OK - four months till the start of the new series. So let's have a think who we would like to see on the show (realistically!) I think the likes of Pierce Brosnan and Kate Winslet may be non starters)

So who would you like on the show - and if all 16 pros do return which pro would you put your choice with

Nigel Harman - Lilia
Guy Burnet - Flavia


Lisa Butcher - Ian
Heidi Range - Vincent/Darren
Angela Griffin - Matthew

Richard Hammond - Erin
David Tennant - Lilia

From Hayley

Someone good for Darren and Lilia and I'll be happy

Seeing as I think there should only be 14 couples next year, I'm going to leave out the 2 pros I think won't be returning (although I could of course be totally wrong!). I'm trying to be fairly realistic, although I haven't checked if these people are stuck in long-term stage shows or anything like that - people in soaps/dramas I've assumed can work filming around their training as Ricky Whittle did.


[LIST][*]David Tennant - Flavia (I know the height might not work out, but I'm going for personality here - Flavia deserves a really good partner! )[*]Freema Agyeman - Vincent[*]Richard Hammond - Ola[*]Sian Williams - James[*]I second Nigel Harman for Lilia [*]Beth Tweddle - Darren[*]Georgia Taylor - Brendan[*]Simon Rouse - Katya (he's in The Bill, figured I should probably have one from that show! )[*]Angela Griffin for Matt seconded too [*]Alex James - Aliona[*]Lawrence Dallaglio - Natalie[*]Gemma Merna - Ian (figured there should probably be one from Hollyoaks too...)[*]David Walliams - Kristina[*]Tiana Benjamin - Brian[/LIST]
It's probably a bit actors-heavy, and even at that it's not necessarily who I'd want, more trying to piece together a possible line-up, but I'm not particularly interested in sport, so I only put a couple in that I know of already....

Tiana Benjamin could actually be a possibility as she has announced she is leaving EE. She is very tall though so i think maybe only Ian would be suitable.

David Walliams would be hilarious!

I like the Richard Hammond suggestion aswell.

BBC Brekky rep - Charlie, Susanna or Carol
And/Or GMTV rep - Not Eamonn Holmes!
Sport rep - Eddie the Eagle
Soap rep - Barbara Windsor
Pop Bod - Simon Webbe (still think he should never have done I'm a Celeb)

Okay, I've had a good think and kept it at 16 celebs-

Felicity Kendall & Vincent Simone
Sarah Ferguson & Anton Du Beke
Jane Seymour & James Jordan (I know, I know)
Kate Silverton & Brian Fortuna
Sophie Dahl & Ian Waite
Kelly Rowland & Brendan Cole
Zara Phillips & Matthew Cutler
Hannah Waterman & Darren Bennett

Duncan Bannatyne & Lilia Kopylova
Les Ferdinand & Aliona Vilani
Russell Watson & Kristina Rihanoff
Brian Conley & Katya Virshilas
Darren Campbell & Erin Boag
Gabriel Thomson & Flavia Cacace
Steve Jones & Natalie Lowe
Robert Kazinsky & Ola Jordan

Actually, might ditch Zara cos that would be a bit too royal heavy- maybe bring in Kelly Holmes or Anna Kournikova for the sporty female role.
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Jade Ewen
Heidi Range
Amelle Berrabah

I'd love to see Felicity Kendal on the show

And Kelly Holmes, Steve Jones (annoying though he can be), Kate Silverton and Brian Conley are all good suggestions too.

BUT please let's give poor Lilia a break and not make her dance with Duncan Bannatyne!

Great suggestions above but somewhat unlikely and slightly ambitious quite a lot of heavy weight well knowns there! Would like to see a few more well knowns this year didnt recognise too many of last year's contestants, Nigel Harman seems to be popular and Felicity Kendal would be fantastic!l

Duncan James or Anthony Costa.

Thanks!

I thought of discounting Dame Kelly due to her Dancing On Ice experience, but seeing as "the other show" let on Heather Mills after DWTS I can't see why SCD can't have Dame Kelly.

Updated list


Nigel Harman - Lilia
Guy Burnet - Flavia
Jamie Redknapp - Aliona
Ritchie Neville - Katya
Richard Hammond - Kristina
David Walliams - Natalie
Reggie Yates - Ola
Jonathan Edwards - Erin


Tiana Benjamin - Ian
Heidi Range (Sugababe)- Vincent
Angela Griffin - Matthew
Emma Rigby (Ex Hollyoaks)- Darren
Kate Silverton - Brian
Faye Tozer - James
Sally Gunnell -Anton
June Sarpong - Brendan

June Sarpong is teeny weeny so I am thinking of June and Darren?

And we need an older female in there somewhere.

Yeah i thought she might be small but wasn't sure.
I would get rid of June for somebody older but couldn't think of anyone, it's quite hard to think of people
I wouldn't mind seeing Amanda Donohoe but i doubt she'd do it.

I've thought of Amanda Donohoe too.
Or Emma Samms? She's still beautiful and has got good rhythm.

Abigail Clancy maybe for the young model role?

I'm not overly keen on Abi Clancy but i like your suggestion of Sophie Dahl.

I'd like to see some better males getting picked as i always feel they are lacking in potentially good male celebs.

A yes to Emma Samms aswell. You are good at this, we'll have to look back at this thread once the celebs have been announced and see if anyone guessed correctly

Best older female suggestion so far is definitely Felicity Kendal!

I also thought of putting Jennifer Saunders in my list, but I doubt she'd do it....

How about Lorraine Kelly for the older female..She's 50ish and I think she'd be quite good.

She'd be funny - and she fills the GMTV quota!

Thanks! I think it comes from Strictly being one of the few things I watch and my girlfriend having every celebrity magazine going. Put them together and you get some good ideas!

I like the idea of Sophie Dahl, she's got a BBC show to plug and she reminds me of Jodie Kidd, whose "journey" last year really surprised me. She turned into quite a good ballroom dancer.

The reason i am not keen on her is cos she was on Britains next top model years ago and all she went on about was her boobs! i realise some male watchers may enjoy this, my other half included but i found it annoying.

Jodie was great so anyone like her is a must for me

I loved Jodie- and she's gorgeous. Her elimination was the only (aside from Cherie) that I was really annoyed with.

And they both lost out to Mount Snowden

I said earlier that i thought Tiana Benjamin was a real possibility which i still think but she's not as tall as i thought, she's 5'8 so could go with any of the tall ones, and then Ian can be saved for somebody extra tall.

There's bound to be more EE actors, so who could they be?

I still don't think Charlie Clements will do it, though i do remember reading that he was a fan of Ola so maybe he could be persuaded

ETA: I forgot about Kara Tointon, a yes to her from me.