[Lewismacfarlane]

With the announcements starting this week who do you think will be on

[Nicky91]

difficult one but i'll let myself be surprised, considering we got some complete bigger name surprises recently (Caroline Quentin, Bill Bailey, Greg Wise)


am still praying we have Anthony Head officially revealed (WE NEED MALE DEBBEH MCGEE), to think about all the fun VT's the producers can go with him, and a possible cameo appearance from his musician brother Murray, and a buffy themed dance at halloween week and he has been doing more and more work at BBC productions in terms of series recently so he would also more or less be an internal signing there

[Jase.]

Can't believe the lack of rumours this year.

I'm predicting Gray from EastEnders.

[Vanessa]

I have no idea. But I'm hoping for some great signings. Tobey would definitely be amazing!

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Jase.

Can't believe the lack of rumours this year.

I'm predicting Gray from EastEnders.

we had a lot of rumours though

Tony Adams - retired footballer, arsenal legend

Bruce Grobbelaar - retired footballer, premier league legend

Owain Wyn Evans - BBC weather presenter

Adam Thomas - soap actor

Ally McCoist - retired footballer, pundit

Andrew Garfield - Spiderman actor

George Webster - CBBC presenter

Gino D'Acampo - chef, this morning star

Mike Tindall - former rugby player, royalty connection, married to Zara Phillips

Tom Daley - Olympic Diver
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Anne-Marie - popstar

Helen Skelton - countryfile, former blue peter presenter

Lady Amelia Windsor - royalty, fashion model

Lady Louise Windsor - royalty

Mel Giedroyc - presenter

Kym Marsh - soap actress, singer

Ruth, Baroness Davison - former leader of scottish conservative party

.


these are all rumoured this year in the media

[Nicky91]

am expecting Owain for the same-sex but Andrew would be amazing if he really is in, quite a big name, but he apparently really wants to do this show, in a same-sex pairing, with Johannes, he said on graham norton show the other day

[Nicky91]

and then there is Dawn French rumour once again going around


has she finally said YES after many years of saying no due to her fears, i really hope she has overcome those fears to saying yes and i hope she truly embraces every bit of strictly sparkle because i find her perfect for this show

[Jase.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

we had a lot of rumours though


.


these are all rumoured this year in the media

Oh come ON. Those are a mixture of celebs who obviously won't be doing it (Andrew Garfield? Dawn French? really?) and celebs who are rumoured every single year (Tom Daley)

Again, we've barely had any credible rumours.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Jase.

Oh come ON. Those are a mixture of celebs who obviously won't be doing it (Andrew Garfield? Dawn French? really?) and celebs who are rumoured every single year (Tom Daley)

Again, we've barely had any credible rumours.

never say never, we've attracted quite big names recently (Bill Bailey, Caroline Quentin, last year in Greg Wise, Adam Peaty)


and it being a year of a world cup, now recently football came home with the england women, i also think there might be a ex footballer or two among the line up (maybe not both Tony or Bruce though, Tony seems more likely to me now, reading his article, he had heart operation before in 2015 yes but it also states he always takes good care of himself and he still loves a good dance)

maybe an england women's player, Jill Scott seems more likely to me than any of younger ones in the squad


i myself am hoping (maybe wishful thinking) for a male ringer a la debbie mcgee, in Anthony Head, and would be nice to have one from rocky horror as well as one who is quite well known in majority of target audience (rocky horror and as Giles in Buffy, and for being brother of ''one night in bangkok'' singer Murray Head) and age is only a number we've seen by now (Bill Bailey, Debbie McGee)

[Vanessa]

There are usually a lot of sport stars, a YouTubber, comedians, a same sex couple and an EastEnders star

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

There are usually a lot of sport stars, a YouTubber, comedians, a same sex couple and an EastEnders star

i don't mind who's doing it, because weeks into the competition i am nicely warming to almost all of them and getting to know them better through it takes two


the lack of solid credible rumours is easy to explain, there isn't enough evidence as for who the strictly insta or twitter account recently follows, because that are a lot of people so Stefania gets smarter now

[Jase.]

Think we'll start getting official announcements next week.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Jase.

Think we'll start getting official announcements next week.

after commonwealth games, yes i think so too

[Nicky91]

Nicki Chapman the chosen one duffer for Gio and i am surprised she hasn't done the show before, also it would lots of sense for her to do it now, some promo towards pop idol revival, and tbh she is a well loved face by bbc target audiences from escape to the country)


the ''carol kirkwood'' of this year

[Nicky91]

halfway point now, 7 or 8 more to go


what we do now still to come

a footballer (Tony Adams or a surprise)

a chef (Gino D'Acampo or Clodagh McKenna i think)

and one for the female same-sex partnership


leaves us with possibly 4 or 5 surprises then