes, Pasha said to me, think about the eight on the next dance and I

said "yes, I will do, even though I'm mad". Last week you seemed

happy with your Paso Doble training and were worried about the paso fan

but didn't take it lightly. Have a OK. Like this. Oh, yeah, wrong way.

I can't hold it because my hands aren't that big. So when... Stop

breaking it. Sorry. Oo... Sorry. it falls, kick it out and that's

what you are meant to do anyway. Yes. It might be better if I threw

it at some point to the audience. Why? In front of your face. Yes.

That's it. See, you got it. The fan didn't open. After all of

that it wouldn't open. Oh, no, what a nightmare, you see, props can be

a nightmare but it didn't affect your performance at all. It was

incredible. The top score for a paso was Austin and Holly from a

couple of weeks ago with 38 and look what you went and did, a full

40. How did you feel when the scores came in? It didn't sink in,

I was shaking a bit. All I could do is jump on him! I know. I thought

he was about to faint because she was like sliding down. I think at

that point obviously everybody wants it so badly, don't they,

really after all that work, you want to get to the final and you

can tell how nervous everybody was and I know for a fact how much it

means to you to get that point. I was thinking that maybe you were

going to cry because I think it's all built up to that moment hasn't

it? Yes, it does get emotional. Because you've worked so hard and

that was my hardest dance this week, I found the American smooth a lot

easier so I didn't think it would have gone as well as what it did so

it was a shocking surprise as well at the same time as overwhelmed and

happy. That's a lot of emotions to deal with at one time. I know. I'm

an emotional kind of girl, me. Bruno called you a hot Senorita, he

was seriously impressed with your performance. Does that mean a lot

to you when you hear that? Yes, it means so much to me because I don't

expect it and for people to say such nice things about you, it's

one of the best feelings, it's lovely. You are in the final. Four

dances, Pasha what are you going to be doing? Rumba show dance. How has

it gone so far? It's all about the hips, it's slow and I'm kind of

getting the sexiness out of Pasha. At last! Cos he's not been very

sexy. Be sexy doing it at least. Keep talking! Rumba is going very

well and it's a difficult dance because I think everybody is afraid

of rumba on strictly because it's slow and you have to show that

technique which is hard to get in a short period of time but I think

she's coping very well with it. Sexy! Sexy. Let's not tell her in

case it goes to her head! Never. What about a show dance? You said

to Claudia it was going to be funky. Have you got any more that you can

tell us? Maybe. Since Chelsee does her moves, I thought I would spice

it up a bit, put a few tricks, she might lift me. He's too heavy for

me. Have you tried to lift him up? Oh, no, I've only got little hands.

I think you are stronger than what you think you are. You have got

fluff on you. I've seen it, it's been doing my head in. You have

been properly like a married couple. How long has it been? It was our

50th anniversary actually, 50th rehearsal together. I'm glad he's

keeping a tab on it, I didn't have a clue. Someone's been keeping it

in a diary. He don't want it to end, that's why. There could be marriage

on the cards yet, people. We have seen some fabulous

choreography from yew this series, Pasha. Thank you. What have you got

to take to the floor to Blackpool Tower in the final to stand out and

be the ones to win? The floor there is so big and we have to make sure

that we cover all of it and Chelsee just has to stretch her arms even

more. Look how well you did at Wembley and that was enormous, so

surely at Blackpool it will be a piece of cake for you? Is the

Blackpool one big? It is pretty big, yes. I just love you so much. We

are wondering if you might be cracking out this move in Blackpool

Tower, Pasha, because this is quite special. Oh, are you OK? Did that

hurt? No! Why would I hurt myself. Nicely smiled out. You are so funny,

Pasha. You are revealing my choreography before I actually puts

it in. Listen, good luck with your training this week. Thank you.

have been so incredible and we are loving watching you. See you in

Blackpool on Friday! Chelsee and Pasha! Thank you.

