[U]PINGMAN AND I NEED YOUR VOTES[/u]We've been canvassing opinion on DS for the last few days and we've got a list of 16 celebs and we want you to rate them. 16 for the most popular. 1 for the least. WE NEED YOUR VOTES

CLOSING DATE IS SUNDAY 7 JANUARY @10PM AND WE'LL PASS THE RESULTS TO THE POWERS THAT BE.

RONNIE ANCONA...................................IAN WAITE
RICHARD ARMITAGE...............................NICOLE CUTLER
BORIS BECKER.......................................KAREN HARDY
LUCY BENJAMIN.....................................VINCENT SIMONE
NIKKI CHAPMAN.....................................ANTON DU BEKE
SARA COX..............................................MATTHEW CUTLER
STEVE DAVIS.........................................CAMILLA DALLERUP
ELYES GABEL.........................................FLAVIA CACCACE
KATE GARRAWAY....................................DARREN BENNETT
DAVID GINOLA.......................................OLA JORDAN
GRAEME HICK........................................HANNA HAARALA
KONNIE HUQ..........................................ANDREW CUERDEN
JOHN INVERDALE...................................LILIA KOPYLOVA
BEN MILLER............................................ERIN BOAG
DEBRA STEPHENSON..............................JAMES JORDAN
KIM WILDE.............................................BRENDAN COLE

PLEASE PLEASE VOTE. WE DO THE VOTING ON THE PROGRAMME SO LET'S HAVE PEOPLE WE WANT ON THE PROGRAMME

My question: why these celebs? Are they collated from the other list where people suggested the celebs they wish to see in the next SCD?

Where's Richard Hammond? I thought he's a rather popular choice?

You cannot seriously expect me to inflict that woman on The Cape Master

..... and David Ginola should only ever be teamed up with me

Yes they were collated from the previous strand that pingman and myself started.

Richard Hammond was considered but after his accident the question was would he be fully fit.

And er maybe Matthew Cutler could tame Sara Cox

But please, humour me

Can I vote for those I think would be good and leave out the rest which I couldn't care for? I mean, I don't want to vote for those whom I don't really know/care about to skew the results, does it make sense?

I'll try..... but there are quite a lot of your celebs I've never heard of.....

Of course all the votes will be totalled up

Ronnie Ancona.................(8).................ian Waite
Richard Armitage.............(7)................nicole Cutler
Boris Becker....................(2)..................karen Hardy
Lucy Benjamin...................(3).................vincent Simone
Steve Davis........................(1).................camilla Dallerup
Kate Garraway..................(6)...............darren Bennett
David Ginola....................(5).................ola Jordan
Kim Wilde.......................(1).....................brendan Cole

Thankyou kindly SCD Observer.

KEEP THE VOTES COMING

i dont want vincent dancing with lucy benjamin thx

Okay then, here's my list: Again,...!

16: Richard Armitage............................Nicole Cutler
15: John Inverdale...............................Lilia Kopylova
14: Elyes Gabel....................................Flavia Caccace
13: Debra Stephenson........................James Jordan
12: David Ginola...................................Ola Jordan
11: Sara Cox........................................Matthew Cutler
10: Ronnie Ancona...............................Ian Waite
09: Lucy Benjamin................................Vincent Simone
08: Kate Garraway...............................Darren Bennett
07: Boris Becker...................................Karen Hardy
06: Konnie Huq....................................Andrew Cuerden
05: Graeme Hick...................................Hanna Haarala
04: Ben Miller.......................................Erin Boag
03: Nikki Chapman...............................Anton Du Beke
02: Steve Davis....................................Camilla Dallerup
01: Kim Wilde.......................................Brendan Cole

Except I would rather have seen Kip Gamblin (paramedic from Casualty) instead of Elyes Gabel,....but hey,...can't have everything,......unfortunately,...

My main problem with this is that you've got 16 couples and as we all know, 14 was too many for SCD4. It would be better to go back to 12, surely.

My main problem is I've only ever heard of two of these celebs, so I would hate for this list to be passed to the "powers that be". They seem to have done a fairly good job so far of coming up with celebrities that are fairly well known to the wider public. Oh and I don't think you should have excluded Richard Hammond on the grounds of possible ill health. He and his doctor should decide that (in the unlikely event he wanted to do the show of course!!).

From the list, I can't quite see Graeme Hick signing up for SCD. He is even more quiet and reserved by nature than Ramps in reality or has certainly come across that way on the few occasions that i have met him. Although i will say that he is a lovely guy !!!

Darren should go with Lucy Benjamin!!!!!

They're certainly more of a height

He's a Worcestershire legend though, and a really nice chap. He can probably dance too.

Please don't quash my hope!

Dave

Dave , I am a Worcestershire girl and a huge Hicky fan (even though i am a member at Warwickshire) but just can't see him doing something like this. Hope i am wrong but don't even want to think about the ribbing i would get from my OH who is a huge Warks fan

What about Nick Knight? Andy Bichel is the nicest cricketer I've ever met, I've still got his shirt from the last day of the season. Then he moved to somewhere else.

I'm not even sure the BBC will bring a cricketer in next year, with Mark, Darren and Mark Butcher (in JTT) being so talented.
On a good note, Hanna Haarala says she would do SCD again, if the BBC asked her to.

Dave

Nick Knight is also a very lovely person and has many other wonderful attributes . Now i would love to see him on SCD. ( Better retreat back to GMR.... getting inappropriate thoughts )

YES
16 = RICHARD ARMITAGE
15 = RONNIE ANCONA
14 = BEN MILLER
13 = DEBRA STEPHENSON
8 = BORIS BECKER
7 = ELYES GABEL
6 = KIM WILDE
5 = DAVID GINOLA

Noooooo
0 = KATE GARRAWAY
0 = JOHN INVERDALE
0 = GRAEME HICK
0 = STEVE DAVIS
0 = SARA COX
0 = KONNIE HUQ
0 = LUCY BENJAMIN

Would prefer to see:
Martine McCutcheon
Sophie Raworth (BBC News)
Fiona Allen (Smack the Pony)
Sally Phillips (Smack the Pony)
Dermot O’Leary
Evan Davis (BBC News Economics)
Rob Brydon
Barney Harwood (CBBC)
Ortis (CBBC)

Thanks guys keep the votes coming

Are you kidding? Barney says 'Ta Ra me ducks'! :confusedw:

Dave

Hi Pingman

Thanks for all the backing to this strand you've given. I have had ten sets of votes in. I've got a day off work tomorrow and I want everyone to keep me busy by voting

Please give me your votes for the SCD 5 Celebs

Cheers

Suzie (Footygirl)

16: Richard Armitage............................Nicole Cutler
15: John Inverdale...............................Lilia Kopylova
14: Debra Stephenson........................James Jordan
13: David Ginola...................................Ola Jordan
12: Ronnie Ancona...............................Ian Waite
11: Lucy Benjamin................................Vincent Simone
10: Kate Garraway...............................Darren Bennett
09: Nikki Chapman...............................Anton Du Beke
08: Sara Cox........................................Matthew Cutler
07: Konnie Huq....................................Andrew Cuerden
06: Kim Wilde.......................................Brendan Cole
05: Steve Davis....................................Camilla Dallerup
04: Graeme Hick...................................Hanna Haarala
03: Boris Becker...................................Karen Hardy
02: Ben Miller.......................................Erin Boag
01: Elyes Gabel....................................Flavia Caccace

I'd like to see Matthew Cutler paired with someone who he could actually stand a chance of winning with.