Okay, so I'm a little excited.

Spoilers below about who's dancing on each night:

I think they've lined up the best for Saturday - for me anyhow.

I'll be able to watch tomorrow but not Saturday as I don't finish work until 7.45.

Darn it, I was going to get up really early tomorrow and start a thread, but you've beaten me to it!

Don't blame you though, I'm really excited too.

that's 3 of us

I havent been this excited about a set of celebrities since series 3

*happy days*

just hope my fav celebs can actually dance

I'm excited too

I'd set my alarm, it was my turn.

I might be out tomorrow night and Saturday so I'll be playing catch up with both shows. I think I'm going to have to get used to it as a few of my weekends will be taken up this autumn.

I'll hopefully be back in time for Friday's show (provided my train is on time - a big ask...) but less sure about Saturday's.

Here's my score predictions:

Friday
28 Denise & James
21 Michael & Natalie
23 Colin & Kristina
26 Fern & Artem
29 Nicky & Karen
25 Victoria & Brendan

Saturday
20 Lisa & Robin
30 Dani & Vincent
19 Richard & Erin
24 Sid & Ola
15 Johnny & Aliona
31 Louis & Flavia
22 Jerry & Anton
30 Kimberley & Pasha

Kimberley now on Friday.

Oops, they haven't, sorry.

Week 1 Costume shots (only 6):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p00zbz4q

The Waltz outfits look amazing but the Cha Cha ones look strange for latin outfits.

Dani's dress is really beautiful, not liking the look of Victoria's jumpsuit though.

Erin has been sent to her island early with what appears to be 200 jelly fish attached to hers

Haha, I love that this topic is up already.

I'm just hoping tomorrow wont drag. I've got something to keep me occupied until 4pm, and then an hour set aside between 4 and 9 for tea/washing up. The other 4 hours will most likely be spend clock watching.

Oh my gosh the outfits look amazing on the bbc site!!

Dani's got a big bum (for a little 'un ) and short legs, so I'm not sure the dropped waist thing's a good idea ..... but it seems to be a theme.....

Sounds just like me!

I've just looked at the schedule for next weeks live and result show. The saturday show is 6.30-8.25, and the sunday show is 6.50 to 8.30.

LOVING the mellow yellow already. Even Karen's rehearsal outfits are amazeballs.

Splendid news for me in the short-term if nothing else! The event I was meant to be at this weekend has been cancelled so I'll be free to watch both Strictly shows.


I presume the results show is longer because of the dance-off.

The sunday show is 6.50 to 7.30, earlier than usual because of ITV throwing Corrie against it to knock it's ratings.

Says 6.50 to 7.30 on Radio Times online.....

Seems very long for a results show, even with the dance off.

Could it be a misprint, e.g. 6.50 - 7.30? Forty minutes would be much more likely.