i will be honest. To me is a deal breaker, even if a favourite celeb is partnered up with a pro I dislike, it is going to be very difficult for them to become favourites of mine. I mean a pro won't make like a celeb (Alijaz and Alison, Aliona and Greg for instance ThEu are my favourite pros but even them could not make like Alison and Greg), but Brendan spoilt Sophie Ellis Bextor for me.

But I wonder how you all feel.

Hmmm...Good question OP. I like all the pros but the one that I haven't and don't think I will ever warm up to is Janette...no matter how much they shove her front and center in group dances, no matter how many skits they do with her behind the scenes on ITT, it wont matter because I just dont like her . I would have liked Peter or even slightly root for him if he was partnered with another pro.

I want to add that I am kind of familiar with her since I remember her doing SYTYCD in the US and even back then, I still didnt like her....dont get me wrong she is an AMAZING dancer but yeah......

Other than that, I love ALL the pros, sounds cheesy but it's true (even our newbies this year ) ; for different reasons but her just no.....

I may be in the minority but I always vote and root for my favourite pros unless they are partnered with a celeb I really dislike. Pasha may be partnered with a broomstick and I'd still vote for him.

When they get a celeb that can't dance (Hi, Carol!) they will obviously be voted out early/mid competition. Then, when it gets to the final, it is a combination of which pro/celeb I like more of all the remaining couples.

I have my favourite celebs and pros and root for them regardless of who they're paired with. It's not too bad for me as there's no one I really dislike. I'm not a huge Jamelia fan but I'm supporting her and Tristan as he's one of my favourite pros. My perfect duos are where I like the pro and the celeb, such as Anita and Gleb

i would have said that about anton - and probably only him, although i never disliked his partners because of him, i just dislike him....- but this year, i did manage to partly get over that as i thought katie was a real potential and the tango was rather good.

but then out comes the cha cha and anton blaming katie indirectly, and hogging the limelight and her's just annoying the hell out of me again, already. poor katie.

One of the things I like best about Strictly is having my preconceptions about a celeb challenged and being won over by them, even if I thought I wouldn't like them initially. It's always about the celeb, for me.

Not really. I judge week by week according to the dance.

I dont dislike any of the pros really but I have like both the pro and celeb. For me the partnership has to be there like for example this year Jay & Aliona, Anita & Gleb. I like both of these couples the best because they have a great relationship.

This year's favourite (at the moment) is partnered with Aliona..that makes it a no-brainer for me. I haven't normally taken much notice of the professionals though, we know they can all dance.

If I'm really honest, it's always about the pros for me. The celeb comes second unless I'm really surprised by them on the basis of dancing and personality altogether. Then I may (a big may) root for them.

I'd prefer it when a cleb I like is with a pro I like but, as is the case with Jay atm, me previously not being too keen on Aliona is being chucked out of the window because she is working with him to produce some great routines.

I'm not attached to any of the pros in particular, but some of them interact better with their partners and choreograph better routines for them. Natalie always makes me like her partners, for instance. However, sometimes I have no idea who the celeb is in the first place...

Sometimes the celebs bring out the best in the pros, too. I loved Mark and Iveta, for example, because he showed how funny she is, whereas the bland rugby guy didn't do much for her. Ditto Chris + Ola, Alison + Alijaz, and this year, Jay + Aliona - she's on fire.

If a celeb was paired with a pro I didn't like, it would not stop me voting for them.

Doesn't always work in reverse for me though. For example, I used to like Vincent when he was on the show, but I could never bring myself to vote for Edwina Currie, so was not disappointed when they were first out in that series.

Ann Widdicombe could have been partnered with Gene Kelly and reincarnated at Cyd Charisse and pigs would still have had to have taken up formation flying before I even considered a vote.

You're still one ahead of me. The whole of the bacon farm could have re-enacted the red arrows and I still wouldn't have been swayed. (And neither would you, let's face it ).

As for the pro - well, before now, I'd have been dubious as to whether I'd have been that enthusiastic about a celeb with certain ones but I've never really been a fan of Aliona before and she's doing a fabulous job with Jay so - go girl. You get that unprecedented second glitterball. (And that really is not something I'd ever thought I'd hear myself say. Aliona? First double Strictly winner and I'm actively cheering her on? Well anything's possible.)

Causes me problems I can't stand Aliona but really like Jay so am struggling this year

I too couldn't vote for Edwina / Natalie C / Felicity when partnered with Vincent, because they were no-hopers / didn't like them, which was sad because I loved him and Rachel and supported him all the way through 2008. I will never vote for any celeb who I dislike or who can't dance for toffee, no matter who they're with. It's always about the celeb for me, and I vote for the talented ones from the word go with experience ! If they happen to be with a Pro I like, so much the better.

I tend to go by the celebrity rather than the pro. I mean, I'm not that keen on Brendan, but I liked his partnership with Sophie and wanted her to win.

Equally, Kevin is one of my favourite pros, but I don't like his partnership with Kellie. I don't mind her, but I think that they both bring out the side in each other that tries a bit too hard and is a bit too competitive. I would like them both better with other partners.

I think the only time I'd vote for the pro rather than the celeb is if I didn't really care who won out of the celebs, or couldn't choose between two celebs I like, in which case the pro would be the tie-breaker!

Ditto once again aggs

Same. It's about the celeb for me at the end of the day.

I loved Vincent, but haven't automatically liked or voted for couples he's part of.

I never liked Artem, but thought Natalie was a fabulous dancer so voted for her.

Always loved Erin - she was a good teacher who changed her style to fit the celebrity. 'Miss Whiplash' with sportsmen who were used to training regimes, but so gentle with Juian Clary.

It would affect my vote, but wouldn't be the main reason.

I think it is nearly always the partnership - both pro and celebrity together make the package for me. I have pros I prefer but if I don't rate the partnership or the celeb they are with in a given year I'm not likely to want them to win. Kevin is probably my favourite pro now but I'm not keen on him with Kellie; I have not been a fan of Aliona in the past but she is much more palatable with Jay. Believe it or not, I loathed Natalie during her first season with Ricky Whittle - there was something about them as a pair which did not gel for me, although I now rate her very highly. If they manage to stay towards the end, I will probably vote for Katie and Anton just because I'd like him to have a win after all this time - so that's voting for the pro I guess in certain circumstances.

I like Aljaz (a lot) lol and Helen is ok

I like both Kevin and Kellie

I like Jay, but not keen on Aliona.

It's almost entirely about the celebrity for me, mainly because I like (or at the very worst, am indifferent to) all of the pro dancers. Anton is the one pro that irks me in some way, but apart from last week, Katie's been one of my favourite contestants, so I wouldn't say the pro would ever influence my support for a celebrity in a negative way.

Well I've never been keen on Brendan, to put it mildly, but Kelly & Brendan were my favourites from S5.

Not claiming it doesn't affect me at all but I don't feel it's particularly important.