excuse me but wheres the proof? I don't believe you, we already have Tristan leaving, cant see 5 pros leaving in 1 series. Anton has confirmed his return on his tour and on tellymix& Brendan leaving wouldn't be a supprise since he looked like a smacked backside the last 2 or 3 seasons as if he dosent want to be there. as long as Anton's back (which he is) I really don't care what they do with the male lineup. if it is true (which it isn't without proof I may add) I will guess at Kevin (which IMO would be a relief)

Natalie does deserve a contender, she's had duffers every year after Scott and that was 6 years ago

Did you not say a few weeks back that they would all be returning, bar Anton and Brendan but you thought it was was likely they would be back as well? I agree with the previous poster that Brendan leaving wouldn't exactly shock me as he's clearly not been happy for a while.

I can't imagine any of them would pull out at this late hour, but then it is interesting that the line up hasn't beeen announced yet. Maybe some personal issues have arisen for one of them? Unless there's good reason I don't think it's very professional.

Please be Anton. Please be Anton. Please be Anton

I think we all have our fingers and toes crossed that it is

Nothing is written in stone, go back and read my original post carefully please

As it stands now, there will be 3 new female pros ( + Joanne) and 2 new male pros, but Strictly is not a stable proposition, human beings are involved, and you have to deal with celebrities and in some cases their huge egos (which includes one or two pros by the way) changes are made at the last minute on a regular basis, celebrities are even changed to a particular pro an hour before the first show starts.

For those who always need proof, all I say is "Patience is a Virtue"

That's very cryptic. I'm assuming this person has chosen to go rather than been pushed?
Do you know who it is? If you do why not just say? (you've already told us that Joanne is coming back).

As it stands, and this is what we know. Gleb is doing Celebrity Masterchef, neither he nor his wife to seem to be doing anything else at the moment. Giovanni is doing something Strictly related with Joanne very soon, does that confirm them? I genuinely have no idea?

(Runs off to have a mooch around Twitter to see if there are any clues...)

[quote=Vodka_Drinka;82823331]That's very cryptic. I'm assuming this person has chosen to go rather than been pushed?

Do you know who it is? If you do why not just say? (you've already told us that Joanne is coming back).


I have been specifically asked not to

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Do you know who it is

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Ok, is this a newer pro or a more veteran one? (I'd class Pasha as a veteran as well as Anton asnd Brendan BTW).

You can't leave us hanging on like this! When will we find out the pro line up and why on earth is it taking so long?

Would they need 2 extra males though? I presumed that, if they were having 15 celebs again, then they'd just not replace Tristan, leaving 7 male pros. Otherwise, there would be a "spare" like Joanne last year. I wonder if this means there will be 15 or 16 celebs then.

My guess is Gleb, though it should be Brendan, he checked out mentally years ago, but I suspect he's not going anywhere. I just really hope it's not Giovanni!

Do you know when they are going to make the announcement?

'Many hearts will be broken' has to be a clue for Gleb surely? What a shame if he's not returning.

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Can You pm me who it is

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would you PM me who it is or at least some clues to who it is please? I just don't want it to be Anton

I'm still taking all of this with a pinch of salt to be honest. I'd have thought if anyone else was leaving they'd have already announced it themselves, like the other pro's did. Doesn't really make sense.

According to another poster the reason for the late pro line up annoucement is because auditions for the new pro's were much later than usual this year.

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that's if what your saying is true and I really don't think it is at all and that what your saying about another exit is just another stupid wind up which I most certinatly aren't falling for

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I never said it

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that's because there isn't another exit and your just saying there is to wind us all up and we aint gonna fall for it end of

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ooops you didn't sorry

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I actually believe it

I can confidently predict that series 4 will have a number of pro dancers, some of which will be returnees and some will be newbies.

All will be revealed in due course, im sure.

Certainly it's breathed life in to this thread, anyway

Finally a statement that I can actually believe

Thanks aggs

*whispers, fixed the series number for you*

If you don't pm me i won't believe you

I have my fingers crossed to!

I don't belive it now