It's the final week and we thought it only right to honour those

who've made an outstanding contribution to Strictly and

yesterday, we kicked off The Glitterball Awards. So let's cross

to The Glitterball host Ian Waite and Karen Hardy for the nominations

for today. Wow, Zoe, you really don't know

what you are missing here at The Glitterballs. It's so glamorous.

And we are in heaven. The next award is for the most show-stopping

costume during live television. the nominees are... Chelsee's

misbehaving bra top. Nancy's outrageous feather boa, Alex's

unruly hemline and Holly's rebellious braces. Some well

deserved nominees here. Yes. the winner is, Nancy's feather boa.

Oh, shut up, no way! Oh, hiya, this is amazing. How do you feel about

winning the award? It's the best feeling in the world. I would like

to thank all the other feather boas on Strictly Come Dancing. You may

have noticed I'm looking a different colour. It's because I'm

in panto with Russell Grant! Mwah.

Back to you, Zoe. Marvellous. As well as dishing out

awards, Karen Hardy has receive add few in her time and she's here with

all her thoughts on the weekend's Please welcome Karen Hardy.

Getting on down to a bit of Jamiraqrai. Loving the big hair.

Felt a bit Joan Collins. There they are, Chelsee, Harry and Jason.

Harry and the charleston, he wanted to show his fun side. Did that come

through for you? Harry is a person. This is going to be the most

personality we are going to get out of him, but what's great here is

that through choreography, we can heighten it a bit more. This sort

of choreography lifts his character. But, to be honest, he's the drummer

boy, he's normally stood at the back. But there's something special

I like about that, you are always left wanting to know, who is that

guy, the dark horse. I think that's what's mesmerizing about him. He

leaves you just always thinking, mmm... Yes, I know exactly that

feeling. The question mark, you know. Would he - I bet he would!

The Viennese waltz. Craig said it was more melancholy than usual, can

you explain that? It was spell binding for me and disappointed in

Craig Revel Horwood's mark. want have liked a ten? A fleckerl

to start this and a beautifully delivered one. This is what I want

you to look at. The voice singing in harmony with Harry's movement.

That sway of the body, the relationship of the two where the

voice connects with the body and the two become one. They were so

limited with the choreography in a even niece waltz yet it entranced

us all. I was stolen by that number, I thought it was incredible. Jason

and his Samba. He must have been dreading the Samba. For some reason,

it can be so tricky for the boys, but Len saw lots of content and

Craig Reiched the disco infusion. What did you think about it?

went from the sublime to the ridiculous, to the Viennese waltz

to this, the party dance. Now, Samba, one of the hardest dances

ever, but everything we are seeing here now is full content, fall

aways, vaulters, all the stuff that you would want to see in a Samba.

But, thinking about it, you wouldn't have time to have put the

quality in. The one ace up Christina's sleeve is, it's a party

dance. So let's be clever, pull the audience in, let's do loads of this,

we'll forget what the dancing is doing, no-one's going to reflect,

they are just going to go, I'm having a good time, it must be good,

bang, bang, bang, good marks. It was fantastic choreography, very

clever by Kristina and well delivered by Jason. A difficult

dance to have in the semi-final. know. But it kind of made up for

hit when he came on and did his arrangen Tyne tango and broke the

record - 40. What an incredible score. Why was this so spectacular?

I tell you what I loved. The first scene I picked up here is how they

set the story line on the steps, the music was sensious, so between

each other, they've left the room, it's only the two of them. That's

all you can relate to. The story is going to build up and build up and

that's the great Argentine tan go because what happens towards the

end - this is what happens! It builds into Kristina eating him

alive and back she goes and the music has gone through the sky,

they have totally forgotten they are on television and 12 million

people are watching them. That is really what the Argentine tango is

about. It's that relationship between the two and the incredible

storyline that builds up through it. That's what I fell in love with

with that number. Kristina said to him in training apparently dance

like no-one's watching. Yes. That's exactly what you have to do in that

dance. It wasn't cheesy or anything like that, it was the passion and

the realness of it. I think it was a little bit feeling like a peeping

Tom peep egg in on a relationship, it was jumping on the sofa by the

end of it, it was incredible and that music too! Chelsee and her

American smooth first of all, they were here earlier on. There was a

slip on the American smooth, a split. Is that inevitable because

of the nerves? When I look back over the split section, to do that

step, you have to take a big old deep breath and dive into it. But

the piece that I want to look at, it got touched on. Her arms. You

see how she's using her arms throughout the choreography. Now,

for me, she nailed those arms the best girl I've seen out there with

them. Well done, Chelsee. Then she came back to the floor and scored

40 for her Paso Doble, another record on Strictly Come Dancing.

