Saturday 7 December 2013

This week on It Takes Two we have learnt...

- Everyone had a sing along to My Favourite Things backstage.  Unsurprisingly, Susanna was the one hamming it up right into the camera lens.
- Susanna may not be the world’s greatest singer, but she makes up for it in enthusiasm.
- Karen Hauer wants the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car for Christmas. And a pony. And a dog.
- Natalie is a secret jazz hander.  That sounds... filthy.
- Brendan knows a thing or two about lip colours.
- Mark is going to have keyhole surgery on his knees... after the tour.  What a trooper.
- Iveta is planning on having a sitcom with Mark.  This better have already been commissioned.
- Zoe and Norm are swingers.  What?  That's definitely what she said.  Or at least implied.
- Craig only decided to give Abbey a 10 at the very end of the routine. Should’ve gone with his first instinct.
- Craig doesn't think the judges' favourite will win this year.  Well, given Abbey has been in the bottom two already, I would imagine that's nor a hard conclusion to come to.
- Ola thinks Ashley will enjoy the salsa more than the rumba.  Given his face on Saturday that wouldn't be difficult.
- The swingamajig is totally a way of predicting who will win, because Kara and Harry both won it.
- This year's pro challenge is to be drunken sailors.  I thought that was the theme for Saturday's pro dance.  (Also: how unfair they do this dance the year after Erin left for her island)
- Aljaž managed 61 drunken sailor steps.  Iveta managed 73 but had 31 of them disqualified. She is possibly going to murder the judge who made that call in their sleep.
- Work experience girl Lisa Riley was given the super special job of placing some musical notes around the stage on Saturday.
- Khoreography Karen loved Patrick's gurnathon Charleston. Obviously.
- Karen also got 40 for a salsa when she was partnered with Ramps lest we forget.
- Ian thinks Abbey’s salsa needed “more quality” and he would only have given it a nine. God bless him.
- Aliona thinks she should’ve been disqualified from the pro challenge because she was in flats instead of heels. However, she scored 46 with no disqualifications, placing her below Aljaž but above Iveta. (Fnar.)
- Aliona either doesn't get innuendo ('When did you last do a load of drunken sailors?') or chooses to rise above it.
- Natalie Lowe’s been doing a bit of moonlighting by doing The Costume Bit. Obviously it’s always lovely to see her but WHEN WILL SHE BE DANCING AGAIN?
- Argentine Tango skirts need to be made of non-stretch fabric in case the heel gets caught.
- Anya thinks Patrick always deserves a 10. With that attitude she’ll probably be head judge within three years.
- Patrick likes doing voices.
- Brendan wouldn’t give many tens if he were a judge because perfection is rare.
- Natalie’s mum is very supportive. (This isn’t really that much of an exciting fact but the pickings were quite slim this week.)
- Born again virgin Brendan has decided he is now going to be the bastion of the purity of dahnce.
- Brendan had a go at a bunch of drunken sailors on Friday. Ahh, Fleet Week.
- Brendan got 76 drunken sailors in the pro challenge, but had five disqualified leaving him with a total of 71. He’s still currently top of the leaderboard though.
- Susanna is not an expert in footwork or technique, but she loves DRAMA AND PASSION. So she’s quite enjoying the Argentine tango.
- Strictly’s director of choreography Jason Gilkison was “loosely” the inspiration for the film Strictly Ballroom. At least, that’s his account of it.
- The pro and group routines are choreographed in August.
- Natalie Lowe was originally going to be the one flying instead of Iveta.
- Jason Gilkison loves a rumba. His favourite from this series is Artem and Natalie’s.
- Susanna had 'seven perfect rehearsals'
- Kevin isn't used to the Argentine Tango and is very cute when pretending he'll be rubbish at it.
- Ashley is fully expecting to get 35 this week, because it's what he does best.
- Patrick is scared of the rumba.  DIFFICULT FOR MEN!
- Anton had five drunken sailors disqualified and his final total was 72, placing him at the top of the leaderboard for the pro challenge.  He reacts to finally being at the top of a leaderboard with the excitement you might expect.
- All of Anton's partners were rubbish. Fiona's wonderfulness lasted long, didn't it?
- Lucky the predictive pup thinks Patrick and Anya will top the leaderboard.
- Stephen Mulhern doesn't find Patrick offers him any reason to vote.
- Russell Grant isn't convinced about Delilah for Abbey's dance. He also seems to consider himself some sort of expert on the Argentine tango, despite having been shit at all dances when required to do anything beyond LOLGAY.
- Russell Grant wants 'one of the girls' to win, Heidi Range Abbey and Stephen Mulhearn says Susanna and Kevin WILL win.  YEAR OF THE WOMAN.

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