i think that holly looked quite good as did jason & chelsie! anita also shocked me because she had alot of energy especially in the punches section!

i think audley will be quite bad!

Russell Grant looked to have a decent sense of rhythm too.

Bad: -
Dan, Nancy & Edwina.

Bit better: -
Rory, Audley, Anita, & Lulu.

If they work at it and enjoy what they do; any of the rest.

Anita seemed pretty good to me. Holly did well too. Couldn't really pick out any others for being good. Audley seemed quite wooden. His size doesn't help.

How predictable that they'd all end up with their real partners for the final pose. They did that last year as well, so surely the celebs had an inkling who they'd be partnered with?

In the rehearsals for the group routine, they practice 7 different endings - they do the group performance after they find out their partners on the launch show, so they know which ending to do.

good
lulu she looked very sexy the way she moved round the dance floor
bad
nancy she could hardly walk never mind dance

Ah, that makes sense now, Thanks.

Every day's a school day.

They all seemed pretty bad to me. No-one stood out from the crowd. I kept looking at Russel Grant for all the wrong reasons.
I guess it makes a pretty even playing field and everyone is starting from the same base.

Holly, Russel (I never thought I would be saying that) and Anita looked good. Surprisingly Alex looked a bit gallopy. I thought she would be better

Ha ha

Worst Female - Nancy
Worst Male - Audley

Best Female - Anita
Best Male - Jason

Good - Jason, Holly, Robbie, Chelsee
Bad - Audley,Edwina,Rory,Nancy

My favourites were Jason and Russell.

Russell moves well and is surprisingly light on his feet.

Is it true that he studied ballet in the past?

no i think you means the stars...!!!!!!

Alex looked very wooden of hip (hark at me, I sound like Craig, Daaaaahlings). I think she may take a long time to loosen up.

Anita seemed to be having a ball. Nancy was shocking! I have never been overly enamoured with Russell but he certainly had a lot of enthusiasm and that made me smile, albeit reluctantly.

I need to watch it again before I can comment further.

I've read that too, but I'm not sure if it is true or was posted as a deadpan joke and then reposted (I got caught out like that last year).

I've watched it about 20 times already (trying to pick my team for fantasy SCD) but it doesn't help cos the camera jumps around like a jack-in-the-box, and rarely shows them below the waist. I'm hoping that we get to see some training cilps like we did last year until the live shows start.

Jason looks like a potential winner.

The rest very difficult to call so early .

I think Anita, Lulu and Holly were the best for the females, Chelsee was good but I dont think she will go far. Alex looked wooden in parts, but I think she'll do well, Edwina will go further then Nancy I think, but both were definitely the worst. Nancy looked drunk, it was horrible, and Edwina is 65 full-stop.

For the men Robbie, Jason and surprisingly Russell were the best, with Harry and Rory doing pretty good, but from what I saw Dan and Audley's height will be an issue. Not good.

Best: Anita (she looked really at home & very pleased to be here), Russell, Harry & Chelsee.

Worst: Nancy, Dan.

All the rest looked much of a muchness.
Jason was trying very hard & Rory appeared nervous but that's not a bad thing cos he's got Erin.

I think Vincent had a lucky escape from Nancy...............

Some of them we didn't get to see much of at all, whereas others definitely got more camera time due to their positions in the dance. Plus, only some of them got to do the dance down the middle. Anyway, my initial reactions (after a couple of extra watches on YouTube)..

Nancy - awful, could barely stay upright
Jason - good but trying a bit too hard
Alex - hardly saw her, but looked wooden
Audley - surprised me, had more rhythm than I expected
Chelsee - ok, had rhythm
Russell - light on his feet and enjoyed himself
Robbie - had a decent go
Dan - Dad dancing at it's worst
Anita - looked ok but needs to tone down the grin
Edwina - no, just wrong!
Harry - again, didn't see much of him
Lulu - looked at her feet
Holly - looks promising
Rory - looked quite awkward

I think Holly, Anita, Harry will be good.

Not too sure about Nancy, Dan or Alex. I was surprised that Alex looked as uncomfortable as she did.

It was really hard to tell because there were so many of them but I kept being drawn (suprisingly) to anita and also russel because they both gave it a really good go and looked like they had good rythm. I think that Chelsee looks like she could be good and so does Holly. Obviously a lot of massive improvements will happen in the next few weeks (oh dear if they don't :| )

Agreed...I think dishy Dan will be another Mark Foster, sadly...Jason may do well