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We train and train.

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And we've only got 90
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90 seconds to move an audience.

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90 seconds where
nothing else matters.

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Where nothing is more important.

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The pinnacle of the week.

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But a lot can happen in that time.

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So we must use our time wisely.

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To fill every single second.

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Because if we want
a place in that final...

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If we want a chance to lift that
Glitterball trophy...

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We need to embrace
every single second.

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The short breath before a turn.

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The glance at your partner
to stay connected.

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The heel placement landing exactly
where it's meant to be.

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The gliding across the studio floor.

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The neck tilted
at the perfect angle.

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Tonight in the semifinals...

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More than ever...

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We will be making the most...

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Of every...

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Single...

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Second.

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APPLAUSE.

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APPLAUSE.

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APPLAUSE.

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Welcome to Strictly Come Dancing -
it's the semifinal!

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There is just one week to go
until we crown our champions and,

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tonight, our remaining stars
will dance twice to try

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and earn their place in the final.

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Over the past 12 weeks,
15 couples have been

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whittled down to just four.

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Each of them has trained tirelessly
to make it to this point.

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And double the dancing
means double the scoring.

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Please welcome...

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BOTH: The judges...

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MUSIC: Take On Me.

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Craig Revel Horwood
and Motsi Mabuse.

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Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.

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MUSIC: Take On Me.

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MUSIC: Take On Me.

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MUSIC: Take On Me.

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APPLAUSE.

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Thank you, judges.

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Our couples all want to make it
through to next week and nobody

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is going home without a fight.

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Please welcome...

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BOTH: Our Strictly stars...

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MUSIC: 2 Be Loved.

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George Clarke and
partner Alexis Warr.

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Balvinder Sopal and
partner Julian Caillon.

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Karen Carney and partner Carlos Gu.

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And finally Amber Davies
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MUSIC: 2 Be Loved.

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MUSIC: 2 Be Loved.

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Welcome back, everyone.

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Karen, George, Balvinder and Amber -
it's a big night in the ballroom.

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The very best of luck to you all.

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Opening the semifinal with a salsa,
it's Balvinder and Julian.

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Before she performs her first
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let's see what the judges have made
of her time in the competition.

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Balvinder and Julian,
we'd like to know how you feel

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about your journey so far.

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Thanks to this guy here, I think
I've come a long way, actually.

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I mean, a long way!

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You've been in five Dance-Offs.

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You're just resilient
in everything that you do.

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I know the Dance-Offs aren't
the best place to be but, for me,

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I think that means that we get
to just implement

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and try and enjoy it.

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I mean, you have to be absolutely
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It's truly growth, isn't it?

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The comeback queen!

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It was before one of the Dance-Offs,
I said to Bal, I was,

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like, you know what?

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What a privilege that we
get to do this again.

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Once upon a time, I was
on the other side of the world,

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wishing that I would,
you know, get to be a part of this.

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You were at home watching seasons,
going, how great would it be?

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How amazing.

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Great attitude.

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For me, particularly,
I enjoyed your Insta dance.

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I was, like, what is this?!

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Where did this come from?

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You have such quality
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It's a real, real gift.

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Yeah, it's a gift.

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Last weekend I thought
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Viennese waltz.

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A changed person, you know,
a complete and absolute dancer.

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Wow!

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For your first dance,
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I want to see finish,
line and rhythm, rhythm, rhythm.

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And failing that, get
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and then you're guaranteed
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For our salsa, it's a real party
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like a show that we're putting on.

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We just need to have crispness
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One, two, three.

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We've taken on board
all of the advice that

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the judges have given us.

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We just have to leave
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Dancing the salsa, Balvinder Sopal
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MUSIC: Rhythm Is Gonna Get
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# O eh, o eh (O eh, o, eh)

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# O eh, o, oh-ah (O eh, o, oh-ah)

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# At night

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# When you turn off all the lights

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# There's no place that you can hide

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# No, no, the rhythm
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# Rhythm is gonna get you

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# Rhythm is gonna get you

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# Rhythm is gonna get you

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# The rhythm is gonna
get you tonight

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# You say I know
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# There's no use trying

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# Deep in your heart is the answer

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# Find it, I know
it'll pull you through

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# Get on your feet
(Get on your feet)

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# Get on your feet (Get
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# Get on your feet (Oh yeah)

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# (Hey!) Get on your feet tonight!

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# (Hey!) Yeah!

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# (Hey!). #

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You just set the mood for the
semifinal, you came out fighting,

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you threw yourself into those lifts!
Brilliant! Motsi, you said you

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wanted three things, rhythm, rhythm
and more rhythm, did you get to?

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Yes, hallelujah! She gave us rhythm
and more, Balvinder, I love your

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attitude, I absolutely love you
coming out, you are fearless,

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strong, pushing through, he did not
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loved the cheekiness! She gave us
some softness but also strong, that

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was the opening and fight and you
set it. You said, I want to be in

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the final!  Shirley?  I am in shock,
but did you see the wonderful...

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Some of the positions you did were
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precision, it reminded me of being
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really authentic. And those lifts,
no fear for you now, you trust

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completely, fantastic, well done!
Anton?  What a start! You have set

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the benchmark right there, you have
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do your best and beat this! It would
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energy personified, the performance
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you very much, well done you!

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you very much, well done you!  The
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start for me. In and out of lifts,
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of them, but you have a way of
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commendable, you have fantastic
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all, my darlings.

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all, my darlings.  Anton said it, you
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another chance to impress later with
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that, great start, well done!  Great
work, well done!

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It is a lot, how have you found this
week? We have to shift through them

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are not spend too much time on
anything!  You put so much into it, I

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know you loved meeting with the
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personal one-to-one and you were
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and in-depth feedback which is not
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so I loved it, I thought it was
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like, yes, I can do this.
Absolutely! We have to talk about

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your Mum, what did she do?  My mum
flew all the way from Australia to

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surprise me, just to come and watch
the semifinal.

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the semifinal. She is flying back on
Monday, so she literally flew in,

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all I have ever wanted to do my
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so to have her here is, yeah.  Well
done to both of you, good luck, the

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scores are in.

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The judges have their scores...

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Craig Revel Horwood...

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Motsi Mabuse...

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Shirley Ballas...

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And Anton Du Beke...

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If you want Balvinder and Jules
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then please vote for them at the end
of tonight's show after all of our

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couples have danced twice.

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Bal, it's the waltz next.

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How are you feeling?

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I didn't like it at first, a bit
slow and I couldn't quite get the

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footwork right but when I think of
ballroom dancing, that is the one

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you go to, it's the classic, and we
have done it a few times and

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actually I have fallen in love with
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Everyone is very relieved, there was
a sharp intake of breath! We can't

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wait to see it.

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Tess?

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Last week proved difficult
for Amber and Nikita.

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Despite achieving their second
perfect 40, they found themselves

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facing arguably the toughest
Dance-Off of the series.

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Ahead of two new routines tonight,
the judges had some advice on how

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best to move forward,
starting with the tango.

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Welcome to the judges' lair.

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Ooh!

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Thank you.

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I think you're super.

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Thank you so much.

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Your best quality for me
is how versatile you are,

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the way you can bring every dance
a new character with full impact.

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I think your charleston was one
of the best things I've ever seen

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on Strictly Come Dancing,
I have to tell you.

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Your swivel, darling!

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Yes, please.

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You have got that down, babes!

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Yeah.

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You've managed to rack
up two 40 marks.

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That is pretty amazing
because I don't hand tens out

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willy nilly, darling.

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Sorry, guys, I'm such a crier.

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The cha-cha-cha was one of those
bumps in the road for you.

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You scored 33 and you struggled
a little bit with that.

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He said, you're going to love it!

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And when we started
on the Monday, I thought...

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You've also had to do the Dance-Off.

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That knocked my confidence a lot.

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But going into the semifinals,
I'm going to go for it.

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Tango.

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Whoa!

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Now, I want to see a better shape.

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OK.

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Too often in the ballroom dancing,
your shoulders don't match up.

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OK.

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When you're in promenade, I don't
want to see funny, cued your lines.

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Good exercise is if you can dance
pretty much all the tango,

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but don't touch and hold.

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So how much can you follow him
without him putting his frame up?

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Remember, this is a unit and just
bring you because you are

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an extraordinary woman.

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After being in the Dance-Off last
weekend, it was a really good time

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to just have that moment
with the judges and to get

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some incredible advice.

