‘People assumed I would be the comedy addition’: Strictly’s Bill Bailey insists he’s in it to win it as he makes It Takes Two appearance with dance off survivor Maisie Smith
He scored his first ten with the judges and wowed viewers with his sensational Couple’s Choice routine on Saturday night.
And Bill Bailey was still on cloud nine when he dropped by Strictly Come Dancing’s spin off show It Takes Two on Tuesday night.
Appearing alongside his pro partner Oti Mabuse, the funnyman told host Zoe Bal it was ‘gratifying’ that Strictly fans had realised his potential on the show.
King of pop and lock: Bill Bailey was still on cloud nine when he dropped by Strictly’s spin off show It Takes Two on Tuesday following his incredible Saturday night routine
‘People assumed I would be a comedy addition to the show and I was going to dress up in silly costumes and be no good at it,’ the comedian, 55, pointed out.
‘It’s quite gratifying for people to realise that I am taking this seriously, I am giving it a 100 percent because I want to do justice to the dance and Oti’s hard work and also to the show, this is about dance!’
Bill and Oti earned a joint second spot on the leaderboard on Saturday with their hip hop inspired routine to Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang.
The inspired routine was scored a 10 by head judge Shirley Ballas, a nine from Motsi Mabuse’s stand-in Anton DuBeke, and an 8 from the notoriously hard to please Craig Revel-Horwood.
Crowd pleaser: Bill and Oti earned a joint second spot on the leaderboard on Saturday with their hip hop inspired routine to Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
Still smiling: One couple who didn’t quite get the reaction they wanted was Maisie Smith and her partner Gorka Marquez, who also dropped by the It Takes Two studios on Tuesday
Close call: Maisie found herself in the dreaded dance off for the first time after viewers failed to warm to her Barbie-inspired Samba
But one couple who didn’t quite get the reaction they wanted was Maisie Smith and her partner Gorka Marquez, who also dropped by the It Takes Two studios on Tuesday night.
Maisie found herself in the dreaded dance off for the first time after viewers failed to warm to her Barbie-inspired Samba.
The EastEnders actress said she ‘wouldn’t wish that experience’ on anyone, after admitting to Zoe that nerves for the better of her during the routine and ‘I forgot to move the entire top half of my body!’
Still in it: Maisie and Gorka were ultimately saved by the judges, who opted to send The Wanted star Max George and his partner Dianne Buswell home instead
Maisie and Gorka were ultimately saved by the judges, who opted to send The Wanted star Max George and his partner Dianne Buswell home instead.
This week Maisie will be will head back to Latin to dance a Salsa while Bill will be in hold for an American Smooth Foxtrot.
Strictly continues on Saturday night on BBC One.
Dancing queens: It Takes Two host Zoe Ball was also joined in the studio on Tuesday by a very glam Erin Boag