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2014 professional partnerships
BelgoLift
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Given the pro changes for this year, anyone have an idea of the revised professional parings? Which male pro will Ola, Aliona, Natalie, etc be dancing with in the pro routines this year?
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Brendon, Aljax, Anton with Natalie,Iveta, Joanne
Any combination would lead to some great ballroom pro routines excited about that group
Of the rest we have established coupes
Robin-Kristina
Kevin-Karen
So we then have a group of
Pasha and Tristan
Aliona, Janette, Ola
How this will pair up I have no idea. Pasha and Janette danced together last year and it had very little chemistry which is unusual for Pasha( I suspect their relationship my have parted badly from watching that dance)
Aliona seems quite comfortable swapping partners, I will miss her with Artem
It seems difficult imagining Ola with anybody else
Robin and Kristina
Karen and Kevin
Anton and Joanne maybe......
Pasha and Ola
Aljaz and Natalie
Tristan and Janette (not sure this would work tbh)
Pasha and Janette
Tristan and Ola.....
Aljaz & Aliona
Anton & Iveta
Brendan & Natalie
Kevin & Karen
Pasha & Ola
Robin & Kristina
Tristan & Joanna
Not sure where that leaves Janette (other than partnerless...)
* Though now Anya is part of the choreography team, the pro dances may be brilliant, witty, glamorous and original affairs... :cool:
Anton & Iveta
Alijaz & Natalie
Tristan & Karen
Brendan & Aliona
Robin & Kristina
Pasha & Joanne
Kevin & Janette
I know people want Karen & Kevin together but I prefer both dancing with others due to their height difference. Only people I see Ola dancing with is Pasha or Robin or Tristan although Robin & Kristina are set in stone. Brendan too tall for Ola. Think they will mix and match like last year.
I suspect definite pairings will be
Anton and Iveta
Kevin and Karen
Robin and Kristina
Less clear cut pairings
Alijaz and Joanne
Brendan with Natalie for Ballroom and Aliona for latin
Pasha with Janette/Ola
Tristan with Janette/Ola
Then again they could completely mix things up. You could put Alijaz with Natalie, Anton with Joanne and Brendan with Iveta, or Alijaz with Natalie, Brendan with Joanne and Anton with Iveta. Those pairings all sort nicely for ballroom (even though Brendan is actually a latin specialist his ballroom has become excellent over the years).
This year we have a spare girl pro so maybe there will be a cycling of girls on and off and mixing up of unestablished partnerships each week. If James had taken on the troupe role the numbers would have balanced out and it would be easier to sort.
Then Kristina/Robin and Karen/Kevin is established
Anton and Joanne is one I'd like to see. Joanne is a great ballroom dancer, and Anton needs someone like her since Erin left.
I don't think, based on James' tweets, Ola will be staying, or at least it's still being negotiated (probably why Aliona's still in a job) so I'd think it'll be Aljaz and Iveta, Pasha and Aliona (The partnership from 2011/12 series), Tristan and Janette, and then Ola taking the Anton/Aljaz slot of last year, and switching partners, if she stays.
I think Aljaz is meant to be about 5ft 11 iirc, so only 2 inches taller than Natalie. Although, I think Joanne is the same height as Natalie (I remember hearing that she's slightly taller than Kevin, and he's 5ft 8), so one of them will be with Brendan, and the other with Aljaz/Tristan. From what I recall, Tristan and Aljaz are about the same height, so one of them will go with Natalie/Joanne, and the other maybe with Aliona.
Kristina/Robin and Kevin/Karen are pretty much givens (although they could swap about a bit - Robin could dance with Ola/Janette and Kristina can dance with just about any pro, she was with Brian Fortuna for a while and he's taller than I thought).
I reckon they'll keep the Anton/Iveta pairing, and have Pasha dance with Ola and Janette.
Abbey is 5'9" and was in heels last year so is nearly the same height as Natalie (5'10") and Alijaz was taller than Abbey. I think Alijaz is the tallest male but I could be wrong. If it is based on height which it isn't always see Karen & Kevin then Alijaz & Brendan should be with Natalie & Joanne and because Brendan is an original pro I could see tptb pairing him with Joanne even though Brendan & Aliona and Brendan & Natalie also dance well together. If they go down the established pros with newbie line than maybe Tristan will be with Ola.
Unless the heights are really disparate then that consideration won't come into it, as match in skillset is more important. (I'd rather dance with someone shorter than someone who is rubbish at ballroom and you don't really notice it that much if the couple are good.)
I'd like to see Kevin dance with somebody smaller as Karen looks too tall.
Aliona and Tristan i think may go well together aswell.
May have played a huge part in Aliona returning this year. Amazing partnership.
Brendan and Aliona danced together on the last series of Strictly so the producers wouldnt have had to see LTT to think WOW :D and I totally agree, amazing partnership
Kevin and Karen obvs
I think Anton with Joanne
I'd love Aliona and Aljaz together.
Maybe they won't have defined pairings.
Will be weird for the "whole group" dance at the start to have one girl looking like a spare wheel. Expect lots of hairography!
I've said it already but I'd love to see Natalie with Tristan.
Not going to happen. Brendan's the only pro tall enough for Natalie since Ian left. He's 6'0/6'1 whereas Tristan's 5'10" (Same as Anton) so Brendan HAS to be with Natalie, or she's going to dwarf whoever's partnered with her.
Joanne is smaller than Kevin. I thought she was 5' 4" and so I have looked on her twitter account. There is a picture of them together and although Kevin looks a bit taller than her but Joanne is wearing heels.
I guess this is a long-winded way of saying I don't think it would matter too much if Natalie were not to be paired with Brendan - she's up to the challenge.*
*pun intended.