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Strictly Come Dancing - Season 23 Episode 18 -
Week 9 Results
Week 9 Results
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00:00I love Strictly!
00:15This is Blackpool.
00:17Strictly brings magic to Blackpool.
00:19It does.
00:20Getting to Blackpool just feels like such an achievement.
00:22Everything in the Strictly calendar gears up to this moment.
00:25I'm quite nervous, but I'm sure when I see Carlos and the music kicks in, I'll be alright.
00:29It's something that I will cherish for the rest of my life.
00:32Just to have this one chance to...
00:37Everything feels a little bit elevated.
00:40I don't know if they've put something in my shoes or if that's just Blackpool.
00:43I feel nervous.
00:44Let's rock the tower.
00:46Three, two, one.
00:48Hello, Blackpools!
00:52Lavoie has very sadly had to withdraw from the competition.
00:56Listen up everyone, because we have an announcement.
01:00We can reveal no one will be leaving Strictly this weekend.
01:13You are a star and I think you want to make that final.
01:16I feel it.
01:17I feel it.
01:18Yeah!
01:19Two!
01:21I thought it was sultry.
01:23I thought it was sensational.
01:24For the people.
01:25Thank you so much.
01:26That is epic.
01:27It will go down in history.
01:29Five, two, one, and one.
01:30Two!
01:31The pressure was off.
01:32I feel like everyone just went out there and had the most fun.
01:45It's nice to not have a dampener at the end of it so we can sort of leave with a happy feeling.
01:49Yeah.
01:50I saw Lavoie though.
01:51Yeah.
01:52And then I was like, oh my heart.
01:53Because of me, no one goes home.
01:54I know!
01:55I know!
01:56I know!
01:57My real good feeling!
01:59One, two, three!
02:26Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancing.
02:28With all over the neighborhood.
02:29So why didn't you ask me, baby?
02:31Didn't you think I'd come?
02:32Well I know that we're going to do it by the way.
02:33Sing a little thing tonight.
02:34Well if that's when you're on the ice thing.
02:35I was joking.
02:36I was joking.
02:37I'd do it by.
02:38Do it by.
02:39Do it by.
02:40Do it by.
02:41Do it by.
02:42Do it by.
02:44Well, if that's what you want me on stage, I will shake your time, I'll do it by, do it by, do it by, do it by, do it by, do it by.
02:57Twist it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby.
03:03Here we go, loop-de-loop.
03:06Shake it out, baby.
03:09Here we go, loop-de-line.
03:12And over and, let me see, shake it, tell me, come on, let me see, shake it, tell me, come on, let me see, shake it, tell me, come on.
03:30And while the teenage weddin' and the old folks wish them well,
03:36said I need city old folks, don't show you never can tell.
05:11Putting on the rich, putting on the rich, putting on the rich.
06:28Oh
06:58Oh
07:28From the Tower Ballroom, this is Strictly Come Dancing
07:41Please welcome
07:44Tess Davie
07:46And Claudia Winkleman
07:58Hello and welcome to Strictly Come Dancing. We are back in the Tower Ballroom for part two of our Blackpool special.
08:06Thank you so much to Jason Gilkinson, our professional dancers and our returning stars for that incredible opening to the show.
08:14Nobody is going home tonight. The judges' scores and the public votes will be carried over and combined with next week's judges' scores and public votes.
08:22Then there will be a dance-off.
08:24Very soon we'll be speaking to all of our couples.
08:26Lewis Capaldi is in the ballroom.
08:29And we say goodbye to the wonderful Le Bois.
08:33But first, it was raining tens on Saturday. Let's take a look at how everything unfolded on our big night in Daffy.
08:48What an extravaganza of a show here at the Tower Ballroom.
08:52I couldn't agree more, Shirley. I mean, that was just incredible.
08:56You bring me down.
08:58Wow is the word of the night.
09:00Yes.
09:00You bring me down.
09:02At the top of the leaderboard, we have Lewis and Katya.
09:05For me, that was the standout dance of the evening. I could not hold it.
