LOL It's neither her nor there - he was my fav pro when I first started watching a few years ago, but he made a few off hand comments that made me , so he went down in my estimation, he is however still charming to watch and very entertaining.
I now burn my candle for Matthew

I was at a recent recording of Hole in the Wall with Anton, at the end of the recording, Austin said to the audience that we were all to vote for Anton this year and keep him in longer, so to me that sounds like Anton is doing it again. Hole in the Wall has now finished recording so it won't interfere with Strictly.

hopefully brendan, vincent, brian, kristina and hayley won't be back
sad camilla and karen aren't coming back
wish james, ola, darren, lilia, anton, erin, matt, ian, flavia all come back doubt it though considering bbc want to 'sex up' strictly

I only really care about Darren and Lilia and Brian, now that Camilla's gone. I know for a fact Brian is returning.

Darren and Lilia though...??

They'd be mad to get rid of Darren and Lilia- they've got three SCD trophies each for goodness sake! Then again, who says logic plays a part in these decisions...

I agree. Lilia has a very outgoing personality which transfers extremely well to TV. She's always provided some very amusing moments, and is a great teacher. I like Darren as well, since he seems to be very patient, although he is a lot quieter. They were great when they were interviewed together on ITT, talking about Lilia's obsession with pugs.

Whether people like him or not (and I do) I'd be surprised if Brendan was dropped, and didn't someone say he'd confirmed that he was returning. I'd also be sorry to lose Matt or Ian. I liked Nicole but I agree that she's very unlikely to be coming back.

For me its also about the quality of the choreography in making standout dances -and Darren and Lilia do that well -as do Brendan and Ian. I hope the producers have decided that they've made enough changes - you'd think they could at least tell us which previous pro dancers are defintely back! Saying that, Darren and Lilia are usually last to officially announce they are involved -not sure why?

Just had a look at Darren and Lilia's web page.

there is nothing in from September throught to Fe/March

It looked like that last year as well.

So IMHO I would say they will be back.

sorry to disappoint but it's one his website that he's taking part again this year

sorry but after the whole nicole saga with the papers when she left i doubt bbc will bring her back

I like Ola her cat suit last year won me over and the reason along with Lilia why i watch

Just hope they get better celebs this year for a change that they can have a chance of winning with

does that mean austin will be on hole in the wall ? if so i am very much looking forward to that. it's always nice to see a muscley man in a wet suit.

Yes, Austin will be on it and Anton is hosting this time round.

I thought Austin had defected to ITV with that bomb quiz programme. I'm glad he's back to BBC. Our ITV isn't tuned properly so it's either fuzzy or there's no sound. I tend to stick to BBC!

I bet it's awkward backstage though, with whoever the pros have gone out with this year. That whole Flavia Vincent and Kristina thing could be a tad awkward. Can't they all settle down, get married and stop having affairs with other people from the programme?

According to flavia and vincents web page.

Vincent is looking frward to the birth of the baby.

it also goes on to say that they will be in this years SCD

At a recent event one of Ian's angels asked him about the show and he said he was appearing in it and on the tour, and apparantly seemed shocked that we had all been worrying that he might not be.
Mind you this was all before the paycuts etc

Like his real name...Anthony Paul Beke

Anton competed same time as my brother who is 46 next month and anton a year or two older I thought

I'm dying to know about Darren and Lilia.

Don't think that particular episode involved Flavia in any way at all!

any news on if Brian and Krystina are returning?

Do we have to talk about Anton and name and age yet again?

Looks like Darren and Lilia have signed up

Strictly no pay cut

Two Friday shows??

I wonder who is the four dancers who haven't sign up yet and does that include Camilla and Karen? If it is two plus the two we already know does that Hayley and one other has not signed or that a couple has not signed?

That is of course if you believe the papers!

One of the quotes was - that they are trying to make strictly more "x factor like" to appeal to the younger audience. That was already its appeal to me - a complete ALTERNATIVE to the tripe that IS X Factor. Is the stoopid controller at the BBC doing her damndest to totally finish SCD

From that article it says all 13 dancers are expected to sign up within weeks........we are still a female pro short