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Let's go.

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Shirley Ballas!

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One, two.

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We lost contact.

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I'm going to do everything
in my power to implement that.

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Shoulder blades are down.

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Extension.

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I hope the judges can see how hard
we've worked and I'm just

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going to give it everything
I've got.

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Anton Du Beck.

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Dancing the tango,
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin.

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MUSIC: Higher by Michael Buble

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# You know you have it, mm

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# You take a moment, make it magic,
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# The way you move is so dramatic

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# I think I might make you a habit,
eh eh eh

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# Every step you take

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# Everyone ever knew ya

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# Sing, Hallelujah

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# Woah, because when you go low, and
I get higher

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# When you move that slow, it lights
my fire

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# I might be falling for ya, I don't
know (ahh)

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# I think it might be what you came
here for

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# Stuck in this game you've started

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# Don't leave me broken hearted

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# Cos I've got nothing left to lose
(oh)

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# Woah, because when you go low, and
I get higher

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# When you move that slow, it lights
my fire

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# I might be falling for ya, I don't
know

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# I think it might be what you came
here for (whoa)

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# When you go low, and I get higher

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# When you move that slow

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# It lights my fire (the way you
slide across the floor)

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# (Slide across the floor)

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# I think you know (I think you
know)

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# That I'm only gonna beg for more
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Cheering --
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Awesome!  Yes, Amber! Well done, my
darling. Oh, my goodness. You mean

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business tonight. I could see the
intensity, the power, the drama.

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I've had goose pimples. It comes
down to two dances, Shirley, how was

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Amber's first?  You groomed
beautifully, fantastic costume.

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Beautiful balance, hip on point, I'd
have liked a bit of passion, you

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looked a bit unconfident here and
there but the frame is getting

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better, you moved across on one side
at one point, you need to stay more

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to the left, but overall you did
extremely well in this really flat

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staccato dance. You did show some
quality in that, well done.  Thank

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you.  Anton?  It was a tale of two
halves really, I liked your shoulder

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line, much more connected with
Nikita, I know you've been working

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on that, thank you very much for
that. When you did your openwork

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it's so brilliant, the stuff on the
chair and the work you do apart, the

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sweeping round, it's also
magnificent. It's like your

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charleston, absolutely wonderful.
When you are doing the tango, in

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hold, I found the disconnect between
the upper body and lower body, the

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legs were a bit hesitant, there
wasn't the driving through we want.

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BOOING
Well, we are in the semifinal, you

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are amazing. If this was the M1,
you'd have got 25 points, I'm sure,

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you can get going. That's really it,
I know it's nitty picking but we are

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at that point in the competition.
Your actual performance was

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magnificent, you are a tremendous
dancer, well done.  Craig?

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Unnecessarily harsh, you two.
CHEERING

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There wasn't actually that much
wrong with it, I've got to say. I

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would have liked may be more of a
wide frame, more air between your

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chests and stuff but it was clean,
passionate, full of purpose,

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darling. I loved the little flashes
of Argentine tango stop you are

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brilliant.
CHEERING

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Don't tell me the tables have
turned!  I was being honest.  They are

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turning.  The daddy's are fighting,
the boys are fighting. Not as! I

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agree with Craig, you are absolutely
marvellous. You have improved. You

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have improved your ballroom. This
line over here, this was

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magnificent, and you kept it up
throughout the whole choreography.

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You kept the passion, the centre and
I can see an improvement in the way

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you work together with Nikita and
the way you move through the dancing

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in your ballroom. After the week
you've had you came back with a

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bang, girl!  Motsi says back with a
bang and we cannot wait to see what

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you've got in store for us. I can't
wait to see what you've got in store

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for us next. Amber and Nikita, thank
you.

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Well done. Brilliant comments from
Motsi and she is right, after that

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week you've had, to come back with
that, are you very proud of

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yourself?  Yeah, I am. There's
something about being in the

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dance-off, especially against Katya
and Lewis that puts fire in your

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belly and I want to make sure I was
kept for a reason and I wanted to

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show and push, yeah.  You really did.
What did you think of the tango?  I

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loved it, actually I thought it was
letting.  Fine.  I didn't know it was

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ballroom, so I brought my Latin
shoes and he said, it's ballroom and

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I thought, not the frame. But
Shirley said it's got better, and

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Anton.  How was it to you to sit down
with the judges, both of you, did

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you like it?  Loved it, we know the
judges a bit in person as

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professional dancers but especially
for Amber, after being criticised

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for so many weeks and obviously
praised, it was nice to chat.  They

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are human. Not all... Job King!

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The judges have their scores...

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Craig Revel Horwood...

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Motsi Mabuse...

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Shirley Ballas...

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Anton Du Beke...

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If Amber and Nikita
are your Strictly finalists,

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then please vote for them later
in the show after all of our couples

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have performed their second dance.

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Talking of second dances,
you've got Couple's Choice next.

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What can we expect?

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It's got everything in it.  OK.  And
more. It's in sync.  Good, I love

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them, we can't wait to see it.

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Our next semifinalist was the first
celebrity to top the leaderboard,

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all the way back in Week One.

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She's received ten tens and she's
hoping to dance her first dance of

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the night and impress them her
waltz.

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I'm a little bit nervous.

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I feel like I'm at
parents' evening here.

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How do you think your time's gone?

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You know what?

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It was always about having the best
time, so I can't complain.

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I've enjoyed every
single minute of it.

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You always put your heart
on the dance floor.

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You are always powerful.

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The projection is there.

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Week one, jive - top
of the leaderboard.

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I think we were all just stunned.

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You set the bar.

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And then you had a plateau moment
where nothing was changing.

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And then suddenly week
six - Argentine tango.

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A little bit of a breakthrough
moment, I thought.

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And the most inspiring
paso doble in week nine

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at Blackpool I think I've ever seen.

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Your Couple's Choice in week ten -
you even got a ten from Craig!

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I know, it's the first
perfect score!

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I thought it was
absolutely fantastic.

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I'm not the most elegant of dancers,
but football has taught me

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to not regret anything.

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The waltz - what we need to see
from this is softness.

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If you've got any open work,
make sure that you're

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turning your hands so that
softness and flow.

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Don't be afraid of it.

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Love it.

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Sprinkle a bit of, you know,
elegant magic over you, darling.

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Yeah, please!

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Give it our best shot.

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Yeah.

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Of course!

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We expect nothing less.

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It was amazing to sit
down with the judges.

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They gave us some incredible
feedback, which I think we need

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to go and put into practice
now in training.

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Exactly.

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Let's go.

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Soft.

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One, two.

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Don't turn your head.

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You have to make it really slow.

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Every part of her body has to work
extremely hard to look

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like she's not working at all.

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Don't lean forward.

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I've just got to visualise myself
being soft and graceful

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and just being so relaxed.

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Always stay there.

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Beautiful, beautiful!

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Having a beautiful position
and posture is really important.

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Yeah, that's the feeling.

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The judges have asked for elegance
and we've worked really,

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really hard on being that
little bit softer.

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I'm really excited to do this
and feel like I can really give

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it my all at the weekend.

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Dancing the waltz,
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu.

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MUSIC: One Moment In Time

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# Each day I live

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# I want to be

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# A day to give

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# The best of me

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# I'm only one

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# But not alone

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# My finest day

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# Is yet unknown

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# I broke my heart

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# Fought every gain

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# To taste the sweet

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# I face the pain

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# I rise and fall

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# Yet through it all

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# This much remains

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# I want one moment in time

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# When I'm more than
I thought I could be

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# When all of my dreams
are a heartbeat away

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# And the answers are all up to me

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# Then in that one moment of time

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# I will feel

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# I will feel

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# I will be free. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Come here, Karen, come here!

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That was a real moment, wasn't it?
It was so elegant. How did that feel

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for you?  I just love this guy, I
looked into him and I crumbled and

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then I saw him go, mid dance.  You
held it together really well, I can

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feel you are shaking now, bless your
heart. You did so well.  Thank you.

