1. How much is Kevin paying the producers??

2. [After watching the group dance.] Not enough, apparently.

3. I want a girls' night out with Anastacia! Tameka can come too and we'll bring along Will and Greg to serve the drinks.

4. Looks like Jo's got a good 'un at last .

5. Well I never, Robert Rinder can shake his booty a fair bit

1. I've missed Claudia...Tess not so much, bless her.

2. I wouldn't be at all disappointed to see Bruno go with Len at the end of the series.

3. Excellent line up this year, Judge Rinder, Greg, Ore, Lesley Joseph and Ed Balls in particular caught my interest.

4 I wasn't looking forward to six new pro's but they all seemed likeable.

5. Loved that they introduced the pro's, it's about time.

Watched through a haze of antibiotics and pain-killers, so I'm not responsible for my thoughts here.

1. Louise looks as though she could be a bit rubbish.

2. Space theme made me seriously wonder if I was hallucinating.

3. Didn't immediately hate anyone.

4. Would love Greg not to turn into Iwan Thomas.

5. Looks like a good cast and with a bit of luck a great series.

1. I liked the new pros, especially Gorka. Neil Jones maybe a bit full on but perhaps understandable given that he knew he wasn't getting a celeb

2. Olly Murs and Rebecca Ferguson boring although I enjoyed the pro dancing and I would love to see Olly compete on Strictly.

3. I haven't taken a dislike to anyone yet

4. Costumes a mixed bag - I loved the female pro costumes for the red carpet, also thought Naga's and Laura's dresses were fab, some of the others not so great, especially male pro trousers (pockets!)

5. So glad Strictly is back!

1. The design of Leslie's dress made her look pregnant (at her age!)
2. Hope Ed can get his body loosened up and move.
3. Predicted Anton would get Leslie - he had his chance last year.
4. Claudia and Tess together are brilliantly natural presenters (loved the long jumper!).
5. Judge Rinder went all out for it and can move.

Did Ed give away that they already knew their partners before the show? I certainly got that impression.

1) I love Claudia and Tess together. Brilliant!
2) as the odd one out, I liked the opening dance. I could feel the exited energy from the audience.
3) I am very positively surprised how much I liked Karen and Will. She's hilarious!
4) the line up looks good, both pros and celebs.
5) I'm so happy the show is back!!

1. I so want Greg to be good.

2. I wish Lesley would lighten her hair a bit.

3. Sorry, but I find Tameka very annoying.

4. Louise looks a bit limp.

5. I never thought I would say this but I feel a bit sorry for Ed Balls.

1. Some genius pairings.

2. Gorka and Oksana seem to be the stand out new pros.

3. Sorry but the OTT clinging from Karen was just yuk.

4. Natalie & Greg look amazing - just hoping he can dance.

5. Looks like Series 14 will be Fab-U-Lous.

1) Bucking the trend but I loved the opening sequence, OTT yes but fun with it!!

2) Not impressed with the Giovanni/Laura pairing....so obvious why they've done that, but the chemistry looks non existant!!

3) Loving that Jo has got a contender this time!! Early favourite for me, though i expect Will/Karen to be potential winners cos of his fanbase

4) Would have swapped Laura to Brendan & Anastacia to Giovanni

5) Found Rinder a bit irritating personally but I'm sure he'll have many fans & I may change my mind when I see him dance!!

Obviously all these are just first impressions!!

1. Am I the only one who always thought Giovanni would be paired with Laura, split or no split?

2. Craig needs to watch that hip - they don't last forever

3. Anastasia and Naga are my new best friends, whether they know it or not.

4. I love the shambles that is always the group dance.

5. Wish we had ITT to keep us going now.

No, I predicted it as soon as Laura was announced because it's exactly what they did with Holly and Artem (they still got the stories even though he and Kara hadn't split). The producers don't care about height and personality when there's tabloid headlines to be had. If Laura is the massive fan of the show she made out I would imagine she expected it too.

1. The space intro absolutely dire...what were the producers thinking??

2. Wow! Joanne Clifton looks amazing as a blonde...didn't even recognise her at first.

3. The dress Louise was wearing was absolutely awful...really frumpy.

4. Tameka is hilarious....loving her so far.

5. All the pairings are good...looking forward to the start of the series.

1. Opening was a bit too long.
2. Grey as a colour of choice for the pros was odd.
3. Could have done without Olly Murs.
4. It was lovely to see Jay and Aliona have still got that magical partnership.
5. I think Will and Ore are likely to be in the final.

I think Laura and Giovanni could turn out to be a good match dance wise and have a fun friendship hopefully. Brendan's the better match for Anastacia as a mentor, she's already said she values his experience on the show.

I could gladly watch Abbey and Alijaz's waltz on a continuous loop.

1 - I'm in the minority but I didn't mind the space intro.

2 - Daisly and Aljaz will be able to "sell" sexy very well. Gorgeous pair.

3 - Gorka the corker - HAWT! <3

4 - I would have swapped Laura to Brendan and Anastacia to Giovanni (I'm with you on that, notdebbiedingle). I'm almost sure that those would be the original pairings, but of course after GG split they swapped the pairings. Laura and Giovanni=zero chemistry.

5 - Inevitable but annoying to see Man Boy Wonder and Rolling Eye Madam again. Plus, he's fat and out of shape. Good riddance to her.

1. The Space theme for the opening not nearly as good as the Strictly Train one last year.
2. Rebecca Ferguson - total waste of money because she's a poor singer.
3. Jay and Aliona together - wistful for 2015 just watching them !
4. Rinder could be another Julian Macdonald ? Claudia another Louisa Lytton ?
5. If Karen nurtures Will's potential it could be very promising - fingers crossed

Yep - she just needs to channel her inner Holly and let it be known she couldn't give a shinier one if she tried

I'm definitely more intrigued to see an Anastacia/Brendan partnership than if she had been with Giovanni. I hope she is good and Brendan gets fired up again this year. I'm not that interested in Laura or Giovanni so it works out quite well for me that they are paired together .

If someone as awesome as Anastasia doesn't get Brenda fired up again, no one will.

1 Jay looked a bit chubby
2 the jive was a bit 'meh'
3 the slebs look good (except Ed)
4 I really liked the space theme
5 that screechy singer woman was dreadful

Her voice is a poor quality version of Odyssy

I'm much happier with Gio and Laura and Anastacia with Brendan.

1. Generally speaking, thought the pairings were all really good.
2. Don't dislike any of them but surprised how well Anastacia came across
3. Tameka, Robert and Claudia (Winkelman) really made me laugh. Melvin seemed good fun too
4. Group dance was probably the first time in ages where I felt it gave hardly any idea of how potentially good or bad any of them could be. But that makes for a more suspenseful first couple of rounds.
6. Loved the energy from Anastacia, Lesley, Laura, Tameka, Robert, Ore, Melvin and Greg. They all seem genuinely so happy and excited to be there

Both were probably only really done to give the newspapers some good photos of the launch but of course the same newspapers complain about it!