Episode 8 Strictly - It Takes Two

Coming up on Wednesday's It Takes Two: Last weekend, Nancy and Anton

were bottom of the leaderboard. Jason and Kristina foxtrotted to

the top. Both couples are here. It's taken him 60 years for a

standing ovation, now he's had two. Dancing queen Russell and Flavia

drop in for a chat. Plus, I've been waiting all week to see him again,

Ian is back to give us his low down on the training in Waite's

Wednesday Warm Up. This is Strictly Live from Television Centre, this

is Strictly It Takes Two. Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball!

# And all that jazz # APPLAUSE

I can only apologise. Hello and welcome to the spectacular It Takes

Two. I've got my jazz hands out for a reason today, not just for fun,

because today is our first glimpse of this weekend's Broadway routines.

It is going to be a show stopper. CHEERING

It's going to be better than that, but before we get started, I have

breaking news. Everyone at It Takes Two and strictly would like to say

hearty congratulations to Bruce Forsyth, as today his title was

made official when he was knighted by the Queen!

APPLAUSE Congratulations Sir Bruce. Well

done. Now onto our first act. Last Saturday, their dance left Bruno

amazed, Alesha confused and gave Len a right eyeful. Nancy and Anton

will be here after this reminder of Absolutely no idea where you were.

But with great style and glamour. The most exciting part when -- was

when I took a crafty glance up your dress. I'm confused I couldn't work

out if you were trying to be funny or if it was just funny. I've never

been so insulted in my life. think you broke records actually

how many times somebody went wrong. So that's an achievement. I thought

it was good, didn't snu I thought it was definitely good. The judges

were silly tonight. They were being silly and provocative. No, they're

completely wrong. Please welcome Nancy and Anton!

APPLAUSE Nice to see you. Lovely to see you.

Congratulations first, may have been bottom of the leaderboard but

not in the bottom two, how did that feel when you heard your name

called out? Of course, we were happy. I was happy. I have to say

something I learned, a moment we couldn't really express because at

the same time, somebody has this called off, it was a strange moment.

It was mixed emotion. Sad to see people go. Yes, it's not nice, was

not really enough time, you know somebody else is going to leave and

was not very nice. Bless you. But you're still here. I'm here. That

can only be a good thing. Alesha was confused. Was it supposed to be

funny or not? Clear that up for us. No. We can have some subtitles next

week so everybody can understand what kind of reaction we can have,

they have to laugh or cry. We make it easy. So it wasn't supposed to

be funny then Anton. When Alesha They'll be smooching in a moment.

Yes, yes. You were hurt? Oh, yes. To be honest with you, I'd

forgotten what you'd said. Ask me another. There was one judge who

definitely enjoyed that little number and that was Len. He had you

there legs akimbo on the desk. That must have been an exciting moment

for Len. That should have been an incredible exciting moment for her

-- for him. We got a five. I was disappointed with a five. I think

you should have got a seven for that. You give him your best side

and everything. They were not judging that part of my body.

If they were judging that part of your body, it would have been a

full ten. Ten? 11! Were you nervous. You had some risque moves, sweeping

around, big lifts, jumping off the desk, going down into the kind of

vacuum thing. That's the floor traditionally. I was little bit

scared but we had time to try and rehearsal so everything fine. I

like to take risk. It was controlled risk. I knew that I can

rely on his shoulders and his lift. It was fun. It definitely was fun.

I thought the beginning was the best bit. After that you didn't

want to think about it. All the judge as greed that you bring

glamour to this competition, even in the training room. Have a look

at this. She's a very stylish woman, very

sophisticated, very stylish. Glamorous. I love that. She's

changed to something more glamorous. Yes, matching with the shoes. This

is for you. This is very glamorous. I like this.

You have to go on the coach up to Blackpool with everybody. No, no,

no. Is this first class? It's a Dangerously foxy. This week tango.

How lucky are you? I am. How is the tango going? Very nicely, thank you

very much. And this week, no comedy, totally straight? We didn't do

comedy last week. Bless you. It makes us smile though. It makes us

joyful, looking good I have to say. Isn't she just. Look at that.

some of that, come on. We wish you all the luck in the world this

weekend for Broadway. Thank you. Nice to see you, always. Nancy and

Anton! APPLAUSE

Our professional dancers need no excuse to get dressed up and show

off. But can you guess which one of them is dancing in disguise? Steady

# In the jungle the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. #

So who is the dancer in disguise. Find out later in the show.

Now, it's Wednesday, which can only mean one thing. He's been waiting

in the wings all week for this moment, it is the collectable Ian

Waite with Waite's Wednesday Warm He's here Ian Waite, thank goodness.

