Is there a Strictly 2018 thread yet?

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Lots of rumours of who is going to be on but none confirmed as far as I know.

Oh I saw him he is horrible and his bitchy tracey dooley comment urgh. I don't have twitter but i think if i did i would have to stick up for Stacey . What a dick he is

Well, he just came across as ridiculous, as did Christine for not picking him up on it. If he'd referred to another contestant by the wrong name I would have expected her to say something.

She just laughed but tried to move on quickly. Maybe Dan wooton wasn't asked to do strictly and he is annoyed.

I'd never seen him before in my life until today, so he'd definitely have fitted the Z list criteria

Dan Wootton is a nasty little cretin.

He is revolting Manic and so Z list

Stacey called him out in Twitter for slating people he doesn’t know and reminding him that it’s Stacey Dooley MBE.

I really like Stacey, but I hope that she's not going to be a person that always insists on everyone uses her honour.

Good year for me, I know 7 of them (susannah, Lee Ryan, Katie, Ashley, Faye, Jacob off casualty and Kate Silverton)
never heard of 3 of them (the cricketer, Dr Ranj, the Paralympian) and the others I’ve heard of but don’t really know.

Also I thought that Kate Silverton had already been on.

Kate getting Anton is about 95% certain I reckon. And Joe with Janette, I think he's the littlest of the male celebs.

Depends whether the Pairing elves pander to Kate's wish for Aljaz.
Janette might have Joe but Ranj is even smaller.

If they don't change the formula then Anton will end up with Susannah as the self-confessed duffer this year.

Nadija as one of the tallest probably has Chucky if she gets lucky or Graeme.

Can somebody be so kind as to write out the list of contestants for me please? I'm a bit lost as to who's on and who's who!

fuzzy

Contestant list

oh sorry, that's not exactly a list. I thought it was a page I'd seen before with them all together, but that has other stuff on it too.

Full list here

Jarlsberg Danny - red dwarf actor
Goat Ranj - tv doctor
Camembert Charles - casualty actor
Cheddar Stacey - documentary presenter
Mozzarella Susannah - what not to wear presenter
Roquefort Lee - WMOB (worst member of Blue) oh and EE
Stilton Kate - newsreader (Kerplunsky doppelganger)
Wensleydale Vick - DJ
Gouda Seann - comedian
Brie Katie - charity founder
Feta Joe - vlogger on youtube
Caerphilly Lauren - paralympian
Applewood Ashley - dancer Pussycat doll
Pecorino Faye - LWMOS least worst member of Steps
Gorgonzola Graeme - cricketer

still far too invested

and because I still stan him, particularly his decision to refer to Susannah as 'Not Trinny', here are Monkseal's recaps of the line-ups:

monkseal.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/strictly-come-dancing-16-the-lovely-ladies/

monkseal.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/strictly-come-dancing-16-the-manly-men/

While we're about it here are my guesses for
*recycled tracks spread throughout the series and forced musical theming....

Danny - Lovecats
Ranj - Dr Beat*
Charles - Bad case of loving you*/sthg by Chuck Berry
Stacey - Wanted (the dooleys) getting my coat
Susannah - She's a lady* such a shame Fashion was used last year
Lee - One love (if they go against policy and dance to themselves)
Kate - Good Morning*
Vick - rock DJ*
Seann - ??
Katie - No theming please! (see Monkseal)
Joe - up on the roof (He trained as a thatcher)
Lauren - front crawl frank turner
Ashley - What's up Pussycat?*
Faye - Tragedy
Graeme - Swan lake*

Thanks people. I have heard of 8 of them. Not that it matters!
Mozzie I'm loving your theming.

You are two up on me fuzzy but I am still looking forward to it...the real celebs for me are the pros now in any case!
The producers will never manage to beat the shoehorned Wake me up before you agogo/Ed Balls of fire but no doubt they will give it a damned good go.

Janette resisting latin to Dr Beat? Nah, that is so happening. Helen was 3 years ago, long enough maybe. Bad case of loving you was Sunetra. Thompson twins I cannot come up with a dance style for.
But if that man does not have a stethoscope and a beat by the end of week two I will eat my sombrero.

I think the only one I didn’t really know was Vick the Capital DJ. A couple I realised knew once I’d googled.

Do you guys want to guess which tracks have been used the most in the show?

One is a song used by 5 different couples for a waltz.
Clue: Rebirth

The other is a song used by 5 different couples for a paso.
Clue: Spanish travellers

There are also several songs used 4 times if you want to take a punt.

(shout out to Claire who compiles such things. Will link in a while x)

With You I’m Born Again must be the waltz.

I'm presuming the paso will be España Cañi (the Spanish Gypsy Dance). It's generally the only paso track used at proper ballroom competitions.

Is one of the other repeats "You can't stop the beat" from Hairspray? And we've had "Roxanne" a few times, haven't we?

Oh you two are good!
Yes to both. Take a bow

Those have both been used the most. I did not know cani meant gypsy in Spanish until today but they use carny for travelling carnivals in the States so I guess there's a link?

All music is wonderfully compiled and updated by the lovely site
www.ultimatestrictly.com/songs/

24 songs have been used by 4 different couples (said in a Tess Daly voice) if you want to throw any out there without looking. I would have only been able to guess a quarter of them so there are clues for those interested. Will post answers tomorrow night (unless i need a tumbleweed emoticon for killing the thread!)
Clues:
1 not sure transactivists would like the lyrics to this ballad
2 Spanish swaying
3 absconding in the evening
4 yellow feather showgirl costume required
5 this cat's wild (hey - a paso for Danny?!))
6 red hot testicles
7 why Ore won?
8 pondering the reason you haven't LTB yet
9 familiarity breeds contempt
10 a jazz standard supporting the need for 7.
11 I'll have what she's having
12 alleged nickname for a group of partying Uruguayans. Students!
13 freedom in a sexy dance
14 will you do the dance similar to a fandango
15 reflecting lunar light
16 big apple x2
17 winning a horse race by a head (as opposed to me thinking it was a song 'for beef cheeks')
18 will the penny ever drop?
19 slam it to the left shake it to the right
20 unless with Russell you're looking at a nightmare
21 unfettered song #rampantcrab
22 Sat/Sun in six states
23 Leo's biggest hit
24 illuminating person

guienne
You can't stop the beat has been used 3 times
but
Roxanne for you...
I reckon you win on that because the original was used twice. The moulin rouge version three times. To me it's practically the same song so top three.