Absolutely right. Claudia has moved from eccentricity to egotistical now. I think she always looks a mess and on the Sunday nights she looks totally incongruous the way she is turned out. Can't bear her on the Film show either. She is took keen on herself. Cult following, but sliding now I think.

I never thought I would say it but I actually prefer Zoe and I am/was a huge Claudia fan. I think Zoe has bought a freshness to the programme.

Voted for "Like them both equally". Maybe they could do a job share next year.

I didn't expect to but I think Zoe is great. She has a similar style to Claudia's but manages to avoid being patronising which Claudia often was, imo.

'Your little face' used to drive me bonkers!

Claudia Winkleman. She's amazing. <3

Against all expectations, Zoe has made ITT her own. And when Craig or Ian are talking about dance moves, Zoe actually understands, whereas Claudia would often put on the annoying "little girl lost" routine.

I much prefer Zoe's little dance classes with Ian to Claudia's faffing abaht with Len...

Claudia to me always seems as if she is just reeling it off of an auto cue where as Zoe seems to understand what she is talking about

No contest for me: Zoe.

Sums up my thoughts exactly!

Loved Claudia when she was on ITT and expected not to like Zoe but she's grown on me and now I can't get her off


So clingy.

Completely agree with you. I'm finding that I really like both of them, but Claudia still edges it for me. I, like you, am all for madness.

Claudia. Because she's smart and uses her intellect when interviewing so that the viewer hardly is aware of it. And she has the world's most fantasmagorical shoe taste!

Both have their strengths and weaknesses.

But purely because I've gone from hardly missing ITT in the Claudia era to a far more of a take-it-or-leave-it position now, Claudia gets my vote.

Surprisingly, Zoe. I'm all for keeping Claudia on the results show though. Or a job share!

I agree with so many other posts. I didn't think anyone could be as good as Claudia but I do prefer Zoe now. She is bonkers but knowledgable about what she is talking about and just great fun. I think Claudia's daft routine is getting a bit old now. Still good though!!

I didn't like Claudia at first, it used to irritate me that she knew absolutely nothing about dancing and was always questioning the judges marks! Then I grew to love her and found her really funny, however she is SO affected, I prefer Zoe I think she's more natural.

I've always loved Claudia and thought it wouldn't be the same without her but I think Zoe is doing a wonderful job.

Didn't think I would enjoy Zoe but honestly, during the last two series of ITT I found Claudia's presenting a little tired. It became very samey and a little too much about her.

Zoe has freshened it up, isn't scared to push the celebs for an answer and has a more natural warmth. I definitely want to keep her.

Zoe Ball has done a wonderful job on ITT and brings a different dynamic to the show, love Zoe and Ian on Wednesday (Loved them in Series 3 .... she was robbed of the SCD crown )

I also love the Winkleman on ITT she is so quirky, flirty and generally a nut-case but I will plump for Zoe

I always enjoyed our Claud, but Zoe's doing it very well to my mind. It's a very technically demanding show for a presenter, being live, very fast-paced, loads of stuff going on. And let's face it, having to keep all the various egos, luvvies and TV newbies under some sort of control must be like herding cats. I think Zoe comes across as very natural and spontaneous, despite the pressures, and that's high art for a presenter.

Personally, I still prefer Claudia.

With Claudia, it felt like - for the majority part - it was almost unscripted. She took her autocue moments and interview questions etc and she just made them her own. I loved her ability to just come out with something that made me laugh out loud. I haven't really felt that with Zoe.

However, Zoe has certainly grown on me as the weeks have gone on. She's very much in the dance zone, and I like how she seems so interested in the technical side of things. I do feel, at times, her banter/quirks feel a little scripted/forced, but not drastically so.

Where Claudia sometimes lacked the appearance of genuinely being interested in the dance, Zoe makes up for, and where Zoe lacks unscripted madness, Claudia managed. So I'd say they've both just highlighted what the show had been/is missing with the other.

I agree with what somebody else said. Claudia didn't seem quite as interested last year. It seemed more iike she was just there to do a job, as opposed to enjoying it. I think, had she returned this year, it may have been equally as unfamiliar as it is with Zoe anyway.

So I wouldn't be gutted if Zoe returned next series, nor would I be to see Claudia return.