Strictly 2026 : It’s Emma, Josh and JoJo

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First thread of the year! Let us reconvene here for further discussions

Did Kelvin and Oti dance to Northern Soul in the final, as their free dance or whatever it's called??

two styles per week

Amen.

Waltz vs Cha Cha no other dances. Respecting the beginners

Mark Clattenberg is rumoured

I had to look him up .
A referee instead of a footballer .
Interesting.

Might be more interesting to have a Gladiator rather than the referee from Gladiator.

We had one last year. I'd be surprised if they've not asked Sabre

Yes, quite. We had Montell in 2024, Harry for Christmas, followed by the main show then Jodie for Christmas 2025, which is why I'm predicting another Gladiator rather than Mark.

I think Sabre would be a good fit. She'd a good role model, she was very good on the Weakest Link and she's seems very likeable overall.

And she's stunning 😍
And it's always nice having a Scot on

I'm sad Johannes won't be dancing, he was a joy to watch!

Hopefully he will dance in some capacity but yes he is a joy to watch, i see he is touring next year, i have something else on when he is at my local theatre i was raging and considering cancelling 😀

That man is elegance personified.

He probably looks elegant at 3am while snoring.

😂 we met him at a show not his meet and greet just walking by he said hi he is an angel.

No, I think it is because unless you watch soaps, reality TV or are obsessed with TikTok, you haven't a scooby who they all are.

Jaime Winston has been announced.

The first few announcements were promising, but the last few are just…. Meh

I will have to Google 🤷‍♀️

Ooh good. She can dance to Zombie or What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster 😂 for Halloween (presuming I have the right lass, Ray W's daughter who was in a Big Brother Charlie Brooker zombie thing?!)

Ooh, Jaime is a good announcement!

Another i have never heard of (but I don't do much reality tv or insta/tiktok)

She was on The Masked Singer, yes, but she's not a reality TV star or a TikToker. She's been in Poirot and EastEnders amongst many other acting credentials.

She is an actress, not reality. 41.
Dead Set was decades ago, when did I get so damned old?? It was very good (premise: big brother contestants are locked in while a zombie apocalypse happens and none of them realise at first. Davina did a zombie cameo).
She will get the Nepo baby accusations same as Dani but I have heard of her.
I am still looking forward to watching.
They have buggered up the announcements this year and the momentum but I am nonetheless looking forward to it. And hoping for signings like Patrick Grant, sewing bee guy...basically, anyone who showed a bit of enthusiasm and didn't rule it out. 😁

Oh Ray Winstone’s daughter ? Ok

I saw her in a short series, called After Hours, which I really enjoyed, but that was about 10 years ago.

Did George ever get nepo baby accusations?

In fact did Zoe Ball or Sophie Ellis Bextor?

Anyway, it makes no difference to me. I liked her on the Masked Singer and she seems game for this too.

I vaguely knew the name was wasn't sure ..I looked her up .
She famously played Peggy Mitchell in a prequel episode of Eastenders .
And as Barbara Windsor in Babs .

I do hope Patrick Grant has been asked .

I saw him on the One Show last year (I think 🤔) and he was practically begging the producers to be allowed to do it !! 😅