OK the confirmations are coming through thick and fast now - so with 99% of the pros confimed - let's have some fun pairing them up

Confirmed celebs

Fern Britton 5ft 8.........................Artem
Nicky Byrne 5ft 9.........................Kristina
Chris Evans 6ft............................Aliona
Kelly Sotherton 5ft 11.......................Brendan
Michael Vaughan 6ft 2....................... Erin

I google imaged chris evans and a beautiful topless american actor came up .. i got so flustered and excited and then i realised it was the old chubby english man...

BIB just curious - where?

I have seen one newpaper article saying Michael Vaughan is signed up......

That Michael Vaughan is quite nice to look at. Hope he is the ringer of all ringers for my loveley erin boag.
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And for chris evans: Poor Alliona. This would be like Lilia all over again. The designated comedown from all the ringers ends with an asshole. In lilias case it was the assgraber Littlewood.

Evans confirmed on Wright Show, according to a poster on the cast thread.
Britton in a newspaper article today
Sotherton allegedly said on Breakfast that she was looking forward to wearing dresses and sequins
Byrne I believe was in the newspapers too

Aliona has had a very good run with Matt and Harry - she is due a dud. Flavia and Erin are due good ones. I think Michael would suit Erin, he is a very quiet guy, dry sense of humour - would need a person with a sense of humour. Think he would do some lovely ballroom

ok, so not BBC confirmed, just newpapers and interviews

thank you

I can't believe Chris Evans is confirmed- surely he'd be way, way too busy?

there is no way the Beeb would give the game away yet - so hey anything that comes through is greatly received. The Wright Show is on Channel 5 - and poster is very reliable too

She was with Austin healey at her best and that was a partnership in heaven.

I don't want someone so horrible for her. James Jordan had ringer after ringer thrown at him and couldn't get them past halfway mark, so Alliona can have at least someone likeable.

May need the money and of course he is on the One Show now - so there is the link that has been established

Loved Erin with Austin. Had it not been for Tomilla that year I would have been rooting for them. Erin has got blood out of stone on a couple of occasions. She deserves a good one

OK so basically these are NOT the confirmed list .... just confirmed in the press.... and we all know just how reliable the media is...

Im not saying that some of these will NOT be RIGHT when the time comes but just that these are the rumours so far....

To that end the title of the thread is a tad misleading and possibly a little early. I can see this becoming just an extension of the chat threads already up and running for this year.

I am not doubting anyones reliability - just think the title of the thread is a little misleading - sorry

Right from the early rounds Erin praised Austin to the skies and this led to an audience backlash --> if you are so good then prove it. Later Natalie did the same thing with Ricky Whittle with the same result.

Anyone who has carried the burden of praise from parent or teacher in class will remember the scars on their backs.

Much better.....

"highly likely"...

much better than "possible"..

No not poor Aliona if she gets a weaker celeb IMO! She is long overdue one! She should show what she's made off - the test of a good pro is what they can do with a weaker celeb - like Flavia & Natalie did last year with Russell /Audley, like Katya, Erin and Lilia did with all the weaker celebs they were lumbered with! I really don't see why Aliona should continually be favoured at the expense of other pros!

I quite agree Topaz - I personally don't think she should have had Harry last year. Erin, Flavia, Natalie and Katya strike me as better teachers than Aliona

Between "don't fight me" Aliona and lippy Chris Evans there will arise fireworks and maybe blows.
I am not pre-judging whether it will be a win on points or by a knockout.

I wonder if that has crossed the minds of the producers. I hope in the name of all that is holy that they don't put him with Erin. Bless her she dserves a chance to win this year after the past three celebs she has had

Are we sure that Chris Evans has confirmed though I've tried googling for info but can't find any.

When its on 5 on demand i will watch it and check

another poster has stated they heard this on the predict cast list

If the rumours are true about Chris Evans - I don't think he'd be that bad a prospect as suggested on here - I certainly don't think he'd be a creep like Dom Littlewood and I think he'll be popular because of his morning radio 2 show and his Friday night 'one show' presenting - I also think he'd be quite a character - as to whether he'd be a good dancer or not - I can't really judge that because I haven't got anything to go on

I think it's a bit too difficult to predict the male celeb/female pro couples cos we don't know who the new lady is replacing Katya, height etc.

I don't think Chris Evans is all that bad- he seems a good laugh on the One Show/BBC R2. But anyone who winds "don't fight me, I know better than EVERYBODY else" Aliona up would get my Widdy vote for the sheer fun of watching the blue touch paper being lit :P

I think Erin, Ola and Flavia need to three goodens from the men! I think Michael Vaughn almost seems set for Erin unless someone similar signs up; Kristina, newby and Natalie with middlers, Aliona with the dud!

As for Male Pros/Female Celebs I disagree with Jupiter- James didn't really have dead ringers- I mean, Georgina was terrible; Gabby Cherie and Zoe were sent home in the dance off when the GBP put two good couples in the bottom two, so hardly his fault- and Pam and Alex weren't exactly gold dust, and James did fabulously well with them!

I'd like to see Brendan with a good one after his Rent-A-Pro legacy last year. Would be interesting to see Robin with a good one. Anton too! Vincent and Pasha middle of the roaders, Artem with the dud as is fair :L