Strictly 2025 : It’s Saturday Night! It’s Not Live! It’s Launch Night 18.40 PM

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I am sadly out tonight so I’m setting this up early. Please move across from The Rehearsal Rooms

If we need to change threads midstream Sequins has said she will cover it.

Enjoy Launch Night

Thanks

Eine

I thought Balvinder looked good.

Thought Vicky looked good.

love that song! One of the better group first dances

my prediction of couples making it to Blackpool

Alijaz &
& Chris Robshaw
Kai & Vicky
vito & Ellie
drag Queen &
both new pros and their dancers
Johannes & Alex
Karen & Harry

Dani Dyer or the gladiator to win
Tom and his Pillars to go out first week

Quite a few looked pretty good there so it should make for a good year overall.

Karen footballer needs a broom-handle fixed to her back toot sweet.

Oh well, Amy will be able to stand in for Dianne if Stefan Dennis proves to be better than expected.

I know Amy has been through a lot but her choreography is twee and outdated.

There are some pairings with a lot of potential but I fear we won’t see as much of Vito as we should.

Alex Kingston looked stiff, Dani looked self conscious.

Yep
I agree

I'm not a fan of amy, as much as i appreciate what she has been through 🙈

My 17 year old DS who isn't interested in Strictly in the slightest wanted to watch the bits George Clarke was in!

Early predictions anyone?

Just going on that brief first dance, these are the ones I think will struggle the most:

Thomas
Jimmy
Danni
Ellie
Ross

Jury's out:

Chris
La Voix

The rest to make it to Blackpool

To win? I'll take a punt on Lewis

My husband had heard of George Clarke, but not this one, I have mainly heard of Alex Kingston. Not watching as on hol and no TV but this episode was always pants anyway. Each series I recognise fewer “ celebrities” does no-one want to do it anymore?

Lewis is clearly a ringer but I'm looking forward to his jive.

Karen and Harry / Katya and Lewis to make the final.

Vicky will do well because she is a proper grafter and has a personality.

MiniVern in the final.

Harry will go far.

Female celebs are reluctant, especially now, for obvious reasons.

I hope Katya makes it to the final again.

Harry is looking very good already, so I hope Karen can come up with some choreography that will do them both justice. She's really into her fitness as well, so I guess they have that in common, so will get on.

Loving Team Oz already, and it's clear that Dianne and Stefan really like each other too.

I like footballer Karen, but find Carlos a bit meh.

Alex and Johannes will be elegant in ballroom, I reckon. How sweet she mentioned Johannes was taller than Kenneth Branagh and Daniel Craig!

I think Balvinder needed to be with someone like Aljiaz or Vito, rather than the new pro, but I hope she does well.

Vito may not make ot to the final this year, having done so every year since he started on Strictly. Ellie is very excitable, so I'm sure her routines will be fun.

Thanks Eine, can't believe we're here already 💃

Re Thomas’s school.
I have never seen a private school with anything like this on its website :

We enable our pupils to become the best version of themselves by developing
Virtue, Learning and Manners.

Manners?!

(Bad manners?)

What century are we in!

If that’s not bad enough, thinking of ‘easy virtue’ I searched for “virtue’. Look at the third definition! (To save clicking on the picture it says,”Chastity, especially in a woman”. )
OK, we might not think of that but, especially as a boarding school, they may have parents whose first language is not English so they may look online to see what the word ‘virtue’ means.

Does this explain Thomas at all?

Well, Alex is 62, you do stiffen up a bit by then.

I thought Danni looked ok. Nervous but ok.

Already? Every year you obsess about contestants you think might be gay

Brentwood is a perfectly nice, ordinary private school to be honest. Not posh but not little or twee.

Very sporty.