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You are all looking for softness,
you all wanted softness, did you get

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it?  I got a bit emotional.  Me too.  I
need to take my glasses off, it's

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the dust! I mean this in the nicest
possible way, I never thought you

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would be capable of doing that. I
never thought for a second you could

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dance like that. I know what you can
do, you can do crash, bang, wallop,

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I never thought you could do that
quality, that softness, that

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sensitivity.
CHEERING

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You came into this competition with
a certain aptitude for a style of

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dancing. We saw that with your jive,
you've carried those qualities on

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through into other dances. Look at
the State of me! Emotional! When you

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start off and your first ballroom
dance, tango, weak two, it was all

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right, a bag of spanners but all
right. For you to be able to come

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out, this is your journey, being
able to produce this quality of

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dancing.
CHEERING

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.  My heart skips a beat when I see
this. This is beautiful and I love

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you for this. Congratulations, that
was amazing.

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was amazing.  I thought the left
elbow was a tad low. But you know

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what? It had flow, it had elegance,
darling, totally natural. It was

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actually very, very beautiful, it
really was.

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really was.  I honestly could not
recognise you any more because again

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I remember the first show you did,
you came out there in this black and

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white thing, it looked quite
athletic, and I think this time you

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actually let go. When we speak about
you, we think we... Coming from the

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soccer field to come and dance a
warts like that, this growth for me

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is one of the biggest in this whole
competition, you have faced your

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challenges but with such courage and
now who have shown that everything

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is possible, beautiful waltz and
beautiful feet, beautiful connection

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between you two, this is the
connection you want to see on the

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ballroom dance, well done.  Shirley?
I just found it also overwhelming,

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weeks, months, hours, you have spent
all of you in the studio doing your

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very best, to bring this kind of
performance, Karen, is fantastic,

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your rise and fall at the beginning
was exceptional, your pivots was

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beautiful, your sensitivity with
Carlos was just where it needed to

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be for a semifinal, you stayed in
hold, perfected it beautifully and

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we never thought we would see that
so thank you to Strictly and thank

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you to you for showing us what you
can do!  Your growth in the

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competition has blown the judges
away tonight, will that take you

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want -- one step closer to the
final? Fingers crossed!

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Well done, everybody was crying up
here, right?  I am not trying!  Why

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the emotion? It was very emotional
tonight.  Because for the first time

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I let loose and let go and I leaned
into him, I have always done in this

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competition, I have always felt so
safe with him, but today, I was

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like, go out there and just enjoy it
and lean into him, it is me and him

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on the floor, and when I connect
with him there is no better feeling,

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he made me emotional, I saw him
wobbling and I was going, and that

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felt so nice. I want to thank the
costume team because they have made

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me feel beautiful.  She looks
gorgeous!  Not in an arrogant way.

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But I really appreciate them for
making me feel like this tonight.

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They are amazing, you are always
thanking people, I love it! Carlos,

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tonight was about you two, was on
to?  We have been in so many dances

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that to the people who inspired us,
our mums, the audience, the public,

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but this is the first time I said to
Kaz, this is the slowest dance we

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will ever do, it is like the title,
one moment in time, I want us to do

474
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:43,000
this dance for each other and for
the journey that we had.

475
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,840
the journey that we had. I am going
to cry! I am just happy. And it's a

476
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,280
moment for us, let's cherish our
moment together and thank you for

477
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:55,280
trusting me and giving everything
that you have, thank you so much.  It

478
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,120
was beautiful, good luck.

479
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,320
The judges have their scores...

480
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,920
Craig Revel Horwood...

481
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,840
Motsi Mabuse...

482
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,880
Shirley Ballas...

483
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:16,840
Anton Du Beke...

484
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,480
To help Kaz and Carlos get
to next week's final,

485
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,160
please vote for them later tonight.

486
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,320
Voting will open after our
second round of dancing.

487
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:38,280
Salsa next - how are you feeling?

488
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,880
I will switch over to him, guys.

489
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,160
Tess?

490
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,800
Our judges have always seen great
potential in our next star.

491
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,960
They've pushed him each week
to believe in himself,

492
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,360
and tonight they're hoping he can
overcome his biggest hurdle

493
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,480
of the competition -
his self-confidence.

494
00:34:53,480 --> 00:35:01,440
Starting his semifinal with a samba,
it's George and Alexis.

495
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,200
Well, congratulations for getting
through to the semifinals.

496
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,480
Thank you very much.

497
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,600
What I love about you is,
at the beginning, I had no hope

498
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:13,880
for you, I've got to be honest.

499
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,520
I thought, he so does not care.

500
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,080
And you proved me completely wrong.

501
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,840
And I'm delighted.

502
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:19,880
Thank you.

503
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:20,920
Yeah, I appreciate that.

504
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,800
When we first met you, I think,
in your mind, you thought,

505
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,920
maybe I'll be in one or two weeks,
let's see how this goes.

506
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,080
And we particularly have seen
this strength and growth

507
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,720
in your mind that you think,
maybe I can do this.

508
00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:34,120
I always just sort of
appear as, like, a jokey,

509
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:35,640
chilled out kind of guy.

510
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,200
So I quite like this
opportunity to show it does

511
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,120
really mean a lot to me.

512
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,000
When you came into the ballroom
world, you became a dancer.

513
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,840
And you got high marks -
34 for your Viennese waltz.

514
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,600
I felt that you embraced that dance.

515
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,600
Especially for me,
I remember you dancing

516
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,680
in Blackpool and I was,
like, oh, whoa, those

517
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,400
lifts, your hip bums!

518
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,040
I think that definitely felt
like a turning point for us

519
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,160
that week, at least.

520
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,080
Your dance is going to be the samba.

521
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,240
There is a lot of
cross rhythms in it.

522
00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:10,880
There's a bounce action that one has
to try and achieve as well.

523
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,480
I would go out there,
rotate that body.

524
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,280
Every step you take,
a little bit larger than life.

525
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,920
You have a little bit of a hip
action - move it a little bit more.

526
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,360
I want to see more George.

527
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,400
I believe in you.

528
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,080
I want you to believe in you.

529
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,000
Listen to the voice that
says you're amazing!

530
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,920
Throughout the process,
I've always been very appreciative

531
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,120
of all of your feedback.

532
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,720
This is a really fun experience.

533
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,600
It's only going to get better
if I just fully embrace it.

534
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,200
So I do really appreciate
everything that you've said.

535
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,160
I think you're going to be great.

536
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,040
Good luck!

537
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,680
I think what I'm enjoying
about the samba is it feels

538
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,320
like a dance where you're just
letting loose and just trying

539
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,520
to have a good time.

540
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:48,560
To the front.

541
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,960
My main thing throughout has been
battling myself and having

542
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:55,720
the belief to just let loose
and just not care.

543
00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:02,920
And I think this is like a perfect
opportunity to do that.

544
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:08,920
Dancing the samba,
George Clarke and Alexis Warr.

545
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,000
MUSIC: Volare (Nel Blu
di Pinto di Blu)

546
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:17,240
# Pienso que un sueno parecido no
volvera mas

547
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:24,440
# Y me pintaba la'
mano' y la cara de azul

548
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:29,000
# Volare, oh, oh

549
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,480
# Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh

550
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,760
# Nel blu di pinto di blu

551
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,640
# Felice di stare lassu

552
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,120
# Y volando, volando feliz

553
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,880
# Yo me encuentro ma' alto,
ma' alto que el sol

554
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:51,440
# Y mientras que el mundo, se aleja
despacio de mi

555
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:56,720
# Una musica dulce, se ha tocada
solo para mi

556
00:37:56,720 --> 00:38:01,080
# Volare, oh, oh

557
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,840
# Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh

558
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:10,240
# Nel blu di pinto di blu

559
00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:18,200
# Felice di stare lassu

560
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:28,520
# Y me hizo ir a volar
en el cielo infinito

561
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:34,360
# Volare, oh, oh

562
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,240
# Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh

563
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:49,840
# Nel blu di pinto di blu. #

564
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:24,240
APPLAUSE. Yes, George! We are
sensing that! I mean...

565
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:32,680
sensing that! I mean... I think they
like to! I mean... So glad to see

566
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:39,840
you fully embracing the salsa! It
was brilliant.

567
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,880
was brilliant. Spectacular, you are
having the time of your life out

568
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:47,360
there! It was brilliant!

569
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:55,320
Brilliant music - Dave Arch, his
band and our fantastic live singers.

570
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:02,040
Oh, my goodness! George, you said
you wanted to let loose with that

571
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:06,640
samba, how was it, Craig?  You
certainly let loose, darling, as

572
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:11,360
soon as that jacket came off, I have
never seen tight trousers, to be

573
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:19,680
honest! I was losing all sense of
focus!

