Strictly 2026 : Sat 18.15 PM WEEK TWO - Movie Night?! Already?! NO SPOILERS

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Early for the Week Two thread but ITT doesn’t seem to be attracting a lot of traffic so I think it’ll work. I’ll do another on the night if I have to.

KEEP DANCING 💃💃

Laurence, Cach and Bethany have either significant dance training or trained in musical theatre.

There is a ? whether Delta counts as a ringer. She's been in entertainment for a while singing and acting, but I don't think there's any dancing at all in her music videos.

Lacey was at Sylvia Young, but not for very long.

I wouldn’t be sorry if Shirley went. In fact I’d be delighted.

Rumour has it it’s her last series

I still don’t think it would work - it’s the same as Johannes being a presenter - it just doesn’t have any gravitas

the older pros aren’t on the judging circuit while they are on strictly and I know about their experience with dance schools etc

yes agree alesha didn’t work

Anton has worked because he was always destined for that role or presenting and he acted the fool mainly with the contestants he got and he is naturally funny

Ahh ok thank you.

Wonder if their is a climate of insecuity on the show - after all those professionals left last year. Might account for perceived flatness that some of us sense. Got to be a bit hard headed to survive in this business.

Yes, that'll be me – sorry

Claudia?
Me too. IMO she's witty, warm, a bit nuts and a real original, but a consummate TV pro too. Remember when she'd just come back after her daughter had that horrific accident, and someone said something sweet to her and she almost lost it, but held it together to finish the link and hand over to Tess?

Karen is/has been starring in a dance show in the theatre too. Stepping Out. She'll be just fine. I do think they made a mistake canning her though.

Yes I remember that @AlwaysExtraHot I thought she got the balance just right

Tess, Claudia, Janette, Fleur, Karen Nadya, MIchelle, Luba and Gorka. And Giovani and the other Grazianno before that. Big chunk of staff to leave for various reasons.

I think the poster read Karen meant Lauren and got muddled. I do it all the time.

Just finished watching Lacey. From the start I fast forwarded the VTs and now I'm not bothering to watch the Johannes bit or scores. Oh, Emma is speaking for once.

Claudia’s off the cuff jokes are what’s missing I think. Josh might be better upstairs with his comedian background. The three presenters all bring something to the party but it’s not gelling at the moment.

Despite new presenters and pros and celebs to get to know, it felt stale and I’m not sure why.

I wonder what the viewing figures were like.

Me too! Hated all the leering over the men.

I think that Julian is going to be in more dance offs.

Sarah is an athlete, but comes from no dance background apart from watching her daughter. It's going to be tough for her to find the performance part of dance. But after all those gold medals, I guess that she's not going to be giving up and she'll work at it like a demon.

Julian is, I think, getting used to Strictly, its standards, and what needs to be done. I'm getting the sense that while he's fairly chill, he's also competitive, and he seems very clear about teaching.

I think that the combination means that the routines are going to be drilled into both of them, but they may not get the popular vote. When they get to the dance off, the footwork and lifts (I'm betting on a lot of lifts) will be well executed. That will likely get them through a couple of times.

I also like Mark. Having someone chill and who looks classically trained isn't a bad thing. I think that he and Tabby will go far.

It’s ok it still needs rehashing a bit I agree Josh would be better doing the upstairs chats. I’d be surprised if Josh does more than one series

I don’t mind Shirley but I have to say I would have quite liked to shove those stupid little shoes where the sun doesn’t shine yesterday 🤬

Agree. Emma could do the introductions and send upstairs all by herself. Or with Anton.
I cringed at the length of time he tried to cover one celebrities nipples. Until I think someone said in his earpiece to stop. It went on for too long.
I also thought the Titanic scene with Shirley pointless.

Nadya was on ITT and seemed quite happy. Janette isn't happy about losing ITT though.

I don't want Sarah to go. I think Melanie might have a limited time span and I don't think Chris would be much of a loss. The latter two might well be in the dance off and if Chris is I expect he'll go.

I think it can depend on how much faffing abaaaaaht there is before they start actually dancing.

The death knell for me would be if Craig went. I think that might be the point I stop watching. As it is, we watched this week’s this morning so could happily fast forward anything that wasn’t a dance, judge’s comments or the scores.

Craig is my favorite too and the one to impress the most. Not an easy task.

I agree. Craig is the Simon Cowell of Strictly. Without him, it’s not the same programme.