What a line up!! Who are they? A bit like IACGMOOH this year, they are a bunch that we never wanted to see in the first time, never mind about letting them on tv again.


A very poor line up ...... should be a very low budget then.

Not sure I agree with this....

Sheesh, well, maybe I live under a rock or something, but I've never heard of Sam Attwater, Jeff Brazier, Dave Vitty or Dominic Cork, and of the girls, who on earth are Laura Hamilton and Elen Rivas?

And what's with the pro skater slaughter? Nothing wrong with introducing a few new faces each year, but it looks like they've replaced most of them!

Pavel? Andre? Matt Gonzalez? to name but a few I will really miss

Still looking forward to it, and I have my tickets for the live show next year, but good God, they really have had a change of line up!

DS article.

The first two shows will consist of 8 performers on each week..... with the general public deciding which 6 out of 8 make it through to the "real " show when the judges come in to it. So by the time the first proper episode of DOI starts with the judges there will be 12 contestants. A new novel way of doing it I suppose,.

You can't please everyone can you? I guess it depends what you like, personally I can't stand popular radio/music or soaps, so for example Haley Tammadon, Chris Fountain etc last year meant nothing to me and similarly Dave Vitty, Craig Mclachlan, Sam Attwater etc meant nothing to me until I looked them up on the internet. I suppose they (producers) are trying to cater to a wide audience and as I said before you never had 'big' current stars on any of these shows, why would they need to do it (rhetorical question if you hadn't gathered)? If you don't know who someone is use your brain - engage it with the typewriter and look on the internet, if on the other hand you don't care who they are why bother watching the show?

Well lets see, I had my reservations too but I think that the younger female contestants will be the ones to watch alongside Mr Attwater.

This is the problem, where some of the wider public is involved it becomes less about talent and more about a popularity contest.

Has there been a replacement for Nicky??? if not the scores will be out of a total of 24.0, seems like a bit of an odd number to have a total score... you think they would of rounded it or maybe they will mark like strictly this series on a 1-10 basis

As others said though, the show is meant to for CELEBRITIES. I agree with the people who wish Faye was taking part rather than being a reserve; OK Steps may not have changed the world, but they were a very popular group who sold tons of records and sold out arenas, a lot of people remember them and she has had a noteworthy career. Frankly I find it rather insulting that an ex of a football is given a slot on the show when Faye isn't deemed worthy!

As for attracting A-list stars, I don't expect the show to and part of me wouldn't want it to as then the voting would be a joke because the big stars would get more votes regardless of skill. I do think its a bit much that some of the pros are probably more famous than the so-called 'celebs' that they're skating with!

I am disappointed that there will be four couples that only get to skate once. After all the build up they get to the show, it must be a huge anticlimax to be knocked out first. I would rather have the first week with no one going so everyone gets two chances for the viewers to see what they are like.

what so their first performances wont be scored ? , who told you this ?. its quite a silly idea tbh. they might aswell score them...

The male line-up is much better than the women's one, but even it could be pruned.

I don't like the term 'has-been', and I don't care that not everyone is as famous as they once were, but that's much better than never having made it in the first place. Faye, the reserve, is a much better celeb than someone from Hollyoaks, or a tv presenter who has never been near prime-time.

I've never heard of the ex-WAG and I'd much rather keep it that way. Chloe Madley is only known as the daughter of famous parents. She might hope this show will change that, but it's crap casting. The producers will hope that Mum and Dad will come down to the studio, but I can live without that.

Just said that in another topic. Agree wholeheartedly!

LOL...even I dont know who some of those people. Might recognise faces when I see the though lol

is kristina lenko coming back this series? by far my favourite female pro

'even I don't know'

do you have your eyes glued to the TV, what you've written suggests you should know everything about TV?

LOLOLOLOL

Nobody knows everything about TV, but some people have a very good knowledge of pop clture and presumably BeethovensPiano falls into that category. I suspect it was a light-hearted comment anyway, no need to be rude about it!

people are so touchy on here, you make a jokey comment and everyone leaps on you preaching the T&C or accuses you of being rude.....chill out dude

Nope Kristina left for good sadly (well certainly not back this year)

So there are 16 contestants that have trained, but only 12 will make it onto the live show according to the BBC

As long as Steven Arnold is one of the 12 then I don't mind

How is Faye Tozer finding time to rehearse? She is in panto!

I imagine most of you already know this, but just out of interest, how come it's Andrei Lipanov and Susie LipanovA?

i have wondered that for 3 years now.

The A on the end is the female version of a Russian surname.