09:10We just opened Blackpool. We got a 40. It couldn't have went any better. I am on cloud nine.
09:19And hot on their heels are Karen and Carlos. And George and Alexis.
09:23Karen, the Paso doble, I had goosebumps.
09:2739 at Blackpool, doing the Paso. That will be with me forever.
09:34George closing the show was absolutely unbelievable.
09:40Blackpool has just elevated everything.
09:42You got three.
09:45I did, yeah.
09:46Your hips were doing something.
09:49In the middle of the leaderboard, we have Amber and Nikita and Alex and Johanna.
09:53I love this dance so much. I really enjoyed dancing it.
09:57I thought she did rather remarkably well.
09:59It was sensual, that sass here and there.
10:03Let's do another one sometime.
10:07I thought Amber's quick step was a Blackpool quick step.
10:10She needed this space.
10:11Also, some fantastic footwork.
10:13She's really starting to pay attention to small details.
10:16The energy in the room.
10:19I have never felt a feeling like it before.
10:21I want to bottle that and remember it forever.
10:25On the other end of the leaderboard, we have Valvinda and Julian.
10:29Valvinda, our comeback queen.
10:31I'm in four dance-offs and every single time coming back stronger, never giving up.
10:37Nothing can hinder Valvinda.
10:39The Argentine Tango at Blackpool.
10:43That is a very special dream that has come true for me tonight.
10:47My heart could burst.
10:49It's brilliant.
10:51None of us have the deciding vote tonight, so we can relax a little bit, darling,
10:56because our scores will be carried over from this week to next week
11:00and then the pressure is really on because the quarterfinals are looming.
11:11The scores have been carried over to next week.
11:14They are still super important.
11:16I never take anything for granted next week or think about what comes next week.
11:22We have another week to experience Strictly Come Dancing.
11:26It's epic!
11:27The scores are very close together.
11:29I'm sure they will be next week.
11:31The public's vote is hugely important now.
11:34The competition is hotting up and we just have to keep bringing it week after week after week.
11:39We are here with six such happy couples.
11:50Isn't it amazing?
11:51Nikita, I've got to ask you that moment when Tess announced no dance-off and you all...
11:57We thought you'd be happy.
11:58You just jumped up.
11:59I love that reaction.
12:01What did it feel like?
12:03To be honest, Claude, I didn't understand what Tess said.
12:07I was so confused.
12:09Yeah, I was so confused, Tess.
12:11And then I asked him what is happening and she told me we are through.
12:14I'm like, how?
12:15What did we do?
12:17Yeah, no, just the biggest elation ever.
12:20I mean, it's just to be in Blackpool, especially to go through.
12:24And you know, it's just that relief.
12:26It's just that relief.
12:27And I think everybody performed their best because nobody had that stress.
12:31Everybody just gave their best and was just gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
12:34Loved it.
12:35Good.
12:36Amber, tell me what it's been like, just a reception in Blackpool.
12:39Because we're addicted to it.
12:40Oh, I just love the world.
12:41Honestly, the people of Blackpool have welcomed us so much.
12:48We've had people standing outside of our hotel.
12:51Ten selfies I got us for yesterday.
12:53That's a record.
12:54I texted my mum and I said, Mum, I've made it.
12:57But it's been amazing.
13:00And it's to experience Strictly Come Dancing's Blackpool iconic week.
13:05I mean, it's a dream come true for all of us.
13:08It's amazing.
13:09I'm sure.
13:10Karen, you scored 3-10 this week.
13:13Your highest score yet.
13:19So well deserved.
13:20Are you still pinching yourself?
13:21Yeah, I can't believe it, honestly.
13:24It was such an amazing crowd, amazing venue, dancing with this guy.
13:27I love dancing with it.
13:28And then the score was just topped it.
13:30So it was wicked.
13:30It's so good.
13:32Carlos, how proud are you of Karen?
13:33I mean, I couldn't say more to perform something like that in this magical place.
13:39I'm really, really, really, I'm really, really emotional.