574
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:28,960
focus!  APPLAUSE.  There is however a
few problems within the dance, bent

575
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:37,160
knees. I guess what it lacked in
technique it made up for in

576
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,240
entertainment, darling, and
personality, those hips were going

577
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:51,080
mad. A real crowd pleaser,
congratulations.  Motsi?  It was

578
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,960
perfect in the entertainment sense,
that song is iconic and somebody

579
00:40:53,960 --> 00:41:01,960
told you whatever goes wrong, shake
that hips! He was shaking and

580
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:06,840
shaking, you are entertaining,
cheeky, you did not have fear. I was

581
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:13,080
like you, you ripped the jacket and
I was, like, OK, this is not

582
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:17,080
stepping -- stopping today, whatever
dance you have next, shake those

583
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:24,960
hips!  Shirley? I will start with a
tiny negative thing, the posture,

584
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:33,400
you got a bit out of line.  But you
did set of shadow reverse roles into

585
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:40,120
reverse roles, that was spectacular.
Your positions in your basics you

586
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:44,600
did and your knees were better than
stiff knees so I like just

587
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,640
flexibility and that, your hips were
going the dozen, darling. Left and

588
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:55,560
right in round the corner, let's go!
You really embraced the full samba

589
00:41:55,560 --> 00:42:00,840
but how you danced this, this
choreography was not easy, this is a

590
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:08,680
full on competitive routine and you
don't Alexis beautifully, well done!

591
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:13,440
-- you danced. And to think
confidence was once an issue!  I

592
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:18,680
hardly recognised you, that was
tremendous, I enjoyed that

593
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:23,080
enormously, could straighten the
knee every now and again, shake your

594
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,920
hips, you have lovely crinkly bottom
action in the middle there, you

595
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,880
turned round and pointed and I
thought you were pointing at me, the

596
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,920
disappointment when you put your
glasses on, I thought you were down

597
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:40,720
the other side of the table, it was
magnificent to behold, just like you

598
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:46,720
are now, well done, great dance.  I
don't say this often but that was

599
00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:54,200
one of the most entertaining sambas
I have ever seen, I loved the! -- I

600
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,880
loved it.

601
00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:03,840
George and Alexis.

602
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:14,640
A magnificent sight to behold, how
you with this?  Very happy, a lot of

603
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:20,400
the comments were about the outfits.
I had a good time, I think it is

604
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:25,160
fairly obvious.  I said how was your
week and you said lovely, I have

605
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:31,800
just thrown myself in!  I think that
is why -- what I wanted to take away

606
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,360
from the process, I would prefer if
it was my last week it was one I

607
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:41,720
enjoyed.  The judges asked for more
George and they got it, didn't they?

608
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:44,640
In every way!

609
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:45,840
The judges have their scores...

610
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,400
Craig Revel Horwood...

611
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,440
Motsi Mabuse...

612
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:57,760
Shirley Ballas...

613
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:03,000
Anton Du Beke...

614
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,080
To see George and Alexis
in the final next week,

615
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,080
then please get behind them and vote
at the end of the show.

616
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:16,360
George, one more dance - charleston?

617
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:21,560
Talk to me.  It's got a jacket.  We
cannot wait to watch.

618
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,640
All of our couples have danced once.

619
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,800
Let's have a look at where
they currently stand

620
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,760
on tonight's leaderboard.

621
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,720
But that can all change as our
couples get ready to dance again.

622
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:37,720
Tess?

623
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:39,480
Thanks, Claud.

624
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,120
That's the semifinal
leaderboard so far.

625
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,440
Craig, all our couples have got one
more chance to prove they deserve

626
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,680
a place in the final.

627
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:52,520
What would like to see from this
next round of performances?

628
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:58,040
I think they just need to stay
focused and try not to let nerves

629
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:01,800
get the better of them, that's the
most important thing, because they

630
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,200
don't want to be making mistakes, so
it's about concentration and trying

631
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:18,760
to actually enjoy it.  Thank you.

632
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:27,280
Listen to the music, beyond the
beat, waltz is about time and space

633
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,960
and using the standing leg to use
the whole floor and I want

634
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:38,680
entertainment as well, I want it
all.  You want it all, great advice.

635
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,800
So, despite all the odds,
our Strictly superfan is now just

636
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,440
one waltz away from a possible place
in this year's final.

637
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:49,520
It's Balvinder and Julian.

638
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,560
CHEERING

639
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,040
I am really looking forward
to the waltz, and I can't tell

640
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,560
you how big my heart feels
to be here.

641
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,200
# Now I'm ready.#

642
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:00,880
It's semi-finals,
so everything has to be

643
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:01,920
at the highest calibre.

644
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,840
I have to rise at a particular time
and fall at a particular time.

645
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,920
And that's taking a little bit
of time to sort of lock in.

646
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,040
One, two.

647
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,080
Bal and I's relationship
has really grown.

648
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,160
We take the mickey out
of each other quite a lot.

649
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:16,280
How about I lead it?

650
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:20,320
But I feel like at its core, we have
a really trusting relationship.

651
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,200
We need to carry all the lessons
that we learned last week...

652
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,280
Hello!

653
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,720
What are you doing here?

654
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:31,800
My girls from Huddersfield and Leeds
have come down to see me.

655
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,320
This is amazing!

656
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,440
This is a lovely surprise, actually.

657
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,960
We've known Bal for 27 years.

658
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,920
I mean, how is this kind of awesome
foursome kind of come together?

659
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,360
We all ended up working
at the theatre in Huddersfield.

660
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,400
We did every single job going.

661
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,520
This is the thing is that we used
to work on box office

662
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,680
together and Bal would come
in talking about Strictly.

663
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,840
"Oh, my gosh, have you seen
Strictly last night?

664
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,040
"Did you see this dance?

665
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,080
"Did you see this?"

666
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,400
And to see that you are
now a semi-finalist.

667
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:00,840
We're very, very proud of you.

668
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:01,880
Yeah.

669
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:03,080
Really, really proud of you.

670
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:08,080
Oh, girl!

671
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:09,120
It is emotional.

672
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,160
It is emotional.

673
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,560
We know how much it
means to her, don't we?

674
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:13,600
Yeah, yeah.

675
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:14,640
It's been brilliant.

676
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,320
And I wouldn't change
a single thing.

677
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:17,880
I love dancing with you, Jules.

678
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:19,560
Just go out there and smash it.

679
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,400
Enjoy every moment.

680
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:27,000
They are my second
family and I love them.

681
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,280
I'm going to do my absolute best
for everyone who supported

682
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:36,080
me on this journey.

683
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,400
CHEERING

684
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,400
Dancing the waltz, Balvinder Sopal
and Julian Caillon.

685
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:48,680
MUSIC: At This Moment

686
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:04,760
# Oh what did you think

687
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,880
# I would give at this moment

688
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:16,360
# If you'd just stay I'd subtract
twenty years from my life

689
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,200
# I'd fall down on my knees

690
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:24,520
# I'd kiss the ground
that you walk on

691
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:29,280
# If I could just hold you

692
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,440
# Mmmm

693
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:39,840
# If I could just hold you

694
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,880
# I would fall down,
down on my knees

695
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:49,760
# Oh God please, let me hold you

696
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:55,000
# Let me hold you

697
00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:02,960
# Again

698
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:07,920
# Oh-oh-oh-oh

699
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,320
# Woah-oh-woah-woah

700
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:19,280
# Oh. #

701
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:27,200
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

702
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:44,880
That was so beautiful, Bell.  Thank
you so much.  Is that the first time

703
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:49,960
you've seen snow, Julian?  Inside a
room, yeah, the magical Strictly.

