1 Get rid of Bruce
2 No AT until the semis and only if they have outside AT expert training.
3 Have a catalogue of music that has cleared copyright that professionals can choose from for each dance.
4 Claudia for the main show.
5 Get rid of Len

1 Get rid of Bruce and keep Claudia.
2 Have a two week rota - half the couples do the same Latin and the same ballroom one week, not with the same music, with a ballroom followed by a Latin and so on with no props. Reverse it the second week.
3 Proper traditional dance music for each dance - no mangled pop.
4 Two fixed cameras only able to zoom on the couples, but keep it so we can see the whole of them to judge both feet and posture throughout the dance.
5 No whooping and yelling during guest spots.

My five:

1. Ditch Bruce
2. Ditch Len and have Karen Hardy instead
3. Tell Bruno to calm down
4. Make the producers watch the earlier shows when we didn't have the nausea inducing swirling camerawork.
5. Have Gethin Jones as presenter - he is, after all, a presenter with the Strictly credentials.

I agree with many of the suggestions given already. May I add one more?

Have an uneven number of judges, i.e. three or five. This would make the DO vote very straightforward. It seems obvious.

Get rid of Len and his lens
Stop the silly vt's
Allow the Judges to voice their own honest opinions
Lose all scripted jokes
Don't sign celebs up who are already accomplished dancers.

Get rid of Bruce.
Let the Pros choose the music
Have set rules for the dances & enforce them.

1. Show the result show live on Saturday evening with Tess and Claudia presenting

2. have a group dance with marks awarded.

The pros should be able to have more say eg choice of music.

Although there have been a few nice dresses some have been a bit odd, and sometimes dangerous as the dancers' heels get caught up. The hairstyles and make-up are often unflattering. So I would like these to be better.

The camera work needs improving.

Claudia should be permanent.

I find the recaps of the training tedious - shorter perhaps - but I suppose they'd have to fill in with something else.

(If I had a 6th it would be - to have a theme EVERY week from the beginning - good fun and makes everything more interesting, even if sometimes the dancing is not).

*bump

1. Claudia and Tess instead of Bruce
2. No more cringy vt
3. Just dancing,, no faffing
4. Sensible voting
5. Begin with simple dances for all, then progress to more complicated

1. Get rid of Brucie, have Claude and Tess presenting
2. Get rid of Craig and Darcey, replace with Karen Hardy and Camilla Dallerup
3. Let the pros choose the music.
4. No WAGs allowed
5. Get rid of the Jordans.

New judges ......... Please
I'm sick of hearing the same comments week in week out!

Scores that reflect the dances NOT the judges crush/favourite

Claudia for the whole show every week.......with Tess or a new presenter.

Music appropriate to the dance.......as everyone has already said

No more filler.........chuck VT's and visits to the theatre/circus/gym. Interviews and training footage only

1. Half celebs do ballroom half do Latin each week & alternate.

2. Get rid of dances like Charleston or save them until the traditional 10 dances have been done

3. Appropriate music. The music for Susanna's AT last night was just appalling & hindered them

4. Retire Bruce & let Tess & Claudia present, they have a chemistry that Bruce & Tess don't

5. Get rid of the DWTS influence that's steadily creeping in. I want the Strictly of the old days back

And I know we are only allowed 5 but No More Ringers!

1. Replace Bruce and Tess with Anton and Claudia

2. New Judges, Craig, Karen Hardy, Ian Waite and Matthew Cutler

3. No stupid VT's

4. All competitor's to dance similar dances each week (easier to mark like by like)

5. No props

1. Get rid of Bruce, Darcy and Bruno
2. Only two styles a week until maybe quarter finals
3. No more of those ridiculous training videos
4. Get rid of the backing dancers, not a good addition this season
5. Don't mind modern music, but at least set the tempo to suit the type of dance

I know the title says 5, but there's one more I'd like to add that's really bugged me in recent series of Strictly.

6) The showdance is the final dance between the final two...and the judges DO NOT get to mark it.

It's only been the last few years they've changed it and it's ridiculous. Why they're allowed to mark a dance with no rules and no limits baffles me...it just feels like a way to manipulate the leaderboard and try to influence the viewers who to vote for.

1. Nikki Parsons (director)
2. Louise Rainbow (executive producer)
3. Sharyn Mills (producer)
4. Jayne Stanger (producer
5. Jason Gilkison (choreographer)

Agree with most of the above but also, please, get rid of the stupid swingathing. It is awful and a pointless waste of time.

1. Have a technical score and a performance score for each dance, and change the definition of 10 from 'perfection' to 'excellent'.
2. Finalists should have danced all dances by the final; if that means fewer couples / introducing two dances sooner, so be it.
3. Go back to limiting the range of dances in the early weeks, and to the couples alternating Latin & ballroom.
4. Have a week of ITT in the run-up to the first show, and a show after the final.
5. The judges should outline the rules for each dance (minimum %age in hold, number of lifts allowed etc) in the aforementioned pre-first-show ITT and then JUDGE ACCORDINGLY.
5A. Retire Bruce and leave presenting duties to Tess and Claudia.

1. Go back to half doing Latin half Ballroom
2. Let the couples have more input for music choice
3. Get the pros some help when a dance they are not familar with comes up.
4. If the dance off continues then have a set method of judging it. It is either the best on the night or the best throughout the competition, at present the judges chnge with the wind.
5. Look for new presenters on SCD and ITT (Loved Claudia on ITT)

1. Return to the days of one ballroom/latin per week and the celebrities learning the basics before starting on the more complex dances.
2. Pros in consultation with Dave Arch to select appropriate music for each dance.
3. Appropriate costumes for each dance (no fancy dress)
4. Judges to apply the rules of each dance with every competitor.
5. Producers to stick to the technical aspects of production and not to interfere with music/dancing/costumes etc.

I think this thread should be emailed to the powers that be at Strictly Towers!

WOW! What a response! just over half a day and 45 responses. The leading suggestions seem to be get rid of Bruce and let the couples choose their on music. However the prize (virtual) for the most imaginitive must be this one.

How I agree, oh How I agree.

Done! nikki.parsons@bbc.co.uk

1. Give creative control to the pros, and not Strictly Ballroom man or the producers.
2. Sack Bruce, Len and Darcy and bring in Claud, Karen Hardy and whoever else isn't a grumpy old get.
3. If you're gonna do theme nights, do completely new ones.
4. For the love of, no stupid prat VTs before the start of each dance - stick to training room footage if you must.
5. Stop dictating to the audience to do standing ovations.