Strictly 2017 Celebs are being announced...

[CaveMum]

First one confirmed is Mollie King (the blonde one from The Saturday's)

Not sure when the next one will be announced, just hope it's not like last year where they dragged it out for weeks!

The problem with doing that.... is the it automatically biases the data, because only a handful of the celebs have insta. i promise i'm not an uber geek

but I might be able to manage something a bit more spangly for the next ones...

From the OK magazine coverage of the wedding of Janette and Aljaz. Dds forced me to buy this issue but I'm glad we did as they're such a lovely couple - and you get an idea of the different heights of the professionals

Is that issue still on sale?

Richard Coles seems incredibly excited about it all, we've had a tweet of
His knee support
Bits of glitter
His dance shoes
The water bottles they've all been given
Him and Simon Rimmer
A wardrobe man

Simon has tweeted a picture of his knees with an ice pack on each one

Susan Calman is excited about her false nails

Don't follow any of the others but these 3 seem to be having the time if their lives .. and their Tweets are making me giggle

I know East, Richard and Sarah crack me up on Twitter I love them both dearly already :)

Looking st that wedding picture, I have to ask - does Robin Windsor own any shirts that are not 3 sizes too small for him

Plus, what on earth is Kevin doing in a pale blue suit?! This isn't the 80s y'know!

at your 80's comment!

This is my fave ever pic of Kevin

Dying at the pic of Kevin.

Many men can rock the goth look, and I've been known to be partial to a man in eyeliner, but Kevin is NOT one of them 😂😂😂

Looks like a petulant 16 year old who has refused to tidy his room

Agree American, looking like channelling Kevin-the-teenager (Harry Enfield)! Def needs to be grounded for that look!

Richard Coles' tweet this morning is of the judging panel, holding up perfect 10s.

The faces of his dogs have been superimposed onto those of the judges😂

Waiting now for Susan Calman to respond with one if her cats.😉

Richard Coles is doing Pause for Thought on Radio 2 at 9.25 this morning and says his theme is "Dance"

Thanks for the heads up Cave, switching kitchen radio on now!

The article with that photo of Kevin is interesting. Apparently he grew up as a goth and had to give up the look for SCD and surprisingly for someone young he's been married three times.

Awwwww....go Richard! That has got me even more excited now!!! 😍

Kevin's been married 3 times??? He found THREE PEOPLE who would? 😘😘

He married his dance partner at 20. Can't find her name.
Then married his second dance partner Clare at 24. And is now married to Karen.

Afternoon!
Could you all say yay on the thread below, cheers. @LornaMumsnet said they'll take another look

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2723052-Any-chance-of-a-Glitterball-smiley-please

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3014596-Why-have-we-got-a-Donald-Trump-emoji

Marriage between dance partners is very common. If you read Len Goodman's autobiography he talks about marrying his partner and then when they retired from competitive dance discovering they actually didn't have much in common and ultimately divorced.

It was also pretty common years ago for dancers to marry just to save on the cost of two hotel rooms at every comp! Of course this was when unmarried people were frowned upon for sharing rooms.

Matthew Cutler was married to his partner Nicole for 9 years, despite being gay!

Dance marraiges of convenience was really common although im fingers crossed for Janette and Alijaz because they are very cute.

Karen really grates on me for some reason. I always get the impression that she thinks that Kevin is punching above his weight by being married to her. When they did Mr and Mrs she admitted that didn't even know when his birthday was. Who doesn't know when their husbands birthday is?

Yes she gives off a vibe of how lucky is Kevin

Have said Yay on both threads Gaz and added the attached to one of them