Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two Season 23 Episode 2

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00:00MUSIC

00:20Please welcome your host, Fleur East.

00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

00:29Hello and welcome to Tuesday's edition of It Takes Two on BBC Two and iPlayer.

00:36It is no secret that Strictly season really is the best time of the year.

00:40And who holds the key to unlocking 12 sparkly weeks of backstage gossip?

00:45We do!

00:46That's right. So what secrets are we unlocking tonight? Let's find out.

00:51On Saturday, George and Alexis put the smooth into American smooth.

00:55But what is making their next dance feel so rough?

00:58All will be revealed soon.

01:00At the weekend, our lioness gave it her best shot,

01:03kicking off her Strictly career with a twinkle-toed leaderboard-topping jive.

01:07But why is this week her worst nightmare?

01:10Find out later in the show.

01:12And Joanne Clifton returns with the second half of Choreography Corner,

01:16where she'll be teaching us how to perfect scattered chassees.

01:21But first up, this couple put the pose...

01:25..into compost when they fashioned up a model performance

01:31that perfectly cha-cha-channeled Ellie's cheeky side.

01:34Here's a reminder.

01:35Your timing was immaculate and you were joyful to watch.

01:42With the next dance, try to keep your feet onto the floor

01:47so you'll be stronger, but that was so much fun.

01:50You do possess a gorgeous natural rhythm.

01:55Very good.

01:56Please welcome Ellie and Vito, otherwise known as the Cheeky Team.

02:03Hello. Hi.

02:05And Ellie, you brought along the fan from Shirley.

02:08Yes.

02:09You've got your fan with you.

02:10Look at that.

02:11The fabulous fan.

02:13Oh, yeah.

02:14Well, welcome to It Takes Two, Ellie.

02:17It was your first dance on Saturday.

02:19Yeah.

02:20And it took place on a catwalk.

02:21You looked really comfortable.

02:22How did you feel?

02:23Really, really proud.

02:25Loved it.

02:26And it's been the best thing ever in the film.

02:30Now, Ellie, a few people online thought you looked upset on Saturday,

02:33but backstage you told me you had a great night.

02:36Did you enjoy it?

02:37Yes, I did.

02:38And I wasn't upset at all.

02:40I was absolutely fine.

02:42And it's been a great night with him.

02:44And it's been the best night ever, so yes.

02:46Now, happy birthday for Saturday, Vito.

02:50How much of a gift was it to spend your big day dancing with Ellie?

02:53Oh, it was like an amazing big gift.

02:56You know, I usually don't celebrate my birthday,

02:59but this one was a double gift because it was on Saturday night

03:02on a week one with Ellie.

03:04My first life show.

03:05Yeah, our cha-cha-cha with my little firefly.

03:08It's the perfect birthday present, isn't it?

03:10Yeah.

03:11Now, Ellie, usually Vito is the teacher,

03:13but you use your model experience to teach Vito how to pose.

03:16Let's take a look.

03:17This is the one.

03:18That's two.

03:19This is the two.

03:20Three.

03:21This is the...

03:22Oh, four.

03:23Four, I like this one.

03:24Do a cartwheel.

03:25Something like this.

03:26Yeah, that's all right.

03:27Good.

03:28Pictures ready.

03:29And pose.

03:30Yeah.

03:31Now, please make me look good, OK?

03:37How is it?

03:38Go on, model.

03:39I love it.

03:41Ellie, how good was Vito as a modelling student?

03:44Do you think he's a natural...?

03:46Oof.

03:47No.

03:48LAUGHTER

03:49OK.

03:50Excuse me, you.

03:51Right, OK.

03:54Difficult of the video Vito, you were on point.

03:59We're on point.

04:00You were amazing.

04:01Wow.

04:02But, overall, you're getting on the sass,

04:05all that you can say, 10 hours, a million year worth.

04:09Wow.

04:11Now, we've heard what Ellie thinks of you as a student.

04:14So, how would you describe Ellie as a student?

