Despite all the moans, groans, gripes and niggles.. I dont care STRICTLY is nearly back.. woohoooo.

Loved the little dancing taster tonight, the new paring idea was great fun and I am so looking forward to Ann Widecombes responses to the judges comments..

Most of all I am looking forward to 12 weeks of dancing dancing dancing, good, bad and ugly!!! Cant wait!

Roll on October 1st !

Coudn't agree more!



(hope the 3 weeks go quickly)

I don't know why Bruce's Toupe is so happy.
It looked a bit dodgy tonight.
The back definitely had a touch of a duck's bum about it, and the colour is completely different from last series...

But Yay!
Strictly's back!

Because I'm a happy little person (or at least a happy ' wined up' little person!!)...

I'm sure I'll find plenty to moan about as the series progresses, but tonight I'm very happy to have my favourite show back on the box

Anne's already delivered some great lines, I expect lots more.

I agree. Can't wait!!! <3

I thought it was starting next week and was very disappointed to have to wait another 3 weeks.

Another 3 weeks? Seriously?

That makes tonight's show even MORE pointless.

Me too!

Can't wait to see some of the training footage- is there an ITT or somewhere to keep track of the action between now and then?

I'm sure I heard them mention training room videos coming up on the beeb, but can't see anything in my telly mag or EPG

It's a pity that we have to wait another three weeks but I'm looking forward to seeing how they do.

Based on first impressions the ones I'm interested in seeing are:

Flavia and Jimi
Vincent and Felicity
Pamela and James
Ola and Paul
Anton and Ann

Not sure about the new dancers yet. Time will tell. The guy with Tina O' Brien (Jared?) seems tiny!

Every Cloud! Its also means less than a month until claudia's back too!!!

Got to be better than 38 weeks surely!

Chip up.. It'll be here proper before you know it!

When does ITT start?

Yay, I'm glad I'm not the only who's excited! Yes I have my gripes of course, but I sat through tonight's show with a massive grin on my face. I just wish we didn't have to wait another three weeks for the show proper to start!

I cant WAIT!!

Like seriously, I have never ever been so excited about the new series (or about being back on the forum)

Am loving most of the pairings this year, especially James and Pamala.

A "wined up" little person - so, not a WUM but a Wumette,

or maybe Côte de Wume?


Now I need one of those h2g2 wineglass smilies.

yeah thats the only downside to the couples being cut to 14 there is less weeks. but im very excited !. i just hope that the website gives us lots of training footage !

I LOVED tonight's show! So looking forward to the first live show and echo that it is a shame that we've got a long wait!

I love strictly, they've made changes that I haven't agreed with but never enough to put me off watching. I hear that theme tune of the first episode and that's it, i'm hooked until the final.

I'm looking forward to it

Completely agree. There was a great vibe with how the show went yesterday, it felt full of life and vibrancy compared to last year when it felt all limp and lifeless. The celeb's are actually entertaining, the new set looks great, the judges are still the same, the new pro-dancers were quite good, so overall it was really good.

Welcome back Strictly!

I can't wait for it to start! Love this line up and the new set. Looking forward to seeing Ann put the judges in their places. I think this will be as good and probably better than last year. The new pros are a breath of fresh air.

24 hours and counting... can't wait.

Takeaway, bottle of pink and some 1-10 paddles...

welcome back strictly... yahooooo

im excited too !

This is the last day until at least mid-Dec that Strictly won't be on the telly And then there'll be the new tour DVD and Xmas special to keep us going until the tour