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It's our final Wednesday. Coming up: Prince Harry and Aliona are

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here to discuss their quest for the Glitterball Trophy. Ian Waite has a

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glimpse at the finalists' training. And Nancy Dell'olio gives us her

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guide to throwing the most fabulous Strictly party. This is It Takes

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Live from Television Centre, this is Strictly: It Takes Two. Please

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welcome Zoe Ball. APPLAUSE Hello. I'm running out of things to do

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now! Welcome to It Takes Two. The Strictly Final is so close we can

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almost taste the Blackpool rock, smell the sea air and feel the

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finalists' nerves. I will be chatting to Team Hali about their

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preparations for the big night. Here is a reminder of why everyone

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was so wild about Harry on Saturday. That's the way to start a semifinal.

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Two things - your midrift and your talent were revealed! Nine!

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more dance to go. Harry, the Prince and the showgirl. Romance, style.

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You are dancing royalty. This was gorgeous to watch. I would move

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your head to the left slightly. That was confident, effortless,

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just beautifully played. Take him to the tower - ballroom -

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Blackpool! Fabulous! Good job. It's safe to say we have done everything

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we could have done. We would love to go to Blackpool. It would be an

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Thank goodness they have made it here. Please welcome finalists

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Harry and Aliona. APPLAUSE Congratulations. Thank you. Thank

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you. So exciting. How was Saturday night for you? You kicked off the

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night with the Charleston. Was it good to get out there first or was

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it terrifying? It was quite terrifying. When you go first, you

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feel like you have to get the party started. It was very quiet. I was

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dancing thinking I can hear everything. But at the end of it,

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the judges liked it. We got a good score. We don't know how it is

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going, you are thinking it's quiet. My dad was in the audience and he

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said it was quite quiet. Everybody is so tense. That is the thing.

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kind of need - believe it, everyone at home were screaming for you.

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After your Viennese waltz, Bruno crowned you dancing royalty. Were

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you as pleased with this dance as he clearly was? You know what, I

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was. After we done the Charleston and it had gone very well, I was

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feeling quite relaxed with the Viennese waltz. It is such a

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beautiful song and a beautiful dance. I managed to enjoy myself.

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I'm sorry. Aliona is grinning her head off! You must be so pleased

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with him? Of course, I'm extremely pleased. He's worked so hard. He

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progressed so much and now he's dancing so well. But of course

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still the elusive 10 from Craig. What do you think you will have to

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do to get him to give a 10? I came out the studio and the song, What

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Have I Go To Do To Make You Love Me came into my head! I was so happy

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with the way it had gone. I couldn't really ask for more. I was

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delighted. I got 10s from everyone else. He will be be keeping it back

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for the final! I hope so. Was it a long wait in the Results Show?

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was horrendous. Were any of you talking backstage? No, we were. We

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all really support each other. It is a nice atmosphere backstage.

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Everyone was very nervous. When our names got called out, it was an

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amazing feeling. I could hear my heart pumping. They called out our

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names and we were... You were there! A hit with the judges. A hit

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with the viewers. And a hit with each other. Quite literally.

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Takes Two - put a compilation of Aliona whacking me in the face

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We've had... You hit me on day one. I'm sorry. Cracked chin. Sorry.

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Once a week you insist on elbowing # Hit me baby one more time. #

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If that doesn't make the VT, I don't know what will! Four dances

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for the final. That's quite a feat to take on. You will do one of your

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favourites, a judges' favourite, a new one and the show dance. Your

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favourite, the Argentine tango? Len said it lacked intensity last

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time. Can you prove him wrong? Can you show him more intensity? You

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are on fire! Will you add anything in for Len? We are going to try and

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be more intense. I don't know what we can do. We will go for it!

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intense. We hope Len will be in a good mood. Look at him intensely!

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Try and kiss him. Also you - the judges have chosen the quickstep.

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Are you happy about them choosing that? Extremely. When we first

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talked about what we wanted to dance it was between quickstep and

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Argentine tango. So very pleased. Quite - it is quite full-on. You

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will be shattered. It is one night. You are doing the American Smooth

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which you have never done before. How is that going? Really well. We

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have three massive lifts. He is lifting me the whole week. It is

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going pretty well. The routine is down. Now we are polishing it.