13:42Thank you for that.
13:43Aww.
13:48We've got couple's choice next week.
13:49We do.
13:50You are waiting for that.
13:52What can we expect?
13:54I don't know.
13:57We've been having, like, disagreements, I'd say, about what we want you to do.
14:02We start trying to telling her, we do a fussy, fussy, fussy, fussy, fussy.
14:05We do a jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz.
14:07We do a ballet, ballet, ballet, ballet, ballet.
14:09We do a commercial.
14:10Ha, ha, ha.
14:11She's like, Carlos, all I want to be is free.
14:13Yeah.
14:14Yes.
14:15Well, there you go.
14:16No rules in the couple's choice.
14:17We cannot wait to watch it.
14:19Congratulations.
14:20George, I've got a fact for you.
14:22Nobody has ever got a 10 for a salsa in Blackpool.
14:27In Street.
14:30And you got three.
14:32You got three.
14:34You broke science.
14:36How do you feel about it?
14:38I don't know.
14:39I don't feel like I deserve to be in a history book.
14:41That feels wrong.
14:42You do, George.
14:43No, I'm still sort of trying to come to terms with the fact that I got, like, one 10.
14:48Let alone three.
14:49That's mental.
14:50Well, congratulations.
14:52Alexis, how was your first Strictly Blackpool?
14:55It's been electric.
14:57I am just in a state of awe constantly.
15:00Last time I was in Blackpool was when I was younger and competing.
15:03And it's a full circle moment for sure.
15:05And it's just so special.
15:07And just the night.
15:08And I'm just speechless.
15:10It's insane.
15:11Well, you did the salsa.
15:13Can you please tell us what dance we're doing and to what song next week?
15:17Yes.
15:18We are doing a quick step to this.
15:21How do you feel about that, George?
15:31I'll be frank.
15:32Lewis, you have now scored a total of 10 10s.
15:42And your second perfect score was on Saturday.
15:51I take it you're now a fan of Blackpool.
15:53I love Blackpool.
15:55I think I might have to move here.
15:57Oh, it's fantastic.
15:58I mean, it's been brilliant being in Blackpool and to be in the ballroom,
16:02you know, I've never felt anything like it.
16:04It's just absolutely wild.
16:05The sort of the support from everyone in the audience,
16:08but as well as the surrounding, it's just super special.
16:11Katya, you two have had such a journey together.
16:13But the dynamic changed a little bit this week, didn't it?
16:16Yeah.
16:17It feels like they are our dance partners.
16:19You know, they're not contestants or students.
16:22They've entered this ballroom in a different capacity as our dance partners.
16:27And it really, really felt like it.
16:29So, you and us, I don't know.
16:32Thank you very much.
16:34Never had one.
16:36Can we have a conversation about your dog, Alex?
16:39Because you know I'm in love with him.
16:41He's called Wolfie.
16:43He's got involved in Strictly.
16:45He really has got involved in Strictly.
16:47He's got a couple of outfits now.
16:50He has a ballroom number and he also has a Latin number that he likes to wear.
16:56We have a photo of him.
16:58This is when he's in his Latin era.
17:00Yes.
17:01The thing is, he has a neck that I want to try and achieve when I'm dancing.
17:12Whenever I'm dancing with Jojo, if we're doing ballroom or something,
17:15he says, no, extend your neck, long neck.
17:17My dog just does it naturally.
17:19We should all be more wolfy.
17:21We should all be more wolfy.
17:23Mark, aren't you doing this week and to what song, please?
17:26We are doing a cha-cha-cha to this.
17:30Good girl.
17:41Very good to you.
17:43How are you feeling about the cha-cha?
17:44Oh, I'm super excited.
17:45Are you?
17:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:48Cha-cha-cha.
17:49Good girl.
17:50Burn everything in threes.
17:51We cannot wait to see it.
17:53Balvinda, on Saturday night, you did an Argentine tango in the Tower ballroom.
18:00What I believe there is one other thing on your Blackpool bucket list, is that right?
18:04Yes.
