But how do you know? That's just me thinking aloud - as you say, we have our own opinions. The little poppy is proving quite divisive isn't it!

I think after last year when there was an outcry, the BBC is going into overkill this year but I do think that its good for the performers to be seen to be supporting the Poppy Day/Remembrance Day efforts.

What exactly has it got to do with being English. Its not the English army its the British Army and includes soldiers from all over the commonwealth. Comments like yours irritate the hell out of me

I'm another one who think they look tacky on the dancers costumes, by all means the judges and the hosts should wear them, but on the dancers it's a bit much.

I agree and also EVERY nationality on the show tonight was part of a conflict (on different sides a times) that people who fought/still fighting are supported by the poppy appeal

I think there are better ways to do it perhaps smaller ones or the in badges on the male dancers lappels so they aren't as distracting they ones they use are a big

But why?

I agree. The ones they put on the dancers costumes look like those comedy flowers that clowns wear, the ones that squirt water.

Agreed!

poppies - the bbc knows it will be in deep doo doo unless everyone, and I do mean everyone, wears one

... apologies. I'm not being nasty or anything, but poppies are not just for the English. There's Scots, Irish, Cornish and Welsh soldiers too. Not to mention Gurkas and the thousands of Commonwealth people who have fought and died for this Country since WWI. I know it was just a slip on the keyboard and I'm sorry if you think I'm picking on you. I'm not, I'm just making the point that's all.

... as for 'to poppy, or not to poppy'. I think it should be left up to the individual (freedom of choice is one of the many things the fallen wanted to defend).

Every year John Snow has the same problem. The irony is that a lot of military people agree with him. My other half doesn't wear one until Armistice. I have a small enamel one I got from the legion. Why can't the dancers incorporate a poppy pattern on their costumes instead if they want to wear one. One year Kristina had one in her hair - which I though was rather nice.

The Daily Mail might not agree with you, unfortunately.

The Daily Mail do seem to have a massive grip about people not wearing poppies don't they? They really have it in for Jon Snow for choosing not to wear one.

This concerns me greatly. It is my principal purpose in life to be approved of by the Daily Mail. How can I rectify my position?

I don't mind the poppies at all, although I would prefer them not to be worn for the actual dance performance, as I think it looks odd.

The BBC have made it quite clear on the SCD website when poppies will be worn - you can read about it here.

I think it's shocking that people are saying they "shouldn't" or they would "prefer not to" see poppies on their dance costumes. Who are you to say what they should or shouldn't display? Who are you to turn down a note of support from people from all over the world towards the soldiers who sacrificed so much for the british army?

Fair enough if they didn't WANT to wear them but were forced to. Can someone point me to the evidence that somebody on tonight's show was forced to wear a poppy?

Note: I'm not saying that they should wear them. I have no opinion. If they want to, great! If they don't, then don't.

I'm glad they have.

I don't want the BBC making it any easier for the Tories and the anti-BBC Tory press to find targets and ammunition.

Though what the link actually says is:

I can honestly say I never noticed the poppies.

I disliked the poppies on the dancers. They were inappropriate for the characters the dancers were trying to portray - Carmen wearing a poppy? Plus it affected the colour co-ordination - Aliona's hair is not the right shade to sit easily with poppy red.

I am a great supporter of the British Legion but, like Jon Snow, I think the whole thing has become OTT. It's a bit rich for the Strictly website to say that it's a voluntary thing from 7th to 14th November. Every single bloody guest on ITT last week wore a poppy. It's like Christmas starting in August. Armistice Day is 11th November and that's the day we should remember our fallen.

The only times I've gone outside this have been when visiting cemetaries on the Somme, in Normandy and Ypres, which I haven't minded, but once I was chairing a conference the week before Armistice Day and every speaker was given a poppy by the organisers. It would have been churlish to refuse to wear one, so I did it, but resented doing so. So my guess is that all the dancers had to wear those poppies, whether they wanted to or not. Had they not done so, they would have been splashed all over the front page of the Daily Mail on Monday.

I thought the Halloween theme was inappropriate last week and distracted from the dances for me; the wearing of poppies did not bother nor distract me.
I wonder what theme it will be next week, the day before Remembrance Sunday

Seriously what has not being English got to do with it? Firstly all the Armed Forces are British for a start. Why would an American object to wearing one given that we have been allies in a number of wars?

I worked with a Kiwi a couple of years ago & when people started wearing them in the office he asked what it was for. When I explained he mentioned Anzac day and the next day he bought a poppy too.

I posted that in my first reply - their Twitter profiles say it all, and that is absolutely voluntary I've never said they should have to wear them or shouldn't have to wear them, merely that it is in my opinion wrong to deny them the choice to, which is what the situation is unless it can be proven they've all given in to coercion.

Agree they do look silly, a bit like wearing a poppy on your underwear. I wear a poppy on coat or jacket, wouldn't wear one on evening dress. What's the point?

Are you British or from a Commonwealth country? Because all the Home nations and the Commonwealth Countries celebrate (and I use that word deliberately) the end of War by remembering and honouring the brave man (and now women too) who gave thir lives in barrie so that you have the freedom to come on a dancing forum and dishonour their memory

I think it wrong to blame the BBC really - I can well and truly believe it's on a 'voluntary' basis, but I'm sure their publicists would have briefed the pro dancers and the Slebs about the possible public outry if they didn't wear one. In a way it's a shame as I would prefer someone to wear it as a sign of genuine respect and mourning as opposed to wearing one to prevent a load of finger pointing and (unfair) criticism.