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And a show dance and the great thing about that is there are no

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rules whatsoever. Aliona, this is your playground. I have heard a

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rumour there's 78 lifts in the show dance! It's a lie. Not enough time

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for that. Yeah, quite a lot of lifts. They are a bit dangerous. No

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rules for me means danger for everyone else! The front row, you

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can take them all out! So how - when you wake up on Sunday, it's

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all going to be over. How do you feel about that? Depends on how

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Saturday goes! True. That is very true. Are you feeling pressure?

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Aliona, you were in the final last year. You didn't get the

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Glitterball. This year, surely? would love to deliver that

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Glitterball for you. I will be doing my very best. As we have done,

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we have taken everything week-by- week. This is another week. We are

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working as hard as we can. What will be will be. On Sunday, all I

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know is I will be sleeping! Will you be doing any moves on the McFly

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tour? You are behind the drum kit. Could you do a bit of samba for the

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McFly fans? I will pay money to see that! The McFly guys will pay money

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to get me back behind my drums! Dougie up front eating bugs. Tom is

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here tomorrow. Is he? Am I not supposed to say anything? Woops!

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Anything you are nervous about with the final? What are you most

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worried about? Everything. It is so intense. To be honest, I am hoping

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once we get through the first dance, hopefully it will go well, I might

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relax. I will try and enjoy myself. That is wise. The next thing is it

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is all over. Then you will miss it. Good luck at the weekend. Thank you.

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You both rock! Harry and Aliona! APPLAUSE We will see you in

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Blackpool on Friday. I can't wait! On Saturday, one couple will get

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their hands on that Glitterball Trophy. They will be crowned

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Strictly Champions. But here at It Takes Two, we believe everyone's a

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winner. It is time for today's exciting instalment of The

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Glitterballs. And the next Glitterball is the award for being

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on the naughty step. For those that are exceptionally naughty. Ian,

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there's nothing clever about being naughty. And the nominees are:

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Aliona for not listening to the judges. I won't speak to you, I

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heard you on It Takes Two, and you said you never listen to the judges.

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Robbie Savage for being Robbie Savage. Bruno for being naughty

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with Alesha. You have to go in there. And James Jordan for not

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being able to keep it zipped. you realise, Craig, that these

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celebrities, it is their first week on the show? And the winner is:

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James Jordan. Oh, fantastic. This may come as no surprise. He can't

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be here tonight, he has prior engagements. He gave us this

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wonderful message. Thank you for all that voted for me. It means so

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much to me. I'm so sorry I can't be there because I'm rehearsing the

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Charleston with these other people that didn't get an award. We are so

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good. I'm better! Back to you, Zoe! Thank you Ian and Karen.

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Congratulations to James. We wouldn't want you any other way!

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Now it is time for Mr Glitterballs himself, Ian with Waite's Final

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I love it! Thank you. APPLAUSE know how to milk a crowd! We do.

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It's the last Wednesday Warm-Up, are you emotional? Very emotional.

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Not only will I miss the teleprompter, I will miss you!

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can see my any old time! We see each other all the time. We hate

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each other off-air! Blackpool is coming. You will be there on Friday.

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On the scale of one to ten, how excited are you about this year's

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final? It could be the best we have ever seen? They are all great

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couples and we are at Blackpool. We haven't done that since I danced

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with Denise Lewis in the final which was an amazing final and I

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have danced there since a young ball, it is the most amazing place

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to dance. How did you do in that first dance? Don't ask that!

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couples are tackling two old and two new routines. Chelsee and Pasha

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will be doing a rumba. How are they capturing the romance of the dance?

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I'm very impressed. They have saved the best till last. They are doing

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that sliding split step that she got an altercation on last week.

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It's not put her off. No. Pasha has given her some amazing transitions.

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Very complicated choreography. To be honest, she can cope with it.

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The reason I stopped it here is the wonderful leg action, the straight

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legness. What I would like... Straight legness... Let's have a

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bit of it. For old time's sake. Swivel, swivel. That's how you do

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rumbas! No, I felt like dancing! They are also doing their show

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dance and Pasha was telling Claudia that their show dance was going to

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be quite funky. How funky is it? Well, it is a very upbeat dance. I

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think that will suit Chelsee, her character. I have slowed this down.

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Very compact, nice, lots of body action, lots of body pumping.

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is properly shaking it! This is a great dance. Her dances were like

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cha-cha, jive, great for her character and this is no exception.