04:17Ellie is so much fun.

04:20It's lovely because we love spending time together.

04:23Yeah.

04:24And it's definitely cheeky.

04:26Excuse me.

04:27You are cheeky.

04:28Excuse me.

04:29Yeah.

04:30Well, Ellie, I need to tell you that so many people

04:32took to social media to show you love.

04:35Grace said, Ellie, you were a joy to watch.

04:38Keep lighting up that stage.

04:40Aww.

04:41And Ellie, since being on Strictly, you've reached 100,000

04:44followers on Instagram.

04:45Yes.

04:46That is a lot of fans.

04:47Is there anything you want to say to them to thank them

04:48for their support?

04:49Thank you for the comments.

04:50I'm really excited.

04:52And, um, be confident.

04:56Be in the element and be happy.

04:58Yes.

04:59I love that.

05:00Great advice.

05:01Now, I know how scary the first dance is.

05:03So, congratulations.

05:04You've got it out the way.

05:05It's complete.

05:06And your next dance is the waltz to this.

05:09And you can tell everybody.

05:12Ah.

05:13This is the song.

05:14That's your song by Ellie Goulding.

05:16And now, Ellie, it's your song.

05:17You may be quiet.

05:18Vito, you explained on Saturday that Ellie is a visual learner.

05:21So, what visuals are you using in training this week?

05:23So, for this week, we are going to use and channel the butterfly.

05:28You know, positivity and energy, very coloured, you know?

05:32Yeah.

05:33Because we want to be, I said, remember, I asked you,

05:35how do you want to be for this dance?

05:36He said, I want to be elegant.

05:38Smooth.

05:39I want to be smooth, very fluty.

05:41Shall I be?

05:42Yeah.

05:43So, at the end...

05:44To all go, be in one comfort zone.

05:47Yes.

05:48And beautiful.

05:49To fly.

05:50We're going to become like a princess, you know?

05:52So, we started...

05:53And there's the prince charming in this song.

05:55Yeah, you said at the beginning I was a frog,

05:57and after I became a prince and...

05:59Because...

06:00Because he gives me a hand.

06:02I...

06:03And then I'll die in a princess.

06:05But you're a princess and after, you know,

06:07we develop wings and we become like a wingy...

06:10A wingy butterfly.

06:11A wingy butterfly.

06:12Princess.

06:13Yeah.

06:14I love it.

06:15Vito, in three words, can you tell me,

06:16what's going to make this waltz great?

06:18Uh, for sure we're going to drag,

06:21because we're going to drag the floor.

06:23Drag.

06:24Yeah, we're not going to lift the floor.

06:25No.

06:26Velvet is a good word.

06:27Velvet.

06:28Velvet.

06:29Yeah, because it's like the velvet feeling.

06:30You want to be like smooth like a velvet.

06:32Mm.

06:33Yeah.

06:34Drag velvet.

06:35And light.

06:36Because you want to fly very light.

06:37Mm.

06:38Drag velvet and light.

06:39Drag velvet.

06:40I've got no idea from that what we're going to see.

06:43Now, before you go, we have a good luck message for you

06:47from one of your friends.

06:48It's strictly alumni, Alison Hammond.

06:51Oh!

06:52Ellie.

06:53Well done.

06:54You smashed it.

06:55You did it.

06:56You...

06:57Oh my gosh.

06:58Honestly, it was such a good dance.

07:01And I'm so, so very proud of you.

07:03Keep dancing.

07:04You are going to smash this, babes.

07:06Lots of love.

07:07Bye Vito.

07:08Bye Ellie.

07:09I love you.

07:10Bye.

07:11I love you, Alison.

07:12I love you, Alison.

07:13Oh, that's beautiful.

07:14See, you have so much support.

07:16And I can't wait to see your dance.

07:18Good luck with training this week.

07:19Ellie and Vito, everyone.

07:25Still to come, funny guy George reveals how he's coping

07:28with the serious nature of his next dance.

07:30And Karen talks about her historic jive.

