Strictly Come Dancing 2014

Loughc

No Brucie this year! YAY! About time, the poor man needed a rest!

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are the co-presenters.

Disappointing line up so far announced;

Thom Evans

Model and rugby player Thom Evans played for Scotland between 2008 and 2010 and had stints with London Wasps and Glasgow Warriors, before a serious neck injury called time on his career. The 29-year-old also dated model Kelly Brook in 2010.


Alison Hammond

After gaining fame as a Big Brother housemate in 2002, the Birmingham native is no stranger to high-profile TV: right now, she is mostly known as the showbiz reporter on ITV’s This Morning


Judy Murray

Andy Murray's Mum.


Frankie Bridge

Frankie From The Saturday's.

Snoopy1

I dont think its dissapointing.
Cant wait for it to start
Theyve just announced the guy from blue Simon Webbe

Loughc

Mark Wright (TOWIE)
Sunetra Sarker (Casualty Actor)
Jake Wood (Eastender Actor)

Have all been added to the Strictly lineup

bopper

I think it's shaping up to be a fairly decent line up. My only concern is that they have finally stooped to the levels of booking someone from TOWIE. I always credited Strictly for avoiding them up to this point.

Loughc

Yea I agree with your TOWIE remark! I have to take back my original comment the line up isn't as bad as I first thought!

dark crystal

When is this series starting?

JP Liz V1

bopper wrote: »

I think it's shaping up to be a fairly decent line up. My only concern is that they have finally stooped to the levels of booking someone from TOWIE. I always credited Strictly for avoiding them up to this point.

Would Andy Murray's mammy be lower than a TOWIE star celeb wise

Loughc

dark crystal wrote: »

When is this series starting?

No official start date has been set but the first show of the series will be pre-recorded on September 3, signalling an early September start date.

Much like xfactor only announced their start date 9 days before it's set to launch it looks like Strictly will do the same.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Would Andy Murray's mammy be lower than a TOWIE star celeb wise

Lower famous wise yes, lower on the tack-o-meter, no

bopper

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Would Andy Murray's mammy be lower than a TOWIE star celeb wise

Yes she would be less known but I didn't mean Mark was the least famous. I said I was concerned that Strictly have gone down the route of booking someone like him. Until now it seemed to be the only celeb reality show where you could guarantee we wouldn't be subjected to someone from TOWIE/Geordie Shore/Made in Chelsea etc.

I also have no idea what Judy Murray is like, I've only ever seen a picture of her. So I could end up loving her or loathing her on the show, I'll just have to wait and see. I do know however that Mark's "fick essex boy" routine will grate on me about 10 seconds into his VT.

JP Liz V1

bopper wrote: »

Yes she would be less known but I didn't mean Mark was the least famous. I said I was concerned that Strictly have gone down the route of booking someone like him. Until now it seemed to be the only celeb reality show where you could guarantee we wouldn't be subjected to someone from TOWIE/Geordie Shore/Made in Chelsea etc.

I also have no idea what Judy Murray is like, I've only ever seen a picture of her. So I could end up loving her or loathing her on the show, I'll just have to wait and see. I do know however that Mark's "fick essex boy" routine will grate on me about 10 seconds into his VT.

Was Mark brought in to lure his other half Michelle Keegan aka Tina from Corrie to the show?


It was bound to happen someone from those trashy reality shows would be on SCD as they are running out of "celebs"


X Factor's Marcus Collins wants to do the show and dance with his fella Robin Windsor

Go Harvey Go

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

It was bound to happen someone from those trashy reality shows would be on SCD as they are running out of "celebs"

Probably just as well that Bruce decided to call it a day, then...

Snoopy1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s104/strictly-come-dancing/feature/a592509/when-is-strictly-come-dancing-back-all-we-know-about-the-2014-series.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=dsuk&utm_campaign=twdsuk#~oO400Qf9AZNpMo

fussyonion

The last time I watched Strictly was the year Penny Lancaster was in it. Since then, I haven't watched it cos I got too hooked on X Factor, but Im tiring of X Factor so I reckon I'm gonna get stuck into Strictly this year.

Loughc

Pixie Lott is the 11th person to be announced for strictly this year.

Good addition to the lineup.

bopper

Caroline Flack confirmed too, lots of "totty" this year it seems!

Loughc

bopper wrote: »

Caroline Flack confirmed too, lots of "totty" this year it seems!

That'll teach Simon for sacking her haha!

Pang

Very excited to see Pixie Lott. She's so cute.

So glad James Jordan is gone. He always seemed to have a chip on his shoulder.

Heroditas

When will Gregg Wallace first say "dancing doesn't get tougher than this!"

Judy Murray is a huge name in the world of tennis - current captain of the Fed Cup team. She's been involved in coaching in British tennis for years. Most people will just know her as "Andy's mammy" who cheers him on but she's achieved a lot more in her career than some of the deadbeats they have on it, such as the guy from Towie and Caroline Flack.

Snoopy1

Really hope to see Andy Murray in the audience

Loughc

Gregg Wallace, Jennifer Gibney and Tim Wonnacott have rounded out the Strictly Come Dancing cast.

shinny

Artem is gone

bopper

shinny wrote: »

Artem is gone

He's on the upcoming series of the US version.

