General Chat

Yep, its that time again, to steam your tulle, and chalk your dancing shoes, the 22nd series of Strictly is coming.

Shall add this years' contestants as they are announced So far we have...

Chris McCausland ~ Comedian

JB Gill ~ Singer, JLS

Toyah Wilcox ~ Singer

Wynne Evans ~ Singer (Go Compare)

Dr Punam Krishan ~ TV Doctor

Tasha Ghouri ~ Reality Star

Pete Wicks ~ TOWIE

Shayne Ward - Actor/Singer

Sarah Hadland - Actress

Jamie Borthwick - Eastenders

Tom Dean ~ Olympic Swimmer

Montell Douglas - TV Gladiator

Nick Knowles - Presenter

Sam Quek - Olympic Hockey Player

Paul Merson - Ex Arsenal Footballer and Pundit





Chris is the first blind contestant, having lost his sight in his 20's.

Looking forward to it.....onwards and upwards :-D

I hope we can hear the music this year, above the whooping audience! :-0

The full line up has been announced. :-)

Quite a few I know, some havent a clue :-0

Yes I know a few, some I have never heard of

I think I know seven of them by name but most probably will recognize a few more when I see them :-D :-D

Well I know who 10 of them are . Looking forward to Strictly starting. I also hope they keep the audience quieter and the pro dancers stop with all the whooping and silliness in the scoring area with Claudia. I doubt it though.

Bearing in mind, a man 'leads' in dance, I wonder if Chris McCausland will be dancing with a man, and taking the woman's position?
I should imagine it would be very difficult for him to 'lead'.

Maggie, surely all the male 'celebs' have to learn to lead? Why would Chris Mc be unable to learn just because he is blind? I imagine the professional females know how to make it look as if their amateur partners are 'leading'.

I know just two of the 'celebs' LOL I wouldn't have known who Wynne Evans is if 'go compare' hadn't been included.

Are there going to be enough male professionals willing to do the show as there's been so much hoo har :-0

Nick Knowles….thought he had chronic back problems :-0 :-0

Money and publicity talk Ann ;-)

I won’t be expecting him to lift his partner above his head Island :-D :-D ;-)

Counting down now :-)

The first programme in this new series is 7.20 Saturday night. <3

Lets hope the screeching and whooping is a bit less this year. :-0 :-0

I doubt it Maddie...looking forward to it though :-D

Frantically searching for earplugs

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Sadly I’ll be missing it. Meeting friends for the evening ;-)

I’ll await reports to see if it’s worth catching up with it ;-) :-D

Wynne Evans won Masterchef last year.

Jamie is jay from Eastenders and he can dance too. Yeah Nick Knowles did complain about his back but maybe he got it sorted otherwise, he wont last long!

At least this year, there are no professional dancing celebrities...well i dont think are?

We shall see what the evening brings!

This is where it starts to get interesting :-0

As usual some interesting pairings....who will raise the Glitterball this year :-0

As you say Belle, interesting pairings. Strange but there was more than one professional I didn't recognise. I think that is because there had to be more female professionals this year.

Lovely to see Amy back and I loved her dance.

Love Chris's humour, must be so very strange to hear all the noise around you but not be able to see. I noticed at the end Diane had him right down the front not in the middle. I am wondering how she is ever going to get him to dance. (at all) but he is so funny and quick. when the doctor contestant had been talking he chipped in that they wee just so pleased to be in the same room as a GP/

Well that was a saga last nigh! All that padding just to see who is matched with who.

The jokers in the pack are definitely Chris and Wynne. Loved the gag with the GP, thought that was very witty.

Lovely to see Amy back. Her special showcase brought a tear to my eye. She is such a pretty girl and she has a very positive look on life <3

Pleased that Neil has a partner this year, he has been in the background for a few years now. But sad that Kai does not have a pairing.

Great to see Ellie and Vito reprise their winning dance, I had forgotton how dramatic it was.

The photos at the end with Dave Myers and Robin Windsor was a lovely touch, as we have lost both of them this year. So sad <3

As far as I could see the competitors are all very keen, but I think two of them have very big egos, so will be interesting as the weeks progress. :-0

Roll on the first show proper! :-)