07:32But before all that, it's time for Choreography Corner

07:35with Joanne Clifton.

07:39Joanne Clifton, everyone.

07:54Right, lots to get through tonight.

07:57Let's start with LaVoie and Aliash and the American Smooth.

08:00Now, Shirley mentioned an issue with control

08:02and that LaVoie needs to listen more with her body.

08:05What advice would you give her?

08:06Well, first of all, I thought it was another surprise.

08:08She came out, she was elegant, graceful.

08:11It was really beautiful to watch.

08:12But you can see a little bit what Shirley meant

08:15about wanting to take control,

08:17especially when she went out of hold and then back into hold.

08:20She kind of went, oh, here's my hold and I'm in it and off we go.

08:23And really, if she listened to Aliash a little bit more

08:26in all of the things, you would see a little bit more of a softness

08:29and a coordination together.

08:31And in order to do that, she needs to think about where her contact points are,

08:36which is right hip, right rib, hand, hand and hand and get blindfolded.

08:42Because if you take away one of your senses, then you don't know where you are in the room

08:46and you have to listen more and we'll get a softer performance.

08:48And listen to your body.

08:49Yes, I like it.

08:50On to Harry and Karen's cha-cha-chan.

08:52Craig and Motsi said that Harry lost timing at the beginning

08:55and started on the wrong foot, but he managed to recover.

08:57How hard is it to recover when you start on the wrong foot?

09:00Oh, it's so hard.

09:01And especially since, as we can see in the clip, Karen, she can't see him.

09:05And normally it's our job to get hold of them and get them on the right foot.

09:09But she couldn't see him, so she didn't know.

09:11And normally they would panic and then it would carry on through the whole routine,

09:15panicking and getting stuff wrong.

09:17But no, he was in it and he was performing it.

09:19It was absolutely brilliant.

09:20I agree with Craig with the hips.

09:21He was using them, but a bit too much side to side.

09:24We need that figure eight.

09:25So imagine you chop the top half of the body off, look down,

09:28and you know that, what the kids use, the styrograph or spirograph or something?

09:31Oh, like the scale electric scar tracker.

09:33Yeah, a pen in that hip and you're going to go forward and round,

09:36forward and round, forward and round.

09:38And it's the forward part.

09:39There we go.

09:40That's important.

09:41OK, next up, Jimmy and Lauren and the quick step.

09:44Now, Jimmy's already changing the narrative for ex-footballers.

09:48Yeah, yeah.

09:49Anton was impressed by some interesting and difficult timing combinations.

09:52Yes.

09:53What does he mean by this?

09:54Where could you see this in the routine?

09:55I mean, there was lots and lots of basic.

09:57Lauren put lots of basic in and lots of steps in hold, which was great.

10:01He kept his hold and he used his body weight.

10:03But as we can see here, he does scatter chassis, which are slow, slow,

10:07a quick, quick, slow, and then changes direction.

10:09And I want to show you that in demo time.

10:12Yes!

10:13My favourite time of the day.

10:16So, basically, he went like a gallop.

10:19He went slow and slow and then we have a quick and quick and slow,

10:24quick and quick and slow.

10:26Then he changed direction.

10:27He did it to go round the room, but we're just going to go back this way.

10:30Slow, slow, quick and quick and slow.

10:33And on that slow, you've got to really press into the floor and stop your body weight from flying that way.

10:39Oh, with the momentum.

10:40Change it to control it to go the other way.

10:44Bam, bam, bam, ba-da-ba-dam.

10:46And he did that amazingly.

10:48Wow.

10:49He had the sway going on.

10:50Now, on to Lewis and Katya and the jive.

10:52Now, despite being second on the leaderboard, Shirley felt it was overloaded with choreography.

10:57What did you think about that?

10:58And how can Katya choreograph to Lewis's strengths?

11:01I think Katya did choreograph to Lewis's strengths.

11:04I mean, this was a statement.

11:06Katya was like, here we are.

11:09And we are in it for the long haul.

