Since we know there will be 15 celebrities now which of the announced Pro's won't get a celebrity? Who do people think [or even hope] has to sit this year out. ?

Aliona
Aljaž
Anton - For me I think Anton might sit this year out and just have a presennter role and be in the group dances
Brendan
Giovanni
Gleb
Janette
Joanne
Karen
Kevin
Kristina
Natalie
Ola - But if its a female then it could be Ola due to her injury
Otlile
Pasha
Tristan

I'm a little disappointed about this to be honest, why can't they just have an even amount of celebs,,I don't get why they keep having an uneven number, makes no sense

Anyway....I don't think Anton will be left out,,I think it will be one of the females so I guess Otlile makes sense,,I feel sorry for whoever it is.

surely it won't be one of the newbies?

How do we know there will only be 15 celebrities? I know the Radio Times has referred to 15, but has this come from an official source, do we know?

Apparently (I didn't watch it personally) but Richard Blackwood confirmed 15 celebs on the one show this evening

Ah, okay, thanks.

And Richard Blackwood knows how? He's not involved in Strictly so it's confusing as to why he's confirmed particularly as we have been told of 16 pros

https://www.facebook.com/bbcstrictly...581619/?type=1 From the official Facebook only 4 left to announce which means 15 celebs so one announced Pro is out.So who do think is out

I get what you mean.. But the Strictly Facebook page just posted about Anita Rani being the 11th celeb and saying there is 4 more to go, hence 15

He said directly on The One Show when introducing the Strictly item that there will be 15 celebs, illustrated with little cardboard cutouts of the then 10 celebrities confirmed and five question marks. It's also been stated on the BBC Strictly facebook "11 down, 4 to go".

I would prefer an even number of male and female celebs too.
No matter whether there are more men than women or vice versa there is likely to be a view that says the maths favours whichever gender has the most celebs.
For me this is an utterly avoidable predicament and one that is bound to lead to allegations of unfairness.
SCD always has allegations of fix and fiddle every year in various ways and things like this don't help.
Just gives rise to even more conspiracy theories.

Thanks!

Oh, what a shame for someone. I hope it isn't Otile

If a female pro is to miss out, I'd choose Ola. The male pro I'd least like to see is Anton, but that's not going to happen, is it?

It could be 4 announcements to go with the last one being a duo.

Doubt it, the duo rumour has not been reported from any reliable source just people guessing

I would guess it will either be an older statesman getting a courtesy position for long service (Anton, Ola, Brenda) or a newbie they're not *that* high on getting eased in as an glorified "swing" for paired dances. Anybody in between they'd have just let go in the usual between-series cull.

Why would they hire 16 pros for 15 celebrities?

If for a backup in case of injury surely it would be two - and anyway they have Ian and Anya.

Budgets have been cut and having 16 just for pro dances doesn't make sense either - its difficult enough to get them all onto the floor with 14 or 15 dancing. You cant just hire a pro without a good reason.

It could just be for the group dances,but saying that they've done group dances with 15 before and have even gotten people in like Trent's wife last year, but maybe this year they just wanted 16 from the start

It may be that as with 2013 there's been a last-minute change in the pro line-up?

If one sits out, I'd think it logically should be Ola given her injury?

I know he is one of the most popular pro dancers but based on his ropey skills in the latin dancing, I would hope it was Anton who was side-lined in favour of his younger more able colleagues.

I think we have an odd number because they think they've found their ideal length of series at 13 weeks, and it works best when there are 2 more contestants than weeks.

I don't really mind if it's uneven anyway. I hope there are more men than women - the women always seem to get on better.

There will most likely be more women then men seeing as last year there were more men then women

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

I said on another thread that if Anton isn't being paired then I can see him being a 'guest' judge for up to three of the shows. When he isn't doing that he would be doing red button commentry or a feature in the results show.

I thought Tristan had been dropped and wasn't in the line up this year!.......