704
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:55,880
Valve in coming have surprised a lot
of people this series. How was the

705
00:49:55,880 --> 00:50:00,800
waltz, Shirley?  It was lovely, and
so glad your mum gets to see you

706
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,760
live, you accelerating yourself even
that bit more because your mum was

707
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,880
sat in the audience. You set the
most beautiful mood when you did

708
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:12,960
this, it was really stunning. For an
actress that knows how to act, I

709
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:18,880
found this not to be acting at all,
very, very sincere and everything

710
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,920
you did, beautiful standing spin on
one foot with the other in the

711
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:29,120
figure four. A lovely sense of line.
A whole beautiful atmosphere you set

712
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:34,680
today, just lovely, lots of tears
today, isn't there, today? Thank you

713
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:39,920
for that, it was lovely.  That bit of
confetti, fake snow, got it, snow,

714
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:44,440
sorry. Anton?  I completely agree,
there is a lovely naturalness about

715
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,960
the way you dance. The whole
ballroom thing can get for standing

716
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:52,320
ends up in a funny crooked line, but
you had a nice naturalness about

717
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,720
your dancing and that struck me as
you are dancing, about your whole

718
00:50:56,720 --> 00:51:00,920
time on Strictly Come Dancing,
you've always have this lovely

719
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:06,680
naturalness about your dancing, this
genuine you when you dance, you get

720
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:10,280
you and this wonderful performance
quality you have, and I've enjoyed

721
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,560
watching you dance so much. We've
talked about your legs and wanting

722
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:18,360
more power and strength from legs
and they've improved so much, but

723
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:24,520
fundamentally your timing and your
field, your general feel of the

724
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:29,720
dance, is of the highest quality and
I enjoy it enormously. Well done.

725
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:36,640
Thank you.  Craig?  For me it lacked a
little bit of finesse.

726
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:39,600
BOOING
I felt the footwork needed to be

727
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:48,720
fine tuned ever so slightly. Getting
up from the floor was a little... I

728
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:54,080
know, dishevelled, darling.  I tried.
It's how you get up, darling, isn't

729
00:51:54,080 --> 00:52:03,080
it?  There was ice on the dance
floor.  Well, it happened, just

730
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:09,160
saying what I saw. You know what, I
love about you the chemistry you

731
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:14,640
both have, actually. You have now
formed a solid partnership, which I

732
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:20,520
think is you can see that, everyone
at home will see that too. So,

733
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:25,960
congratulations.  Motsi?  I am
impressed with your spine and

734
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:33,440
because there was a slip, the way
you used your centre to get up and

735
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:40,760
fight to stand was really

736
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:52,520
impressible, I hope that's a word.
The finesse, it was so fine, so

737
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,880
beautiful, detailed, and the
emotions, working together, well

738
00:52:55,880 --> 00:53:02,760
done.  Thank you.  Thank you so much.
Your connection on the floor is so

739
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:07,440
lovely to watch and that is it,
you've done all you can, two dances

740
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:15,000
done. Best of luck with the scores.
Thank you.  Thank you.  Valve in and

741
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,880
Julian.
APPLAUSE

742
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,880
-- Balvinder and Julian.
APPLAUSE.

743
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:36,240
Two dances, they could not have been
more different, you ended up loving

744
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:41,120
up, as did the judges. They talk
about how you dance dancing

745
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:49,040
genuinely as yourself, does that
resonate?  It's lovely to hear, to be

746
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:53,240
able to feel the music and you have
a lovely connection is really lovely

747
00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:58,240
and I'm glad we managed to find
that, you know, after this whole

748
00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:05,880
competition.  How wonderful was it
for you that your friends came?  It

749
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:10,760
was a wonderful surprise. We used to
sleep on couches in each other's'

750
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:14,680
houses, we had nothing and they've
seen the journey, they've seen me

751
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:19,520
work really hard and to see it and
experience it with me is incredible.

752
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:26,200
Do you think you've converted
Balvinder to ballroom?  I think she's

753
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:32,480
converted me to ballroom. It feels
so lovely and so nice and this whole

754
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:37,320
journey, the best feedback we've got
is what Craig said then about is

755
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,880
having a genuine connection, because
we feel that and we love each other

756
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:45,600
and we're so glad that comes across
in our dancing.  Well done, it's

757
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,640
beautiful, good luck, the scores are
in.

758
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:49,840
The judges have their scores...

759
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:50,880
Craig Revel Horwood...

760
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:54,520
Motsi Mabuse...

761
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:58,120
Shirley Ballas...

762
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:05,960
Anton Du Beke...

763
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,360
To support Balvinder and Jules,
or any of our couples,

764
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,760
please vote for them at the end
of the show.

765
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,880
Details of how to get ready to vote
are on your screen now.

766
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,520
Just head to bbc.co.uk/strictly
or scan the QR code to get

767
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:17,560
signed in or registered.

768
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:24,200
Jules, why does Balvinder
deserve to be in the final?

769
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:30,880
I mean, as far as her Strictly
journey goes, I can't think of a

770
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:36,960
more inspiring one, because I know
we talk about improvement and to see

771
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:40,760
the improvement in her dancing is
incredible, but it's obviously

772
00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:44,800
setting a record of winning, not
being in the most dance-offs, but

773
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:49,800
winning them and it's not that,
actually, it's that she keeps coming

774
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:54,440
with a positive, fighting spirit and
she is the embodiment of as long as

775
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:58,080
you believe in yourself you can and
you will do it and dream big because

776
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:01,720
you have made your dreams come true
and you've created some dreams I

777
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:07,400
didn't even know I had, and I'm
genuinely so proud of you and to

778
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:12,320
make the final I feel would be the
perfect ending to your story in

779
00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:17,040
Strictly and I'm so proud of you.
Very beautifully said, thank you so

780
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,160
much.

781
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:20,560
Tess?

782
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,920
Now back with their Couple's Choice,
it's Amber and Nikita.

783
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,560
Over the series, Amber has
given her all to Strictly and,

784
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,760
through the highs and lows,
her family have been

785
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:34,040
with her every step of the way.

786
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:46,240
This couples choice dances to
celebrate growth and determination.

787
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:52,880
So, I grew up in a small town in
Northway called Denby. I was

788
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:58,600
actually a very timid, shy young
girl, but my older sister constantly

789
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:04,600
was singing around the house and I
would copy absolutely everything she

790
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:09,360
did. We'd spend a lot of Friday
evenings watching them perform and

791
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:13,360
honestly, we've got so many
beautiful memories. This is

792
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:20,600
definitely where it all started
from.  Yeah.  We used to charge them,

793
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:25,040
50p, may be. It was a full on
production. Nobody believed in is

794
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:30,160
more than my parents. At 16, I moved
to London. I was auditioning so much

795
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:36,600
and I just was not landing a job and
I always remember thinking, I'm not

796
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:42,840
good enough. I was 20 years old. An
opportunity came up for me and that

797
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:49,960
was Love Island.  That year it
absolutely blew up. She had gone in

798
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:56,520
a young girl from Denbigh and she
came out this famous person,

799
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:01,640
experiencing negativity, it was
really, really hard.  Every move I

800
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:06,640
made I felt like I was being judged
by the whole world.  She'd really

801
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:11,280
lost her way with what her dream was
and I think we had to sit down and

802
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:17,640
think about, what can we do?  That
was to live life for me and not live

803
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:24,680
life for other people, because I
felt like that's what I was doing.  #

804
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:30,040
We believe #.
Evina Strictly fan since I was a

805
00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:33,800
young girl. To be on the show is
literally a dream come true. I want

806
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:41,920
to do this dance for any young girl
who is ambitious and has a dream. Go

807
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:47,960
for it, reach for the stars, you can
do anything if you put your mind to

808
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:54,000
it.
# believe, we believe #.

809
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,160
Dancing their Couple's Choice,
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin.

810
00:58:56,160 --> 00:59:02,320
MUSIC: Fly Me To The Moon

811
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:15,880
# Fly me to the moon

812
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,360
# And let me play among the stars

813
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,520
# Let me see what spring is like

814
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,680
# On Jupiter and Mars

815
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:31,560
# In other words, please be true

816
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:39,520
# In other words, I love you

817
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,040
# Yeah

818
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:56,480
# Fill my heart with song

819
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:57,920
# And let me sing forevermore

820
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,360
# You are all I long for

821
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:03,080
# All I worship and adore

822
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:11,040
# Baby, in other
words, please be true

823
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:26,160
# In other words, I love you

824
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:34,560
# I love you. #

825
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:50,440
APPLAUSE.

826
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:09,320
Amber, that was so magical! It was
just pure show business! Glam vibes.

827
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:15,560
Your last chance to impress the
judges tonight, how did she do?  You

828
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:24,320
are right, Hollywood or the way,
Glam, gold, all that jazz, darling.

829
01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:34,280
That was just absolutely
sensational. Unbelievable.

