I am Tom Cruise on Oprahs sofa excited about this! I can't wait, it's gonna be bloody hilarious.

Can I be first to call at least two Michael Jackson moves.
I have a sneaky suspicion this is gonna bite him on the arse, he is an incredibly irritating man to watch.

You forgot the dead brother. Surely he'll be doing this for him?

You would be surprised at the people who have appeared on the show with singing dancing background. Then turn out to be totally crap at ballroom and Latin. The girl from Destiny Child, she was told rubbish and just could not get the handle on it. Those who had dancing training as a child in a school do much better.

Desperation doesn't get you very much further than the quarter finals, either. Nor does the "look, I have kids, love me!" move.

Brilliant! Thank you *loud applause*

I think you'd be surprised, this is a big scoop for the show and I'd be amazed if he doesn't win.

I think it is a scoop but the GBP has a sense of fair play so I do think he's not the winner yet but I do expect him to make the final. Claire Powell just needs to make sure he doesn't blather on about his kids at every opportunity.....or he'll be in the dance off repeatedly.

Strictly has had big scoops before though, that have gone out first week/early stages - like Martina Hingis, and Spice Girls with bigger fan bases who haven't won.


I can't believe she's relaxed her grip enough for him appear live on tele with no possibility of control. I wonder if he will have a separate ClurfromCan autocue?

See, posts like this are why I'll always come on the DS forums everyday. Brilliant.

Wow they got someone more talented than PA, Daniel O'Donnell!

The only good thing about PA's appearance on SCD is that it's now very unlikely that Katie Price will be in it this year!

lol moment from me....... (*still laughing )

They will be on every VT you just see

If you're going to do 'cheese' then best that you are actually inately cheesy, and DoD is genuinely and godawfully 17 shades of 'terrible cheesy'.

But astonishingly, his brand of altarboy Holy Mary cheesiness has mass appeal and he's made an international living from it. He is a grim cross between Val Doonican (without the nice jumpers and easy charm) and Father's Ted's Eoin McLove (minus the funny) but apparently still appeals to religious Mammys who think he's a lovely 'boy' and want him for their own, and they're, internationally, a voting force to be reckoned with.

SInce there's only so much cheese one show can accommodate, DoD may turn out to be the spoke in PA's 'love me cos I am lovely and I love my kids' cheesy wheel.

^ Meant to laugh (long and loud) at this earlier. Just catching up.

I am jumping up and down on the sofa with you. I think it's going to be hilariously entertaining.

Hilarious! They have split the middle-aged mumma votes by having the patterned-jumper wearing, sexless Oirish heart-throb up against the plastic, orange, stacked heeled, least-macho-Greek/Aussie/Brit babyman.

It's like a little plastic oompalumpa fighting the Lucky Charms leprechaun in a battle for glitter ball supremacy.

Seriously, just imagining the "sexeh" rumba(baba) faces is making me cry laughing.

Cannot wait for the tango - two tantruming toddlers stamping their feet and pouting all over the place while trying to keep their hairpieces attached during the head flicks.

So funny, all his detractors will be stuck in the show, just to see him fail /point and laugh.His fans will be there to cheer him on. Meanwhile we will have carnage on here.

Hilariously Wee Daniel is also signed up, so we will have the ,leprechaun jokes from fans etc that no Irish person finds remotely funny and the sight of Daniels camp dancing. PA I would guess is an ok dancer and he does his best God love him.. The one positive is his psychotic ex is getting therapy on another channel and will not perform

If Daniels feet are as quick as his speech it is going to be a very long long show. The man just about manages to sway from left to right while he sings.......very slowly.
As for Pete. Time will tell. Not all those that have taken part from a singing background do well.
As for his kid's. Of course they'll be there supporting their Dad, exactly the same As the other contestants family

And he start to milking it...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-blessing.html

Absolutely gorgeous, charming self deprecating man. RIP Val.

And he is already the favourite with bookmakers William Hill immediately making him their 9/2 favourite to win the show followed by Georgia May Foote at 11/2 and Ainsley Harriott at 10/1

Think I'll risk a bet with William Hill before his odds close in even more.

I think they are jumping the gun on making him favourite tho . He can move but that deoesn't mean he'll manage to nail the more complicated dances .
I think he'll do well and he seems a nice man with a huge support from loads of charities as well as his fans.

please don't be with Aliona, please don't be with Aliona, please don't be with Aliona.

Soooo funny!

Yes, it's unbelievable that Wal-Mart haven't snapped him up yet!