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It's a real compact dance and I think it will be a fantastic show

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dance. A bit of a flip there. Whether he knows what he is doing

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next, I don't know. We will see. should know! What are the key

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things to a show dance, what should we be looking for, what makes the

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perfect show dance? For me, the music has a lot to do with it. You

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need lots of highs and lows. Maybe different types of instruments

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which create that... Guitar, drums... It makes a difference.

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With lots of highlights where you can do those big lifts. And a great

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ending. A big finish. OK. Let's have a look at Jason and Kristina.

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Their new dance is the salsa. The samba last weekend. A similar hip

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action? It is very similar. Almost the same. But there's a lot of

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technical differences. He is using his hips lovely here. Just going

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into this - I have slowed this down. They have this underarm thing that

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we do in salsa. That's slowed down? It looks fast. He would be able to

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do it faster if his arms were looser. He has too much tension in

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them at the moment. Not surprised. He has four dances. They do this

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lift. It was very difficult to get into. I am hoping that will smooth

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out. Also, just look at the shape she is getting. This is a really

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difficult lift. If she is not careful, she will hit the floor!

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Don't say that! This is a very dangerous lift. If they can pull it

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off, it will be fantastic. Look at the lifts he did on Sunday! That

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was amazing. Very saucy. OK. They love to put on a show. Let's look

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at the show dance. They are going old school. I love an old school.

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Fantastic. Traditional old school show dance. This is like Putting on

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the Ritz. One of those Top Hat numbers. Like it. Kristina has been

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clever because she's incorporated this step which they did in the

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Charleston. A lot of Charleston steps are in there. That is a great

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thing to do, to incorporate things that you have done before. Now,

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look, if I can show you, she is sitting on the cane. He picked her

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up on a brolly. Now, obviously, using the same idea again. That's

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the cleverness of it. You are using, incorporating these different parts

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and things that you have done before. They are much more polished

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then. Harry and Aliona are dog the American Smooth. -- are doing the

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American Smooth for their new dance. How are they getting to grips with

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it? It is looking a great dance. She is totally relying on him there.

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He has to give the right amount of body weight so she doesn't fall

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backwards or he doesn't fall backwards. Fantastic. Here, they

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are doing some like natural turns in the Viennese waltz but with a

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different hold. So they are dancing a Viennese waltz for this American

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Smooth. Is that unusual? It is. I don't think we have seen many in

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the past. I have stopped it here. I want you to - I go on about this

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boy's body. But - I meant... are not the only one! The way he

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finishes off his lines. So strong, and so finished off. Fantastic

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presence. It is really good. They are also doing a show dance

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with 78 lifts. Is Aliona really showing off with his athleticism

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here? Absolutely. She is playing to his strengths. That is what you

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have got to do. You have to make it spectacular. If he can do it, why

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not. Throw in all the lifts. I have stopped it because I wanted you to

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see the way - that's wrong! What was that? There you go. Oh no!

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don't believe it, you have broken it! We have it. Fantastic creative

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lifts. He throws her on to the floor. Look at that. Nancy did that

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move! It didn't look the same. Another dangerous lift. It goes

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into jive. I am presuming this is a very lively, kicky-flicky dance! It

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really suits Harry. It looks seriously good. It does. Very fast

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as well. I can't believe how much is coming. Will you stick around?

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will think about it. Do you want a double dose of Ian Waite? APPLAUSE

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We are about to talk about the old dances they are doing in a few

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minutes' time. Ian Waite! APPLAUSE Now, all over the country, people

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are getting ready to host Strictly Final parties. How can you ensure

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that yours is the most fabulous? Well, we asked the belle of the

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ball, Nancy Dell'olio, to share her valuable knowledge on hosting a

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I'm here to help you to throw a perfect party for the Strictly

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Final. Follow the simple steps and for one night you will be glamorous,

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like me. Use only the finest ingredients and the best quality

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food. Don't forget the Golden Rule, the more sparkle the better.

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Glitter! Glitter! It is easy to create an amazing food. Do what I

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do, get a beautiful man. Let him do Make your home as glamorous as

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Strictly - it is easy. Don't just stop with the house, sparkle

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everything. And I mean everything. Not everyone does glamour like me.

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If you want a tip, sequins on everything. Too much work! This one

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I made earlier. You need the right guest list to make your party a

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real success. Hi. Hi. Hi. Sorry. I think you have the wrong party! Bye.

