Launch Show (female celebs first being paired up)
Barbara Knox
Soap Legend, The Queen of Corrie, and probably one of the OLDEST EVER celebs to do Strictly
Barbara's partner is
Gleb Savchenko
Lauren Goodger
we always thought reality stars were a no go on shows like strictly, but if in real life a dud like Jamie Laing can be signed, then a hot bombshell as Lauren is a MUST as well, i can already imagine fuming dailymail moans, ofcom complaints over too sexy performances
Lauren's partner is
Anton Du Beke
Georgia Tennant
wife of former doctor who actor David Tennant (i mean you had footballers wives, but a wife of a very popular actor of current generation must also tick a box of celebrity) but in all seriousness Georgia is an actress and producer as well
Georgia's partner will be
Pasha Kovalev
Sabrina Ghayour
we luv persian chef kweens, she also is a writer of many cookbooks, Emma Weymouth who
and multiple appearances on saturday kitchen
Sabrina's partner is
Giovanni Pernice
Cate Blanchett
high profile hollywood glamour signing on strictly, Nicky's impact for upping the budget big time, although Cate's last role was in a dull series Miss America
Cate's partner is
AJ Pritchard
Louise Minchin
a BBC Breakfast signing, hopefully she can make us forget of the horrors what Mike Bushell brought upon us, but yeah Louise seems like a nice lady, journalists have mixed bag of results anyway
Louise's partner is
Neil Jones
Christine Ohuruogu
track and field athlete, has already won several medals, is very proud at representing Great Britain at every championship she enters, Christine is also highly competitive so she might turn out to be one of frontrunners who knows
Christine's partner is
Gorka Marquez
Vanessa White
member of The Saturdays, having done the jungle, and now following into footsteps of bandmates Frankie Bridge, Mollie King onto the dancefloor, could she reach the heights of Frankie or will she be a flop like Mollie
Vanessa's partner is
Aljaz Skorjanec
Jacqueline Jossa
last up of the women is one of our recent jungle queens, soapstar and pretty much a perfectionist at everything, also Jossa had the HIGHEST Salary demands of this series entire cast, and yes she can act, but can she dance
Jacqueline's partner is
Brian Fortuna