Performing tonight are:

Joe Calzaghe
Lynda Bellingham
Martina Hingis
Ricky Groves
Jade Johnson
Ali Bastian
Chris Hollins
Rav Wilding


I'm most excited to watch Joe, Ali and Rav. You?

the same three you picked haha

Martina, Ali and .....Alesha. Looking forward to it!

Joe, Jade and Chris. I saw BBC Breakfast this morning, which was funny.

Joe - to see if the training footage is reflected in his dancing (hope not - it was pretty poor)
Linda - think her training footage will be a laugh and wouldn't be surprised if she is a very elegant dancer
Jade - looks like a real dancer so should be good
Chris - just because I like him and want him to do well

Jade

Snap (almost). We must have been writing at the same time

oh yeah jade :O, imo i think she's going to be technically the best dancer this series

Chris & Ola without a doubt. I love them.

Kristina and Joe will be interesting too and Rav is hot so watching him dance will be no hardship.

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If Joes hold hasn't improved from the shot on BBC breakfast this morning it will be a shame. Very excited to see how Jade fares x

Bruce.

No, erm, not sure really. Martina maybe? Rav maybe? Or just the group mambo.

Lynda and Jade

Rav, Martina and I think Ricky G and Chris are going to be quite funny especially 2moro on the latin

Jade.

Looking forward to Joe and Rav!

Im also looking forward to watching it in HD!!

Probably just Rav and Ali, although mostly just looking forward to the whole show!

Joe, Martina Hingis and Chris Hollins

Lynda - I always lend my support to the more mature ladies on Strictly and she can be a hoot!

Joe - Simply because he's partnered with my favourite female pro.

Lovely, lovely Rav *yum*

Darren and Lynda .

Matt and Martina

plus have a feeling Brian and Ali and Ian and Jade may be good.

As I've mentioned before, Hingis is the most interesting bit of casting on paper.

Matt and Martina and Ian and Jade... and Darren and Linda. I haven't seen any clips or watched any of the interviews on the website, too busy cramming everything in to get it all finished for today. Am ignoring the last of it. It might exist on Sunday. Mostly looking forward to it starting.

Pro dance opening number.

Matt & Martina. I've just put a few pennies on her at 12/1 as well...

the professional group dance