Kristina. I think she's just gorgeous, and a fabulous dancer. Prior to her departure, Flavia was my fave

Aljaz..well whats not to like.

Oh and Natalie comes accross as one lovely woman. Always supportive of her less then sterling partners.

I love Natalie as she seems always to do her utmost and remain positive whatever the level of ability of her celebrity partner. The first year she was in the show for some reason I got the impression she was too competitive and lacked warmth. Now she conveys warmth in bucketloads and I enjoy watching her work.

Flavia was my past favourite.

Anton used to annoy me but now I find him funnier.

When a pro seems 'disinterested' it puts me off them - cue Brendan (Sinita / Kirsty), Aliona (some previous partners, Greg Wallace and the golfer from memory)

But enjoying seeing Aliona and Jay this series.

Current favourites... Aljaz, Brendan, Kevin, Natalie.

Natalie for the girls by a country mile, her energy, her choreography and the way she trys to make a dancer out of whoever she is partnered with. Also like Ola and Aliona and Karen

Of the guys Pasha is great choreography also and like Natalie seems to really enjoy what he does for a living. Alaijz is also very good, Kevin is ok and I did quite like James Jordan

the ones I kind of dislike are Janeatte, something about her just screams desperate

and breandan, ive always hated how he is so harsh on his celebs to the point I think it made then worse not better, although he seems to have calmed down lately

Current Favourite Pros
Aliona is my favourite and has been since she joined the show, utterly adore her and her choreography - I also love Natalie, Karen, Brendan, Oti, Pasha, Tristan

Past Favourite pros
Lilia, Darren, Matthew, Izabela Hanna, Hanna Karttunen, Anya Garnis,

Pros I cant warm to/dont care for
James, Ola, Janette, Artem, Giovanni,

Aliona has always been my fave female pro, followed by Kristina.

I loved Trent last year, gutted he never returned.
Pasha and Alijaz i'd say now though i have a soft spot for Tristan too.

Can't stand the Jordans and i really dislike Anton too....

James Jordan was/is a gobby eejit but in fairness, he did treat his partners very well. He was invested in them (Georgina Bouzova aka idle mare aside - badly done James although she didn't help), choreographed to their strengths and supported them. That said, I still think he's a knob and a half.

Contrast that with Brendan who is becoming increasingly ungracious as time passes. He's really irritated me for the past two series.

Anton has a role and he fits it adequately. His latin isn't up to having a really talented celeb but it's never really needed to be. Even now, though the party latin has been pretty dire, he's front-loaded it so (unless it's lucky coincidence) he's at least thinking.

Aliona is another enigma. She's far better with contenders than with duffers and is coming across better this series than she ever has. However, she's tended to appear a bit arrogantly condescending and "whatevvah..." in previous series especially with an untalented partner.

Natalie is the best across the board. She seems to be able to get the best out of her celebs no matter what their starting ability. It's just a bit of a shame that the ptb seem to have taken that quality in her and decided that means she'll be better as a female Robin rather than give her real contenders. Because I think she could really shine with a great partner. She's learnt a lot since the days of Ricky Whittle.

Aljaz looks to be Natalie's male equivalent. Good with talent but considerate with non-talent and choreographs accordingly. Pasha's quite impressing me too this series.

Sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into "War and Peace".

I loved Matthew, he was my absolute favourite. I like Brendan, Kevin, Pasha, Gleb is very attractive. I even liked James here and there

Wasn't keen on Artem and Anton cannot dance the full range, I cringe when he dances Latin.

Love Aliona, always have, Natalie has grown on me, she is a lovely lady, Karen is lovely. I miss Erin and Lilia.

Really not keen on Ola, she is a gorgeous lady but just too cheesy and a boring choreographer.

I love(d) Brendan, Darren, Lilia, Aliona, Gleb, Artem, Giovanni, Iveta, Tristan, Karen Hardy, Aljaz, Oti.

I dislike(d) Kevin, Janette, Anton (as a dancer, I like his personality though), James, Ola, Matthew, Nicole

I like Aljaz Kevin and Kristina

Tristan and Brendan looked bored with it all so should just stay home

All the rest serve a purpose even Anton - to be honest a lot of the time i need to checkw ikipedia to remind me which pros are on the show this year

I loved Artem an inspirational dancer and Kara loved him too,still miss him.
I also like Kristina, Natalie,Aliona and Ola bless her Anton for his personality only and I liked James for the fun factor.

I cannot stand Kevin and Joanne the producers push them to the fore so much it makes me want to switch off. I don't like Brendon either he is far too arrogant and I never think his heart is in it.

:As for Gleb well he makes my Saturday nights this season.

Think all the new pros will be back next year tbh.

Pasha and Natalie of the current crop, but no one beats Flavia. Sorry, it had to be said.

My all time fave is Matthew cutler though, such a gentleman.

Those would be my choices too.