18:05What is it?
18:06A cream tea at the Tower.
18:08Cream tea?
18:09I can sniff a cream tea out anywhere.
18:11Can you?
18:12I wouldn't let you go home without one.
18:14Here we go.
18:15I am so with you.
18:20That's my life.
18:21You've only been out for 12 hours.
18:23That's amazing.
18:25Delicious.
18:26Does anybody want some?
18:28Scone.
18:29Scone.
18:30Scone.
18:31If you're at norm, it's the scone.
18:33Julian, it's week 10 next week.
18:36What dance are you doing?
18:38What are you dancing to?
18:39We are dancing the jive to this.
18:45All right, there's no one.
18:48I'm gonna get right back to the inside.
18:51Oh, well, how are you feeling about the jive?
18:57I don't know, to be honest with you.
18:59It's fast, isn't it?
19:00It is very fast.
19:02Yeah, yeah.
19:03We're off to a good start.
19:04Excellent.
19:05I know the words.
19:06We can't wait.
19:07You're going to be fantastic.
19:08Now, next week, I'm just gonna say this out loud.
19:11The competition is ramping up.
19:13Strictly has a brand new challenge.
19:15Everyone hold hands.
19:16Have a look at this.
19:22Next week, for the first time, our celebs face the instant dance.
19:29Picking a dance style at random to perform on the spot.
19:33And at this crucial point in the competition, it's a chance to gain extra marks and turn the leaderboard on its head.
19:43It's the ultimate test of how much they have learned and how in tune they are with their dance partner.
19:50And with a place in the quarter-final at stake, the spotlight will be on them more than ever.
20:03That is instant dance.
20:06And I should explain, you have selected your envelopes.
20:10You have signed your envelopes.
20:11You have no idea what dance you are going to get.
20:15It's going to be fantastic.
20:17Don't make that face.
20:18Amber, how are you feeling?
20:19Is it gonna be fantastic?
20:20It's gonna be great.
20:22It's chaotic.
20:23We love chaos.
20:25Nikita, you're into it, aren't you?
20:27I am...
20:28Imagine live television.
20:30You don't know the dance.
20:32You don't know the costume.
20:33You don't know the song.
20:34You know nothing.
20:35And the best part?
20:37Nobody can stop you.
20:39When you say it like that...
20:42It's gonna be so much fun.
20:43George, you're trying to know about choosing the envelope, but very excited about the challenge.
20:47I think it will just be a laugh.
20:49I mean, I know it will go awfully, but...
20:52Even if it goes awfully and I'm upset about it, I'm having a good time.
20:55So I'll just try and smile.
20:57I'll just point at her the whole time and go...
21:00Do that.
21:01Karen, you have concerns about Carlos, don't you, during your dance?
21:06What?
21:07Why?
21:08Do share.
21:09It's Carlos.
21:10I never know what he's doing at the best of days, and then adding what you explain there,
21:16Nikita, I'm just gonna go, go on, Carlos, do your thing, and I'll just clap.
21:19Carlos, can you put Karen's mind at ease?
21:24I mean, it's instant dance.
21:25Yes.
21:26My mind will be instant too.
21:27Oh, gosh.
21:28That's not even me!
21:30That's not even me!
21:32That's not even me!
21:33Now, Lewis, as well as not knowing what you're dancing or what music you're dancing to,
21:39you also don't know what you'll be wearing.
21:41And you're a little bit worried about what Katya might pick to wear, I've heard.
21:45I am.
21:46I absolutely am.
21:47I think, you know, she's quite rogue in the dress sense.
21:50And she might, I think you might put like, no, I think you'll like layer some jeans with a skirt.
21:56I think you'll have about five different layers.
21:58We're all right with that.
21:59Some people are quite positive.
22:00Alex, you're quite...
22:01I'm terrified!
22:02I'm absolutely terrified!
22:03Because I just feel like, what if the envelope I've picked is, for example, the Viennese waltz
22:10that I did seven weeks ago, and I, I mean, a fleckle?