incredible Paso Doble. I think I talked about it once before with

Holly, but one thing being taught choreography, but in this dance you

have to take that and answer your own and answer your man back and

she even snarls and answers back. She did snarl, yes. It puts her in

charge of the dance buzz the gypsy Spanish woman, she's out there to

demand the familiar, equally as much as the man and that's what I

love. I think each week we've seen Pasha send her on her own for her

own little bit. Well this all came together because now when it came

to a dance like the paso, she delivered this assertive passionate

dance with her assertive energy stealing the show for me. She

didn't even need the fan, she stole the show herself. She was

incredible. To the final, Miss Hardy? Yes. Earlier on, you said

too many people were doing show dances, earlier on in the series,

but probably now they get to do their show dance. Yes. What will

the judges be looking for and what should we be looking for in a show

dance? Sinlpl clear things we want - if -- simple clear things we want

- the music has to get people standing on their feet. You have to

imagine there are shows of parties going on in people's homes, it's

the Grand Final. Cinemas as well? Don't use a piece of music that's

deep intense and theatrical. You are in the tower, then come the

lifts. Hopefully you have a couple hidden up your sleeve thinking you

were going to make the final. Could be a dress reveal, could be a great

stunning lift. But most of all, you've got to sell that number

because that's where the big points have come from over all the years.

You've got to connect, entertain and don't overcomplicate. It's not

aerobics. It's a dance showcase spectacular. I want to see cha-chas,

waltzs, rumbas, everything in that show dance and with a lift and a

fabulous costume and them then the music to seal it all off. I hope

they got that whole list down. Thank you so much. I'm so, so

excited. So am I. You will be in Blackpool with us on Friday won't

you? Yes. Always a pleasure, Karen Hardy. That's got me going! As well

as a show dance and two favourites from the series, Chelsee and Pasha

have the rumba to get the grips with. Here is katd ya to explain

Today we are going to be talking about one of my favourite Latin

American dances, the sweet, the romantic, the slow and sensious

rumba. The reason why I love rumba the most out of all the other Latin

American dances is because rumba is the slowest one. So this is your

chance to actually dance it, to enjoy it. You don't have to hurry

or rush anything. You can produce and finish your movements. In the

rumba, you have three to four basic steps that you will always see. You

have got the rumba walks, forward and back, two, three, four, one,

two, three, four, one. You will also be able to see the beautiful

walks when the lady takes her foot forward and straightens it and

walks like a little cat. You've got your New Yorkers, which is when the

lady and the man open up to either side and extend their arms to the

side. Your back basic, your fan position and of course, your tricks.

The judges always will look out in a classic rumba routine with good

hip action, nice arms, finishing lines and a good relationship

between the man and the woman. You have to have a hot rumba partner.

If he's not, don't bother. Unless you are a good actress and you can

really fake it. But seriously, you have to have beautiful romantic

chemistry to produce a very gorgeous sensual rumba. This is

Katya and I hope you enjoyed my rumba step by step and I'll see you

on the dance floor. I love her honesty. Together with

two spectacular dances from each of the couples on Saturday night, we

were treated to some amazing outfits. In a moment, Julia

McDonald will be reviewing the weekend's frocks, but first, a

Please welcome designer Julia McDonald and our resident fashion

fact expert Oona o Hagueen. Welcome back to both of you, what a semi-

final it was on Saturday night. Julien, was there an outfit on

Saturday that stood out for you? They were all incredible, but I

really loved Holly's charleston dress. I'm so glad you said that.