As gorgeous a dancer as she is, Aliona would do well to take notes from Kristina and Natalie on how to support and bring out the best in your celeb partner when they might not necessarily have much talent or experience. Both Kristina and Natalie put a lot into the relationship with their partners (and imo) get a lot back from their partnerships, regardless of the celebs talent or his/her chances of winning.

My favourites of the current pros are Brendan and Natalie.
I don't like Anton - never have- and I think Aliona is positively sulky with anything but the most able celebrity partners.
I loved Ian and unlike most I liked James who I felt was very supportive of his partners. I wasn't keen on Kristina until she was partnered with Simon. She won me over then.

Ian and Natalie are my all time top two professionals. I always liked Darren and Lilia and Flavia and Matthew and Robin. Of the current lot Aljiaz and Pasha.

I like Pasha and Aliona best out of the current crop, though Oti is a beautiful dancer too.

I really liked Katya (her partnership with Gavin takes some beating), and Lilia, but didn't like Darren so much.

I never got Vincent, but thought Robin was always a very generous pro to less than able celebs. I liked Flavia, but don't miss her.

James Jordan irritated me from the beginning and I used to feel sorry for Ola being with him, but over time, I've really gone off her. And I liked Hanna Kartunnen - she seemed to be quite fearless and I liked that in a pro.

My favorite pro is Karen Clifton, but I really like them all. Brandon might be the only one I'm a bit hmmm about.

Favourite current pro is probably Natalie, lovely to all her partners and a great dancer and choreographer. I miss Flavia too - a very classy dancer and always did interesting choreography. I also miss Vincent as he did some different routines while also including the proper steps.

I think Tristan is lovely, but I don't think he's the best dancer or choreographer. Pasha seems very sweet, but also a bit dull. Gleb makes me laugh because he's such a cheesy Ken doll and I feel a bit sorry for Giovanni as the producers seem to have been trying to set him up as an Italian-Stallion stereotype but it hasn't really worked.

I like Aljaz, but liked him a lot more with Alison last year. I quite like Janette these days but it depends on her partner. I like Anton but I find all the issues over his latin make the show a bit awkward so it might be better if he just got contestants like Judy (Although I'm conflicted as I'm all for 'Year of the Anton' even though Jay is my fav to win). I used to like Ola but she now looks completely bored by it all. Similarly with Brendan - his choreography is better than Ola's but I don't think his heart is in it anymore, probably due to all the changes on the show.

Aliona and Kristina I like on the dance floor but not so much off it - I do admire how Kristina is always completely invested whatever partner she gets. Karen I like with duffers but didn't with Nicky or Mark. Kevin is just way too much, I wish he could show some sort of light and shade. I used to like Artem but I don't really miss him partnering celebs, although I do miss him from the pro dances.

I like Janette, Aliona, Aljaz and Tristan.

I don't dislike any of them personally, they all have strengths and weaknesses.

I spat my tea in laughter at that - thank you CH!

I agree that James was a gallant partner. I actually think he was one of the best teachers, and as a dancer, always pitched his movement the best between masculine but still emotional in dances like the rumba. I guess he might be my fave, as I am missing him enough to have dreamt about him last night :/ (I dislike him as a mouthpiece on social media though).

We really are spoiled for choice, but I have to mention Flavia and Kristina. Great choreographers, but both very sinuous dancers who seem to dance with every fibre of their bodies. A real joy to behold!

I don't miss Brian, Jared, Nicole, Hayley (anyone remember her & Mark Foster?) or Trent.

Bring back Erin, Ian, Lilia, Flavia and Vincent please!

My favorite dancers are Janette and Natalie, they both are always committed to their partners 100% no matter who they get and are always very gracious,they both seem to be lovely ladies.

Kevin gets on my nerves just a tad and I feel he over-dances everything with his over the top energy.

Like almost everybody in this forum I enjoyed Ivetta's presence on the show but was not sold on her dancing which always seemed a little robotic to me.

I believe Annya should have been given another chance even though she did not make an impression one way or the other the first time around, she is a great dancer nonetheless.

I like Aljaz as well and enjoy his choreography which translates into liking Janette's choreography as well since Aljaz said on ITT last week that they do all their choreography together.

Loved Trent's choreography and dancing last year but not his personality

Gleb has the personality of a log, he must keep taking his shirt off for the rest of his life, I believe he is a very good dancer though.

I am neutral to Karen, Ola and I feel Aliona is one of the best dancers but she seems a little fishy personality wise.

My favourite pro dancers that are currently on the show would be Aliona, Anton, Gleb, Kevin, Ola, Oti, Natalie, Pasha

My favourite past pro dancers would be: Artem, Flavia, Ian, Iveta, James, Jared, Karen H, Katya,Vincent

My least favourite pro dancers would be: Brian, Brendan, Camilla, Darren, Erin, Nicole

Pros I am indifferent to would be Aljaž, Anya, Giovanni, Janette, Joanne, Karen, Kristina, Lilia, Matthew, Nicole, Robin, Trent, Tristan

I find it rather sad and frankly a little childish that you "hate" anyone. The word you're looking for is "dislike".