830
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:36,520
sensational. Unbelievable. You are
just amazing, darling!  Thank you so

831
01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:45,320
much.  We have to appreciate every
single thing you did on that dance,

832
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:50,240
I thought charleston was great last
week, and if there was a way to show

833
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:55,640
how much more, this was even really
special, I would, but this dance was

834
01:01:55,640 --> 01:02:03,760
phenomenal, it belongs in the top
Strictly dances, it is up there,

835
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:09,320
122, you know?  I went back to the
beginning when you stepped in at the

836
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:13,440
last minute with 24 hours to do your
number and now we watch you and week

837
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:17,480
after week we have seen you work
really hard on the ballroom and

838
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:21,520
Latin because even if you have a
little dance here and there it is

839
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:25,280
nothing like doing ballroom and
Latin and you have done sensation at

840
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:30,680
this but this kind a number, the way
you moved through space, your

841
01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:35,160
awareness of yourself and how like
you are on your feet, how you danced

842
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:40,320
with Nikita and how you both bring
this picture to life is just

843
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:47,480
absolutely beautiful in every way.
APPLAUSE. Anton?  To coin a phrase

844
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:55,200
from my lovely friend Motsi, you are
impressionable!

845
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:03,360
impressionable! I have read that it
is Vera Ellen's birthday this week,

846
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:09,480
Hollywood, beautiful music and dance
lady from another era, you remind me

847
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,840
of her, have a watch of white
Christmas and you will see Vera

848
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:18,080
Ellen and you remind me of her, you
are spectacular, I thought last week

849
01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:22,240
was good, I even prefer this one a
bit more than last week, you are

850
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:29,560
magnificent!  What incredible
comments from the judges, Amber.  I

851
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:34,800
am overwhelmed, thank you so much.  I
know you have given it your all for

852
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:42,280
a place in the final say the very
best of luck from all of us.

853
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:50,840
APPLAUSE.

854
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:55,520
APPLAUSE.  Everyone is emotional
tonight, it was so beautiful,

855
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:59,720
congratulations on those comments,
how special was it for you to do a

856
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:03,280
Couple's Choice?  I feel like it is
an amazing way to get to know

857
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:09,400
people. I have watched everyone's
Couple's Choice all season that has

858
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:13,320
been my favourite moment, getting to
know them, and after doing the dance

859
01:04:13,320 --> 01:04:17,440
of last week I thought we might not
get to do it, so that fact we have

860
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:21,880
done it means the world to me.  And
you have always dedicated everything

861
01:04:21,880 --> 01:04:28,040
to your family, they have been right
there by your side.  My mum has been

862
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:34,560
by my side since day one, she has
turned into my best friend and I

863
01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:42,480
could not live a single day without
her, she is just amazing, and my

864
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:47,800
boyfriend, Ben, thank you for
everything as well.  Good luck.

865
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,000
The judges have their scores...

866
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,040
Craig Revel Horwood...

867
01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:51,080
Motsi Mabuse...

868
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:55,400
Shirley Ballas...

869
01:04:55,400 --> 01:05:03,360
Anton Du Beke...

870
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:05,480
If you loved Amber and Nikita's
performances tonight,

871
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:07,640
then you can support them
after the final dance

872
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:12,000
when voting opens.

873
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:18,960
Nikita, why should Amber be
in next week's final?

874
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:28,960
I am close to getting emotional. You
had so much hate from the moment you

875
01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:33,960
joined, you have had so much hate
this week, and yet you came every

876
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:38,640
single day into the training room
with a big smile, ignoring everybody

877
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:46,240
and giving me Love, giving me a
little ginger shot as well! You were

878
01:05:46,240 --> 01:05:51,080
kind and caring, you cared more
about me when I am supposed to care

879
01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:56,040
about you. You are such a lovely,
positive person and I think

880
01:05:56,040 --> 01:06:02,560
sometimes, and I speak to the
audience at home, guys, please be

881
01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:09,680
kind because it costs nothing and
you don't deserve anything less. All

882
01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:16,400
you deserve is love because without
you, I would not be here and the

883
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:20,440
show would not be as good as it is
because you bring so much joy, that

884
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:25,360
is the only thing you bring, and you
deserve all the love in the world.

885
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:27,880
Beautifully said, thank you, Nikita.

886
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:29,000
Tess?

887
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,600
With their second dance
of the night, it's Karen and Carlos.

888
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:33,520
With just a salsa now
standing between them

889
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:36,640
and a place in the final,
it fell to one very special person

890
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:42,160
to give Karen some last
words of encouragement.

891
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,160
Our second dance is the salsa.

892
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:47,520
I think we all know I don't have
hips, but I'm trying my utmost.

893
01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:48,920
Relax!

894
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:52,040
Salsa's all about celebration.

895
01:06:52,040 --> 01:06:53,240
It's Latino.

896
01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:55,040
It's hip, it's leading
and following.

897
01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:56,080
It's partnership.

898
01:06:56,080 --> 01:06:59,160
But sometimes she goes ahead of me.

899
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,280
Oh, you travel too much back.

900
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:04,400
So I really want her to just relax,
to lay back, to chill,

901
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:07,040
and let me lead her.

902
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:11,200
You move nice, you see?

903
01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:14,320
I think, as much as it's a fun,
energetic dance, I've just got

904
01:07:14,320 --> 01:07:17,000
to really stay focussed with Carlos
on this one.

905
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:20,160
Hi!

906
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:21,200
Oh, hello!

907
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:22,240
Hello!

908
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:23,320
Oh!

909
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:26,720
That's exactly what we needed today.

910
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:28,400
My mum came in and surprised me.

911
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:29,600
How's it going, all right?

912
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:30,720
Yeah, it's good.

913
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:33,560
Good, good, good.

914
01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:35,480
There's no better feeling
than having your mum.

915
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:38,000
Someone that I think
tried to make you strong.

916
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,040
You've been absolutely amazing.

917
01:07:39,040 --> 01:07:41,560
I am so, so proud of you.

918
01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:43,240
I know you haven't had it easy.

919
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:44,680
You have such a fighting spirit.

920
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:46,520
I couldn't have done it without you.

921
01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:48,560
I love to watch Karen
dance each week.

922
01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:53,000
And I just sit there sometimes
and go, wow, that's my daughter.

923
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:55,160
Yesterday at work, five
customers come up to me.

924
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:58,000
They just come for a
chat about Strictly.

925
01:07:58,000 --> 01:07:59,680
I'm quite a celebrity now, yeah!

926
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:02,600
Everyone back in Birmingham
are all rooting for her.

927
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:03,640
It's just been amazing.

928
01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:05,080
Thanks for coming all this way.

929
01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:07,360
It's been such a good boost for us.

930
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:10,880
I feel like you've got a new son
who's part of the family now.

931
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:11,960
Thank you.

932
01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:13,000
You're welcome.

933
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:14,000
You're more than welcome.

934
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:18,240
Having my mum here,
there's nothing like it.

935
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:21,120
As long as I give it my best
and give it everything,

936
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:25,560
I know that Mum will be
happy for us.

937
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:30,600
Dancing the salsa,
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu.

938
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:34,960
MUISC: Turn The Beat Around

939
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:45,640
# Turn it up, turn it up, turn it
upside down (down, down)

940
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:50,000
# Turn it up, turn it up, turn it
upside down (down)

941
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:53,560
# Turn the beat around

942
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:57,880
# Love to hear percussion

943
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:01,440
# Turn it upside down

944
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:05,760
# Love to hear percussion

945
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:09,920
# Love to hear it

946
01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:11,640
# Blow horns, you sure sound pretty

947
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:14,960
# Your violins keep movin' to the
nitty-gritty

948
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:18,400
# When you hear the scratch of
guitars scratchin'

949
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:22,680
# A-then you'll know that rhythm
carries all the action

950
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:23,720
# Woah, yeah

951
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:27,400
# Turn the beat around (turn it
around, yeah)

952
01:09:27,400 --> 01:09:31,000
# Love to hear percussion (my, my,
my, my, my)

953
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,600
# Turn it upside down (turn it up,
turn it up, turn it upside down)

954
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:38,760
# Love to hear percussion (yeah)

955
01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:41,240
# Love to hear it (got to hear it)

956
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:45,120
# It's got to be the rhythm, no
doubt about it, woah, woah

957
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,280
# And when the drummer starts
beating that beat

958
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:49,440
# He nails that beat with the
syncopated rhythm

959
01:09:49,440 --> 01:09:52,600
# With the rat, tat-tat-tat-tat-tat
on the drums, hey yeah

960
01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:56,520
# Turn the beat around (turn it
around and around and around)

961
01:09:56,520 --> 01:10:00,240
# Love to hear percussion (oh, yeah,
yeah)

962
01:10:00,240 --> 01:10:02,680
# Love to hear it (yeah)

963
01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:04,120
# Love to hear it (woo)

964
01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:06,360
# Love to hear it (woah)

965
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:14,320
# Love to hear it (hey, yeah,
yeah). #

966
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:30,320
APPLAUSE.

