I think she may be from Birmingham so perhaps she's made a conscious effort to drop the accent. I think actors are encouraged to get rid of their natural accent or at least tone it down. Not saying that's definitely the case with Helen, but a possibility I guess.

jamelia is from birmingham or thereabouts i think, and i really like her accent, it has a lot of warmth to it.

She does indeed come from Birmingham.

Anyway, I have to agree. She has a lovely accent

Yes I like it too, but I'm a bit biased as I have the same accent

Peter is very popular, unfortunately who can blame Kirsty.

Crikey there's a long list this year - probably because I wasn't very familiar with a few of them before SCD -

Almost hesitant to say this - Helen - I mentioned on a thread one of the early weeks that I could not warm to her as I had never seen her in anything- I got accused of being part of the anti Helen brigade etc etc for what I felt was an honest comment from me- anyway it made me dislike her even more

Kellie - again not seen her in EE but aside from that , she has not won me over

Anita - no reason, just not overly keen

Jamelia - didn't like her on Bear Grylls show - she hasn't changed my opinion

Carol - just not feeling it

Gleb and Giovanni - huge show offs

The Clifton wife, sister and boy leave me nauseous

Aside from that - enjoying the show 😄

On the plus side, Peter Andre is making me retrospectively appreciate Mark Wright more. Last year I thought Mark was just Andre-lite; now I realise he was a man of grit and substance compared to this year's offering - and he could dance better too.