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Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton join Strictly
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Announcement on facebook by BBC Strictly Come Dancing
BREAKING NEWS: We have 2 new Pro Dancers in town. Please welcome Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton to the Strictly family.
Also coming back to the dancefloor this year is Natalie Lowe.
Sadly both Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan will not be returning to the series, alongside Anya Garnis who will not partner a celebrity, but will remain part of the choreography team.
We wish them all the best of luck!
BREAKING NEWS: We have 2 new Pro Dancers in town. Please welcome Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton to the Strictly family.
Also coming back to the dancefloor this year is Natalie Lowe.
Sadly both Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan will not be returning to the series, alongside Anya Garnis who will not partner a celebrity, but will remain part of the choreography team.
We wish them all the best of luck!
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But I thought Anya was quite good last year - I was looking forward to seeing her with somebody more... well, charismatic. And I liked Artem too. I guess he's been lured back by DWtS for good. At least he'll be happier choreography-wise there!
He was, but always got the duffer celebrities (despite managing to do fairly well with them. He even got Nancy Grace, one of the US' least popular women, to the semis), so I hope he at least gets a shot on Strictly. The funny thing is that he unsuccessfully auditioned to be a pro in the year Artem joined.
Love Tristan and Joanna is a great dancer.
(also, cue the 'Clifton invasion of Strictly begins' comments. I'm presuming Kevin will still dance with Karen)
No idea who Tristan McManus is
Could not be happier to see the back of James Jordan and tbh I was getting bored with Artems choreography and his inability to stick with the rules within a dance
Yes, me too ~ I'm more than a little disappointed that she's been sidelined this series.
So, losing 2 males and gaining 1, losing 1 female and gaining 2 - equal numbers again this year then.
I'm glad to see Natalie back, I always felt like it was her who supposed to be with Ben last series and Kristina with Tony, but they swapped them around after Natalie's injury.
Tristan never made much impression over on DWTS, but he's Irish which is nice to see. I'm also pleased to see Joanne.
Anton, Aliona and Robin clinging onto their jobs yet again...
Tristan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdooVVHydV4
He was a pro on the American version up until this year. I remember Len commenting that he was the only one who actually stuck to the rules, so I highly doubt he'll be a replacement for Artem choreography-wise!
Where does it say Aliona is coming back?
I'm not surprised Anton's staying, they'll want to cling on to some familiarity after the departure of Bruce!
I can't believe they're letting Aliona stay after she openly slagged them off last year.
Well she's not listed in the departing pros, and if she was leaving the show she would have been.
and Robin and Anton for that matter
She's not mentioned in the list of outgoing pros so I assume she's got the job again.
That leaves us with-
Natalie
Joanne
Ola
Iveta
Kristina
Janette (I'm also surprised she's still there)
Aliona
As with Aliona, they're not mentioned in dispatches. Usually, it's just the incoming and outgoing pros that get a mention in this press release- the rest are assumed to be staying put.
She was Natalie's replacement last year having left. Natalie is back so ...? Otherwise the male/female ratio doesn't add up surely?
You can add Karen to that list. Looks like another year of 15 contestants.
I'm not especially a fan of James, but I'd rather he had stayed than Robin.
Anton has to stay, much as it pains me to say so ~ who else will gamely chaperone the doddery old duffers around to such 'hilarious' comedic effect?
Oh i completely forgot her
Unless they throw in a curveball extra male pro- I don't want an uneven split again!
thanks