967
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:53,480
They are going wild! Goodness me,
they are going wild! And rightly so,

968
01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:59,880
your energy, it is off the scale,
you were spinning for days. You

969
01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:05,680
enjoyed that, didn't you?  I had so
much fun.  You got three tens for

970
01:11:05,680 --> 01:11:11,640
your first dance, how was that
salsa, Motsi?  I wish I could jump

971
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:20,880
and join you!  APPLAUSE.  It feels
like a final and it feels like

972
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:26,840
you're saying, I am not going home,
those spins, oh, my God, don't look

973
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:36,320
at me like that!  I was looking at
your address!  I will give it to you.

974
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:44,720
-- I was looking at your dress.  At
the end of the day you have to ask

975
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:49,160
yourself, what makes a magical
performance? You have quality, your

976
01:11:49,160 --> 01:11:54,440
balances outstanding but you have
grit, determination, you go out

977
01:11:54,440 --> 01:11:58,600
there and thought, I am giving
everything I am capable of and

978
01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:03,280
sometimes you look at it and you are
convinced, you write your markdown

979
01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:09,000
because that is who you are, I am
sure it is the same in the football

980
01:12:09,000 --> 01:12:14,720
pitch, you are getting 1000% of me
and that's what we got from you and

981
01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:24,920
I loved it!  Look Anton, he is giddy!
You don't have any tonight, because

982
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:31,040
you have laid it all out there, you
have not saved anything for the

983
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:34,760
potential final, you have gone, this
is it, this could be the final for

984
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:40,080
me, I will treat it like the final
annual waltz was exquisite but this

985
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:49,680
was just out of this world. -- and
York waltz.  For me, it was a little

986
01:12:49,680 --> 01:12:54,640
bit

987
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:02,520
bit skippy.

988
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:15,080
Also, there was a little hiatus
getting up from the floor spin. I am

989
01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:21,560
just saying what I saw. You do tend
to dance ahead but then so does Vito

990
01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:28,800
anyway! But you know what, it was
clean and crisp and flashy, darling.

991
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:34,200
I love the!

992
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:39,200
I love the! -- I loved it.  We are
all rooting for you, Karen, you can

993
01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:47,360
do no more, well done.

994
01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:52,720
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

995
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:57,960
I so hope you could hear everybody
up here just screaming, what a

996
01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:02,080
dance. Did you enjoy it?  I loved it,
you don't know when your last

997
01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:06,680
dances, you've got to go for it and
enjoy it and it's a privilege to be

998
01:14:06,680 --> 01:14:10,560
on that dance floor, so we enjoyed
it, we went for it and we tried to

999
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:17,160
bring a party and I loved it, so
thank you.  Not at all. Let's talk

1000
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:21,720
about your mum, Marie. She was in
the audience. She came to training.

1001
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:26,960
How important has she been?  I can't
put into words what that word means

1002
01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:30,840
to me. She's an incredible mother,
an incredible grandmother,

1003
01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:34,440
incredible wife, and we are so lucky
to have her and I'm blessed every

1004
01:14:34,440 --> 01:14:40,520
day to have her in my life. She's
inherited a son as well, so...

1005
01:14:40,520 --> 01:14:49,920
APPLAUSE
Well done, mum.  She's amazing, good

1006
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:53,560
luck, the judges' scores are in.

1007
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:54,760
The judges have their scores...

1008
01:14:54,760 --> 01:14:55,800
Craig Revel Horwood...

1009
01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:56,840
Motsi Mabuse...

1010
01:14:56,840 --> 01:15:00,560
Shirley Ballas...

1011
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:03,520
Anton Du Beke...

1012
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:12,520
If you loved Kaz and Carlos tonight,
then please show your support

1013
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:14,680
for them shortly when the final
couple has performed

1014
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:17,120
their second dance.

1015
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:23,120
Carlos, why does Kaz
deserve to be a finalist?

1016
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:30,200
I mean, honestly, she is what
Strictly is about, honestly. If you

1017
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:34,840
look back to day one I believe no
one expected Karen Carney to be in

1018
01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:40,520
this position, in the semifinal, and
she proved with her own actions,

1019
01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:43,360
determination and hard work, but
alongside that she is an incredible

1020
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:47,560
human being and so humble. Every
time when she gets praised, she

1021
01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:52,480
never takes anything for granted,
she will always give other people's

1022
01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:56,160
congrats and shout out, she is a
team player. I have learned so much

1023
01:15:56,160 --> 01:16:00,960
from her and being a team player,
most incredible is when she dance

1024
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:05,680
she makes you smile. She makes you
feel something you can connect with

1025
01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:11,480
her, that is incredible.  Thank you
very much, beautifully said.

1026
01:16:11,480 --> 01:16:12,600
Tess?

1027
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:14,240
Our final performance
tonight is a charleston

1028
01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:20,880
from George and Alexis.

1029
01:16:20,880 --> 01:16:24,200
He had a visit from his sister
to remind him how far he's come.

1030
01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:25,240
The boogie.

1031
01:16:25,240 --> 01:16:26,960
Our charleston is inspired
by The Inbetweeners.

1032
01:16:26,960 --> 01:16:31,120
It's the perfect mixture
of goofy and civilised,

1033
01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:34,200
which I would like to think I am.

1034
01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:35,640
Whoa, show me what you've got.

1035
01:16:35,640 --> 01:16:39,560
I feel like he's really just taken
the role and just ran with it.

1036
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:42,040
It's been actually
really fun to watch.

1037
01:16:42,040 --> 01:16:46,320
The focus is much more on how
silly and fun it can be,

1038
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:49,920
and I think that's the sort of dance
that suits me, so that's what I'm

1039
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:52,400
really enjoying about it.

1040
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:55,640
Hi!

1041
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:57,440
What are you doing here?

1042
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:01,720
I just had to come and see you both!

1043
01:17:01,720 --> 01:17:03,160
How's it going in training?

1044
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:05,800
I feel like of the dances
we've done it's the dance

1045
01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:08,360
that feels most natural.

1046
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:11,560
Since doing the show I've stopped
putting so much pressure on myself

1047
01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:15,120
and I've just learned to sort
of release and just

1048
01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:17,720
embrace everything.

1049
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:20,000
Mum and Dad are so proud of you.

1050
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:23,920
What's lovely for them
is seeing their son blossoming

1051
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:27,160
into this amazing dancer.

1052
01:17:27,160 --> 01:17:31,240
We as a family have loved how people
are seeing the real, like,

1053
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:34,840
beautiful, genuine soul that
you are, and that everybody can

1054
01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:40,120
see the lovely George
that we know and love.

1055
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:42,600
Oh, thank you!

1056
01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:46,840
Strictly has really helped him find
this new wave of confidence.

1057
01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:50,080
It's just amazing to
see as a big sister.

1058
01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,720
It means a lot to me
to have my sister's support.

1059
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:54,880
She's always someone
I've looked up to.

1060
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:57,040
It's lovely to know she's
right there with me.

1061
01:17:57,040 --> 01:18:05,000
I'm hoping that gives me
the extra boost that I need.

1062
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:12,160
Dancing the charleston,
George Clarke and Alexis Warr.

1063
01:18:12,160 --> 01:18:16,600
MUSIC: We No Speak Americano/Tu Vuo
Fa L'Americano

1064
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:19,520
# Comme te po capi chi te vo bbene

1065
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:23,400
# Si tu le parle miezzo americano

1066
01:18:23,400 --> 01:18:27,600
# Quanno se fa l'ammore sotto 'a
luna

1067
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:32,480
# Comme te vene 'ncapa 'e di': "I
love you"?

