Tess and Claudia leaving strictly!

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What!!! Is this true? Who will take over? I'm shocked!

I can’t see him rushing to do it unfortunately (plus he’s probably over budget for the BBC!)

Janette is too much.

Well how about Clare Balding to replace Tess, as we hardly have enough of Clare presenting on TV, going rambling, writing books ...

I think the timing is weird...I'd expect it at the end of the series not part way through.

Dear God please not Alison Hammond...barely surviving Bake Off with her.

Won't miss Tess at all, but Claudia is a real loss.

Mel and Sue. That’s all I will accept.

All the controversies have just made it feel sleazy now.

Like everything the BBC touches - there's always some grubby sex scandal just below the sequinned surface. Giovanni Pernice, Graziano di Prima, Wynne Evans... added to Huw Edwards, Savile, Russell Brand, Tim Westwood, Gregg Wallace, etc.

The BBC brand has become synonymous with creeps, sex offenders and paedos these days. I'm not surprised they both want out.

Hopefully the Beeb will finally put this tired old show to bed. It's had it's time and people like me who are not fans and have never watched a second deserve some different prime time prime season programming.

Nooooo! I still love it, but one of the best bits is Claudia - I'll really miss her. Hopefully she's getting her own show.

I like the suggestion of Ellie Taylor as a replacement. Would prefer it stays as two women, and very much hope we don't go back to the older man/younger woman format. I bet Anton du Beke will have his eye on it.

Hannah Waddingham would be interesting !
Likewise Zoe Ball .
Quite like the idea of Rylan .
Please not - Holly, Ben , Janette M , Fleur, Alison Hammond ( though I like her on Bake Off ).

I think as someone said online that Zoe Ball and Rylan would be great! I think Claudia is so successful with The Traitors ,it has really lifted her profile . She is probably considering other offers .Tess doesnt want to go on without her I dont think .They were the first all girl partnership following Brucies death.

They need a ' straight man/woman' presenter like Tess to keep to the timings and keep the show on track. It allows Claudia to be a bit of a wild card with the celebs in the ' claudatorium' .

Not sure who this would be, but I agree we don't need more Alison Hammond.

For me they need a fallow year. To be blunt, they need to stockpile celebrities again as the soap actors/ retired sportsperson/ youtubers & one with a disability line up is getting tired.

It will give them to time to properly rethink the format and look over all the processes they have for wellbeing and safeguarding.

Zoe & Oti would be good both have dance & presenting experience or Karen Hardy she was great on the nightly strictly show explaining the dance techniques.

Gethin and Zoe Ball would be a good pair.

I'm sick of seeing Alison Hammond.

Mel and Sue leaving bake off was why i stopped watching it!

It’s the redemption arc we all need.

Can you imagine?? The divorce played out live on SCD 😂

Get that it's not many people's cup of tea but it's interesting that people are saying should be axed, my understanding is it still brings in some of the highest viewing figures for terrestrial TV - which yes itself is a dying medium but whilst it's around I don't see Strictly being scrapped.

In terms of presenters I like the idea of Rylan in Tess role, not sure who would do the Claudia role but neither are particularly difficult roles and could easily be filled and will very quickly adjust to the a new pairing. Agree Tess is crap and can't see her getting much work after this.

I struggle with the jokes Tess has to read as she looks and sounds too wooden. Was never keen on Claudia either. As long as Amanda Holden doesn't do it!

If Amanda Holden got it I would stop watching

Rylan and Rob Rinder. It would be a hoot.

Good, about time!
We need new talent, bored of the same presenters taking over all the shows for 10+ years. They've amassed enough money, let younger people have a go!

Ahh what a shame. I'll miss them both. I love Tess, even with all her woodenness. I love judging her outfits 😂

Isn’t that more of a comment on the general standard of other programmes though?

And isn’t it also because they have spread the central content so thin across two shows, It Takes Two on weekday nights, on a podcast and across social media and BBC radio? And in doing so, I believe, have devalued all of it, despite engagement figures remaining high! But that’s more because it’s hard to avoid rather than than people still loving it.

I don’t mind if it stays on as there are probably lots of people who still enjoy it. I used to love it and it was my favourite programme, but I haven’t watched it since I stopped buying a tv licence 3 or 4 year’s ago. Haven’t missed it, or ‘normal’ tv since.

Remember when their stance was No Reality Contestants. Just shows how much it’s been downgraded since that statement.