Saturday, 24 November 2018

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

- Lauren can walk on water! Well, sit on water. Well, accidentally sit on one of those billowing bits of blue fabric representing water.
- Shirley still loves her chicken.
- Shirley's parents were in on Saturday.
- Gloria Estefan is on tour next year, buy tickets now etc.
- The showcase salsa dancers from Saturday were called Karen and Ricardo.
- Janette loves Gloria Estefan and got a hug off her for her birthday.
- Kate describes her exit as "leaving the party while you're having fun".
- Kate thinks she did her American smooth better the second time.
- Kate's ribs were recovering but she did pop it again on Thursday.
- Kate always wanted to do lifts so was glad she got a chance to before she left.
- Kate adhered to proper safety guidelines when she did her dip in the sea.
- Everybody wants a fresh-faced beachy look.
- Except Lisa and Lisa's model judging by her expression.
- After the show, Lisa and Lisa have to chase people down the corridors with hairpieces and crystals. Sounds like fun.
- Lots of people want hair like Zoe's.
- Charles mum rang him while he was live on ITT, so she's clearly not a regular viewer.
- Karen doesn't know why it took her seven years to get 10s. I think "the only halfway decent partner she had who stuck around was Mark fucking Wright" might explain it.
- Karen has learned that shirtless Charles is her secret weapon, so she's "just going to deliver the donuts" from now on.
- Karen now wants Charles to "release his tools".  That's one way to get a 40.
- Charles is filled with fear at the thought of the Lindy Hop-a-thon.
- Graeme thinks the bouncy floor is the Tower Blackroom breathing.
- Graeme was shocked that there were separate male and female dressing rooms at Blackpool... meaning there aren't for the regular show?
- Graeme expected to be in the dance-off, was a bit disappointed he was but also liked doing the dance again.
- Graeme had a little nap in the Tower Ballroom on Friday for 27 minutes.
- Graeme is a frustrated actor and would've loved to have been on stage and screen. I keep telling you: Billy Flynn by Easter.
- Lots of sportsmen have been eliminated in week nine.
- Gloria Estefan is the nicest person in the world, according to Graeme.
- Her grandchildren are also musical, lovers of dynasties take note.
- Robin Windsor is about to retire, but he's not Cher.
- The trick to a 'flick lift' is to tighten your bum cheeks and let the boys do the rest. #banthissickfilth
- Robin thinks dancing with prop dancers is good training for the 'lindy-a-thon' lindyhopathon.
- The secret to the Argentine tango is to look into each other, not at each other.
- Charles' samba (feat. Karen) was Robin's favourite, look surprised.
- Apparently Liam Payne was the official sound of summer 2018. No wonder I didn't enjoy it.
- Lauren and Ashley will both be dancing the salsa, which is either bad planning (especially when we haven't had a rumba for weeks) or a way of showing Lauren up by comparison.
- The rumba is Jason Gilkison's favourite Latin American dance.
- In rumba you should walk like a panther.  (And if anyone dances the rumba to the Tony Christie tune of the same name, I'll laugh all year, bring it on Anton 2019.)
- I could watch Johannes and Luba dancing the rumba all day. PARTNERS FOR JOHANNES AND LUBA 2019.
- Pasha looks really good in light pink.
- When faced with a delicious selection of cakes, Pasha will opt for the bunch of grapes at the back of the table.
- Ian and Zoe had a proper time of it in Blackpool.
- You can't flex your foot on a ronde.
- Joe and Dianne are doing 'street commercial' this week, making it officially the most popular couple's choice, er, choice this year.
- Flamenco fingers are the key to resistance in a paso.
- The Lindy Hop-A-Thon will be danced to 'Do Your Thing' by Basement Jaxx.
- No-one is sure how long the lindy-hop-a-thon will be.
- Kevin's apparently been here long enough now to get a retrospective.  It featured lots of high-concept routines and some lovely-lovely ballroom, plus him being 'runner-up' four times in a row as if there was 'a' runner-up in any of those years.
- This year's pro challenge is for the most jive toe-heel swivel steps in 30 seconds.
- It looks like the kind of thing I would absolutely crock my ankle trying to do and if someone doesn't fall over I'll be a little disappointed.
- Zoe's Italian needs some work.
- Giovanni's technique is lumpy.
- Giovanni had four disqualifications leaving him with a total of 36.
- Nadiya's Guess Who? picture really looks like Elsa from frozen.
- Amy has really tiny nostrils.
- Katya once ate spaghetti through her nose.
