Strictly 2017 - Nearly Show-Time!

[CaveMum]

The couples have been announced and rehearsals have started. So strap on your dancing shoes, it's time for Strictly 2017 💃🏻🕺🏼

I am very happy with sass I'm a big kid at heart.

I am very happy with sass I'm a big kid at heart.

soup omg I love that you chose ice skating because you didn't like the cold

gorgeous yes he does seem a really nice guy and does so much for charity...but if you watch the show, he is very controlling at home very hard to live with!

just because I can

Grabs maryz and starts chassis-ing. If Oti can whack him into shape, Jonnie will be finals surely (still gutted Nat has gone: given what she achieved with Cassidy, she would have been the perfect partner for Jonnie).
Charlotte looked stiff but then I saw her in a charidee thing. Hang on, will go and look for it.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vD6VwqboxyY

I think you have your blondes mixed up Maryz. Charlotte looked to me like the second coming of Rachel Riley. (Although Rachel's chronic lack of rhythm didn't stand in the way of her snagging Pasha, so I'm sure she doesn't care).

Or maybe not....just watched GLOW's clip.

vimeo.com/62902661

So yes, Charlotte did six weeks of dancing with a pro four years ago (for charity).
Not enough to be a ringer but to give her a slight edge, although looks very stiff in the freestyle.

Calman check out the vimeo for a Rachel Rileyesque performance.
You are the only one to have called me glow so far . Did you see it? I bingewatched it in a weekend. There's a ZoyaTheDestroyer on here somewhere!

just practising

No I haven't seen it yet - meaning to give it a try. I just was too lazy to type your whole name and then realised the reference as I abbreviated.

Oh I am , it is very good (drama/some comedy/80s music). Great female ensemble although Marc Macon is also damned good in it.

Maron. Autocorrect.

Blonde 1 Mollie Saturday talks in quite a posh accent /Looks like AJ's mum.
Blonde 2 Gemma is DED NORMAL ME! Monkseal™ /Northern gymbunny, think Chelsea Healey mark II
Blonde 3 Charlotte is Supermum /Natasha Kaplinsky (Spangles/Kerplunsky) mark II

I think Gemma will be >popular with the public vote and Mollie will score highly with the judges. Jury's still out with Charlotte.

No idea who is going to be First Boot now. Thought it was going to be Simon but the First Steps footage looks decent.

Brian will be first to go. Not the worst dancer but near the bottom end of the leaderboard, and not likeable enough with much of a fan Base either.

Or Chizzy...I think her 'act' (loud, in your face Lisa Riley/Alison Hammond-style) will become wearing very quickly. No real fan base either so I think she will leave early on.

Just realised I am out on the first live show night gutted! That's my Sunday morning hangover viewing sorted

Glow love that name! I watched it (not really surprising ) and really enjoyed it - love a bit of 80s nostalgia

Yeah you're right, I'd literally never heard of Chizzy before. Tameka went early last series and I think there are obvious similarities.

I think Chizzy is very likeable, not like Tameka who got on my wick, and she's a very watchable dancer (as long as Wardrobe cooperate). No idea whether that will translate into votes from the GBP. Allison did OK, and Lisa, who irritated me profoundly, did better than she deserved on her dance merits. Chizzy seems less contrived.

I can see why cynical people might find Gemma's persona contrived but it worked for me and I suspect it will work for the GBP.

Does anyone know if StrictlyT2 is on this year and with Zoe?

Is the disabled guy Johnny? He looks a favourite.

ppeat yes ITT returns on 25 Sept with Zoe. Ian Waite has also been confirmed in his usual slot.

Jonnie Peacock is the Para Athlete. He lost his right leg just below the knee due to meningitis when he was 5.

The songs and dances have been revealed!
Alexandra and Gorka are Waltzing to (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin
Charlotte and Brendan will Foxtrot to The Best Is Yet To Come by Michael Buble
Chizzy and Pasha will Cha Cha to Boogie Fever by The Sylvers
Debbie and Giovanni will perform a Paso Doble to Be Italian by Fergie
Gemma and Aljaz will Cha Cha to There’s Nothing Holdin' Me Back by Shawn Mendes
Mollie and AJ will Jive to Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard
Ruth and Anton are Waltzing to This Nearly Was Mine (Seth MacFarlane version)
Susan and Kevin will perform the Viennese Waltz to Mad About The Boy by Dinah Washington
Aston and Janette will Foxtrot to It Had To Be You Harry Connick Jnr
Brian and Amy will Tango to Temptation by Heaven 17
Davood and Nadiya will Cha Cha to Dedication To My Ex by Lloyd ft. Andre 3000
Joe and Katya are Jiving to Rockin’ Robin by Michael Jackson
Jonnie and Oti will Waltz to When I Need You by Luther Vandross
Rev. Richard and Dianne perform the Cha Cha to There Must Be An Angel by the Eurythmics
Simon and Karen will perform the Paso Doble to Song 2 by Blur

- I had to look this up!

I'm struggling to work out which of the female celbs are which.

Yup, that's my problem too. It takes me until about week 8 to sort my celebs out - by the time we're down to half a dozen I can usually manage it