00:00Macaroni in a pot!
00:19Something I wanted to try, a new skill to learn in these strange times
00:24and who better to teach me than the champion.
00:27He's doing so well and he's just working so hard.
00:32You brought the biggest smile to my face.
00:35He brings fire.
00:37I think there's a difference between somebody being a comic act
00:40and somebody just being fun.
00:42This dance, when you whirl around the dance floor in a hold
00:46is exactly what I imagined Ballroom to be
00:49and this is just, you know, this is more than I could have imagined.
00:52We have put a lot of hours into the training room
00:55and Oti has, as you can see, whipped me in shape.
01:00Absolutely fantastic!
01:02I honestly truly believe that Bill can actually become an incredible dancer
01:08and he's working his way to be there and they know jokes
01:11and we really are taking it seriously
01:13but more than that, I want people at home to sit and just see fun on the screen
01:18and connect to the stories, connect to our friendship
01:21because we laugh so much.
01:23You are extraordinarily fantastic!
01:27If you keep going like this, my darling, I think we'll be seeing you in the final.
01:31Though he's such a brilliant choreographer and thinks about the routine so well
01:35that I wanted to pay a sort of due diligence to that
01:38and I wanted to give it my all.
01:39We were third last on week one.
01:42So to actually physically see the growth and to feel the growth
01:46and to see how he's changed.
01:48Yes, he's Bill Bailey but he's a camera dancer.
01:51Uh, Bill Bailey, the king of pop and lock.
01:55You are genuine, you are the real deal.
01:58A true inspiration!
02:00I think this is a huge testament to your skill as a teacher
02:07that you've managed to sort of bring something out of me
02:10and put it into this dance.
02:12Oti is, I think, a fantastic teacher but also she's an inspiration.
02:17I didn't know if he was going to take it seriously or not.
02:19I knew that if they were going to partner him with me, he didn't have a choice.
02:23I'm secretly actually loving Bill Bailey.
02:27I love him, I would love to see him in the final.
02:30Bill has this thing about him where he loves to perform.
02:34It felt amazing to dance with him and to share that moment.
02:39You are a revelation!
02:41And I want to thank you, Bill, for opening the show with such class and finesse and beauty.
02:50But you really want to impress Oti?
02:52Well, of course, that's right.
02:54Oti is an extraordinary dancer, she's a brilliant choreographer.
02:58But what also she does, she brings out all kinds of other qualities.
03:05Determination, strength, self-belief.
03:08And really we push through those long days of training.
03:11So this is very much your doing.
03:16It was wonderful to do it for Oti as well.
03:19The competition is hotting up and it's getting tough.
03:23You're a role model for many, many men watching this show.
03:27Bend it like Bill.
03:29I want to push Bill.
03:32I have a brilliant teacher in Oti.
03:35You know, she's a wonderful dancer, great choreographer.
03:39So, of course, you know, I'm in good hands.
03:41For me, Bill really puts his heart out there.
03:44You know, a lot of the time you get people who just dance and they dance from the love.
03:49He dance from the soul.
03:51And I feel like when I watch him, I think, if Bill Bailey can do that,
03:55then with hard work and enough inspiration, I can do anything.
04:00We're coming from a place of, if this is the last one, let's just go out to the bank.
04:05Honestly, I can't tell you how happy it makes me.
04:08It's like, it's beyond joyful.
04:11It's beyond, you know, exhilarating.
04:13It's something else.
04:14It's liberating.
04:15Yes.
04:15It makes you feel you can do anything.
04:18There's no way I could have done this without a teacher like Oti.
04:22She brought out of me endurance and strength and perseverance and self-belief
04:27and a lot of things which transcend the whole world of dance.
04:31For me, it was never about making the final.
04:34I wanted people at home to watch Bill Bailey and think,
04:37oh my goodness, if he can do that, then I can do anything.
04:42No one is more surprised by this than me.
04:45We all have a capacity beyond that which we think we're capable of.
04:50Your 2020 finalists are Bill and Oti.
04:56Now more than ever, the show is so important for positivity, for light and the show.
05:03The show must go on.
05:05The show must go on.
05:06You have to find the will to carry.
05:08I am, yes.
05:09For a 55-year-old man who has never danced.
05:14You get up there, you show everybody what you're capable of.
05:20I just think that my involvement in this has been, you know, a revelation.
05:25This is quite personal.
05:27I would never have imagined I would have been here, but here we are.
05:30You've always been consistently good in this competition,
05:34and it was so wonderful to see that routine again.
05:38I think Oti has really been the key element in this.
05:43We have formed a very good friendship,
05:45and I think the friendship will continue way beyond this show.
05:48For that, I will be eternally grateful.
05:51This is not just about a song about the arts.
05:53This is an anthem about, you know, not giving up, keeping hope, you know, getting through this.
06:00This is what it is.
06:01The show must go on.
06:02It's about being strong.
06:03You dance, Bill, because you love the way it feels,
06:07to move your body to music, and that is apparent.
06:12Ten!
06:12Ten!
06:13Ten!
06:15You know, you're a spectacular dancer, wonderful choreographer,
06:18but you know what?
06:20You're a beautiful soul.
06:21You found something in me I didn't know I had.
06:24For that, I'll always be grateful.
06:26You are absolutely a performer of the highest quality.
06:31The Strictly Come Dancing Champions 2020 are...
06:36Bill and Oti!
06:40Bill and Oti, you're our winners!
06:43How's it feel?
06:45It feels wonderful.
06:47I never thought that we would get this far.
06:50I never thought we'd get to the final, but I have the most extraordinary teacher,
06:55the most extraordinary dancer, someone who believed in me right from the beginning,
07:10and she found something in me, turned me into this, into a dancer.
07:15Thank you, Oti.
07:18Sir, I think you are amazing.
07:22Remarkable Bill Mark, baby.
07:24You just put your heart into everything.
07:27You put your soul into everything.
07:29You're in your world, but I love your world, and I always want to be a part of you.
07:34And thank you for being a friend.
07:36Yeah.
07:37A father figure to me.
07:39Oti.
07:39A brother.
07:40A brother.
07:40A brother.
07:41A brother.
07:43A brother.
07:44Keep dancing.
07:44Keep dancing.
