It Takes Two – Tuesday 16th October 2012
Time to talk to the other dance-off couple!
On Tuesday’s show they featured Richard & Erin, Fern & Artem and Louis & Flavia along with Karen Hardy’s Choreography Corner.
Richard Arnold & Erin Boag
Richard: “My hands are clammy just watching [the result]…you’ve been there yourself!”
Zoe: “Never in the dance-off though love!”
Richard: “Oh I see, and so it starts!”
Zoe: “How did the routinely actually go?”
Erin: “It went really well…sometimes it’s spot on time, sometimes it’s not”
Zoe: “Are you getting mixed messages from the judges?”
Richard: “You’ve got to give it everything you’ve got…trying to keep a straight face when you’re standing there [with that hair]”
VT of Richard singing…not dancing…this isn’t X-Factor!
Richard: “You can’t take it away from us, we have fun”
Quickstep for Hollywood week.
Choreography Corner
Let’s hear Karen’s thoughts on the weekend choreography:
Lisa & Robin’s Viennese Waltz
No-one wants a wet lettuce on the end of their arms…she will do well…she just can’t lead [though]
Fern & Artem’s Viennese Waltz
We always talk about the arms…but if that’s what they’re picking on in week 2, she’s going to be here for a very long time
Louis & Flavia’s Viennese Waltz
Limited steps in the Viennese Waltz…many greats haven’t even attempted [the Fleckerl] before…even the attempt of some nice footwork
Jerry & Anton’s Foxtrot
Back in the 1920s [her frame] would have been perfect…have to stretch out away from the guy
Colin & Kristina’s Viennese Waltz
He’s still maintaining good elbow height…all he’s adjusted is the lowering of the hand
Victoria & Brendan’s Foxtrot
She has to commit to her turns…she’s jumping out of the roller coaster when she’s halfway through the loop-de-loop
Denise & James’ Jive
She had retraction [in her Jive kicks]…layering…essence of quality going in, already on week 2…never seen a Jive to that level [on Strictly]…not even Jill Halfpenny
Michael & Natalie’s Jive
Get one of those quicks wrong, and this [quick video] is what can happen…one quick wrong and you’re thrown, we were more than one quick wrong…professional ladies can’t save you [in this dance]
Sid & Ola’s Salsa
Timing off…Sid was living the Shakira DVD dream…completely forget he was in Shepherd’s Bush, London…focus Sid
Dani & Vincent’s Salsa
Great isolation…brings a texture to it…in general you want the dance to flow
Nicky & Karen’s Cha Cha Cha
In the early week’s they’ve got the get the basics in…they wanted to come back really strong…he got so much into that theme of the clubbing [that going back into normal Cha Cha he got it all wrong]
Fern Britton & Artem Chigvintsev
Blissful not to have to open the show, Fern feels more comfortable in the Ballroom rather than the Latin American.
Artem shouts at her quite a bit, but if he’s happy then Fern’s happy. However he’s so proud of her, she tries her hardest to do the step every single time.
A VT of shots Artem and Fern edited to make the ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ song.
They have Charleston at the weekend, but we’re not allowed to know the film just yet. Fern can’t necessarily do the steps just yet, but she knows what they’re supposed to be.
Artem thinks it’s going to be a very good dance, with a trick in the middle to surprise us.
Louis Smith & Flavia Cacace
Zoe: “How much did you enjoy it?”
Louis: “It was really good…we were trying to portray tingles in the spine”
Zoe: “Bruno loved the romance between you, yet Darcey felt that the emotional connection was missing, why do you think the judges were split on that?”
Flavia: “The Viennese Waltz is a tricky one, it depends on the music…we were in hold for quite some time [so weren’t looking at each other]”
Flavia: “I’ve always wanted to attack [the fleckerl] on Strictly”
A video of Louis’ mum delivering beans on toast to him in training…quite fancy beans on toast for dinner now…
Zoe: “It’s Hollywood week, are you looking forward to releasing your inner showman?”
Louis: “I think so…we’re dancing to Dirty Dancing…we’ve had a dabble with a few of the moves”
Flavia: “We’re going to try and recreate as much of the movie as we can”
Tomorrow Sid & Ola, Dani & Vincent and Jerry & Anton plus Ian Waite’s Wednesday Warm-up
