SPOILERS - Couple pairings

[R2Y5A0N2]

Stefan & Dianne
Vicky & Kai
Chris & Nadiya
Thomas & Amy
Alex & Johannes
Jimmy & Lauren
Harry & Karen
Ross & Jowita
La Voix & Aljaz
Ellie & Vito
George & Alexis
Karen & Carlos
Lewis & Katya
Balvinder & Julian
Dani & Nikita

Benched pros - Nancy, Neil, Luba & Michelle

[Nicky91]

poor Amy, after already gotten that vile bigot Danny John-Jules, now also Bosh


also Thomas doesn't need to expect any difficult choreographies, because Amy's are very bland and uninspiring :fan:



am glad Michelle has no partner all of a sudden, would've been worse if she had that Bosh as her second partner




am happy with Lauren for our Jimmy, she was quite the miracle worker on a duffer like Krishnan, i hope he lasts long enough to do his couples choice (to tubthumping hopefully)



and YASSSSSSSSS Stefan and Dianne will be so wholesome pure magic, i cannot wait for the full on aussie accents :clap1: and they better make them dance to Kygo's For Life :fc: that would fit him so well i feel



Ross and Jowita: maybe Ross is gonna be better than we all think, Jowita is a great teacher as we saw with Jody and especially Hamza, and in the christmas special with the complete non-dancer that is Adrian Chiles coming up with a decent waltz



and Alex & JoJo, omg yassss, those two are gonna be so good either i think

[Nicky91]

but i swear if they don't give Not The Dancing Kind to Jimmy for week 1, a missed opportunity i tell you


would also make a decent week 1 samba song, slower beat than the songs used for samba's in later weeks, but it still has a workable samba beat honestly

[LaLaLand]

Poor Amy.

[Strictly Jake]

Well I hope this isnt true. Because Nancy Luba or Michelle should be given stefan instead of Dianne. Dianne needs to be keeping herself safe being pregnant

[Nicky91]

Well I hope this isnt true. Because Nancy Luba or Michelle should be given stefan instead of Dianne. Dianne needs to be keeping herself safe being pregnant

Dianne will be dancing with Stefan, yes, i don't see the problem, as long as she doesn't do too tricky lifts, but just basic dance content, and she can always be replaced whenever necessary by either Nancy or Michelle, i can see Nancy giving this chance to Michelle then, considering them being good friends too, and i can see Michelle being a good match for Stefan either


and i doubt Stefan wants to take any risks with Dianne anyway, Stefan is a father himself, he'll know how much of a big deal becoming a parent for the first time is to Dianne

[Nicky91]

my rankings of the pairings

1. Stefan & Dianne
2. Dani & Nikita
3. Ross & Jowita
4. Jimmy & Lauren
5. Alex & Johannes
6. Harry & Karen
7. Vicky & Kai
8. George & Alexis
9. Karen & Carlos
10. Balvinder & Julian
11. Ellie & Vito
12. La Voix & Aljaz
13. Chris & Nadiya
14. Thomas & Amy
15. Lewis & Katya (boring :sleep: no journey whatsoever easy finalist material :sleep:)

[Mystic Mock]

Stefan & Dianne
Vicky & Kai
Chris & Nadiya
Thomas & Amy
Alex & Johannes
Jimmy & Lauren
Harry & Karen
Ross & Jowita
La Voix & Aljaz
Ellie & Vito
George & Alexis
Karen & Carlos
Lewis & Katya
Balvinder & Julian
Dani & Nikita

Benched pros - Nancy, Neil, Luba & Michelle

The first one out.

I'm 99.99% confident.

[joeysteele]

I'm not ranking them on their first week.

I do feel sorry for Amy though with the Thomas guy.
Admittedly he conceded he cannot dance but in the tiny snippet we got at the end of the launch show, he was far and away the worst in my view.

There seems a good number who at least have some rhythm about them.