Looks like Ryan Thomas is not doing Strictly :

http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/ce...arebar_twitter

So now Jo just has to get Will - although the more I see of him Ore is quite a reasonable bet !

Well that really surprises me!!

Disappointed if I'm honest but good for Ryan wanting to make himself a name in his career!!
Best of luck to him!!

Is this a lucky omen ?
Gio has tweeted to Louise Redknapp :

In reply to Louise Redknapp
Giovanni Pernice ‏@pernicegiovann1 8h8 hours ago
@LouiseRedknapp @bbcstrictly I'm afraid I can't compare with BLUs dancing skills but I promise u I will find some really cool sunglasses😎

According to this tweet, Georgia is going to be on the radio any time now on cool fm

http://https://twitter.com/GrandOperaHouse/status/765454925983784960

Edit: She's just come on now

Just listened to the interview, it was only a short one. i think this is pretty much everything that was covered.

Georgia had not long been awake at the start of the interview

She talked about BAT, she's never watched the film as the play is set in an entirely different time so didn't want to have the Audrey Hepburn Holly on her mind.

The costumes for BAT are beautiful and they have 22 costume changes during the show.

She's always wanted to do a stage production and being live in front of an audience on Strictly gave her even more of a taste to do it, so when this opportunity came up she jumped at it.

They asked if she was disappointed that she didn't win and she said no, her main aim was to get to the final to do every dance (Well actually we never got an AT ) and make her family proud and she did that so she was very happy.

She can't wait to come to Belfast as it's a beautiful city

They asked what did she prefer, working on Corrie or doing Strictly, she said Corrie was a great experience but strictly was amazing, it taught her a lot about herself, how much she now loves glitter and sequins and said again how great it was to perform in front of a large audience.

She said she's not sure she would do another reality show, strictly was the one she always had her eye on but never say never.

Ooops - just completely missed that, should be available on their 'listen again' feature.

Thanks for letting us know though Loz - anything groundbreaking said?! I remember on Friday they said they were going to talk about BAT with her, so did they actually manage to talk about BAT or instead talk only about past romances and tabloid stories?!

Fantastic Loz - thank you so much for the summary!


A BAT interview in which they actually talked about BAT - wonders never cease!

So Georgia's sister must be visiting her in London tonight - https://www.instagram.com/p/BJKTNlZg...R6FeW3UhFL1I0/

But there seems to be a few issues with the transport
https://twitter.com/georgiafoote/sta...72849654054912

It was a far better interview than the one that old numpty gave on Friday - an interview all about BAT and not a single personal question asked

They said they would have her in the studio when BAT gets to Belfast.

Thank you Lozzer for your notes. Cool FM doing its job and informing the listeners about something coming to the city of Belfast. I learnt a few things. Such as : the costume changes! And the fact that Georgia had not watched Hepburn's Holly and her reasons why. Some straight forward questions that allows Georgia to say something about herself. I like Cool FM. Factual reporting. Thanks again Lozzer 🌻hope you have a lovely day. Alicia🌞

Thank you so much lozzer - this sounds much more what you would expect a radio interview about the play to be !

Glad to hear it - a 'proper' interview then! Saying that I fail to see how they could've possibly done a worse one than the one 'old numpty' gave on Friday!

If the DM gets hold of this they will say that GG must now be getting serious as she is now introducing him to her sister !

Watch this space!

Thanks for that summary Loz, I just caught the end of it and it certainly sounded like how an interview should be. I thought Georgia sounded a bit hoarse. Must be all the singing she did yesterday.



Awww, lovely for Georgia and Katie to get together again! I wonder if they'll all go to a show together? I hope the Fail doesn't get hold of this since it will inevitably bring out the idiot trolls and the stupid talk of the Strictly Curse!

For anyone wanting to listen to Georgia's interview earlier today, here is the link (the interview starts at 03:12:10 - 3 hours 12 minutes in)

http://radioplayer.coolfm.co.uk/la27...n-the-morning/

Thank you Brian .

I think a male celebrity has been announced. Danny Mac who is 5' 9" tall so even more choice for Joanne! Who is Natalie going to dance with? 🤔💃Alicia

I googled him - very nice looking and 28 !
A stage school kid - at Arts Ed stage school so he obviously trained in dance.
Before Hollyoaks he was in Wicked in the West End for 4 years.
(At least he calls himself an actor - unlike Jay who's wiki says he is a dancer)

He has won Soap's sexiest male several years running at the awards !
Only problem is he is quite short about 5ft 8ins - so short , dark and handsome.

Now I don't know whether I want Jo to have him or Will.
As a big Will fan I am going to complain right now that this boy is a ringer - Will is a ringer too but not such a ringer

My daughter who never watches Strictly and thinks I am mad loving it so much just phoned and said 'You are going to be in seventh heaven Will Young is going to be in Strictly'

I said I was aware of that and she promised not to phone or come round on Saturday night while Strictly is on ... thank goodness for that !
Mind you she pointed out that I didn't answer the phone last year during Strictly - I wonder why

Ahh thanks for the summery loz!! An actual interview about her career and BaT, it's quite refreshing really!!


😂😂 wouldn't surprise me


Ooh I like Danny Mac, I do hope some of his dances involve him taking his top off

personally dont class him or will as ringahs cos they dont do dancing for living or have been trained in ballroom and latin he does seem good fit for joanne with the west end background

Most welcome, Alicia!



No prizes for guessing who the male heartthrob will be this year then - Gleb took most of the attention on that front last year!



Towards the end of the series last year, I did perhaps the modern equivalent to taking it off the hook which was just putting it on hold to block any phones coming through - Strictly was FAR too important last year to be interrupted by phone calls!

Can I ask what is perhaps a silly question, but what does the term 'ringer' actually mean - I know it means they've got a good chance of winning but why that word??

Yes I guess Danny would work for Jo !

But please don't let Will get Janette - I like her very much but I want Will to get someone great at ballroom !

Never watched Hollyoaks in my life but Danny Mac's name was often bandied about on the soap forum as something of a heartthrob!!

A potential winner methinks if he can dance at all!!