Strictly Come Dancing 2016 - Glitterballs ready?

[SheHasAWildHeart]

First 'celebrity' confirmed:
Ed Balls

^ Have asked Thread is in Site Stuff. See you all tomorrow xx

I'm getting very excited, it's my favourite show, have watched since series 1 and I won't be stopping

CANNOT WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!!!!

waves to ellenanora
Which sleb/pro are you rooting for pre-pairings/pre-launch?!
Me:
sleb : Ore (liked his André 3000) and Lesley (oldest contestant, want her to surprise everyone)
pro : Nat, always Nat. 👑 and as it may be their last year, Brendanton

Link to site stuff thread.

Thank you Kimmy - I do like 1940s music.

I'm looking forward to seeing Jo Clifton the most, she's such a great ballroom dancer and we see more Latin usually.

Waves back to Kimmy, are you me Brendan and Natalie are my favourites, I've loved Brendan since the Natasha days and Natalie since she joined, I'm really hoping they both get someone really good, I'm thinking Will for Natalie and Laura for Brendan.

I'm rooting for Brendan to replace Len next year

I know it's not popular to say but I always loved Kristina, she should have won it a couple of years ago with Simon

Is Jo dancing in the comp this year Polkadots, I missed that bit of news, why was she left out last year, I can't remember

I think so - it's just the imbalance of numbers that means people sit out ellenanora. I've heard rumours that it's Neil and Chloe sitting out this time, but I don't actually know. I don't think they'd have Jo sitting out two years in a row would they?

I'm sure Jo said on Twitter she is definitely dancing this year - I seem to remember reading on DS that the celeb she was supposed to have last year dropped out at the last minute. Seems like they are now recruiting 'spare' dancers. I think Jo will get a good one this year.

I think Natalie will get Greg as he's the tallest. She always gets at least one good dance out of her partner so I've high hopes.

Can't wait for tomorrow. Will join the petition for a glitterball. 💃

Thanks Polkadots and Freshprincess, I'm not a Kevin fan but I really want to see Jo dancing this year, not long to go now

Jo definitely has a partner this year.

Definitely Greg and Natalie, although Ed Balls is fairly tall too. I thought Oti was great last year and it was a shame she went out so early - hope she gets someone decent too.

I reckon that Jeanette will be the partnerless female pro this year. She will prance about doing random bits of video like Joanne did last year, only she will be twice as annoying. The partnerless male pro will either be Anton or Pasha. About half the female viewing audience will cry if they don't get to see Pasha dance, but I think he will probably be very sweet at doing the video bits. If Anton does the video bits then he will think that he is auditioning to be either a judge or presenter, will totally ham it up and annoy everyone and hopefully disappearing into oblivion at the end of this series.

T-minus 11 minutes!

I'm all set, very excited for it, I'm like a kid at Christmas

Hello can i join you all please?
Watched the launch thing on iplayer last night my bet is on Claudia.

I wish pointless would just finish im so excited bring on the glitter and shimmy

I'm getting a beer, then I'll be back

Here we go. [glittterball]

Wine is chilling, all the males are on a warning to bugger off after this episode of Big Bang theory. Will be a bit behind you but joining you soon.

It's show time!

Craig's new hip is working then!

Yay! I love these threads !

Dammit, I have to do the washing up! Will there be lots of filler first?

I didn't like that

Probably Elspeth