It was a pair of high waisted shorts and a halter neck top. I

think it was an all in one but I liked it because I thought it

looked really modern and young and something that any young girl would

wear out on a Saturday night. I liked it. Thank you. Gorgeous. I

really loved Artem's matching outfit as well, the braces and bow.

What about across the whole series, this is the top last top of the

frocks. Has there been a dress throughout the series that has been

your favourite? There have been so many fantastic dresses, feathers,

boas, it's Holly again, the lady in red. I just loved her when she came

out in this gorgeous red dress, crystal embroidery all down the

front and she just flew through the air, she was just stunningly

beautiful, ultra-modern, very refined and sophisticated,

definitely the dress of the season for me. When she did the kicks and

the splits, we all wanted her legs. Let's talk about Chelsee on

Saturday night. Amazing job with her Paso Doble, incredible scores.

What did you make of her dress, Julien? I love this as well. I love

everything, that's the problem! Loves it all!

It was a real complicated confection of pattern cutting,

technical ability. She looks so tall. In real life, she's tiny. In

this dress, she looks like a swirl of fun, you know, the contrast

between the white and the blue, the sequin. She just stole the night in

this dress. Incredible. Can you give me some facts about its

construction, Oona? Julien alluded to the pattern cutting, so the most

important thing about this dress is that you had to mock it up, so they

did it from scratch. So rather than using a pattern block, they would

have had to make it from the beginning, so they would have

worked on her or on the flat putting it together, making

instruction. That apparently took two days, so a huge amount of work

went into it. If we look here, there's a huge amount of

embellishment which you don't realise because it's cleverly done,

to enhance the blocks, going around her, it elongates her. Several

colours to give it the depth as well. I can see green and blue

crystals there? And the jet ones again. That's a beautiful depth to

it. Apparently at the last minute, they changed the crossing?

lacing, yes. But they changed it from black to white. Why did they

do that? They felt it looked a bit too heavy for the dress and I agree

and it made it feel contemporary, young, modern and graph if I can.

thought the lacing was sporty. It added a youthfulness to a

traditional dress. Gym mass tick- type. -- gymnastic-type. Alex's

salsa dress, what did you think? my God. This was actually a really

complicated dress. It was a very sophisticated red which went into

pastel. Then the hem of the dress has got these incredible ostrich

feathers. When she dances, she sparkles and flies. She could

almost take off, she just needs wings. How was the feather boa

skirt made? In contrast to Holly's outfit for her dance was done in

one layer, this was six metres in the total number. Huge amounts of

work. This is another interesting one. This was done on the mannequin,

so that's a technique we call draping. Thank you. And so it was

put together like a jigsaw piece, so putting the bits of lace

together and working perfectly with her body. Can you give me any

fashion facts about this dress? do know, don't we, we were

discussing this backstage. Apparently how many? 6,000 crystals.

6,000 crystals! Not one above, not one below, exactly 6,000. 6,000.

Thank you for that! Right, Holly and her Argentine tango. Oo.

loved this dance and you could really tell I think. Her dress

really suited her didn't it, Julien? She does look like a

dangerous Red Devil. Like a bond girl. The dress is skintight jersey,

she had an electric bolt of crystal which wraps around the body like a

snake, wraps around the body, round the neck, not one split but two

splits, a double split for the first time on Strictly! Apparently

it was because when she went down with her leg, she needed a split.

She did that once but she had two. We have it in the studio here.

There is the one split and the second split. Of course, you can

see through the mesh. Transparent as well. It's very body conscious a

dress and it hugs to her. The diamantes had to be put on by hand.

It looks as though you will buy a whole rib been of the band but they

had to put it on by hand so it didn't stretch and look ungainly on

her so it really worked with her body contour. If anybody saw her

eye make-up, she had fantastic cat eyes, a gorgeous black eye line

which sack sen chew waited the eyes. She looked dangerous -- accentuated.

I think you like Holly! I do. are right, she would make an

amazing bond girl. Thank you so much for coming to see us again

Julien and Oona g h thank you for being our resident fashion fact

expert -- July yen and Oonagh! Join me again tomorrow when I'll be