22:14I can't remember how to fleckle.
22:17It's, I, I, and we're, we're sort of in front of millions of people live on TV.
22:23I'm, yes, I am quietly terrified.
22:26I really am, actually.
22:27Jojo, it is scary for the celebs, but this is normal for pros.
22:31It's quite normal for professionals, because that's what, that's our world, is built like that.
22:35You go to the competition, you don't know what music is going to be played.
22:37Strictly is lush for that reason, because you are prepared.
22:41But this is more a real setting, isn't it?
22:44What we do in our world.
22:45They play the music and you dance.
22:47And we have prepared choreography, we just have to remember what it is.
22:51Yes!
22:53Well, talk to me about that.
22:54So, will you prepare 40 seconds of dancing this week, as well as learning a whole new dance?
22:59Absolutely.
23:00That's the pressure.
23:02Yeah.
23:03This is madness.
23:05Yes.
23:06My darling, just look into my eyes.
23:08Don't do that.
23:09Don't do that.
23:10All right.
23:11At least we know, Balbinder, that it is a dance that you've already performed in the competition.
23:16Does that give you a little bit more confidence?
23:18I mean, if you say so.
23:19I'm not so sure.
23:21We'll just throw out some steps and see what happens.
23:24Julian, how can the celebs prepare for an instant dance?
23:28Just go all in.
23:29Because, like Johanna said, this is kind of like a bit more of a glimpse into, you know, Latin and Borum.
23:34And at its core, Latin and Borum is improvising.
23:36It's just two people having a conversation and having a dance together.
23:39And I actually think that these 40 seconds will probably be some of the most memorable 40 seconds of the series.
23:46It could be for great reasons.
23:49But I genuinely think it's going to be magical.
23:53Aw.
23:54OK, we'll take that.
23:55I think you don't underestimate what you know.
23:58Look how much you've learned.
23:59Back yourselves, guys.
24:00Back yourselves, guys.
24:01It's muscle memory.
24:02It's going to come back.
24:04It's muscle memory and if not, twirling.
24:06Now for some music.
24:07Please welcome this sensational, Nois Capaldi.
24:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
24:19Eyes of emerald and white, more precious than gold.
24:27Hands as soft as the sand, but harder to hold.
24:35Tonight could be the last time your heartbeat and mind are ever this close.
24:44But life can cut like a knife, that's just how it goes.
24:49Well, till the day I die, I will dream of you.
24:58In a million lives, you're the one I choose.
25:07I'll love you till my last breath.
25:18You're gone, boy.
25:21Something in the heavens does me, then we'll be together again.
25:26Sounds of gathering clouds are all that I hear.
25:41You're just stains of permanent grey, since you disappeared.
25:58You disappeared, but till the day I die
26:05I will dream of you in a million lives
26:13You're the one I choose
26:20I'll love you till my last breath
26:28You're gone, boy
26:31Something in the heavens knows me
26:34Let me put me together again
26:36I'll see you around the night
26:44You're gone, boy
26:48Something in the heavens tells me
26:50That we'll be together again
26:55Together again
27:04Something in the heavens tells me
27:07That we'll be together again
27:10Ooh
27:21Something in the heavens tells me
27:23That we'll be together again
27:26Thank you to Louis Capaldi and our professional dancers, Diane, Lauren, Vito and Neil. Now, welcome to the fairground. It's the judges!
27:53Thank you so much. First of all, can we just have a conversation about this? There was a 40, there were 10 tens and everybody up their scores. What is in the air here? What happened? Magic, Charlie. Magic. Now, I think it puts pressure on absolutely every contestant to do their absolute best. Yes. Of course.
28:08And plus they've got a sprung floor, which we love. And I'm not just saying this, a wonderful audience. A fantastic audience. A fantastic audience. It's just a really brilliant atmosphere and it's exciting. So everyone does their best. And plus they did find out that they were a fantastic audience. And it's just a brilliant atmosphere and it's exciting. So everyone does their best. And plus they did find out that they were a fantastic audience.
