Strictly fans over here!!

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who do we think will be the early favourites? Who will get to the grand finale? Who will turn most orange?

It's starting now and I am very excited...!

I read am article in which Natalie said that she was going to be a dancer until she suffered an injury at 19. Doesn't seem like a level playing field.

I think that they should only do two different dances each week, because then it is fairer and easier to compare the couples.

Natalie does have a background in dance, although she had played it down.

Of course she's danced before - I remember her saying something like she had to give it up at 19 (or 16) - that is still potentially a lt of years of dance training. Hardly fair.
Guess she won't necessarily improve as much as the others as we go on

The voters won't like Natalie having had dance experience. Denise was hated last year for that too.

Loved it tonight, god I've missed it!

Jesus! Abby Clancy can annoy me even in a trailer. I WANT HER GONE
Sorry

Didn't she go to italia conti or somewhere similar?

That's at least 5 years of dance

I think/hope he's still with Kara. Natalie didnt seem too happy with her comments.

Oh Pash. I thought I loved Artem the most, till I saw Pash. I'm so fickle...

See and then you get 8s on week 1 - it's not right.

The problem is that Latin will always look more flashy compared to the Ballroom, but Ballroom is so much harder. There's more to think about with the timing, foot placement, etc. Latin you can cover a lot up if you can shake your arse!

I hope that Deborah turns out to be good, I LOVE Robin.

Abbey Clancy needs to ease up on the pouting.

Artem and Kara are still living together. I loved them on the show...I kept the whole series on the Sky box and have watched their dances dozens of times.

Pasha is gorgeous too

Yes to Pacha!

Artemis seems very nice but I don't get him as "gorgeous", I think he's a bit weird looking

I think new Kevin looks nice (especially in those glasses).

THanks for that magicstar1 so hoped Kara and Artem still together loved watching them dance, Natalie good and Susannah was better than I thought apart from that terrible cartwheel and agree she was flat footed at times but certainly the best breakfast TV presenter, thinks of horrible images of previous ones Fiona Phillips (and even worse if possible) Kate Garroway.

Yes to Pasha, Artem does nothing for me. But Harry was cute, hunky and yummy. Everybody looks odd on my wiggly TV picture this year. Didn't recognise Darcy in that wig/new hair style at all.
I could still recognise stage dance training in the Corrie girl, though, especially in her presentation but couldn't see anything else due to awful picture.

Yay. Strictly is back, I'm sooooooooo excited.
They were all ok tonight, the duds must be on tomorrow.

Natalie is great, although I'm not usually a fan of the stage school trained dancers. Hope she's not as smug as DVO.

Artem is fit.

I love Darren, i mean Ashley... proper love him so was dead chuffed to see he has potential - and ola is normally pretty good as getting the goods out of her partners, so to speak

Must admit, found myself channeling the Mighty Monkseal whilst watching with lots of Len'isms like 'you canew aht and 'ad a go!'... Can't wait until he has a sportsman tomorrow - he'll be wetting his pants!

Another Artem fan here - he and Kara are still very much together, and I loved the self depreciation from him this evening!