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With your guests in place, all you need to do is sit back and enjoy

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the show. This is Strictly: The Grand Final PHONE RINGS Hello?

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Anton. No, it's not tonight, the party. It is next week. Sorry? You

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are breaking up. Sorry. Missing you! Don't forget the music. I love

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this track. Come on, boys, let's dance. Ciao darlings. Follow the

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steps and for one night you will be LAUGHTER Ciao, darlings! You can

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tell that is cheap bubbley! Remember, only use edible glitter

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when preparing your party treats. I have to tell you. Ian is still here.

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APPLAUSE They have put us on a stool! We have been allowed to sit

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down. Your success rate in the final is very good. You got me

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there. We didn't win. It is fine. Denise Lewis, you came second with

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her. Yes. What is your tip for the couples this week? They have four

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dances to do. How do they keep going? How can they present

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themselves? I would say trust the fact they have done 14 weeks of

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training and that it is all there, behind-the-scenes, it is all ready

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to dance. Don't get too het up with the fact they have new dances. They

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have to practice those. Relax and enjoy yourself. They are in the

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final. The hard work is done. Let's talk about the other two

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dances. One, that they have done before, that they love, and the

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judges have chosen a favourite, too. Jason and Kristina, the judges have

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chosen to see their tango again. Why do you think they chose this?

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think they chose this because he is a great showman and this shows off

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- he was in Priscilla on the West End and he feels comfortable in

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this sort of camp sort of role. He is obviously - I don't mean that

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badly, Jason. I know what you mean. He is having a great time. I can

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understand why the judges have chosen that. Great. He did it so

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brilliantly. Jason and Kristina have chosen to do their quickstep

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again which was magical. The Bewitched music. You loved this

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one? I did. The way she's used him and he can do his acting. Basically,

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he is acting and he is dancing on his own so he is showing what an

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accomplished dancer he is. So clever of Kristina to do that. Then

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they go into a fantastic quickstep. That theme will work in the final?

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Yes. Chelsee and Pasha, the judges have chosen the jive for them.

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Their Shrek theme. Pasha may not have to don the green make-up and

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ears again. I hope he does. It makes it. And the donkey has got to

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stay! Is there anything that Chelsee could do better than she

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did last time? It was so good. She just needs to keep it up to the

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very end. She needs to keep kicking and flicking because she did lose

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it towards the end of that dance. She got 39 before. Could she get...

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She might get that extra one point. Go, girl! Chelsee and Pasha also

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have chosen to repeat their quickstep again, which was the

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lovely thing in the airport. He is late for his flight. The movement

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across the flight, that lovely leap, lots of Charleston, this is a

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fantastic dance for them. Also, another great storyline. That will

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be amazing. We love a dance with a story. We do. Why do we like that?

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I don't know. I have always done that, even before we started doing

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more lyrical stuff in the last couple of years. I think it gives

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something for you to act out and it gives an extra dimension to the

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dance. When they fall in love, we all fall in love with them. That

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was the first dance that I really thought Chelsee was a contender.

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That is when everybody said she is good. Harry and Aliona are going to

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do the quickstep again. The judges have chosen that one. Harry's lazy

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left foot stopped Craig giving him a 10 for this. Do you think they

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could get a 40 for this? What a great dance. When I saw this on the

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Wednesday Warm-up, I said we have to play it again. I can't believe

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he didn't get 40 the first time. Exactly. People will storm the

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floor. I will do a streak across the Blackpool floor if he doesn't

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get 40! Women are calling up now! Harry and Aliona have chosen to do

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their Argentine tango which, again, was just stunning. What passion!

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What intensity! I don't know what Len was on about. For me, it was a

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fantastically stunning dance and what a stunning waistcoat. Have you

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borrowed it to wear on the show? Mine's black and his is maroon.

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you think this could be the final to top all the finals? Absolutely.

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We have got three fantastic dancers. It will be close. It will be very

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close. We have never had a final this close I don't believe. There's

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always been one that has been a bit lower than the others. It will be

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incredible. It is. Thank you. We will see Ian on Friday in Blackpool.

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APPLAUSE I'm so excited. Thank you to my guests. Tune in tomorrow for

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our last show from London. I will be joined by Jason and Kristina,

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plus we have special Thursday panel - championing Team Chelsee,

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