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Strictly It Takes Two presenter Janette Manrara joins HELLO! for this week's Insider to give her take on week ten of the competition, Helen Skelton's 'emotional' journey and why the judges were divided…
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00:00Welcome to this week's Hello Insider, where we're talking about Strictly Week 10.
00:04Will and Nancy topped the lead board with their epic Charleston with a twist,
00:07Fleur and Vito brought the passion with their Roomba,
00:10and Hamza and Yavita landed two 10s for their Argentine Tango.
00:14But it was Ellie and Johannes who were voted off, and it was an emotional goodbye for the pair.
00:18Thank you so much for joining us, Jeanette.
00:20Obviously, Strictly Weekend was sad to see Ellie and Johannes leave the competition.
00:26It was really emotional.
00:28Do you think it was the right time for them to go?
00:30I mean, it never feels like the right time for anyone to go in the competition, does it?
00:34Especially towards these weeks now, getting closer and closer to the final.
00:38Everybody really, really sees the prize at the end of the road.
00:42You know, they're so close.
00:43So nobody wants to go really more than ever at this point in the competition.
00:47But she did have the lowest scores of the night.
00:50So I guess if we listen to what the judges' opinions were in regards to the dancing,
00:55then yes, it was her time because she had the lowest scores.
00:58But I think emotionally and in terms of how much she's grown throughout the weeks
01:02and the friendship that she has with Johannes, she definitely wasn't ready to go, you know?
01:07Yeah, yeah.
01:07As you say, it makes it so much harder.
01:10Well, the show this week, obviously it's a bit different because of the schedule change
01:13and it's on Friday rather than Saturday.
01:16How do you think the schedule change will be making them feel?
01:21Because I guess it's kind of a loss of a day, isn't it?
01:23Will that be making them feel more nervous, do you think?
01:26Slightly, slightly, because, I mean, it just means that they probably are rehearsed yesterday,
01:31which is technically, you know, a day of rest.
01:34But, yeah, the pressure is on because it's less days to rehearse, less days to get everything in.
01:42And I think it will definitely show, OK, who can handle that kind of pressure
01:46and come forward and still deliver a great dance on Friday night.
01:50So we'll see.
01:51It's going to definitely keep everybody on their toes.
01:53We know that Kim Marsh has suffered with a bout of COVID.
01:57Firstly, do you know if she's feeling better?
01:58I don't know specifically if she's back or not just yet.
02:01But fingers crossed she is because we missed her at the weekend.
02:04Her and Gwetzean are such a great partnership.
02:06So hopefully she can dance this weekend.
02:09Yeah.
02:09And do you think competition-wise it would make such a big difference having missed a week?
02:13I don't know.
02:14That depends on the public and how the audience feels about it.
02:17I think it's out of her control.
02:19It's not her fault she got COVID or this happened.
02:23So it wouldn't be fair to judge her or vote for her or not vote for her for that reason.
02:27Because, you know, it can happen to anyone.
02:29So it's no one's fault, really.
02:31Well, let's talk about Hamza's Argentine tango.
02:34The judges were a bit divided on what they thought.
02:37I think Anton said that he loved the top half but didn't love the bottom half.
02:40And the scores kind of reflected their division.
02:44Why do you think they were kind of divided?
02:46And what did you think?
02:47I think Argentine tango is so footwork heavy.
02:52So I understand where Craig and Anton were coming from.
02:55Because the feet might have been a little bit floppy here and there, maybe.
02:59But one of the most important aspects of the Argentine tango, in my opinion,
03:03is the leading and following aspect of it.
03:06Because it's so intricate.
03:07You've got to have that upside down V shape.
03:09The lifts that you need to do with your partner.
03:12She or he needs to feel like you're secure, ready to go.
03:16And I think Shirley's comment, especially, you know,
03:18showcasing just how beautiful Jovita looks when she's dancing,
03:21is a huge, huge compliment to how good,
03:24exactly how good of a partner Hamza actually is.
03:28And I think I'd agree more with the girls, really, if I'm honest.
03:32Because it's very difficult to learn how to do that
03:36and to teach how to be that good of a partner in that short amount of time.
03:41But I don't not see where the boys are coming from either.
03:44Because his feet were a little bit sloppy here and there.