28:26So that does take the pressure off, which is great. They were fantastic. They really did well. It's always Blackpool different energy. But they were just honestly, I mean, Shirley, you said it before, it feels like dance is the highlight. Everybody honestly gave
28:31so much of themselves. At the beginning of the series when everybody comes in, there's all of it. Yeah, it's beautiful. I was like, no, we didn't feel so much about it.
28:39And it was like, no, we didn't know. Yeah, we don't know what the world was. That's so much of him. This one. And for the last one, the last one, we have to be with you.
28:42Yes. And it's so much of them all, we had to be shaken. Now, I think it was just, like, I didn't know what I was talking about.
28:44they really did well there were there is always blackpool different energy but
28:48they were just honestly I mean surely you said it before it feels like dance is
28:54the highlight everybody honestly gave so much of themselves was beautiful at the
28:59beginning of the series when everybody comes in they're all excited to reach
29:02this event yes at the tower ballroom and I think everybody accelerated and did
29:07the very very best and it's just been wonderful we've never experienced that
29:11have we no I mean we've always had great blackpools but this seems something
29:14like you said that was in the air absolutely they're gonna be delighted on
29:18Monday morning when they get back into the studio and start rehearsing again for
29:22next week they're gonna be delighted with this week's performance yes because they
29:25were terrific performances it's such a good point
29:29Shelley I'd love to talk to you about Lewis because both you and what she said
29:33and this is so true that somehow accelerated even towards the end when
29:37anybody else would be like well it comes into the heading of dynamics it's when
29:41you can change different energies so we started at the very very beginning with
29:46power and he was going and he was shifting but he never decelerated did he he went
29:50and he accelerated towards the end very rare when you're watching the performance
29:54because normally it dwindles at the end and he didn't okay thank you so much
29:59Craig I'd love to ask you about Val Vindic it was such a great dance wasn't it well it
30:03was it was a dance that really suited her she obviously looked like she was
30:07into it enjoyed it it was one that she was loving so she paid more attention to
30:12it I think you know everything has improved she was very much in the middle of the
30:17road for me I was giving him sevens week after week after week and I didn't see
30:21that much improvement and I noticed in this dance that she improved you know and
30:27it was really lovely to see Anton I'd love to ask you about George he got the
30:32retains that's perfect timing isn't it this is exactly how you want it to go you
30:39want to show an improvement and we've all been asking for sort of the same thing
30:44really we want more of you we want you to give it more we want you to sell it more
30:48but when you reach this new level it takes something like this sometimes the
30:52Blackpool you get to that next level then you go ah I know I understand what
30:58you're talking about now thank you so much Motsy I love what you said to Kaz and
31:03you said you didn't have a paddle high enough yeah could we just remind
31:07ourselves that paso was extraordinary it was a moment I mean you know the thing is
31:13what you want at the end of the day somebody's to come on the dance floor and
31:16you feel like there is absolutely nothing left she gave us absolutely this
31:22moment this music she just put her heart on the dance floor and I just enjoyed it
31:27because she's so authentic she's so real and she you know those spins in there
31:33they were so difficult that she was going and pushing and this whole music and
31:37everything just felt unbelievable I mean we had goosebumps from the word goal with
31:42the show we're like can you believe this because it was it was fantastic it was
31:46phenomenal so I only have one word to say yes Craig I loved it she dances her own
31:57way actually and you know we're well different opinions I felt like it was
32:03her arms and her attack was all on one level for me I would have liked to seen
32:08just a little bit more flair in the Spanish all the bronze everyone inhale
32:15listen when she's doing it in the final darling now judges next week it is
32:24instant dance before we discuss let's have a look at this today we will be
32:34picking what dance style we will be doing for the instant dance I'm quite
32:39nervous going into this just because I have no control over anything right now
32:43right we've made it to this point here we go instant dance selection I don't
32:50want to do it I would like a Viennese waltz that's fresh on the brain I don't