It is our first ever Strictly Broadway special. I know!

# That jazz! # Seven styles of dancing this week.

Let's have the first peek at couples in the training room.

difficult to compare everybody's dancing. They're doing a jive.

Anita and Robin here. If I stop it here, look at his knee. Nice and

bent. He's creating this pumping action with the knee. I'd like to

see that a bit more with Anita's legs, all the way through that.

do we need a bent knee with the jive? If we pick up the knee it's

creates the jive look. It's a bit too close to the ground at the

moment. I like that. Let's have a look at Holly and Artem, who are

doing the tango this week. Holly's been doing very well. I'm always

excited when I see these two. You never know what they're going to

bring to the table. The beginning is very lyrical, it's very acting.

Here I've stopped it for the reason that she's creating a very long arm

with his connecting hand. Is that not good. No, it's so far above her

head. If she bent her arm more, he would get a more compact lead.

Would that be ease tkwror turn her around? Yeah it would make her

quicker in effect. Holly, take note. Lulu and Brendan did great last

week. She got through the routine. We were thrilled. This week a rumba.

That's a very difficult dance. Rumba is a difficult dance. It's so

slow and controlled. To be honest, Lulu is falling over all over the

place. But, I will say, there say light at the end of the tunnel.

Watch here, we're going to slow this down, look at her do this

standing eros around, perfectly without any wobbles. That's good.

That's quite amazing. You're pleased with her? That's the

hardest step and she does it perfectly. If only she could walk

like that. Take encouragement from that. Let's talk about Alex and

James. Ballroom again this week. She's doing... Hang on Lulu's face

here, hilarious. "Will that do?" Yes. We love you. Alex and James

with the Viennese waltz. quality of movement has improved

again. I'm not completely happy with the hold. The reason is...

What's wrong? I'll highlight that. Alex's hand. If you're going to do

man. Why am I always the man? It's the size of me. You just want to be

the girl. It's a bit kinky like that. I want it to be nice and flat.

If she gets the shoulder back she'll have more room. Last week

everyone was saying I was shamelessly flirting with you. It's

all right he's a close personal friend of my husband. I have

permission. Let's look at Chelsee and Paddy Ashdown ya. The footage

has come hot off the press. We haven't had much chance to look at

this. She's doing the cha-cha. I think it will suit her. She's

very cheeky Chelsee. This dance is compact, Latin, it suits her

character. She looks so confident, the way she's looking into Pasha's

eyes. She looks like she's having a good time. You're looking forward

to Broadway week? I am. All that jazz! We will talk about the boys

later. The gorgeous, Ian Waite! APPLAUSE

In a few moments, the king and queen of the leaderboard, Jason and

Kristina, will be here. First a taster of our Bondi boy's weekend

highlights. Jason, you are a real showman. You

were in character, even before the music started. You commit 100% to

your performance. Your head position needs attention,

especially in the standing spin. But classy, stylish, magnificent

routine! Can you be top of the leaderboard two weeks running? I

think so. I can't believe it. Living up to last week is a

difficult thing. I think nine is pretty damn good week two. He knows

how to act and that's what we have to do on the floor.

I can't believe it. I love that bit. Jason and Kristina, welcome to the

show. APPLAUSE

Second week at the top. Congratulations. That's great. You

must have been so confident in your routine when you went out on

Saturday? Kristina shaking her head? The foxtrot is a very

concentrated dance. I think with the cha-cha-cha, I had a bit more

of my personality, if I'm true, trying to find the character, the

precision, being slower is a bit more difficult, I think. Once

you're in a moment... You look like you're enjoying it there. That's a

big smile. That's a professional smile, I have to say. And you got

the first nine of the series. Just week two. Kristina, your first ever

nine on Strictly. I know, thank you. She deserves it. Well deserved.

Thank you. Where do you go from here? Will we see tens? Well, I

don't know. You know what, I hope we're not going to go down, that's

for sure. Not every single dance is going to suit Jason I suppose.

There will be some difficult weeks ahead and some good weeks ahead.

But all I can say is that he's an amazing pupil to have. He's so

dedicated and so wants to get it right. We work our hardest. We're

going to try and do another great performance. And a politicianist

that's what I am. We love Vincent for inventing that word. The scores

are irrelevant on the basis that you go out and dot best job you can.

You're not thinking about being top of the leaderboard. I'm thinking,

how can I get a buzz from this routine. That drives me, personally

each week. That's little hairs and when you go, wow, this feels good.

