Females:
1) Ola Jordan
2) Flavia Cacace
3) Natalie Lowe
4) Karen Hardy
5) Kristina Rihanoff
6) Lilia Kopylova
7) Erin Boag

Males
1) James Jordan
2) Vincent Simone
3) Brendan Cole
4) Artem Chigvintsev
5) Robin Windsor
6) Darren Bennett
7) Matthew Cutler

Male
Brendan
James
Matthew
Brian
Artem
Vincent
Ian

Female
Nicole Cutler
Katya
Ola
Kristina
Natalie
Flavia
Lilia

Males

Darren Bennett
Artem Chingvintsev
Ian Waite
Matthew Cutler
Brendan Cole
Brian Fortuna
Vincent Simone

Females

Lilia Kopylovs
Natalie Lowe
Flavia Cacace
Erin Boag
Aliona vilani
Katya Virshilas
Ola Jordan

Partners
[LIST][*]Darren & Lilia[*]Ian & Natalie[*]Matthew & Aliona - love these 2 in pro numbers even though I sometimes criticise Aliona's choreography with her celebs[*]Flavia & Vincent[*]Artem & Katya[*]Brendan & Erin [*]Brian or James & Ola[/LIST]
If they want new pros I would suggest Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis

MALE-
Vincent Simone
Matthew Cutler
James Jordan
Ian Waite
Artem Chigvinztev
Michael Malitowski

FEMALE-
Flavia Cacace
Erin Boag
Ola Jordan
Natalie Lowe
Kristina Rihanoff
Aliona Vilani
Joanna Leunis

Male Pros
1 Ian Waite.
2 Darren Bennet.
3 Artem Chigvinstev.
4 Anton Du beke.
5 James Jordan.
6 Vincent Simone.
7 Brendan Cole.
8. Matthew Cutler.

Female pros
1 Lilia Kopylova.
2 Natalie Lowe.
3 Katya Virshilas.
4 Flavia Cacace.
5 Kristina Rihanoff.
6. Erin Boag.
7. Ola Jordan.
8. Aliona Villani.

I would make it 16 pros again so we could have matt and aliona I couldn't leave them out

Pro Partnerships
Artem and Katya.
Anton and Erin.
James and Ola.
Vincent and Flavia.
Ian and Natalie.
Matthew and Aliona.
Darren and Lilia.
Brendan and Kristina. (would love to see these two dance together)

Katya
Ola
Natalie
Erin
Flavia
Aliona
Camilla

Artem
Jared
James
Ian
and three newbies...

Ian Waite
Matthew Cutler
Artem Chigvinstev
Vincent Simone
Brendan Cole
Anton du Beke
Darren Bennett

Natalie Lowe
Nicole Cutler
Katya Virshilas
Flavia Cacace
Hanna Karttunen
Erin Boag
Lilia Kopylova

MALES

Vincent
Artem
James
Ian
Brendan
Anton
Robin

FEMALES


Flavia
Katya
Natalie
Ola
Erin
Kristina
Aliona

I don't think any of the 3 new males added anything this year. Not getting the Artem thing. Good dancer, yes (best of the 3), but looks?????? Not my cup of tea I'm afraid.

The Beeb tend not to go back (ie. admit they've made a mistake), so it's unlikely we'd see any of the old pros again. However, if the following appeared this year, I might be tempted to keep watching:

Males:

Matt C
Brian
Darren
Ian
Brendan
Anton (for comedy value)
One of Artem/Vincent/James - not really bothered which.

Females:

Kristina
Aliona
Lilia
Flavia
Erin
Natalie (with a 'weaker' partner to see if she has a less competitive side)
One of Ola or Katya - again, not bothered as to which one.

In a complete and utter fantasy world I would have .............

Female:
Lilia
Erin
Flavia
Natalie
Camilla
Karen

Male:
Darren
Anton
Vincent
Ian
Brendan
Mathew

In reality I think it will be the same set that we had last year.

I'm strangely indifferent to the female pro's. As far as the men go, I'd like Matthew, Brian, Ian, Artem, James, Brendan and a newbie.

I found this quite hard keeping it at 14 which I think it needs to be anything else is too long.

Males:

I want Ian back the most I have missed him this year
Matt - is a good dancer but I'm not sure I find him that interesting as a personality and I think the role he's in now as an occasional chereographer and dancer suits him fine that said if he were to return it would be good especially if we get rid of the conflict of interest of him being judged by his former pupil by ditching her from the judging panel. Oh please do it for me beeb pretty please with sugar on top.

Darren I probably want back more for Lilia than himself.

Jared needs to go and I'm fairly indifferent about Robin - he seems a nice guy but didn't do anything to blow me away but he didn't have the best material to work with this year.
Brian could return or not.

Artem has to come back as do Vincent and James

Brendan I think could easily replace any judge but Craig on the judging panel I don't think I'd miss him that much as a dancer or celeb cherographer (although I did love the Time Warp jive this year) and he could still do a bit of pro cheorography and dancing. His fans all say he's not a bad judge in New Zealand and he would still yet a chance to generate publicity by arguing with Craig and Len on a regular basis.