- Karen doesn't think Dianne can turn a computer on.
- Pasha building his own computer was used on the Guess Who? pro game, but I feel like we already knew that one?
- Dianne and Janette have started pronouncing Pasha as Par-sha, like Ashley, although it's hard to tell if they're being serious or not.
- Zoe has decided 'paso dominatrix' is the answer to 'Who is Faye Tozer?'
- If you smile in paso, it's all over.
- Faye was well up for being flipped 360 degrees in her paso because she really likes rollercoasters.
- Giovanni and Faye were meant to do an American smooth Viennese waltz this week but had to switch to regular waltz because Giovanni injured his back on Monday trying one of the lifts.
- Ashley can't have a carnival samba outfit because we had too much of that last week.
- Vicky Gill doesn't really like sparkle, but the producers make her put it on.
- Handmaid's Tale chic is apparently Vicky's kind of outfit.
- Stacey is struggling with the paso because she's not arrogant enough, it says here.
- Lauren has taken AJ's suggestion that she needs to be more expressive in her samba to mean that she should imitate Bruno.
- Joe and Dianne have apparently turned up the show in nightwear this week.
- Joe is yet another member of the male cast this year with an apparent aversion to socks.
- Joe liked it when Nana Phyllis tried to read out Tess's Autocue.
- Joe blames Claudia for making him cry on the show last Saturday.
- Joe's routine to 'Jump Around' contains a lot of jumping around.
- Dianne has never played basketball in her life.
- Joe has a history of maypole dancing and Morris dancing, the dirty ringah.
- Neil might have given up on the pro challenge a little bit?
- Neil scored 26 with zero disqualifications in the pro challenge, so he thinks "dance is the real winner".
- This week's group dance is choreographed by ARLENE PHILLIPS.
- It will involve Candoco dance company mixing in with the pros.
- It won't be contemporary, Latin or ballroom, but a strange hybrid.  Like every other pro dance these days.
- Musicals week will also feature 'something set on a Greek island' as if there was little enough distinction between it and Movies week already.
- This Saturday, AJ is going to try to put his ball into Lauren's hole.
- AJ calls the Lindy-hop-a-thon the 'hopathon'.
- This week's Friday panel is Lorraine Stanley (Karen off EastEnders), Dan Walker and Robbie Savage.
- Dan doesn't want to do Strictly even though he's a big fan, but Lorraine would love to and would like Giovanni as a partner.
- Robbie Savage has started growing chest hair again.
- You can't say "slut drop" on the BBC.
- Gethin thinks the meaning of penblwydd hapus needs mansplaining.  In a segment of birthday wishes for Zoe.
- They're still trying to make Nell de Jaunse happen.
- "TURKEY!" doesn't work in quite the same way as "CHICKUN!" does.
- Craig's favourite dance to watch is the Argentine tango.
- Except Lauren's, which deserved its 5 for being 'absolutely average.'
- Craig would like 'I Will Survive' to be used on the show, even though he's forgotten it already has been.
- Craig thinks the pros have a lot of control over the lighting, mmm-hmm.
- Craig would describe himself as 'dull, dull, dull' and thinks that's the first phrase he ever uttered on the show (to Natasha and Brendan).
- Craig thinks Aston wuzrobbed and is looking forward to a redemption Christmas storyline.
- A lot of people have told Stacey to close her legs, but she just won't listen.
- Kevin isn't happy that Stacey got a 7 when there were so many 10s flying about.
- Stacey's mum was drinking tequila with one of the VT boys at the after-party until 4am.
- Stacey is a total Gloria Estefan fangirl.
- Stacey told Gloria Estefan that she loves that song 'The River Is Going To Get You'.
- Stacey hasn't washed her hair since Blackpool because she loved her waves so much.
- 'Jump Around' costs too much to license to be played on ITT.
- The guest panel favour Joe or Stacey as winners.
- Robbie thinks Graeme is going home this week, but would like a bottom two of Ashley and Faye (oh, it'll happen eventually); Dan thinks Graeme, Charles or Lauren and Lorraine thinks Graeme.
- Karen isn't used to getting so far in the competition and is tired.
- Graeme thinks everyone except Charles has got boring and stopped smiling now they're in the SRS BSNS stage of the show.
- Jake Shears solo is no Scissor Sisters.

1 comment:

F a t i m a said...

Stacey told Gloria Estefan that she loves that song 'The River Is Going To Get You'.
I believe that like I believe Joe thought that Banderilla was a Mexican pantomime.
Can celebs now stop making up stuff in attempts to be endearing