Thought I'd start this thread so we can make our comments about what I hope will be a brilliant partnership

Can't wait to see them perform properly together- although do think it'll be Kelly/Lisa all over again!

Agree Kat! Got a lot of potential but not sure she'll get the support.

Have decided I'm going with Michelle (well Brendan of course!) and Jimi for this year if I manage to last out that is. I found it all a bit tacky to be honest but it may grow on me...I hope.

Same here, although may grow to like the others in time.

Looks like Brendan's wife Zoe approves of the partnership according to her tweets

Haven't checked Twitter yet but thats good

Hi All.......am liking Brendan and Michelle so far - hope they do well.........

I wonder if they've started their training yet and hope Michelle will be popular with the public

Thought she came over very well last night so heres hoping.

Back to support Brendan again this year.

It looks like he's got himself a good partner I hope they do well and look forward to their first dance together. Its a shame we have to wait 3 weeks!

It's a good partnership. How popular they'll be is still anyone's guess, but on dance-ability they should go far. I assume she knows how to work hard and that's basically all B asks of his partners.

And yes, there'll be some meowing on here. It has already slightly started in one thread, with some people saying she's arrogant and has an even bigger head than B. *shrugs*

No surprises there then!!

Still, looking forward to seeing them together properly - wonder if they're doing a waltz or cha cha?? I'm hoping for the waltz, think it's a good dance to start off with although I think Michelle will be good in the latin.

I'm hoping waltz too, they'll look good together. I think it'd be better if they have the cha cha later on in the show, but in the end either one'll be fine by me I just want to see him dance again.

I'm edging more towards a cha cha purely because I think she's capable of knocking everyones socks off with it and perhaps surprising people later with an ultra elegant waltz

I like the look of this partnership, and I think from the evidence of last night Michelle looks like a great laugh, hoping she will bring out a totally different side to Brendan. By which I mean he has a good partner with some performance and dance ability, so he will be a lot more relax and less intense.

yeah michelle and brandon for the win..haha i love them....i don't care if anyone thought she was arrogant coz i didn't think she was.......

to all those twitter this is the offcicial twitter page to support michelle and brandon for the win.....(for those who may be interested)

https://twitter.com/michele_brandon

You might want to change it to Brendan rather than Brandon but cool

As i have only ever watched Strictly to see Brendan dance I am delighted with this pairing which I hope will be brilliant. She seems lovely to me and I hope she can dance

According to the bbc site, they're dancing the cha cha cha.....Or should I say, char char char darhiling!

A short video of their first training:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00b0kkh

I've just watch their training video, and she' MAD!! in a good way. I think Brandan has his hands full with this one.

I thought so too, she makes me laugh!

I just watched it too I agree that Brendan certainly has his hands full with Michelle This clip really made me laugh.

She looks great I'm liking her more and more