11:11And I think knowing her, there'll be even more surprises.

11:14There'll be more things that he can do that's going to wow us throughout the series.

11:18She's got more stuff in her back pocket.

11:20I do agree with the judges about the jive kicks.

11:23A lot of them were quite wide.

11:25And that's okay if it was more Lindy Hop.

11:28But we did need to see some of them being more compact and underneath your body, underneath your hips.

11:33So he needed to imagine he was wearing a skirt, a little bit like what I've got on at the minute,

11:37that's tight so we had everything here rather than here.

11:41And sideways, I would move my hips to keep it under the hips rather than just flinging the leg out.

11:46Okay, let's move on to Alex and Jojo.

11:49Now, Craig loved the drama and the intensity of this Viennese Waltz.

11:53And Anton felt there wasn't enough in hold.

11:56What did you think?

11:57I thought they were under marked.

11:59I thought they were under marked.

12:00And yes, I did want to see more in hold, but not for the reason of just like, oh yeah, I just want to see more in hold.

12:06It's actually because she's got such a great hold.

12:08Look at that.

12:09I saw it and I went, oh, she's my ballroom girl.

12:11She's my ballroom girl.

12:12She had both curves.

12:14She did them both really, really well.

12:15So she was out to the left and she was tilted backwards as well.

12:19Little bit of advice for the rest of the ballroom dancers.

12:21Whenever she sways to her right, whether she keeps the head left or turns it to the right,

12:26I want her to imagine someone gets hold of the skin of her elbow and keeps pulling that way.

12:31So she's swaying, but she's still pulling to the left as to not get in front of Johannes.

12:36Gosh, the posture is so complex, isn't it?

12:38It is, it is.

12:39Next up, let's talk about Chris and Nadia and the Samba.

12:42Now, the judges highlighted Chris's potential, but Shirley felt that his weight was a little too far back.

12:47Yeah.

12:48How did you see that?

12:49Well, in the clip, we see it here.

12:50They both come towards the camera in a second and you can see he's not really attacking the space.

12:54There we go.

12:55You know, he didn't make any mistakes, but he was, he was a little bit back with his weight.

13:00I wanted to imagine as well that he was, you know, when Iron Man with his thing now,

13:05me fiance has told me what it is.

13:07It's the arc reactor.

13:08Oh.

13:09But that is on his chest and he's showing it off.

13:12So it's opening his chest because he doesn't look at Nadia quite a lot and everything gets closed in like that.

13:16So he'll open that up and get that over the front of his foot.

13:19So it's not only correcting his posture, but getting his weight forward as well.

13:23Shining that.

13:24Okay.

13:25Let's talk about Amber and Nikita's waltz.

13:26Now, despite such limited rehearsal time, Motsey described them as a dynamite package.

13:31And she was impressed by the extensions that Amber added to her lines.

13:35Yeah.

13:36What impressed you the most about this dance?

13:37I mean, the fact that they did that with just like six hours.

13:39I know.

13:40But no, she was amazing.

13:42Obviously, her musical theatre background, she feels the music and you can tell.

13:45And that's what they meant by doing a movement and then finishing it off because the musical phrase hasn't quite finished yet.

13:51Curve-wise in the ballroom, we'll forgive the footwork.

13:54She didn't have enough time to work on that.

13:55But she had the second curve, the one up really well.

13:58She needs to go out to her left more.

14:00So keeping the shoulders parallel to the hips, she needs to have two blocks, the hip area and the rib cage.

14:05And she needs to move that across.

14:07Now, I want her to do that in the supermarket, everywhere.

14:10Just while she's walking along, keep this kind of rib cage out to the left to get used to it so she doesn't get in Nikita's space.

14:17Imagine if he came into the rehearsal in the morning and he ambushed his teeth.

14:22Get out there.

14:23Oh, yeah, you'd be gone.

14:24Yeah.

14:25OK, on to Vicky and Kai's cha-cha-cha.

14:27The judges all felt that Vicky doesn't have anything to be nervous about and recognised her potential.