Anton I think should be given something more presenter oriented to do - not necessarily replacing Bruce but perhaps a slot on ITT - I think he's extremely limited as a chereographer and dancer but his well liked as a personality and he could do the odd lovely ballroom dance on the show.

So I suppose I'm looking at (in an ideal world - it won't happen in reality):

Ian
Artem
Vincent
James
Matt
Darren
Robin (I'm feeling generous enough to give him another chance and keep Artem's bud there).

The women is difficult because I'd like Lilia back but I'm also loathe to get rid of anyone else to make way for her and I don't want it to go back to 16 contestants. My first thought was to ditch Ailona at a push - although I feel bad as sometimes her chereography is really interesting and she seems slighly mad but endearing with it rather like Camelia. However I think I'd be tempted to shift Erin onto the judging panel along the Karen and Brendan - I really liked Erin's midweek slots on ITT and I think the chances of her getting another Austin or Colin are pretty slim these days and like Monkseal looking after elderly sportsman has been done by her before. The other alternative to ditch is Katya. I love Natalie's cheorography so I'd retain her or we could have Kristina in Tess's role.

So the women are in my dream world:

Lilia
Flavia
Ola
Natalie
Ailona
Kristina
Katya or Erin

As long as we get Ian Waite back I would happily give up all my other wishes. Although, over the series I have very much warmed up to Robin Windsor as well, in particular after a kind soul directed me to Weather Storm and other Burn the Floor videos, and I realised what a good dancer he is when he is not, let's say, slightly hampered by a celebrity.

With the female dancers I am still missing Nicole Cutler. Would happily swap Aliona for her (not because of Aliona as a person but because I would prefer somebody with more ballroom and less hiphop background).

I'd swap Anton and Jared for Ian and Matthew, and would probably keep the girls the same, though I'd bring back Lilia if I could. (She probably wouldn't go back anyway though)

I'm keen on the idea of some radical changes:

MALES

Artem Chigvintsev
Vincent Simone
Brendan Cole
Matthew Cutler
New Pro
New Pro
New Pro

FEMALES

Flavia Cacace
Katya Virshilas
Natalie Lowe
Aliona Vilani
New Pro
New Pro
New Pro

I think that's what I'd do as well. Might consider swapping Camilla or Lilia for Erin, but happy enough with the females the way they are.

MALES:
Artem Chigvintsev
Vincent Simone
James Jordan
Robin Windsor
Brendan Cole
Matthew Cutler
Ian Waite

FEMALES:
Natalie Lowe
Kristina Rihanoff
Katya Virshilas
Flavia Cacace
Aliona Vilani
Ola Jordan
Erin Boag

Brian Fortuna
Matthew Cutler
Ian Waite
Artem Chigvinstev
Brendan Cole
Vincent Simone
Robin Windsor

Kristina Rihanoff
Nicole Cutler
Natalie Lowe
Katya Virshilas
Karen Hardy
Flavia Cacace
Ola Jordan

I would think Slavik could give James and Brendan a total run for their money as Bad Boy of Ballroom!

I'd also hope none of the current professional latin couples would turn to Strictly, unless for pro demos of course. Think it'd be a waste of their talents to appear on Strictly seeing how bad it's becoming series upon series and how good they are initially in the world rankings!

I'd like Matt and Nicole back really but otherwise not fussed!

Mine are:

Brian Fortuna
Artem Chigvintsev
Robin Windsor
Ian Waite
Matt Cutler
Vincent Simone
Brendan Cole

Kristina Rihanoff
Natalie Lowe
Flavia Cacace
Nicole Cutler
Ola Jordan
Cheryl Burke
Aliona Vilani

Male
Brian Fortuna
Matthew Cutler
Ian Waite
Darren Bennett
Brendan Cole
Vincent Simone
Robin Windsor

Female

Kristina Rihanoff
Lilia Kopylova
Flavia Cacace
Natalie Lowe
Katya Virshilas
Karen Hardy
Erin Boag

Males

Brian Fortuna
Matthew Cutler
Ian Waite
Darren Bennett
Brendan Cole
Vincent Simone
Robin Windsor

Female

Kristina Rihanoff
Nicole Cutler
Lilia Kopylova
Flavia Cacace
Natalie Lowe
Katya Virshilas
Karen Hardy

Males.

Brian
Matthew
Ian
Darren
Vincent
Artem
Brendan

Females

Kristina
Flavia
Natalie
Karen
Erin
Lilia.
katya

Males

Brian
Ian
Darren
Artem
Robin
Matthew
John Byrnes (series 1 he is my daughters. Dancing teacher)

Females

Kristina
Karen
Lilia
Natalie
Erin
Nicole
Flavia

MALES
Brian
Vicente
Ian
Artem
Robin
Matthew
Darren

FEMALES
Kristina
Lilia
Natalie
Karen
Aliona
Flavia
Katya

Males

Brian
Matt
Ian
Vincent
Artem
Darren
Brendan

Females

Flavia
Kristina
Erin
Nicole
Karen
Natalie
Lilia