Friday 25 October 2013

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

- Kevin is really good at acting scared of Artem.
- Either that, or Artem genuinely is a big bully.
- Robin rips off his pants and Deborah's skirt... sounds like some particularly niche fan fiction.
- Fiona sometimes wonders why she's here. At least that puts her one step ahead of Nancy, who was never entirely sure where she was in the first place.
- Karen Hauer wants to be hot and a mom. KevinfromGrimsby, take this as a hint. (Imagine - we could have Karen vs Erin BABYWARZ next year.)
- Julien celebrated his elimination by sleeping in until 2pm on Monday.
- Julien has put pictures of Janette all over his house.
- Julien reminds a 7 year old viewer of his hamster, Pickles.
- Dave claims he has always tried to dance seriously. He clearly hasn't been paying attention to Karen's Komedy Khoreography if he thinks that.
- Karen wants to stretch Dave out 'like a turkey'.  Bit early for the Christmas special, no?  Or is she commenting on his dancing skillz?
- Apparently someone thought filling several minutes of the show with a tour of Dave's houseboat was a good idea. It wasn't.
- His houseboat does have satellite TV though, which is quite cool.
- Ola really can't sing. She's certainly no Iveta, let's put it that way.
- Pasha blames himself for Rachel being in the bottom two because he choreographed such a difficult routine.
- Rachel loved the choreography though, and swears she got it right in rehearsals, just not on the night.
- The paso is Rachel's favourite dance, which is lucky because she's drawn it for this week. (They're dancing to 'Maneater', which should be fun.)
- Vincent is planning to come back next year and compete as a celebrity, with Flavia as his partner.
- Apparently the rumba is HARD FOR WOMEN because you have to straighten your legs.
- Kristina is "a bit of an out-there person". Make of that what you will.
- Ben wasn't worried about dropping Kristina, because she's bigger than a rugby ball and he can catch those.
- NATALIE LOWE IS ALIVE. All being well, she can return to group rehearsals in two or three weeks.
- She's also been assigned a special It Takes Two project: to teach engaged couple Gordon and Melanie how to do the best wedding dance ever.
- Flavia thinks the samba is the hardest dance.
- There is definitely no ban on shirtless men on the show, and Ian is more than happy to disrobe in order to prove it.
- Mark will be keeping his gold shirt and Hammer pants.
- Mark is challenging Kevin for the impressions crown. His Iveta impersonation is alarmingly good.
- Mark and Dave have a little check-in with each other once a week to see how the other's training is going. Aww.
- Rachel reminds Ian of Jodie Kidd, so he thinks she can turn into an great ballroom dancer. (He didn't mention Latin. Sorry Rachel and Jodie.)
- Going out to do a dance that you know you're not going to be that great at makes you very self-conscious, per Deborah.
- Deborah's husband researches the dance that she's doing each week and sends her the appropriate flowers for it.
- Fiona needs to learn to banana her body towards Anton. As we saw in the cha cha cha, however, Anton has already learnt how to banana his body towards Fiona.
- Kevin has been rehearsing without his glasses this week. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE KEVIN.
- Watching their samba back, Kevin wasn't all that impressed with his attempt at a Hero Voice.
- Susanna asks more questions than a man meeting his teenage daughter's boyfriend for the first time.
- Artem doesn't know what the rules are in terms of how much of the quickstep should be done in hold. Don't worry, Artem, neither does anyone else.
- Natalie's hair hits Artem in the face quite a lot when they dance. Well, now we know where this year's WOOBIE INJURY is coming from.
- Sophie is not an extrovert.
- Abbey tried to push Aljaž into the mud on the assault course last week and it made him squeal like a girl.
- Aljaž wears baggy trousers to rehearsals. To be fair, when you've got a BADONKADONK like that, it must be hard to get the fabric to cling to your legs.
- Fiona's impression of a petulant chicken is well-known in her village. Apparently that's all the fame you need to be on this show nowadays.
- Patrick injured his wrist while rollerskating this week.
- Going first is worse than going last, according to Sophie and Brendan.
- Sophie sometimes openly laughs at some of Brendan's choreography, but he takes it surprisingly well.
- Lucky The Pup tips Susanna and Kevin for the top of the leaderboard this week.
- Ashley Banjo owns a small chihauhau called KP, "like the peanuts".
- Anneka Rice is such a Strictly superfan that she hasn't been out at the weekend for ten years. She knows it's not actually on for nine months of the year, right?
- Zoe Ball's kids' favourite song is 'Dear Darlin'' by Olly Murs. I mean, I hate to say "I blame the parents", but… *gives Zoe a LOOK*
- Ashley Banjo really rated Mark's hip hop dancing, and would be happy for him to join Diversity on tour.

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