14:31But Motsi, Shirley and Anton would all like her to work on the leg action.

14:36So how could she work on this?

14:37She was doing really well with the leg action.

14:39Like she really was.

14:40It was compact.

14:41It was nice.

14:42She wasn't just throwing them out or anything.

14:43But as you can see, she doesn't quite straighten them and she doesn't quite bend them.

14:48Like they're kind of like just from step to step kind of like in the middle.

14:52So what I would like, and we don't normally say this, we normally go on about straighten your legs, straighten your legs, straighten your legs.

14:57But what they meant was that also when your ankles are passing, there is a lovely bent knee that then goes to the straight one and then bent again into the straight one.

15:08Oh man, you make it look so easy.

15:11This has been such a pleasure.

15:12You'll be back again on Monday?

15:13Yeah, I will.

15:14Oh yeah.

15:15Give it up for Joanne Clifton, everyone.

15:17Thank you so much.

15:18Thank you so much.

15:20Now Joanne has had her say on all 15 couples.

15:23But to have your say at the weekend, remember that this year for the first time, voting will be online only.

15:29So you'll need to register for a BBC account first.

15:32Head to the website bbc.co.uk slash strictly or you can scan the QR code on the screen now for all the information you need to sign in or register.

15:41And once you're registered, you'll be able to vote for the whole series.

15:45My next guests are George and Alexis.

15:48In the neck and neck first week, George described his impressive lifts as wearing Alexis as a scarf.

15:53Luckily for him, she's made of American smooth material.

15:57Here's a reminder.

15:58For someone that has never danced, you have amazing potential.

16:08Your movement is very natural. Your lifting was really quite brilliant.

16:12All in all, good job.

16:14There was places where you show that you have the possibility of having an outstanding frame.

16:19This is going to be a dynamic partnership.

16:23Let's welcome George and Alexis.

16:26George, you're no stranger to going live on socials, but how did dancing live on TV compare?

16:31I mean, I've sort of made a living sort of speaking to camera.

16:36So going live doesn't feel sort of too daunting because I'm just sort of speaking.

16:41And the worst thing that's going to happen is I mess up on a word and nobody's going to go, hey.

16:46But I've not made my living dancing.

16:48So when I do that live and people are there going, hey, you messed up there.

16:52It's a little bit more scary.

16:54Dancing to camera is a completely different ball game.

16:57Yeah.

16:58Now you're both new to Strictly.

16:59How does it feel experiencing everything for the first time together?

17:02It's honestly so special.

17:04And like first time experience, it takes two together as well.

17:06Exactly.

17:07So just a bunch of firsts and it's fun to navigate it together.

17:10And, you know, we have a great time with it.

17:12It's nice that she's not got like a previous winner that I have to try and sort of match up to.

17:17Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

17:19Well, I mean, saying that you got previous with winning though, because you won the US version of So You Think You Can Dance in 2022.

17:26How does Strictly compare?

17:28I mean, a lot of nerves, a lot of butterflies.

17:31Yeah.

17:32So that's still very much present.

17:34Well, I think it's that sense of like live performing and you know that so many people are watching behind camera,

17:41but then also just approaching each week and each dance, you're immersed in a new style and you have to figure out how to adapt,

17:49how to create your own story with it.

17:51So there's a lot of discovery.

17:53Yes.

17:54That's a good word.

17:55I like that.

17:56On the launch show, George described himself as being allergic to dance.

18:00Yeah.

18:01But on Saturday, Katia posted this.

18:04So there's a lot of dancing going on.

18:07And look, look at you.

18:09You, George, smashing it.

18:12That finger point, there was a lot of rhythm going on there.

18:15Oh, yeah.

18:16What was your secret to getting George to come out of his shell?

18:18I feel like I've just thrown a minute.

18:20Yeah.

18:21Because I, you know, trying something new can be very scary.

18:24And it's always that first step that's the most terrifying.

18:27Like that was always me when I was learning a new skill.

