It has been stated by multiple BBC sources that there will be 15 celebrities this year.


That might have something to do with the fact that they were both at stage school together.

Fair enough - but I don't imagine Goldie & Emma were...

As for the 15 celeb thing - why employ 16 then?? What are they hiding that cannot be made public right now?!

Don't buy the 15 celeb rhetoric for a second!

Just a thought - maybe Tess and her husband Vernon Kay are among this year's celebrity line up with the "spare pro" (Anton?) replacing Tess as a host for this year?

Not really a smoking gun, is it? I'm being mutually followed by an animator on The Simpsons on Twitter, by your logic that means I'm going to work on The Simpsons.

Aww no, that's a bit "Strictly will eat itself" isn't it? If you're going to do that, have Claudia instead of Tess, then we'd have a chance of voting her off the show...

When you have time, please go back and read the entire thread....

Didn't Ola do the same bum grabbing move with Ashley in his cha cha?

As I said before, if she gets Andre she really needs to come up with some fresh choreo - otherwise her choreo will just get slated again - using her sex kitten appeal to cover up for stale choreography is not going to cut it for a male celeb that's got potential.

And tbh I don't agree with the excuses reeled out for most of Ola's boring choreo just because she's never had the ringiest ringer - she may not have had a ringer but she's hardly ever had a duffer either - I think Paul Daniels is the only duff one she's really had. Most of her partners have been fairly capable and it's a shame after all this time even if her partners do have limitations, she can't come up with something new. She'll be very lucky if she gets Andre - especially after getting injured and the problems it caused the producers - so I hope if she gets him, she doesn't waste the opportunity to prove her worth.

Better question: Which celebrity will be good enough to get TWO pros?

Maybe one celeb does get 2 pros and the public choose which one they keep?

Yes - used the same move twice in 9 years.

I wonder how mant pivots, knee slides and starfish she's done in 9 years.....I lost count a long time ago....

Me too.

As posted in the '2015 Celebrities' thread, it's 8 women and 7 men celebrities and not vice-versa as we previously thought, hence assuming that there is one pro not taking a celebrity (and I think it's possible there's something more to this, although not a surprise 16th contestant) it'll be a female pro.

Yes Zoe twitted this

@TheZoeCole: Oh. Ok I miscounted! Still know 2 more girls for #strictly. Hoping the guy is who I think it is! Exciting! #SCD

I still hope there are 16 celebs don't see the point of 15 celebs and 16 pros

It has been confirmed by multiple BBC sources that there will be 15 celebrities.

The only bbc source I heard say 15 celebs was the one show so who are the other sources?

It's also been stated on the Strictly official facebook page there'll be 15 celebrities.

Radio times also said 15.

Purely because she is the newbie. Very unfair whoever it is

So if its 8 females and 7 males then im pretty sure that Otlile will be the one who is left out which is a shame because from what I saw of her on the German version she was very good

Thanks I already knew the radio times said it but it isn't bbc anymore so just wanted to know what was other bbc sources said it as it isn't on the official Twitter or the website


Ok thanks still hoping there is a duo they are counting as one as it is not fair to the 'spare' pro

I'm slightly confused, why do people think Otlile will be the one minus a celeb? Especially given she's a newbie, surely they wouldn't have hired her and made a public fanfare about it just to stick her in the group performances?

Also I'd be slightly concerned because of the awkward ramifications of that, think about it since she's the only non-white pro as it stands. Surely it's going to look a bit bad if she's shuffled off for whatever reason it may be (I can imagine people accusing the BBC of racism and the like whether it's true or not).

I think that because she is a newbie people think she will be the one left out. The other felmale pros have all competed before and surely wouldn't come back to the show if they knew they would just be a spare part for pro dances

I can't think why they would leave out the new girl..... what would have been the point of hiring her then

For my money it will be aliona or Kristina .... Fine by me either way from a choice of those two

But do agree, why hire them just to drop them before it begins

It's a bit silly, why hire/publicise 16 pros if one's not really going to participate? Anybody tried tweeting/asking the pros or something? Some of them can be rather loose lipped. Heck even the Strictly twitter might say something.