Strictly pairings!

[Cupofteaonesugar]

Does anyone feel really sad for the pros who get the shit partners?
Karen has drawn the short straw for a number of years now and I imagine she will be bowing out perhaps after this year and she's got Jayde 😳
Also Kai will be out first for sure!

That being said I'm happy dianne seems to have a good partner after a really shit few years! She's one of my faves so fingers crossed for her.
I think gio and his partner could work... I also have a feeling this could be his last year too!

I feel for Kai, his first year in the show was going brilliantly until AJ injured.

I've been waiting for Gio to get a male partner cos think it'd be amazing, slightly annoyed that it's with this guy lol.

Oh and I love Will Mellor. Think he has potential to be the Chris Ramsey of this season but not sure about Nancy.

It’ll be a good test for Nikita with Ellie, as he does like to outperform his celebrity. Will he dance around her, and give her minimal dancing to do?

Kym Marsh and Graziano is looking a good pairing (but please Graz close your mouth when dancing).

Guess Helen and Gorka are a hot favourite.

James and Amy - I think they’ll be a grower.

Fleur and Vito are a good looking couple.

Johannes is a good dancer and choreographer so they’ll do well.

kaye and Kai - someone had a sense of humour there - guessing their nn is already “The Two Ks” or even simply “The Ks”.

I think they all complement each other quite well to be honest. I think they try base it on height and build for most of them. X

Agree re Karen. She's so fantastic and hardly ever gets a really good partner.

Think Tony and Katya could be interesting.

Ellie and Nikita are going to struggle with anything in hold surely? Maybe they will end up doing mainly upbeat dances which don't require any dancing in hold.

I feel sorry that we won't be seeing much of Kai, but I don't think Karen's drawn the short straw: she's got a headline-drawing partnership with a partner who can dance a bit. Comedy partnerships can go either way, and always run the risk of being completely cringe, but she's probably got a better chance with Jayde of hitting the sweet spot with the GBP than she has with a random man.

And her last five partnerships have been duffer: quarter-final (Charles Venn wozrobbed): semi-final (Chris Ramsay): final (Jamie Laing, dragged through to the final in the teeth of audience opposition): duffer. I don't think that's such a bad run that she has cause for complaint.

I am not happy that Karen has Jayde. It's not because it's a same sex pairing but I don't like Jayde.