.......and poor Anton lol

don't you worry he will have a whale of a time!!!!! It will be great. He will have Ann eating out of his hands by the end

I can see Craig and Bruno sticking the knives into Ann/Anton and Paul/Ola already!

When Ann can't do the jive and the other dances will Alesha be as critical as Arlene was with John Seargant? If Alesha is will she be ditched like Arlene was?

I think the BEEB have allowed Widdecombe on as an excuse to further undermine the show so that if Widdecombe walks like Seargant did the BEEB will use it to boot off Len Goodman or Revel-Horwood.

This is what I cannot stand about Strictly. I hate the older celebs like Ann or John Sargeant having to endure this, I might not watch her.

Widdy for the win !!!!! Comedy gold

You have to admire her for doing it though.. I like her she has b*lls

Quite agree. And lucky Anton to have a partner this year who will be neither floppy nor sensitive nor likely to burst into tears nor bridle at any unfortunate remark made as a slip of the tongue.

Anton and Ann will probably go out during the fourth week - I predict that Gavin Henson will be the real flop, and poor poor Ola! Paul's used to pretty blondes.

I like Ann. She seems lovely, but Paul is just cringeworthy.

Poor Ola! He looked like a leering little goblin last night....

I see another Dom Littlewoood and Lilia cringing awful moment in the making with the goblin .,

Poor Ola nothing! She gets to go home with James every night

This.

Ola will sort him if not James will

I anticipate the voting population will gain maximum mileage out of this. Prepare for Craig and Len's irritation when it will be a repeat of the John Sargeant saga.

stereotypical behaviour of BBC choosing Paul and Ann, they know they haven't a hope of winning and as for comedy value I cannot see it Surely, the whole concept of entering a competition is to win it - they are taking the place of perhaps two more able competitors who had at least a viable chance of winning Anne and Anton are totally mismatched - Anton is far too tall for her

Sorry but I totally disagree with that. I like that people such as them, who are not obvious dancers are willing to give it a go. I think that mixture of talents and triers is what makes the show.

I've just said the exact same thing on another thread!


I am so jealous!

I hold my hand up and say I posted early on that I hated the idea of Ann being on the show, but now I am really looking forward to the show! Judging by last night's show, I think Anton and Ann will get on like a house on fire - and she will add something to the show that JS did not. The judges will be fair with their scores and nice with their comments, couching them in terms that won't mean they are down right rude to Ann in the way they have been on previous occasions - even Craig will tone it down a notch or two.

Paul on the other hand is a different kettle of fish and I'm not at all sure how that will go.

I really think I will enjoy Ann now , she looked like a little blue cup cake with little legs attached and was as excited as a child who has just seen said cup cake .

But only one person can win, anyway, someone still has to go in week one ... half of the people who sign up to do the show haven't a hope of actually winning - or being last celeb standing at any rate, because it does also depends what the 'winning' is defined as.

For Paul Daniels, probably getting his act back on a prime time Saturday evening tele slot and introducing it to a new market is 'winning' enough. Maybe Ann has a book tour planned and getting promo for that is 'winning'.

The BBC are making an entertainment show which takes the format of a dance competition. What they really want are enough hooks in the early weeks for people to watch. Will people tune in to watch a number of people being passably good or are they more likely to tune in to watch someone being deliciously bad until the better dancers are established?

You have got to agree that they do look ever so slightly silly.

Anton knows this is his chance to get back into the BBC's good books......if Ann hadnt agreed to Strictly this year (after being asked several times) I think Anton would have been gone, he had a potentially great dancer last year and blew it, he knows his place now in the grand scheme of Strictly and I expect we will get a few weeks of fun out of it.

Sorry don't fully agree, I think Laila did not behave herself that well in the first place and he was the fall guy. But hey new year new partner. Let them enjoy themselves and keep us happy as well.

They're the ones who chose to sign up, I don't get why you should hate that about the show, it's not forced participation!

I think Paul & Ola could be great entertainment value - she's a very clever choreographer and she'll concentrate on what he can do, but she's under no pressure to win, so she doesn't need to take it too seriously. Seems that he likes her, so hopefully training footage and ITT will be fun

If they do lets hope it seals Craig & Brunos fate, and we have a nasty free panel next year.