18:29So I think my approach to him was like, you know what?

18:31Let's just throw it on him.

18:32And then it'll hopefully settle.

18:34See what sticks.

18:35Yeah.

18:36George, your family, especially your nan, Glenda.

18:39Big up Glenda each and every time.

18:40Oh, yeah.

18:41Big up Glenda.

18:42They're big Strictly fans.

18:43Now, what did they have to say about your American Smooth?

18:45Um, I think they were all sort of a bit shocked, like taken aback.

18:49Um, so, which is, which is nice.

18:51I mean, I'm sort of, I've got like such a supportive family.

18:54I couldn't be like more grateful.

18:55But, um, it's nice to have something that they can sort of, it's a bit more tangible

18:59for them to sort of grip onto as opposed to like, oh, I made a video with this person

19:04you've not heard of.

19:05And they're like, all right.

19:06Yeah.

19:07They're like dancing.

19:08We get this.

19:09Yeah, exactly.

19:10Yeah.

19:11Now, Craig noted George's potential and you're joint fourth on the lead board right

19:14now.

19:15These scores get carried over.

19:16So what mindset does this give you going into week two?

19:19I think it's just trying to stay present and not worry too much about the past, but not

19:26focus too much on the future.

19:27So literally present and just taking it day by day.

19:30And I keep telling him like, trust the process because every day is going to feel different.

19:35And it's a whole new style that he doesn't know.

19:37So it's like learning a different language.

19:39Yeah.

19:40It's like every week is week one.

19:41Exactly.

19:42And so I think it's just that, like, we're just taking it week by week, dance by dance.

19:45And we're going to turn him into a ballroom king.

19:50Yes, we are.

19:51From smooth to serious.

19:53This week you're dancing a Paso to this.

19:56We are.

19:57This is a wild game of survival.

20:00That's Game of Survival by Ruel.

20:03Now tell me, is there any wider meaning behind this song choice?

20:06I mean, maybe it's just sort of a reflection on last week where it probably was a bit of

20:11a game of survival for you with all the lifts that we were doing.

20:14Of course.

20:15Yes.

20:16Yes.

20:17Yeah.

20:18But I guess, yeah, I guess first week where people are getting eliminated.

20:21I guess it is a bit of a game of survival.

20:23But it is.

20:24Yeah.

20:25Yeah, it is.

20:26And the Paso is very different to the American Smooth.

20:28It's early days.

20:29But what have you been focusing on in training, Alexis, this week?

20:33I think I've been just trying to focus on giving him the flavour of Paso because our American

20:37Smooth was very romantic.

20:39It was very elegant, soft, beautiful.

20:41This is very much the very opposite.

20:44So it's very strong.

20:45It's gritty.

20:46We've been trying to work on his serious face.

20:48Yeah.

20:49It's not great.

20:50I was going to ask about that because you're known as like the fun jokey guy.

20:53Yeah.

20:54So how are you taking the serious nature of this dance?

20:56It's a challenge.

20:57I think the first dance was a shock to people because that was sort of not a side of me that

21:07people would have sort of recognised.

21:09Yeah.

21:10But then, yeah, week two we're doing the exact same thing but just another side of

21:13people, another side of me that people wouldn't really.

21:15We're just immediately taking him out of his comfort zone.

21:17Yeah.

21:18You're a chameleon.

21:19Every week we're going to see a new joey.

21:20Exactly.

21:21It's exciting.

21:22Now tease us, Alexis.

21:23What can we look forward to from this performance?

21:26It is jam-packed.

21:28Ooh.

21:29Jam-packed.

21:30It's intense.

21:32I think, do you want to show them your serious face?

21:35Oh, yeah.

21:36There's a lot of this.

21:37I can show you my confused sort of scared face because after hearing it's jam-packed

21:40and intense.

21:41Oh.

21:42Is that good?

21:43Am I doing it on camera?

21:45OK.

21:46Yeah.

21:47Something serious is going on this.

21:49I'm not sure what.

