[AnnieK]

Thread ready for the start of the new season.

Post who your pre-start favourites are and who you think will win

[AnnieK]

Opening show is Saturday 20th September

[Crimson Dynamo]

Le BOSH

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Le BOSH

I'm so rooting for him and hoping he has a good pro. Dianne would be fab

[Nicky91]

good work Annie, also having the cast photos in the OP



think i'll root the most for Jimmy, Stefan, Dani this year, it is quite a unpredictable series also with the Online Voting only, and no longer the phone voting

[Nicky91]

[Nicky91]

WOOF WOOF Alex is serving HOTNESS



Jimmy looking confident in that pose




Ross King serving up Bob Pinciotti from That 70's Show vibes and somehow kinda in a good way

[Nicky91]

tonight at 6:40


length of tonights show, 1 hour and 50 minutes

[Nicky91]

gonna be fun


i wonder who the music guest performer is for tonights launch



also looking forward seeing Chris & Dianne again with one of their favourite performances




also i cannot see past Ross King as Bob from that 70's show, so i'm calling him Bob from now on

[AnnieK]

Launch night tonight....although I never watch the launch as I find it a bit cringe. Id rather they just crack on and start the competition.

[Vanessa]

So exciting. It begins!

[arista]

On BBC1HD now

[Vanessa]

Lewis! Hello. Hottie alert

[Vanessa]

He's got Katya! This is exciting already

[Vanessa]

I'm getting Kelvin Fletcher vibes off Lewis

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I'm getting Kelvin Fletcher vibes off Lewis

Thought that too. He looks like he'll be good

[Vanessa]

George is giving me Jay Mcguinness vibe.

[Mystic Mock]

I think that Lewis or Vicky will win.

I am personally most familiar with Karen and Jimmy though, so they have a headstart over the others for me.

[Mystic Mock]

Oh and on a shallow front, I will say that Vicky is the prettiest out of the women in this series in my view.

There's no one in the same league as Sam last year though.

[Nicky91]

yup my faves definitely are

Stefan & Dianne

Jimmy & Lauren

and i also love the look of Ross & Jowita together, they could be a fun partnership too


i hope Nikita is strong enough to cope with camera hogger Danny Dyer but then again he survived Gordon Ramsay so, that makes Danny seem lesser bad




Stefan's reason especially for taking part, doing it for his wife, who has been a professional dancer wanting to take her ballroom dancing


Alex Kingston is sooooooooooooo WHOLESOME, i think i will love Alex & JoJo more than i did MoJo last year, also Alex's dog in that tuxedo is just super cute

[Vanessa]

Mum's are going to love George. He's just so adorable. I'm not a mum but I love him

[Nicky91]

Jimmy's daughters in the audience his oldest btw plays Tina Turner in theatre

they've been watching Strictly for many years



i thought he looked alright in the group dance, not doing too many wacky moves, just a bit of side by side content with Lauren, i really hope Jimmy can be another Krishnan and i hope it for Jimmy too he can do better than last years Paul Merson

[Livia]

I didn't hate anyone. Although I'm not sure what Ellie Goldstein's going to bring to the party.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Oh and on a shallow front, I will say that Vicky is the prettiest out of the women in this series in my view.

There's no one in the same league as Sam last year though.

Well, I guess she's spent tho most on her face.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I didn't hate anyone. Although I'm not sure what Ellie Goldstein's going to bring to the party.

I really hope she doesn’t get the sympathy vote if she’s not good. If she’s good then that’s a different story