STRICTLY COME DANCING 2023

[magicalkitty]

The first three celebrities will be revealed on The One Show tonight!

I agree re Annabel - she may be older but I'm sure she will throw herself in - I think she did balllet until she went in the tennis direction and does yoga now do is probably extremely fit and flexible - I hope she gets a good partner

Screen shot from Telegraph website - Annabel is a fan of Johannes!

sorry but I haven't heard of her so just used that.
often I have never heard of someone and end up liking them

Wow Annabel Croft! I hope she does well. That's 4 initial faves for me:
Amanda
Krishnan
Annabel
Angela R perhaps

Oh I just read that about Annabel's husband dying. Gosh she is brave.

I still think there needs to be an older man, see who gets announced tomorrow!

I thought Annabel Croft was amazing during Wimbledon, especially given it was so close following the death of her husband. She's great - I hope she enjoys Strictly and it helps her through such a difficult time.

Will Les Dennis be the final announcement?

Perhaps for older man they think Krishna ?

I'm still thinking Stuart Broad to join or maybe one of the ex England women footballers ?

I guess as Krishna doing it rules out the older man that is John Snow !

Oh yes I guess so. Sort of forgot about him.

Annabel may find that chucking herself into SCD helps. I think that Debbie found it a useful experience (she had been a widow for 18 months I think).

Annabel will need a tall partner. Great signing. Can’t wait to see how she gets on!

I've had a fright. I saw that Jim Davidson was trending on Twitter, and for a moment thought Jim Davidson had been announced as a Strictly contestant. Fortunately not the case!

As you were...

GMB revealing the last contestant on their show after 8am - so guessing it might be a breakfast presenter from there?? Or will that be a red herring?

Giovanni maybe or Graziano who is an absolute sweetheart would suit.

Maybe their weather man Alex ?

It seems an older line up this year

Angela will be great : an ex ballet dancer too

There’s lots of joking and larks about it being Ben Shepard…

He has a degree in dance.

I saw 😂

Les Dennis!

I did wonder when I saw that silhouette

It's a good line up this year. AND I know fully half of the contestants, a veritable record for Grouchy.

I'm surprised they kept his name till the last, he's not really such a huge star. I was thinking it was going to be some really big name!

OK so if that's the lot the speculation can begin. DD and I do this every year and write down our guesses based purely on first impressions and before seeing partnerships/dance ability and see whether we're right...

First Out : Krishnan

Final Three : Layton, Zara, Adam

Winner: Zara