Is there a Strictly 2018 thread yet?

[xsquared]

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

Hello all

There was a hoohah a few years back when Oti was paired with the boxer with the poorly arm - forgot his name already.
He complained after the fact that they had put him and Oti together as they were both ethic minorities (his words not mine).

Personally I wanted Oti and Danny. Ah well.

ethnic

I agree - Oti has been married to Marius a while now whereas they can go full showmance fauxmance with the newly single Mrs Clifton.
Chucky gets lucky bullshittery...but he came over as a sleazy git.

Who's Marius?

I think Oti will be fine with Graeme. Mark Ramprakash and Darren Gough were both champions, so it may not be too hard to believe that Oti can turn him into champion material too.

Vicky and Graziono look like they're having a lot of fun together already.

I like Faye, so I'm looking forward to her dances with Giovanni.

And a HUGE thank you to the pp who pointed out more Lee MWMOB buffoonery...
...re his son Rayn Lee Amethyst Ryan

'We’d chosen the name some time ago. We both just liked it. It’s an anagram of Ryan. And Amethyst came about because we wanted a precious stone in there. If we ever have a girl, she’ll be called Rose Quartz.'

• No shit Sherlock. Rayn Ryan.....just no. His other DD by another lass is called FromBluebell end

Greebols, Marius is Oti's husband but he's not a pro on Strictly. He has appeared as a backing dancer in Blackpool though.

Where are some posters seeing either Danny and Charles have great chemistry with Oti? The camera work made the group dance a bit hard to observe everyone properly.

Thanks,@xsquared!

Marius Lepure - her competition dance partner (latin dance champ) and was a pro on German Strictly. Think he did some backing dancing either last series or tour.
Afaik only the Cliftons and Gio are single?
Grazziano has a gf (Strictly backing dancer) and Johannes I thought like AJ bats for the other team. Love Johannes, wish he was a pro.
Rumours of Gio and Luba being an item I think were just because of them dancing together.

There was a couple of moments in the group dance when they were dancing together and they just looked like they were really enjoying it. They moved well together.

Plus they'd have looked stunning. Not because they're both black, but because they're both gorgeous. And have a twinkle in their eyes.

Oti and Charles, I mean.

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No idea whether Oti/Danny would have been good (she was not great with older sleb duffer on German version) but has not had an older contestant on UK one. Plus she works best with the stronger work ethic talented ones rather than 'having a laugh'.

Oti did make me laugh at the end:

"Cricket! Woo woo woo!"
"Oh, do you like cricket?"
"...I don't know what it is."

Just watched the group dance again on Youtube. I see what you mean about Charles and Oti. I think it's more him though, as he looked at Luba with a similar expression.

Anyway, roll on two weeks' time!

Joe didn't look very enthusiastic did he?

I thought Johannes was getting a celeb.

Just finished watching, looking forward to it starting now.

Think it could be a good series.

But I can't stand Anton or AJ

And I miss Brendan and Natalie, they were my favourites for years.

I love Oti and would love to see her win.

Did anyone notice Charles checking Tess out?
He actually looked her up and down!!

I think Charles would have chemistry with anyone. He even looked like he was a couple with Tess when he had his arm round her waist at the “pairing”

Lol. Xpost,

No idea whether Oti/Danny would have been good (she was not great with older sleb duffer on German version) but has not had an older contestant on UK one. Plus she works best with the stronger work ethic talented ones rather than 'having a laugh'.
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So...Graeme is 39, I guess that's an older contestant and probably dufferville but Danny at 57 would have been a better fit for her as she could have nurtured his talent ringerdom

Just caught up. Charles seems a bit smug, not sure about him.

Greebols I took DD to Pussycat concert and Lady Gaga wasn't even the main support act, it was Ne-yo.
Lady Gaga was on first while most people hadn't even arrived. Just stood there in casual clothes singing.

Huh. I suppose no one starts off as a megastar!

Like a pp, I thought Charles was sleazy. Tess is stunning - especially in bacofoil and lycra.