21:50Good luck.

21:52It's George and Alexis.

21:55You've got time.

21:57Thank you very much.

21:58You've got loads of time.

21:59Next up, Karen and Carlos.

22:01Our leaderboard topping lioness tackled Saturday like a pro.

22:04But will she continue to have a ball?

22:07Here's a reminder of her jive.

22:11Kick, kick, kick.

22:12In all the years of my being on this show, I have never seen a female dancer be able

22:16to do that.

22:17It was just sensational.

22:19The compactness in your center.

22:22This man is turning you in and out and you are giving it all.

22:26Wow.

22:27That is the best dance of the night.

22:34Please welcome Captain Carlos.

22:37Now, before we start, Carlos, please, you need to show off your outfit.

22:41I mean, this is, this is something.

22:43This is something.

22:44The sailor.

22:45And the wellies as well.

22:46You've got wellies going on.

22:47The wellies, I know.

22:48It's a winter.

22:49I mean, you never know what's going to happen outside.

22:50It's a winter.

22:51It's England.

22:52It's weather.

22:53Now, it's been 18 years since the footballer topped the week one leaderboard.

22:58Woo-hoo!

22:59Yes!

23:00Well done.

23:01That is major.

23:02In case anyone at home was wondering, the footballer who did that was John Barnes.

23:05Wow.

23:06John Barnes.

23:07I know him.

23:08You know, yeah?

23:09Oh, big up.

23:10No, I lied, sorry.

23:11Oh, you don't?

23:12OK.

23:13Was making history anywhere near the back of your mind going into week one?

23:15No.

23:16No, not at all.

23:17I loved the song and I loved the work that were done in the training room and the aim was

23:21just to go out and have fun and enjoy it.

23:24And honestly, as soon as it kicked in the music, I was like, oh, this is so much fun.

23:29And the aim was to always make eye contact with him and he has a beaming smile on.

23:34But the rest, I have no idea what happened.

23:36We did the dance, loved it, and then the rest is like a blur.

23:40It was sensational, honestly.

23:42I mean, it's only week one and Kaz is already making history.

23:45It felt like the driver's the perfect fit for our quick-footed footballer over here.

23:49100%.

23:50You know, to be honest with you, I had no idea she could have put out the dance like that.

23:54Really?

23:55At all.

23:56I was surprised.

23:57In the middle of the dance, I felt her energy was boost and I have to keep up.

24:01But I'm really, really proud and impressed.

24:04And she's not only can dance the jive, but she was a performer.

24:07Yes.

24:08She literally performed the dance and for all of us, I was just so incredible.

24:12You know, and now the pressure's coming.

24:14I know, but don't so know.

24:16Yeah, let's not talk about pressure.

24:18Let's just enjoy.

24:19Let's enjoy the fun.

24:20Saturday was triumphant for both you and the Red Roses.

24:23To what extent did watching their historic victory give you the right mindset to get on the dance floor?

24:29I was in the make-up room watching it and, you know, Aliash was right next to me when the 80 Minutes came up and they'd won the game.

24:36And then we were like, yeah, they've won.

24:38And everyone in the make-up room was like, yes, come on.

24:40And it was just honestly such a magical day.

24:43I'm a massive fan of the Red Roses.

24:44I trained with quite a few of the girls and they are an inspiration.

24:49And that was like a boost, genuinely.

24:52Yeah, perfect.

24:53I was like, oh, go on, they've done it.

24:54And because I was nervous for them.

24:55I was so nervous.

24:56And I was like, OK, like, it just felt right.

25:00And like I said, I just love the song.

25:01I love the dance.

25:02And the day felt right.

25:04And we just went from there, really.

25:06It was like the perfect motivation to get out there and absolutely kill it.

25:10Now, Craig applauded the brilliance of your double tour.

25:13To what extent are you pushing Kaz, Carlos?

25:16Because you can see such potential in her.

25:18Oh, sorry, I have to explain.

25:19You know, remember after Craig says double applause and then I lead her to a turn.

