The only ones I've connected with are Anthony, Jeremy, Georgia, and Jamelia.

All the rest I find either fake (Peter, Carol), overbearing (Ainsley, Kellie, Iwan), desperately driven (Anita, Kellie, Peter) or painfully neurotic (Jay, Helen, Kirsty). Oh and then there's Katie, who seems sorta disengaged and over it. Daniel seemed disoriented as well - and talked too much, as did Ainsley.

I've turned on Anton this series as he's making it all about him and even blaming her when things go wrong, when it's at least partly his fault. Not an elegant way to go out, if this is his last hoorah, and maybe it should be. Even James Jordan was saying the salsa was more Anton's fault than Katie's.

I can tell that Kellie and Kirsty are hard working but that's not very interesting to me. I'd rather have the celebs who make things look effortless. Georgia is nice enough but she is never more that you expect her to be.

Yes the guys are fine, including some who have sadly gone.

Wish BBC would stop being OCD with ratings and showed ppl in a fairer way. I'm thinking the big boss of the show doesn't like Georgia very much, I could be wrong though, but that's the vibe I'm getting.

With all his silly faces and fairly poor dancing, the series will be much improved without Ainsley. He was the only one I couldn't stand.

Peter, Kellie, and Carol wasn't a big fan of any that have already gone. I do like Kellie's dancing but haven't warmed to her. Not a fan of peter, never have been, no idea why I can't warm to Carol.

I'm cool towards most of them. It would be easier to say whom I like..

It's my first ever year that I am not absolutely LOVING a few couples, in fact there is no particular pair that I genuinely like.

I did like Daniel and Kristina's relationship and whilst Jeremy's dancing isn't great, I so admire his enthuasim. Also like Helen, but then again, Aljaz can do no wrong for me.

Kirsty, Kellie and Carol ...not my cup of tea at all.

Cannot connect with

Kellie, Peter, Carol & Jeremy

'bingoes' hit the nail on the head regarding Carol - I quote:


'god what a smiley bore, dancing by numbers'

Judging mainly off ITT, the only ones I really like as people are Carol, Jamelia and Jay - they seem the most real to me, and I always enjoy listening to them talk with Zoe. Georgia and Helen both seem sweet as well, I guess.

The only people that tend to irritate me are Kellie and Peter, just because they can both be quite overbearing (Kellie is very in-your-face and Peter is extremely corny), but I don't hate them or anything. Kirsty constantly bitching about her Paso song choice last week started to really get on my nerves as well, but other than that, I have no issues with her.

Having said all that, my favourites are never based on their personalities at all, as I always support the couples' whose dancing I enjoy the most, so it never really matters to me.

Regarding Helen


After her Ann Summers Nurse's Outfit, are you sure it's china the doll's made of?

cant connect with Helen - have no idea why, find her quite doll like and its slightly un-nerving

I find myself fading out when Kellie is on the screen, cant connect to her either but that might have something to do with Kevin also - not a fan - sorry

Carol I find painfully boring as well

[quote=katt;80131239]cant connect with Helen - have no idea why, find her quite doll like and its slightly un-nerving

I find myself fading out when Kellie is on the screen, cant connect to her either but that might have something to do with Kevin also - not a fan - sorry

Carol I find painfully boring as well[/QUOTE]

Couldn't agree more. I've never enjoyed the whole "Kevin from Grimbsy persona", add in too much manic dancing and props and he is one of my all time least face pro dancers. Throw hyper, full of herself, screaming Kellie into the mix and for me it's a match made in hell

There's nobody in this year's line-up that I dislike. Me knowing of them prior to the show or not doesn't seem to be a marker for whether or not I like them. I wasn't really familiar with Katie (though her voice sounded vaguely familiar when I first heard it) but she is one of my favourites. Ditto, I knew Jamelia was a pop star, but didn't really know much about her, and now Daniel has gone, she's getting my third vote.

However, Anita and Gleb are really struggling to grab me when they dance for some reason. I can watch them on ITT and on the VTs, but as soon as they start dancing, my brain just switches off and I suddenly realise that half the dance has gone by and I was thinking of something completely different. I don't understand why that is the case, because everyone keeps saying she's a brilliant dancer - but I can't see that, because my brain just turns off as soon as she takes the floor! I'm just not interested, and I don't know why.

Kellie & Kevin grab my attention, but I'm struggling to take to them as a pairing. I like them both individually (and Kevin is one of my favourite pros), but together, I find them a little jarring. They bring out the competitive nature in each other and it comes across like they're trying too hard, so you lose some of the fun. That said, they have had some good dances where it didn't feel so much like that and I could enjoy their dance.

Other than that, I can enjoy watching all of the others, even if I sometimes think their performances aren't the best, and I do have favourites!

I don't really dislike any of the celebrities but I find that I can't connect to many of them. The ones I like and look forward to watching would be Katie, Helen, Ainsley, Georgia.
I quite like Kirsty, Carol and to some extent Anita although she is a bit uptight about it all. I can't really warm to Kellie, Jay, Jeremy or Peter at all.

No worries. We were both being a bit prickly last night.

Forgotten as far as I'm concerned.

Well lucky you Michelle, kudos to you that you like more of them than me.

I'm loving the show, always do, but this year I'm struggling to really "warm" (actually) like many of them.

It is probably because you don't have any preconceptions about Jay (neither did I) but otherwise when most of the names were announced, I said "Why?". Particularly DO'D!

Why did you feel like that about Daniel O'Donnell in particular

Can't bear the BBC plants - Jeremy and Carol - both awful dancers and irritating personalities.

Like Helen's dancing but is there anything going on behind that pretty face?

All 3 are BBC employees, you can add kellie to the mix as well. I do think BBC are trying to protect them however. BBC are getting just as bad as C5 where it comes down to protecting certain ppl in the expense of others. Feels as though we've been treated like dirt by the BBC to be honest.

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BBC are behaving like Kevin is their golden boy who can do no wrong.

I just wish Kellie would tone it down a bit - you'd think she was living on diet of SunnyD and crack!

Her and Kevin together are mightily irritating.

Is Daniel you're favourite SB?

BBC want her to stay in for as long as possible though. She is doing my head in if I'm honest and did NOT deserve the 9s she had for the jive. Typical judges being conformist to the BBC agenda.

Although I can see why other people find her irritating, she's really not irritating me and I'm really enjoying her dancing. I'm putting it down to there being a far more irritating person in the competition who is absorbing all my irritation, leaving me free to not be irritated by people who would normally, in the scheme of thing, irritate me to death.

I think Kellie, dancing-wise, is doing really well.