32:55want the cha cha cha because we were in the dance off I hope it's not a passer please give
32:59us a jive wait what oh goodness sake are you ready go you got this come on let me see
33:07orange orange oh this is scary that feels like the cha cha that's it let's go sign our names
33:18we are literally signing up our fate right now oh no I'll meet you on the dance floor when we open
33:28this envelope the fate is sealed I don't know how I feel improvising is one of the hardest things you
33:38can do as a professional dancer it's gonna be difficult we don't know the music we don't know
33:43the style I've not even thought of the music we don't remember anything I don't even remember
33:48last week's dance you literally can't prepare you just gotta not panic and I will panic
34:00you have done this in Germany how does it play out well it's really exciting the question is have
34:08they really learned to dance have they understood what they're doing have they understood the character of
34:12the dance have they learned their basic steps and you have to trust your partner so have they built
34:18those trustful partnerships where you can like lead and follow and let go I mean I've seen people have
34:24blackouts and just like stand there but I've seen some magical moments where I want to see that
34:31what I love is anything can happen well that's true but we dance in life don't we yeah you
34:36know you get up and at a disco darling you're not choreographed are you get up and dance with
34:42someone so uh no no even if you do that hold on a second yeah but you don't do a cha-cha in a disco
34:51I don't know but what I mean yeah I love you but that's something else I mean you're dancing
34:57yeah with a partner in front of people watching they're gonna get a dance that they have done in
35:02the past yes they are it's going to be whether they can remember it so and to the music and not
35:07short noticed on a minute or so they've got to pick the costume pick the dance the music they will
35:13have never heard then they've got to trust their own judgment and can they follow their partner so
35:17that's going to be absolute chaos and we're all here for it yeah why not let's shake it up I mean
35:26it could flip the entire leaderboard right that's what's quite interesting I'm Tom when you were
35:32dancing in the show I think you'd have been spectacular at this thank you I do well thank
35:37you very much but are you quite pleased you know well I have to be honest with you I had the great
35:43pleasure of dance with many many ladies over the years and every week it felt like instant dance
35:48it is it is gonna be really exciting and I can't I can't wait oh I can't wait it could be car crash
36:00television and I'm very much looking forward which would be brilliant crazy it might be the
36:05Linda I will never forget it see while you were traveling yeah Blackpool these three there's some
36:14time on and we filmed it just for you why am I the front don't let me be at the front are you ready
36:23great game never again
36:45I know you guys love Blackpool, but that was commitment.
36:52Let's hear it for our judges. Thank you.
36:57Now, one couple who sadly won't be joining us next week is Lavoie and Aliash.
37:03Before we chat to them, let's look back at their wonderful time in the show.
37:11Hello, darlings. I'm Lavoie. Simply fabulous.
37:14Pink Pony Club, I'm going to keep on dancing.
37:19Don't know where Aliash started, I am. Look, if we're just right, mashed together like a tomato. Alibua.
37:24You still know how to put on a show. Thank you. And you clearly used to work at Bullens.
37:29Thank you! Look at this!
37:31So far this series, she's had a lot to say about my outfits.
37:34And tonight, for her Mary Poppins waltz, she's dressed as the bird woman.
37:39I'll get you back for this daily.
37:42We're in ballroom and Aliash keeps holding out the arms as it's going to frame and I just keep thinking he wants a hug.
37:50Do you know the address where you send your CV to the BBC, just in case there's any new jobs coming up?
37:59I'm just asking for a friend.
38:01Pink Pony Club.
38:03Tonight, I think for the first time I get what you guys feel with dancing and how magical it can feel.
38:07You are what we call a true diva.
38:10I can't help but love you.
38:12Beautiful. I just thought you would love me.
38:15We need the rainbow! We need it!
38:18It's been amazing. You've been beaming throughout.
38:21You're a born entertainer that has worked hard for every single inch of the success you have gotten.
38:27You are a gift. You are a gift. You really are. I love you.
38:31So many great moments. You've been such a highlight this series.
38:45Oh my gosh, thank you so. That was beautiful to watch that back. It really was.
38:49This has been the most extraordinary experience of my entire life. It really has.
