Artem has all the luck... two of the most stunning women seen on SCD in a row

TBH I had only vaguely heard of Holly, but from everything I've seen since she seems like another pleasant young woman.

Hopefully avoiding the banal speculation seen in another thread...

I think they make an attractive pairing and hope they do well!

I agree. I think they will do very well. Definitely one of the better pairings!

The thing is - however lovely Holly is, she's going to be pushed to the limit by Artem as he is an incredibly focused professional. So how she handles that intensity will be very interesting to see and will affect how they progress through the competition.

Well I how she puts the effort in, and more to the point gets rewarded for it - which unfortunately doesn't always happen in this show.

Okay I was shocked at how tall Holly was I always thought she was short like 5' and most likely paired with Vincent.

Yes, good point. Last year I sometimes wasn't sure if Artem liked or even disliked Kara just because of how serious he was with her in training. The fact that kara could take his pushing of her and not become deflated by his strictness or annoyment at her giggling meant that they ended up complimenting each other as a partnership rather than being a conflicting one.

However if Holly can't handle the (as you say) intensity from Artem like Kara could and their chemistry doesn't quite click either off or on the dancefloor (or both) then it's possible that neither Artem or Holly will be feeling very lucky by the end of the Strictly experience this year (just never know).

A couple of people picked her out from the group dance, so either she's a natural or she's already been putting in the groundwork....