Xmas day is a Saturday (just for a change, its on the 25th December)

On that basis, the start date, with 14 Slebs will be about the 2nd October.

If they do an intro week, or "Boys/Girls Week" it may go forward to 25th. December.

Thoughts, anyone?? Answers on a postcard

JJ

It'll probably finish up the saturday before, so either 18th or 25th September would be my guess. It's a bit weird watching ITT in the evenings when it still feels like summer outside and it's bright.

So because it's gonna be two weeks shorter does that mean the announcement of the celebs will be later? Last year it was the end of Aug so this could push it into September.

Is it definitely 2 weeks shorter or are they going to do what they did last year - where they split the number of contestants into two groups & they still have to dance a ballroom & a latin dance before the votes - but on a saturday without the friday shows?

I think its likely to be 2nd October it starts with it having 14 couples instead of 16. I don't think it matters whether they have a Friday and Saturday show does it? Either way it'll probably only be one elimination each week.

JJ I don't think it will finish on Christmas Day unless its a recorded final .....so I think it'll be the Saturday before so 18th December, and definitely not the 25th.

I understand what you mean now that I've re read your post.... I was thinking you meant same as last year with both Fri and Sat shows, but now on re reading I see you mean if they change this to just Saturday...*I think* in which case, yeah it would start mid September then.

Sorry, I'm a bit confused...

Not to speak for the OP, but I think he meant they'd move the start forward to the 25th September and he just typo'd.

I was wondering if they might have a grace week to ease the new pros/Pan's People in (and also to deprive themselves of one week of guaranteed ratings rather than two) and also to keep the whole two dances before elimination thing, in which case 25th September would be about right.

Sorry Dilly - my typo. I meant it may START on Sept 25th!!

JJ

Ah, I'm with you now...

Its all a bit up in the air just now, so I hope they hurry and issue a statement like they did last year when they announced about the Friday/Saturday weeks. Once they do this everything else might be a bit clearer....I hope they do keep the nne ballroom, one latin nights for this year as that was better last year when it ran over the Fri/Sat. ...Although this year will probably be the Saturday/Sunday.

It'll never finish on Christmas Day, no-one could expect the dancers to work that day, not to mention the Christmas special airs that day and would need to be recorded the week before....

I hope they do the same as this year in terms of random splitting into 2 groups, and then each celeb having to dance a ballroom and a Latin first off. Last weekend of September is my guess for it starting...

It seems the only fair way to do it to let a celeb dance both a Latin and ballroom before getting the boot.

Yeah thats what I meant sorry if my post was a bit confusing - hope they kept the same format for the start of the series with everyone doing a latin and ballroom before the vote.

18th or 25th of September would be my guess to when it will start.

I think if they keep to the same format of one elimination per week, and with the aim of a 3 person final...with 14 celebs the running dates would be 2nd October -18th December..??

I think that's probably right Dilly.

Thats my guess too,
With it starting 2 weeks later,that probably means we won't have the confirmed list of celebs until 2 weeks later than last year.

I just wish it would hurry up and start - I want to know what's happening with everything!