Go Harvey Go

Loughc wrote: »

Gregg Wallace, Jennifer Gibney and Tim Wonnacott have rounded out the Strictly Come Dancing cast.

Probably fair to say that Tim will be this year's novelty act...

Loughc

Haha yea I was thinking the same!

Meauldsegosha

SCD starts Sunday 7th September at 8pm. Yay \O/

Snoopy1

Can't wait
Can't wait
Saturday night sorted till Christmas

bopper

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Can't wait
Can't wait
Saturday night sorted till Christmas

Don't forget the launch show is just where the pros and celebs get paired up, then it isn't on again until the end of September after they've had a few weeks to learn how to dance!

Snoopy1

bopper wrote: »

Don't forget the launch show is just where the pros and celebs get paired up, then it isn't on again until the end of September after they've had a few weeks to learn how to dance!

I know, I've watched it every year.
Still excited though

pc7

Looks like a good (if very young lineup), which may not suit some of the older viewers in knowing who they are, but may like looking at them so that will help. I didn't get into last year, couldn't hack Brucie any longer so hopefully this year goes well for Claudia. I'm humming the theme tune as I type this

stargazer 68

Lurve Greg Wallace! Really can't take to Claudia Winkleman - something odd about her!

tinyk68

I really like Claudia. She's quirky and funny. I always feel she much better at the backstage chat with the contestants than Tess is. I'm really looking forward to the new series.

Call me Al

My 7 year old has informed me that his very favourite Steve Backshall is lined up for show. We will all be glued to the box come Saturday night :-)

pc7

Call me Al wrote: »

My 7 year old has informed me that his very favourite Steve Backshall is lined up for show. We will all be glued to the box come Saturday night :-)

I've quite a few years on your 7 year old and have to say I like him too, I enjoy that deadly 60 show he does

JP Liz V1

Loughc wrote: »

Gregg Wallace, Jennifer Gibney and Tim Wonnacott have rounded out the Strictly Come Dancing cast.

Jennifer Gibney is Brendan O'Carroll's wife, she plays his daughter in his show

Meauldsegosha

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Jennifer Gibney is Brendan O'Carroll's wife, she plays his daughter in his show

Does that mean we have to put up with Brendan O'Carroll's antic on the screen each week. :mad::rolleyes:

casio4

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Does that mean we have to put up with Brendan O'Carroll's antic on the screen each week. :mad::rolleyes:

yes unfortunately:(

JP Liz V1

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Does that mean we have to put up with Brendan O'Carroll's antic on the screen each week. :mad::rolleyes:

Someone has to replace Brucie

bopper

Supposed pairings have been leaked -

Big spoilers below! Do not read if you want to wait until Saturday night's show to find out.

Alison and Aljaz
Caroline and Pasha
Frankie and Kevin
Jennifer and Tristan
Judy and Anton
Pixie and Trent
Sunetra and Brendan

Gregg and Aliona
Jake and Janette
Mark and Karen
Scott and Joanna
Simon and Kristina
Steve and Ola
Thom and Iveta
Tim and Natalie

Heroditas

No doubt they'll play on "De luck of de Oirish, fiddle dee dee" if the Jennifer & Tristan partnership is real.

In reality it makes sense for them because they can train in Dublin and fly over for the live show each week.

Spoiler added

bopper

^^ You should probably add spoiler tags to that.

Loughc

bopper wrote: »

^^ You should probably add spoiler tags to that.

+1 to this. Not impressed haha.

Heroditas

Sorry guys. Completely forgot.

stargazer 68

If Tim Wannacott is the novelty this year maybe Anton has a chance to be paired with someone who can actually dance!

Go Harvey Go

Dovies wrote: »

Really can't take to Claudia Winkleman - something odd about her!

Why, she always has been a bit of an oddball...

Meauldsegosha

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Does that mean we have to put up with Brendan O'Carroll's antic on the screen each week. :mad::rolleyes:

Ah feck off. aaaaaahhhaaaahhaaaaa. Where the feck is Grandad?

HeidiHeidi

When is this starting up???

I know it's been mentioned somewhere along the way, but I can't be arsed trawling to find.

Can someone be nice, and tell me? Please?

casio4

this Sunday:)

HeidiHeidi

casio4 wrote: »

this Sunday:)

Cheers!

Series link done (I had been furiously looking at Saturday's schedule in vain!).

Looking forward to it already

HeidiHeidi

Anyone tuned in??

I've only heard of about 1/3 of them.....

One guy came down the stairs furiously clutching his jacket - I wonder was there a bit of a wardrobe malfunction going on???

Addle

I think it seems like a classic line up.
Am strangely attracted to Jake Wood.

HeidiHeidi

Hurray! Natalie's back!

I'm not so pleased to see that Karen is still there.... never could warm to her at all.

Also not at all pleased to see Anya not back - she was one of my favourites last year :mad:

(Just managed to somehow post this in the Sailing & Boating forum :eek:. Bet that confused them just a bit!)