38:53What have you loved most? If that's not too hard...
38:56What have I loved most? Don't hate me, but it's not been the dancing.
38:59It's been... just been welcomed on the show with the most amazing warmth from everyone.
39:05From the whole crew backstage, the judges, to the pros, to the celebs, to you two, to...
39:10Everyone has been amazing. I came into the show as a minority, you know, as a redhead.
39:15And, you know, and you've just all embraced me wonderfully.
39:20And I just... I cannot thank you enough for just this most magical, magical journey.
39:24It's been amazing.
39:25Aliash Lavoie has had us all in stitches since day one.
39:30How much are you going to miss your training sessions together?
39:33Yeah, Lavoie had everyone in stitches on a Saturday and Sunday night,
39:36but I was in stitches seven days a week.
39:39Yeah.
39:40And, you know, we always say I've made a friend for life on Strictly,
39:45but I've been lucky this year because I feel like I made two friends for life.
39:49Um, on Saturday and Sundays, we all laughed with Lavoie,
39:52but from Monday to Thursday and Friday, I had the best time with Chris.
39:57And, um, genuinely, I haven't done a single crunch in the last four months,
40:03but I got my six-pack back, which is amazing.
40:06You are like I... I think you know who you described it the best, actually.
40:10I wouldn't say it was my idea, but Mozi said it the best.
40:13We all need it.
40:14I feel like the world needs more of you.
40:16Yeah.
40:17And, um, I think Strictly needed it.
40:19And, uh, you made my life just a joy for the last weeks.
40:25And I'm gonna miss going to rehearsals.
40:27I'm gonna miss dancing with you.
40:28I'm gonna miss creating with you.
40:30And you are so brilliant at what you do.
40:33And it was...
40:34True.
40:36So true.
40:37Absolutely true.
40:38And I feel like you both feel incredibly lucky that you got each other.
40:48What would you like to say to Aliash?
40:50God, just... just so lucky.
40:52I mean, what you see on that dance floor is a fraction of the love
40:56and the passion and the heart that this man has for dance and his craft.
41:00And you have made me carry on when I've questioned myself.
41:05You've made me laugh through the toughest days.
41:08And when I haven't thought I could do something,
41:10you never gave up on me once.
41:12Not once.
41:13And I'm gonna leave this experience braver, happier,
41:18and such a more confident person.
41:20And that's because of you.
41:21So thank you.
41:22I love you.
41:23I love you.
41:24And you've formed such strong bonds with all of your fellow cast,
41:30haven't you?
41:31It's so sad to say goodbye.
41:32Well...
41:33No, of course, we have.
41:35You know, and I just think with me leaving unexpected,
41:38this is not how I wanted my journey to end,
41:40at least it gives someone else in this competition a chance to win now.
41:43Yes.
41:44And I think that's OK.
41:45We love you, Lavoie,
41:47and we're going to see you shortly on the floor
41:50for a proper Strictly send-off.
41:51Which you deserve.
41:53We do.
41:54We love you.
41:56Now, before that, if you want to see all the backstage antics from Black Hole,
42:00may I highly recommend Strictly on social.
42:03Mm.
42:04APPLAUSE
42:09If you want even more Strictly content...
42:13More dancing, more laughs, more fun...
42:16Don't you want me like I want you, baby?
42:20Then join us on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook,
42:23or wherever you get your social fix.
42:30Just search BBC Strictly to find us.
42:38It's been another magical weekend in the Tower.
42:42Blackpool, from all of us at Strictly, thank you for having us.
42:46Really, thank you.
42:47Our six remaining couples will be on It Takes Two
42:50every weekday on BBC Two,
42:52and we'll be back next Saturday at 6.35,
42:55when they will bid for their place in the quarter-final.
42:59But now, from week one, it was always her dream
43:01to take to the floor in Blackpool,
43:03and she's doing it in her own unique way.
43:06It is the iconic Lavoie!
43:09APPLAUSE
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43:18Everywhere, everyone.
43:32Oh yeahh...
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