03:46But I think I would over see that and just look at how wonderful his technique was in every other
03:52way.
03:52Yeah, I really liked Shirley's comments.
03:54She was very team Hamza and very clear on that.
03:58Shirley mentioned that she wishes she could dance with Hamza.
04:02So our question to you would be, if there was somebody who's still in the running, male or female,
04:07who do you wish you could dance with?
04:10Oh, I couldn't pick one, you know, because then I'd have a favourite.
04:13And I can't really have a favourite as the adicts to host.
04:17But I think, again, you know, every single one of them is bringing something so special to the table.
04:22So I wouldn't be able to pick one anyway.
04:24Because I love Will's energy.
04:27I love Fleur's energy.
04:29I love Hamza's partnering.
04:30I love Helen's, like, oh my God, her transformation has just been sensational.
04:36I think they all have something incredible to bring to the table.
04:40So I wouldn't be able to pick one anyway.
04:42Well, you mentioned Will.
04:42He topped the leaderboard this week for the first time in a little while.
04:46He's had a bit of an up and down rollercoaster, hasn't he?
04:48What did you think of his Charleston?
04:51I absolutely loved it.
04:54I loved how different it was.
04:57I love that they tried to go for this more, like, cool, modernised version of what a Charleston can be.
05:03Because I think immediately when you think of Charleston, you think of flapper dresses
05:06and the curly short hairs and the feather in your head, you know.
05:08And I love that him and Nancy kind of went with this approach of making Charleston cool and modernised and
05:14fresh.
05:16And he was so brilliant in it.
05:18I mean, he was absolutely incredible.
05:20And Nancy, you know, she's such a beautiful dancer.
05:23I'm so happy for her.
05:24Her second year on the show as a pro with a celeb partner.
05:27And she's absolutely brilliant at the ballpark this year again with Will.
05:31So I think it was one of my personal favourites of the night because it was just such a fun,
05:37fun dance.
05:38And I think they deserve to be at the top of the leaderboard.
05:41Yeah.
05:41Yeah.
05:42It really suited him, that style.
05:44Yeah, it did.
05:44You could see he was loving it, like the costumes, the suit.
05:46He did.
05:46Because he's such a ball of energy, isn't he?
05:48He's constantly giving out performance and energy and storytelling.
05:53And, like, you feel like Will doesn't hold back an inch.
05:56He gives 150,000% of himself to every dance that he's done on that show so far.
06:03You mentioned that some people start in the competition and you think they're going to be a frontrunner from day
06:09one.
06:09But there are other people who kind of grow across the process.
06:12Who would you say has had the biggest journey?
06:15Oh, wow.
06:16That's a tough one because there's been a few this year.
06:19Normally there's one really obvious one that you go, whoa, Fleur is just, I know that she came in and
06:25she was really a powerhouse of a performer.
06:28But, again, just to see what she delivered on week one to the Roomba that she just did this weekend.
06:34I don't think Fleur would have ever done that Roomba the way that she's done it now with those feet,
06:38with those lines, with that control, but at the same time expressiveness.
06:42Like, so she's definitely had a journey for me.
06:44I feel Helen is another one who's had a massive journey, both emotionally and her confidence and in her dancing.
06:52The Samba this weekend, even though she didn't get the highest scores, the Samba she did, her confidence in it.
06:58She was dancing all around.
07:00She was winking.
07:01She was throwing the sunglasses.
07:02She was being cheeky with gawks.
07:04Like, that is not something Helen would have ever done a couple of weeks into the competition, even.
07:10So, again, another beautiful moment for me to watch her kind of really blossoming into this confident, amazing dancer.
07:17And it really is, she said something in her VT on the show that really kind of touched my heart.
07:23And she said, you know, I thought this show was just about dancing.
07:26And it's just so much more.
07:28And it really hit the nail on the head for me of what Strictly is all about.
07:32You know, we're taking individuals who've never done anything like this before and helping them discover something about themselves that
07:39they didn't even know existed within them, you know.
07:42And they're growing as individuals.
07:43They're growing as human beings.
07:45And then at the same time, entertaining everybody at home with beautiful dancing.
07:49And, you know, I feel really, really happy to see that she's jumped in, all in to the whole experience.
07:55And she's grown so much from it.
07:57Yeah, 100%.
