In a Cheryl biography,they asked a dance teacher's opinion on how she'd do on strictly,they responded she'd make the rest of the contestents look like amateurs. From various GA/solo performances we already know what a brilliant dancer she is and when she was younger she got the chance to attend the prestigious Royal Ballet Summer School and won numerous dancing competitions. Her dancing in Parachute is flawless and she was amazing when she performed it live - Cheryl Cole's Night In being a big example,she danced with Derek Hough. Youtube it

I'd love if Cheryl went on the show,would give her the chance to showcase her dancing skills on a bigger level,she'd definitely win

If she's already done ballroom dancing competitively when she was a child which I'm sure I've heard she has then that should rule her out for SCD surely and of course she'd make the rest look like amateurs aside from the fact that I don't think SCD is something she needs to do ...........I think if she wanted to do a reality dance contest she'd be more likely to want to do DWTS since America is a market she's failed to crack but I repeat again she's done ballroom dancing competitively so that gives her a massive unfair advantage.....and I'm sure many Americans wouldn't take kindly to that fact either!

I don't have any strong feelings about Cheryl either way but I do feel she's one of these overhyped celebs - she's a very poor singer, yes she's a good dancer but IMHO she's not an amazing one - in her videos and performances it's her troupe that does most of the work - even that performance you mentioned with Hough - he was the one that made her look good - he's a talented choreographer and he does that with all his celeb partners on DWTS too!

Trouble is, it would be difficult for her to mime dancing as she does singing!

I was actually thinking how funny it would be if the BBC managed to get her as a contestant for the next series!

Simon Cowell claimed he poached Alesha to wind the BBC up so imagine how livid Simon would be if Cheryl signed for them!!

They would be crazy not to at least ask if she would be up for it.

I like the wind up thought....

but practically.... please nooooooooooooooooooooooo

I had a look on her Wiki page and she did do sequence dancing when she was quite young, although it doesn't say whether she did it competitively.

Haha , she'd probably go and win it though !

I actually wouldn't mind her doing it and think she'd be a good personality to watch each week. I can see one of Girls Aloud doing it at some point..... I think I remember seeing Cheryl and Kimberley on ITT a few years back and think they were fans of the show or did I imagine that one?

I remember seeing a documentary on Cheryl and it was mentioned that she'd done ballroom competitions as a child and also seen it in an article online - personally I think if the BBC could get her they would because she'd bring them massive publicity and be two fingers to Cowell and they would try and gloss over that fact........at the moment I don't think it's something she needs to do......maybe when her music sales fall with people realising just what a dire singer she is.....sorry just a bit of wishful thinking there.... then maybe but personally I wouldn't want to see her on SCD or DWTS either. I've nothing against her - think she comes across as nice enough on tv and actually didn't mind her as part of Girls Aloud -as manufactured groups go I thought they were quite good - but it's amazing how someone with so little vocal talent can get so far in music!

If any of Girls Aloud were to do it I'd prefer it to be Kimberely - she's my favourite personality in GA - that is if she hasn't done ballroom competitvely.

I think we'd be seeing Chez as a judge if she agreed to do it, not a contestant

That would be even worse

I think Cheryl would be good as well. Everyone would be expecting her to be fantastic from the word go and she would be under enormous pressure to 'deliver' every week. Would be interesting to see how she does.

I bet the beeb would blow the bank to get her on the show. For those on here who are height obsessed she is 5 3 so she could probably choose whatever pro she liked.

I don't think this thread is complete without a little bit of Strictly Girls Aloud......... I like this one actually. ..... and definitely not complete without the Matthew Cutler rehearsal video. Makes me PMSL everytime I watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUs21JZpQQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcEXIy_5Z7E

Thanks Dilly, great clips. I was laughing at Ian in the second clip, he seemed to be in his element .
I think GA were/are a fab group. Hope they've not parted for ever.

I think Cheryl would be a great contestant on SCD. If she went on DWTS she would never win just like Katherine Jenkins.

Did anyone see Cheryl on the jubilee concert? If there was any doubt as to whether or not she can actually sing live, she answered it once and for all .... NO she can't! She was flat, out of tune & clearly couldn't hit any high notes.

That is actually generous of you as I really don't think she hit ANY of the notes let alone the high ones!

She has a big following of haters on the Internet unfortunately. Graham Norton said that he got the producer of his TV show to playback the recording of her and isolate her microphone only so they could hear if she was miming. He said she was singing perfectly well. They then moved forward to when she was dancing and she was still singing in tune.

I don't think Strictly could afford her unless she wanted to do the programme for her own sake and possibly to get one up on Cowell.

She'd easily win because not only is she an experienced dancer but she's also very popular with the people who watch these types of shows.

In the name of all that is holy

No to Biffa Cole. She is already overpaid and overexposed

I'd rather have her dancing than singing that's for sure...

How would you define 'hate' - people criticising her because she can't sing very well .......she showed that at the Jubilee concert.

I'm glad the Strictly producers wouldn't be able to afford her because I wouldn't want to see her on the show for reasons I explained earlier

But if you had 1 from Westlife and 1 GirlsAloud then Nicky vs Cheryl would be interesting.....

Depending who else was in the show, I would truly doubt that Cheryl would win in the end.

I don't think having Cheryl on the show would be that interesting, she can dance, she danced before Girls Aloud and she danced in basically every GA song and now her own. We know she's good at it. I like it when they get celebs who you wouldn't expect to be able to dance... or can't dance when signing up and you get to see them improving week on week or they aren't the type of person you expect to be good but they are and it's surprising. If they're pretty much at a professional level from the start I find it a but boring. I guess I'm a true Brit, loving the underdog.