Strictly Come Dancing Thread #2: Bring on the Strictly Curse!

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Morning
@x-squared hope it's okay to follow in your lovely footsteps and put out a second thread even with 13 days left to go. If there is another one up already and I am being blind, please link to it.

*Love it, so Charles is now officially Btech Idris, and Kevin (from Grimsby) is officially Gavin and Stacey.

Do we any other ‘official’ mn abbreviation for this year’s contingent?*

Btech Idris
Gavin and Stacey
MWMOB (most worse member of Blue) Lee Rayn (I still cannot believe he inflicted Rayn Ryan, sorry, Rayn Lee Amethyst Ryan on his son) maybe we should just call him Eel Fromblue yes Lee love we know it's an anagram
Pashley mk II (Kim and Pash being the original?)

Highlights from other fora include
Graemey Cricket
Not Trinny
Joetube

and Dr Ranj is quite liking his Miss Ranjie moniker according to his instagram

As for the new pros my other half made various lube comments whereas Grazziano is Ross from Friends if he carries on with the oil.

Move over Shimmy Jimmy Jordan as Brenda states the obvious here but Kate S with Kev would have been a disaster height wise, c'mon Cole you had too much sangria.

www.hellomagazine.com/film/2018090962099/brendan-speaks-cole-strictly-come-dancing-pairings-in-column/

Very hard to tell at this point.

With the exception of the obvious ringers, I think Vick will do well and she seems fun.

I would also like to see Dr Ranj do well, but nobody seems to
with Janette. I want to see Stacey do well too but I hope she calms down a bit.

Just realised that I've overused the word "well"!

Dr Ranj seems lovely but has no dance experience at all and kids TV people traditionally don’t do too well on competitive reality. Katie doesn’t seem like a great dancer so may struggle, and Lauren may also not have the chops - there’s a long line of beautiful, slim, fit, motivated women on SCD who turn out to dance like clothes airers with was a bolt missing.

There was one tiny movement that Vick made with her arm in the First Steps video that was breathtakingly elegant so I’m pinning my hopes on that for her to be the Second Coming of Saint Alesha.

Today's the day!!

I don't know if anyone else knows, but on Spotify there is already a 'Strictly come dancing 2018' playlist! Each week someone updates it with the songs of the week. I loved it last year, you can also search for previous years too.

Checking in!

Not going to watch tonight but will catch up tomorrow I think Dr Ranj is going to immerse himself in the experience he is going to have a ball

Sneak preview of the new titles is on their Instagram page.

Hooray 3 months till Christmas !!!!

STOP PRESS STOP PRESS . AT 5.25 today (the hour before Strictly) there is a Pointless Strictly Edition with a number of old contestants and pros taking part.. Should be fun!

Ooh thanks for the tip off ppeat

Thanks ppeat. Love bit of pointless strictly. Or should that be strictly pointless? See you all later!

You're very welcome I only like Pointless (which DM sits in front of almost EVERY efffing day!!!!!) When they have someone interesting contesting.

Sometimes with Pointless Celebrities 'celebrities' is the descriptor of the programme called 'Pointless', but most of the times that I catch the end of it it's the other way around, 'pointless' is describing the 'celebrities'.

So excited

We're going to watch Pointless Strictly special on iplayer catch up.

So excited for the first show! Does anyone have any 'Strictly' traditions? we always let our eldest stay up to watch it, he loves it, he gets a hot chocolate. We generally have a 'treat tea' too as it's the one of the most exciting nights in our family calendar

Well I'm watching Pointless Strictly slebs now. Who will turn out to be surprisingly clever?

(Oh and Chas of Chas n Dave has died and that's very sad :( )

Hi Strictlyers, does anyone know if the running order is available before the show? At the moment the BBC list seems to be in alphabetical order. DS wants to stay up for Dr R so I'm hoping he's on early.

How Debbie can stand there and say that her ballet training didnot help and keep a straight face !( on pointless )

Bum! Thought Strictly started at 6.25pm. Flitting in and out of Pointless as cooking dinner...timed for 6.25pm as treat in front of tv.... arghhh!

BRING IT ON!!

Although I think I'll have to break at some point for dinner, it's a bit of a marathon!

sassy Eat it raw!

It's chicken!!!!!!!

I want a blue dress like that. Not sure what for, as it would look a bit odd in Lidl, but I still want one.