1068
01:18:32,480 --> 01:18:38,680
# Pa-Parla americano

1069
01:18:40,280 --> 01:18:46,760
# Pa-Parla americano

1070
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:05,120
# Pa-Parla americano

1071
01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:07,360
# 'Mericano, 'mericano

1072
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:12,920
# Sient'a mme chi t' 'o ffa fa'

1073
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:14,320
# Tu vuoi vivere alla moda

1074
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:16,000
# Ma se bevi "whisky and soda"

1075
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:17,440
# Po' te siente 'e disturba'

1076
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:18,680
# Tu abball' o' rocchenroll

1077
01:19:18,680 --> 01:19:20,080
# Tu giochi a baisiboll

1078
01:19:20,080 --> 01:19:22,280
# Ma e solde p' e' Camel

1079
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:23,640
# Chi te li da

1080
01:19:23,640 --> 01:19:24,880
# La borsetta di mamma'

1081
01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:27,840
# Pa-Parla americano

1082
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:34,640
# Pa-Parla americano

1083
01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:37,040
# Whisky e soda e rock 'n' roll

1084
01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:46,920
# Whisky e soda e rock 'n' roll. #

1085
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:52,720
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1086
01:19:59,960 --> 01:20:06,440
O, George! You have brought so much
personality to the dance floor

1087
01:20:06,440 --> 01:20:11,840
tonight. We are loving it. I mean,
that was some school disco, wasn't

1088
01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:17,880
it?  I hope you are not hoping for
some words for me, after that!

1089
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:23,080
Totally out of breath. What about
those lifts?  Man alive, I thought it

1090
01:20:23,080 --> 01:20:27,960
was impressive and normally a normal
person, like Miko would go, it's

1091
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:31,480
been a delight, I'm glad you are up
there for a second but you tossed

1092
01:20:31,480 --> 01:20:37,480
her in the air and caught her by her
wrist and courts her, more of this,

1093
01:20:37,480 --> 01:20:45,040
round the back... House my hair?
Nice. Carry on. It was the most

1094
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:49,840
incredible thing. You are so
brilliant, I have to tell you, your

1095
01:20:49,840 --> 01:20:54,480
timing, you're partnering I've loved
but you are under the desk and in

1096
01:20:54,480 --> 01:20:59,680
perfect harmony, perfectly together.
I just thought that this dance and I

1097
01:20:59,680 --> 01:21:03,920
know you will be delighted about
this, this dance was you and the

1098
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:07,480
best of you. Well done.
CHEERING

1099
01:21:07,480 --> 01:21:14,520
It really was. He is a performer
now, Craig.  I thought personally it

1100
01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:20,200
was a little heavy footed. Just a
little. Billing-macro I am being

1101
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:27,320
picky. It's true.
BOOING

1102
01:21:27,320 --> 01:21:33,520
I love the lifts, they were
incredible, a little bit of running

1103
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:40,000
man, all sorts of stuff in there and
your swivel, I've got to say, was

1104
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:42,760
brilliant, absolutely brilliant.  And
you know how he feels about

1105
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:48,240
swivelling, it's not easy to please
him. Motsi?  Tidy, compact, fast, but

1106
01:21:48,240 --> 01:21:52,320
your best and you've shown it
throughout the competition as you

1107
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:57,080
are a great partner, you are there
for her, she can roll, go up and

1108
01:21:57,080 --> 01:22:02,080
down, do whatever she wants, catch
her stop you have an eye for her

1109
01:22:02,080 --> 01:22:06,360
which means you are looking at her
and that's something nobody can

1110
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:09,760
teach you, she can trust you are
therefore her and you want a man

1111
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:15,400
that is there for you, well done.
APPLAUSE

1112
01:22:15,400 --> 01:22:20,520
Shirley?  Listen to mummy here, OK?
Let me get my breath here.

1113
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:27,600
Sometimes, if something is not smack
bang wallop in somebody's face it is

1114
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:31,520
hard to appreciate. This had
hundreds of small details, tiny

1115
01:22:31,520 --> 01:22:36,320
nuances, the feat going, a flick,
all subtle, very much together and

1116
01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:40,120
the dynamic was the speciality of
the highlight, the trick we've never

1117
01:22:40,120 --> 01:22:45,600
seen before, the partnering on that,
this'll young lady felt totally safe

1118
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:49,640
in your arms. For me personally, I
think this is your best number yet.

1119
01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:53,840
Well done.
CHEERING

1120
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:58,360
Wonderful comments, George. You have
pulled out all of the stops tonight,

1121
01:22:58,360 --> 01:23:02,720
you really have. I've got my fingers
crossed for you. He does so well.

1122
01:23:02,720 --> 01:23:08,560
Well done, George and Alexis.
CHEERING

1123
01:23:20,160 --> 01:23:24,120
Go on, amazing timing, when Shirley
said it your best dance, you loved

1124
01:23:24,120 --> 01:23:29,480
it, didn't you?  It was really good
fun. I'm looking at myself, I look

1125
01:23:29,480 --> 01:23:35,360
so stupid.  You do not, you thought
the charleston would be his dance?

1126
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:41,680
Minute we spoke, randomly he was
doing swivel is, OK, noted.  How

1127
01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:45,880
wonderful to have your sister and
girlfriend here, I know you wanted

1128
01:23:45,880 --> 01:23:50,280
to say thank you to both of them.  I
feel very grateful, I've got a

1129
01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:53,720
lovely support network around me and
I think they've both been there

1130
01:23:53,720 --> 01:24:00,040
since the beginning, most weeks. I
feel it's an all-encompassing show

1131
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:05,200
and I know that it's my life, but it
also brings it into theirs, and

1132
01:24:05,200 --> 01:24:07,360
they've been nothing but
understanding and supportive so

1133
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:13,760
kudos to them. It's their experience
as well.  Very well said. Good looks,

1134
01:24:13,760 --> 01:24:16,000
the scores are in.

1135
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:17,200
The judges have their scores...

1136
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:18,240
Craig Revel Horwood...

1137
01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:22,040
Motsi Mabuse...

1138
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:27,560
Shirley Ballas...

1139
01:24:27,560 --> 01:24:33,480
Anton Du Beke...

1140
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:35,440
That is it for George
and Alexis tonight.

1141
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:39,000
If you want to support them,
then you can do that in just a few

1142
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:41,400
moments when voting will open.

1143
01:24:41,400 --> 01:24:49,360
Alexis, why should
George be in the final?

1144
01:24:49,640 --> 01:24:53,880
Well, I just think his
transformation this series has been

1145
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:58,360
incredible, from dancing to
performing every week he has showed

1146
01:24:58,360 --> 01:25:02,000
up and really pushed himself
mentally, physically, creatively,

1147
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:06,600
but showed up every day with
kindness and this grit to him and

1148
01:25:06,600 --> 01:25:11,240
even on the floor, just so much
kindness, humility, so genuine on

1149
01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:15,560
and off the floor and I see how you
treat other people. He is the most

1150
01:25:15,560 --> 01:25:20,960
supportive, he makes people feel so
loved and appreciated, he's there

1151
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:25,520
for people and the qualities George
possesses defined him as a finalist.

1152
01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:29,680
Thank you so much.

1153
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:31,800
Let's have look at where everyone
stands on tonight's

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final leaderboard.

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Soon, we'll find out which judge has
the last Casting Vote of the series.

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To keep your favourites
away from the Dance-Off,

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please support them right now
because the vote is officially open!

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You can vote online by scanning
the QR code on screen now

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or by visiting bbc.co.uk/strictly,
where you will also find

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the terms and privacy notice.

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Voting closes at 8:30pm.

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Please do not try and vote
if you are watching on demand.

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Here's a reminder of
tonight's performances...

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# rhythm going to get you
# Rhythm is going to get you

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# Tonight #.
#

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# Again
# Whoa

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# I'm falling

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# I'm falling for you
# I'm what you came here for #.

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# Please be true #.
# I'm falling #.

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# Whoa #.

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An incredible semifinal.

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Congratulations to all our couples
on a night of double dancing.

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Tomorrow, we'll find out
who makes it to the final.

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For two of these couples,
the last Dance-Off will

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decide if they get there.

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Voting closes at 8:30pm.

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You have until then
to save your favourites.

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And we can now reveal
that the judge who has the huge

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responsibility of the casting vote
for the semifinal Dance-Off is...

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Craig!
CHEERING

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Merry Christmas!

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In tomorrow night's Results Show,
we have music from the amazing

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James, and the one and only Kylie
performs alongside our

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professional dancers.

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We're back tomorrow at the later
time of 7:45pm, where we'll find out

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who will be your Strictly finalists.

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Until then, Claud...

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Time to double dance?

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BOTH: Keeeeeeep dancing!