It felt good. The second one not so much as the first one, but you know,

this week is going to be amazing. We must say, you take your training

very seriously as is apparent. Occasionally there's a crazy side

to Jason that's emerging in training. I don't want your

insanity in my head. Just random... ( unintelligible chanting) Don't

get frustrated. Toe, heel, toe... When you think about the step ahead,

you're already in the wrong position. Turn, heel... Oh, the

cameraman. Five, six, seven, eight. You did say you had a warped sense

of humour. It's so intense training that you have to let it out. This

week Broadway, you're doing the tango to Gloria Gaynor's I Will

Survive, which is from Priscilla. You were in the stage show of that.

You must be excited. Really excited. This is my spiritual home, as it

were. I think the wonderful thing about the tango is the passion and

the fire and what we've got with Priscilla is a bit opposite to that

as well. You are driving two cars at one time. I was saying to

someone before it's like a Monet painting and a Gilbert and George.

I hope you're following all these cultural references. Sorry, it's

exciting. It's a really exciting and fun. We have to switch

characters. I like that. Unlike Priscilla you're not in drag.

You're in traditional dress, are you? You'll have to watch! Nice

tease! And Craig mentioned when he was on the show, head position, are

you working on that? Yes he was absolutely right. We worked on it

very hard and hopefully in tango it will be better. It's a shame,

because in rehearsals his posture was much better. You get so nervous

when you're out there. Yeah, yeah. It doesn't matter how many shows

you do professionally in theatre or whatever you do, I still can't, you

still can't understand how difficult it is to hit it right in

those one minute 30 seconds. much to remember. Good luck with

the tango. Maybe we'll seat tens, who knows. Jason and Kristina!

APPLAUSE Right, now Ian is back for more

Waite's Wednesday Warm Up. We're going to talk about the boys now in

their Broadway week. Who's first? First up Rory and Erin. They're

dancing a quickstep. I'm going to stop it very early on because I

have a few issues really. Oh, dear. have a few issues really. Oh, dear.

Yes, first with this leg... What's wrong? It shouldn't be so high.

When you're dancing in quickstep, you should just pick up the knee

and lift the foot under you. flicking out. Unless you have a

charleston step. Like that. If they carry on, you can see Erin has

given him quite tricky steps. that a good thing? I think at this

early stage it's quite a risk, but he seems to be coping very well. He

has a very good fluid moving in the ballroom dancing. I think it will

be a good dance for him. That was Tuesday's training. Harry and

Aliona are doing the jive this week. Talk me through their training.

This is quite a long intro without any jive steps, now they're doing

all of this, which is all very lyrical and acting. It is Broadway.

It is Broadway, obviously we're going to be doing that, swing there.

Then we're going into some chassis, pivoting. Tha all jive? Jive-ish.

You want more jive. If I show you here, he missed the flicks there,

but here he's going to do flicks and kicks. Pointy toe, good.

does it very well. I'm hoping there's more to the routine that we

can see at the moment. Dan and Katya are doing the Viennese waltz

for Broadway. Back to ballroom. I think this dance suits him

tremendously and for such a difficult dance, he's doing

extremely well. Here, we're going to stop it here. He's going into an

oversway. Now can you see that gap? Yeah. Is that not good? No, it's

not. I would like his elbows kept up. Keep the T shape in the back. I

keep on about that. He needs to maintain it even when going into an

oversway like that. Could that make the difference between a six and a

seven? It would for me, if I was judging. One day, it may come.

Always the bridesmaid. Audley and Natalie and their quickstep, how's

Audley looking? You know, we're only seeing the intro again. I

think it's early days. It's a bit unfair to be judging him too much.

What I would like personally with Audley is to see him when he's

making a step or making an arm movement is dance it through the

body to create that. Through the body to a hand finishing or through

the body to a step. It all looks very pedestrianised with arms and

legs at the moment. But this is very early on. It's difficult to

say. You may see that. Let's look at Robbie and Ola. Robbie did

brilliant last week. This week the tango. Another ballroom dance. It

should suit Robbie, although I'm not too happy with his hold. What's

wrong with it? Now I'm going to highlight the whole thing because

the top half needs to be much stronger in tango. It's very

willowy and all over the place. He's overrotating. This is a

ballroom, a normal ballroom hold, waltz or foxtrot, which is quite

Now tango, more compact and we maintain that strong frame.

gosh. Break my neck there. Never in time. Lovely to be back there.

That was good. It's the only dancing I get to do these days.

That was Robbie and Ola from Monday. They will have improved vastly by

Wednesday. Thank sow much. Will you come back next week? It's always a

pleasure to be here with you. Waite!

