This is quite an old topic but I am gettting very impatient at having to wait to see this year's crop. Here is my ideal cast:

Fern Britton
Kara Tointon
Nigella Lawson
Vanessa Mae
Barbara Windsor
Parminder Nagra
Jamelia

Nigel Havers
Adrian Lester
James Cracknell
Richard Armitage
Michael Vaughan
Jimmy Mistry
Dermot Murnaghan

I'd love to hear your casts and see how they compare to the real thing!

We have ours up in our latest blog post http://frankieandcloverstrictly.blogspot.com/

To cover a wide range of ages and possible abilities, mine would be:

Joanna Lumley
Felicity Kendall
Joanna Whalley
Tess Daly
Claudia Winkleman
Miley Cyrus
Michelle Hussein
June Sarpong (not sure quite if I got the name right!)

Kevin Costner
Teddy Sheringham
Ricky Gervais (I could barely dislike this man any more than I do!)
Stephen Fry
Zac Efron ()
David Tennant
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sergio Garcia

My list is extremely unlikely ever to be taken up due to the cost of certain people lol - but it was fun to do the ideal list!

Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale)
Pc Stamp or Smithy from The Bill
Justin Lee Collins
Michael Ball
John Barrowman
David Hassellhoff

Jane McDonald
Marian Keyes
Fern Britton
Fizz from Corrie
Kara Tointon
Katherine Jenkins

Richard Hammond or James May and I'm there

I think it'd be great if we could get someone like Patrick Stewart, David Bowie

Keeley Hawes
Dawn French
Joanna Lumley
Nigella Lawson
Zoe Wannamaker
Freema Agyamen
Helena Bonham Carter
Sharon Davies

David Tennant
Richard Armitage
Philip Glenister
John Simm
Alan Rickman
John Barrowman
David Mitchell
Adrian Lester


Ok my male list is totally unrealistic(and a large part of the female list is too!) and purely filled with those I think are gorgeous in one way or another but a girl can dream!

Can he wear his costume from Labyrinth to do his rhumba? *swoon* I think I might die of excitement.

Hugh Jackman!!!

Don't bother with any other male celebrities, just let him dance with a different female pro each week, I am sure they wouldn't complain

Guys...

Baron Manfred Von Richthoften
Socrates
James Dean
Tommy Cooper
Albert Steptoe
Lawrence of Arabia
Humphrey Bogart
Norman Wisdom

Dolls...

Mary Magdeline
Mary Wollstonecraft
Lauren Bacall
Cleopatra
Mata Hari
Indira Ghandi
Anne Boleyn
Jean Harlow

Well it is a fantasy line-up

mine would be:
Girls:
Charity Wakefield
Amy Robbins
Catherine Tate
Carol McGiffin
Dawn French
Natalie Anderson
Ellen Whitaker
Kari Corbett

Boys:
Damian O Hare
Tristan Gemmill
Sam Callis
Ben Maher
Luke Roberts
Dominic Cooper
John Barrowman
David Cameron

I would love this years Strictly line up to be as the following:

Sharon Osbourne
Anne Robinson
Laila Rouass
Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell, EastEnders)
Easther Bennett (Lead Singer of 90's girl group Eternal)
Martine McCutcheon

Teddy Sheringham
Peter Andre
Jonathan Ross
Steve Jones
Craig David
Linford Christie

Women:
Beyonce
Rihanna
Ciara
Alicia Keys
Christina Auguilera
Lady Gaga
Megan Fox
Jessica Alba

Men:
David Beckham
Cristiano Ronaldo
Brad Pitt
Jonny Depp
George Clooney
Matt Demon
Orlando Bloom
Justine Timberlake


Now this is a dream line up