25:23It was so funny.

25:24You did a little demo, didn't you?

25:27I was like, oh, my God.

25:29But it just happened out of nowhere.

25:31Basically, to be honest, I didn't choreograph the last five beats.

25:34I said, how can you feel the music when you hear the five accents?

25:38Do something for me.

25:39Do something.

25:40That was freestyle.

25:41She did freestyle.

25:42And I didn't know, not in a million years, she can do that.

25:45And I think she did a half more turn on the live show.

25:47Normally she'd do one, but she did one and a half.

25:49It was the adrenaline.

25:50Yeah, it was just, yeah, it was the crowd.

25:53The crowd were amazing, the energy in the room and the support from everyone.

25:58And it was also the relief because, you know, we didn't have the smoothest of rehearsals.

26:05And I elbowed Carlos in the nose the day before.

26:09And, yeah, it wasn't great.

26:11So once we'd...

26:12Yeah, he's fine now.

26:13You look great.

26:14But once we'd got through it, there was such relief.

26:16So I was like, oh, go on, just go with momentum.

26:19See what happens.

26:20If you fall, you fall.

26:21And, yeah, you were just happy.

26:23So I was like, OK, sweet.

26:24Yeah.

26:25Now, I need to ask you before we move on to next week's dance.

26:27You said to Claudia on Saturday night that you were so hungry.

26:30Oh, I was starving.

26:31What did you eat?

26:32What was the first thing you ate?

26:33Pizza.

26:34Oh, yeah.

26:35Classic.

26:36I don't eat meat, so it was just, yeah.

26:42Straight up margarita.

26:43Yeah.

26:44Oh, yeah, good for you.

26:45You deserved it.

26:47Right, moving on.

26:48This weekend, you'll be dancing the tango to this.

26:51Oh, thank you.

26:53Training season by Dua Lipa.

26:55Now, you've been clear that dances requiring good posture are your worst nightmare.

27:00How are you coping with the frame, Kaz?

27:03Um, Carlos, maybe you should answer.

27:06You know, every day, every day from today, every second we finish a sequence, her face

27:11like this.

27:13Again.

27:14Another one.

27:15She finished.

27:16She was like this.

27:17She was like relieved but not.

27:19She was struggling with herself.

27:20I said, I love you but I know, I know, I felt the pain.

27:23Yeah, posture doesn't come easy to me.

27:26It's a real physical challenge.

27:28Like, it's really, really hard.

27:30I have the posture.

27:31Yeah.

27:32Her spine is curved in so she can't actually fully open.

27:35Oh, I see.

27:36Not with her shoulder but her spine.

27:37Yes.

27:38So, I have the posture aid to try and pull me back.

27:41It's a challenge but, you know, it's a challenge I'm, you know, trying to get better and improve

27:46on and with this guy, I'll try my best.

27:49Oh, I love you guys.

27:51Now, you're currently top of the leaderboard and the scores get carried over so how much

27:54confidence does this give you going into week two?

27:57You know what?

27:58I think sport has taught me genuinely not to get too high too low and like that was amazing

28:03and I'm really grateful and we're really grateful to the comments but we have to park

28:07that and this is a new dance and, you know, go from the get go and just try our best and that's how we see it.

28:13And it's nerve-wracking because we've had shorter time, everybody has less time.

28:17It's a different dance but it's a great song.

28:19So, I just hope that we really enjoy it as much as we did last week and everyone enjoys watching it.

28:25I love the athlete mindset.

28:27It's so exciting.

28:28It's so strong.

28:29Much better than me.

28:30The best of luck in training is Karen and Carla.

28:35That is it for tonight.

28:37Thank you to all of our wonderful couples and the fabulous Joanne Clifton.

28:41On tomorrow's show, my Strictly sister Jeanette will be joined by Stefan and Diane,

28:45Lewis and Katia, Jimmy and Lauren and Ross and Yavita.

28:48What a line-up.

28:49I'll be back on Friday.

28:50See you then.

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