Strictly Come Dancing 2018

Joe Sugg the latest contestant. Genuinely have no clue who he is!

Joe Sugg. Never heard of this guy.

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ncmc wrote: »

Joe Sugg the latest contestant. Genuinely have no clue who he is!

He's very popular with the "youngsters" 😠my 18 year old son knew exactly who he is whereas I have never heard of him. They must be trying to attract a younger audience.

Cricketer Graeme Swanne is next up

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This Morning doctor is the next contestant.

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Oh I really like Stacey Dooley

I'm officially an old fart. The only person I know is the cat from Red Dwarf.
Will still be watching it though.

I like Stacey Dooley, she comes across as really sound. I think she’ll be good on it. It will be weird to see her all dolled up! She’s normally very dressed down.

Ashley Roberts is next up. I know there’s the discussion every year about those with dance training. But her main occupation is a dancer? Seems a real unfair advantage.

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ncmc wrote: »

Ashley Roberts is next up. I know there’s the discussion every year about those with dance training. But her main occupation is a dancer? Seems a real unfair advantage.

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That's just wrong, she's a professional dancer. While she may not be trained in ballroom and latin, she will still have basic dance moves, know how to move and interpret the music. She will also pick up the choreography easier then the non-dancers.

I can see her being in the bottom two a lot, the GB public tend not to vote for dancers that are too good.

pinkypinky wrote: »

(again I've no idea who she is) but I just looked at her twitter and she's already getting the "you're a trained dancer" schtick. I think BBC deliberately gets someone like this to court publicity.

That's very possible actually. Also she has said she is going on it to find love so no doubt they'll pair her with one of the hunks and hope the rumour mill starts. I'd love if she got paired with Anton


I normally don't mind when contestants have some previous dance training. I think it's good to have a mix of the hopeless, the novice improvers and also the really great dancers who have training. Plus I think a high proportion of singers/actors/entertainers will have at least some dance experience. But there is a difference between having dance training when you were a child or some dance experience in a previous role and being a fully professional dancer! I would be surprised as a professional dancer if she didn't have some experience with latin and ballroom but even if she doesn't, she will obviously pick up choreography way quicker than the others.


But as has been stated, it doesn't tend to work to their advantage. You only have to look at the last two years with Ore and Joe who beat arguably better dancers because the public love a plucky underdog. I think people really like to see a 'journey' and improvement from the first to the last week, which you don't tend to get with the trained dancers.

Equally you could say an athlete has an advantage due to a strong core and fitness regime . An actor has an advantage for the fun dances and for getting into the zone of latin etc
They all come with some sort of advantage I guess , well maybe not the chefs !

And news reader Kate Silverton

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Lee Ryan just announced