APPLAUSE Now,

Now, can

Now, can you

Now, can you predict

Now, can you predict who my next couple is? He's been described as

camper than a row of tents. Yes, Russell and his partner, Flavia are

here. First here's how they lit up the dance floor at the weekend.

What it lacked in technique and content, it made up for in fun and

entertainment. You put the boy in flamboyant. Jo a dancing queen you

You have more glitter, fun and enjoyment than a carnival float.

Amazing marks! I'm here to really, really enjoy myself. I love Flavia.

I love the judges. I love the audience. I love life because I've

It's Russell and Flavia! APPLAUSE

Welcome. Lovely to see you both again. Your second standing ovation,

Russell. How did that feel? weren't just me. And Flavia. Sorry.

It was both of us. I never know it's happening. It's normally

Flavia and Bruce who say "Look, look." I'm so grateful to everyone.

I mean, I never expected standing ovations. I expected tolerance.

Can I say by the way, Ola and James, it's their anniversary today.

anniversary. Happy anniversary. many years, do we know? Eight.

that pick lily or something? Let's talk about the boa, it made another

appearance. It did. We can see it here. Was that wise? I think so,

yeah. We had a little costume malfunction at the end where the

flower wasn't sewn on strongly enough. You dealt with it well. I

hadn't even noticed. Exactly. We had done the dancing by then. It

was fine. The thing we're loving about you two is that you enjoy

yourselves so much. It is infectious. If I had a pound for

every time you said "fabulous" or "love it" I'd be a very rich woman.

Check this out. Shall we... Dance. Fabulous. Oh, wonderful. I love

that. Oh, divine. I love it. It's so sexy. Fabulous. How mad is this,

it's fabulous. Fantastic. Music, lights, action! Fabulous number.

Love it. Fab. Britain today, the world tomorrow. Love that. I love

it so much. Wonderful. And you've still got to fight a little bit to

keep those elbows up. Elbows up. Always up. Is it

wonderful to train someone who is so enthusiastic? Absolutely, yes. I

couldn't ask for more. It's a joy every day. The hours fly by. It's

5pm before we know it and it feels like 12 o'clock. It's Broadway this

week. Fabulous. Wonderful. You did a little sneaky audition for the

judges. They didn't seem that impressed. Let's have a look.

you're ready girls. I quite like the short one.

They were impressed. Holly went. I'm in. You're still there. Will

you be wearing that little number on the show on Saturday? We did try

to go for it, but Moira, the producer, she's the boss. We love

her. She decide today must wait. I don't know when till. I'll be voted

out before we can wear it. after you said that. They'll be

voting like crazy. You're so embroiled in the whole thing you're

even dancing in bed. I am. It's true. I bashed into my poor old dad

the other night coming out of the loo at 3am. I was doing a salsa...

I thought you were saying the whole family is in one bed. Like Willy

Wonka! I said "Sorry dad." And moved off. About 4am I had the

World Service on, suddenly I felt the duvet moving, I thought what's

going on here. It was my feet! They were doing what Flavia had taught

me the day before. See, he is such a guy. What a lovely picture of

life. You're doing the foxtrot. It's the first time we're going to

see you doing ballroom. Are we going to see a different side to

ballroom? Here I go, look at me there, wow.

Good chest movement. Coming together. I'm very jealous as well

because you are dancing to one of my favourite songs of all time.

yes. Don't Rain On My Parade from Funny Girl. Fab. Great number.

Barbara Streisand. Why did you choose that one? We were given that,

weren't we. Yeah we were, but it's one of yours. Yeah it is. We now

want Fanny Bryce, we'll find something for Flavia. Our producers

have taken note. It has been written down. A great number though.

You're loving it. The judges loving the entertainment factor and May

posted "Of course Russell is entertaining, why don't they give

him credit for being a great dancer too." Would you like more

constructive criticism? No, not really. What they're saying is

really nice. It's wonderful that people have said that. Did it

really say that? Yes. Thank you. Lovely May. So good to see you both.

We do adore you. I want to give you a standing ovation. Thank you, I'll

give you one back. It's all love here.

APPLAUSE Great to see you both again. Good

luck this weekend. I'm sitting down now, come with me, earlier on we

set you a cheeky It Takes Two challenge to see if you could

recognise which of our pros was Ah, he may be out of the

competition but Vincent is still our main attraction. Thanks to all

our guests today. I'm back live tomorrow at 6.30pm with Harry and

Aliona, Harry and Artem and Lulu and Brendan, plus all the latest