07:58And as you say, her Samba, the performance element of it, just really just shone through.
08:05It was just amazing.
08:06And Craig said he thought it fell a bit flat.
08:09I think he, I mean, I think he was just talking about the technique.
08:11But I think even if the technique wasn't 100%, do you think the fact that she had so much confidence
08:18and performance kind of carried her through?
08:20I think so, 100%.
08:22Because she, you know, technically, of course, you know, it's Samba.
08:26It's a very, very, very hard dance to do.
08:28And I think it's been, without sounding, well, I think especially for women, because you're in heels, you've got to
08:34wear these dresses, and you've got the big hair, and you're going like, oh, God, like, you know, you get
08:40a bit shy.
08:41So it's really hard, the Samba, in every way.
08:43You touched on Fleur's dance this week, which was amazing, and her controlled lines, and really harnessing that energy.
08:53They also spoke about her passion with her partner.
08:57What did you think about that?
08:58Oh, it was passionate, for sure.
09:02That's the kind of Roomba you want to see.
09:04Yeah.
09:05I mean, I love all kinds of Roombas.
09:08There's really, like, emotional ones that are more, like, about the passion, like the one we saw with Flambito.
09:13And then you have the more soft and, you know, more, almost lyrical Roombas that are a bit more balletic
09:19in nature.
09:20And then you've got the Roombas that are all about the hips and the shaking and the thing.
09:25But I think they nailed it, these two, this weekend, really well together, because she had gorgeous lines, she had
09:30gorgeous technique.
09:31Her feet and her ankles were sensational.
09:34But then the storytelling between the two of them, you could feel them really dancing as one.
09:40And that's what you want to see when you watch a Roomba.
09:42You want to feel two people moving across the floor as one.
09:45I mean, that is in every chance, really, to be honest.
09:48Fleur obviously found herself in the bottom two, and she's been in the bottom two a few times over the
09:52competition.
09:53Do you think she could be in trouble this week?
09:56Do you think there's, I mean, I suppose it's unpredictable, isn't it?
09:59You never really know it's going to go.
10:00But we're getting to that point where it's such a fierce competition now.
10:04And I'm just wondering, what do you think could happen this weekend?
10:07To say that she might be in trouble this weekend, I have no idea.
10:11I wouldn't even begin to tell you yes or no, because I would never have expected her to be in
10:16trouble in some of the times she's been in trouble in the past.
10:18So I just can't call it.
10:21But I guess that's what makes good telly.
10:23You know, it keeps us all on our toes.
10:24We just don't know what's going to happen ever.
10:27I think Roomba is a tough one.
10:29Roomba is always a hard job.
10:30Roomba and Samba are two of the hardest dances to do on Strictly.
10:32So you always get nervous when you know that you've got them because you want the audiences to go real.
10:37You want to stay in the competition.
10:38And it's technically so hard to deliver.
10:41So for her to be able to survive the Roomba and still be in this competition, although she was in
10:46the dance-off, it's kudos to her and Vito.
10:48They've done a brilliant job.
10:49Just one more question.
10:51Obviously, it's Musicals Week.
10:52So excited.
10:54Love Musicals Week so much.
10:55Is there anything you can tease about what's coming up?
10:59Do you know what?
10:59I wish I could.
11:00But because I'm no longer a pro, they don't tell me anything anymore.
11:03I'm like the proper fan now on It Takes Two.
11:06I sit down and I chat with them and I'm a fangirl now with all of them.
11:09I love it.
11:10I'll know a little bit more throughout the week because obviously on It Takes Two, we talk about costumes and
11:14we talk about the group numbers that they're going to be doing this weekend.
11:17But I would assume Expect Big because it's Musicals Week.
11:21We have an audience again.
11:23So I think it's going to be a really exciting week to watch the show.
11:28It's one of my favorite weekends of the show as well.
11:30So I'm excited.
11:31I only got to do, I think I only ever did one Musicals Week while I was still a pro.
11:36And so I was excited.
11:37I never got to do it again.
11:39But it is the most fun of the competition.
11:43Yeah.
11:43Yeah.
11:44Oh, can't wait.
11:44Can't wait.
11:45So excited.
11:46Oh, amazing.
11:46Well, thank you so much, Jeanette.
11:48Thanks so much for watching our Strictly Insider.
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