I used to open this thread on the Beeb boards and it was always pretty popular.

I unashamedly stole the idea from Kate Lawler's drive time show on Kerrang! Radio (105.2 FM if you like your rock music ). Simply rate all things Strictly you like and slate all things Strictly you dislike.

I'll set the ball rolling....

Rated - Artem. He's a hottie!

Slated - We've got to wait until October 1st until the show starts properly.

Ta for this thread Saz!

Rated: Michelle - she looks like great fun!

Slated: Jared's arms when he's dancing - even I can see he needs to improve them!

Rated - Vincent first and foremost.

Rated - A more mature cast overall.

Slated - Tess's Tower if it has replaced the Tesspit for when the couples are scored? I know the Tesspit was tacky looking, but it's so familiar.

Pleasure Buddy.

Rated - Tess's dress on the launch show. It was lovely - and no tacky gold belts in sight!

Slated - The singer absolutely murdering Ballroom Blitz!

Rated - The three new male professionals.

Slated - (Don't get me wrong, I find Ann hilarious!) But it's slowly becoming the Ann & Anton show!

It'll be a long walk for some of the celebs, especially after a particularly energetic routine.

Perhaps they'll have to install a Stannah stair lift (other stair lifts are available).

Rated - Vincent and Flavia

Slated - V & F's wires routine. I wasn't that enamoured.

Rated - The new boys.
Rated - A generally good celebrity lineup.
Slated - The new 'showdancers', so lame.

Rated - Jared, Jimi and Matt

Slated - Tess' Tower

Rated -- Tess's dress

Slated -- Brucie

Rated: Strictly

Rated: Having a glimpse of Ramps dancing with Kara

Slated: feeling very old looking at the new dancer Jared - he looks about 12!

Slated: in agreement with Saz - singer doing Ballroom Blitz

Rated - Saz for starting Rated *YAY*

Rated - Strictly being back and I for one love the new format.

Rated - Artim - wow my daughters eyes nearly fellout of her head.

Rated - Felicity Kendal looking so gorgeous

Rated - How cute did little Tina and her Partner look together


Slated - having to wait till 1st October for the show to start properly

Slated - Being a dimwit and booking my holidays when the first show is on.

Rated ,: little Ann Widdecome looking like a blue cup cake on legs and just being so cute .I didnt anticipate that at all .

Slated . Paul Daniels breathing and being there /

Rated - the fun and comedy from Anton and Ann *showmance anyone* ROFPMSL

Slated - the amount of Alisha bashing threads: should we have a greeneyed monster thread

The bashing threads have reared their ugly heads early this year!

Rated - Fun threads

Slated - Grumpy threads!

Rated - the norty step

Rated - Trying to find the ITT thread LOL

Slated - Alesha (sp) bashing

Rated: Pamela Stephenson and James Jordan's reveal moment - so funny, they're going to be hilarious

Slated: Bruce still not managing to pronounce Ola Jordan's name right!

Rate VINCENT, Flavia

Slate Ann dress is she going to get the horror dresses this year???

Rated : Felicity in the group dance giving the hips some real swagger , Loving it

Slated. . Missing Mathew and Ian ,

Great thread!

Rated: The fact Strictly is back! yeah!

Rated: The new boys!

Rated: Artem being beautiful!

Rated: James' hair

Slated: The 3 weeks we now have to wait!

I'm feeling like there is not a lot to rate...so I suppose I'll immediately get labelled as a miserable old stuck in the mud!

Slated - the wardrobe department who did Ann's dress. She said she didn't want sexy but she could have still been dressed more elegantly. That was actually a purple potato sack surely? All it needed was for them to sew a correctly sized bra into the dress and a couple of darts to improve it significantly.

Slated - pairing Anton and Ann. What a height discrepancy. It makes a mockery of her having even a fighting chance at learning to dance a reasonable dance (and makes Anton's job a lot harder. He will have to dance whilst seriously compressed into his knees now). She would have done much better being paired with Darren, who they unfortunately demoted. I'm sure Darren would have been just as much a gentleman to Ann.

Rated - the other partnerships look reasonable based on height and hopefully personality.

Slated - the lack of a proper introduction to the new dancers in the dance troupe. I think they should have got a bit more credit than just their names.

Rated - Tess' new 'backstage' area. I think it's good that the contestants can see what is actually happening on the floor rather than via videolink.

Slated - I can't access the Norty Step thread to post a reply.

Rated - Homemade cob loaf and Irish stew for dinner...mmmm

Would be rated - an invite to Saz's for dinner

Rated - the launch show, I enjoyed it so much I've got it on in the background again!

You'd be most welcome, Sid, but Mr Saz has gone out for a blast on his motorbike so he's not here....

Rated - The Great British Bake Off for inspiring my dinner!

I was actually tempted by your menu (for once!)

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Last edited by Ballroom-B. : 12-09-2010 at 16:24