It's so obvious. Bill Turnbull and Karen Hardy replace Bruce and Tess.

Who agrees. Bill does the ad libs and presentation while Karen provides the technical know how in chatting to the competitiors.

The dancing at the start would be better wouldn't it

that would be good but then it means we wouldnt get to see karen dance or any fab training footage or interviews on ITT.

Maybe a past competitor like i duno zoe ball or jill halfpenny i duno those are the only 2 i could remember

But Karen could still participate in the demonstration dancing on the programme and also appear on ITT

I think I would rather see Karen compete, the relationship she has with her partners is really special as well as her dancing. Having said that presenting would be better than her getting a rubbish partner and going out in the first show. So maybe but only as long as we get to see Karen dance lots

I agree with what ure saying Footygirl but think Karen's talent would be wasted just doing that. She's a brilliant choreographer and has added something to the programme that the other professionals don't. She's enthusiastic and you can tell she loves dancing, and competing, and ultimately winning. Also i think she's one of the most popular professionals (and personally think she's the best, but then i'm bias ) on the whole show and people'd rather see her dancing with a celebrity than presenting it.

The partnership she had with Mark was amazing and I don't know how she could top that

I really wouldn't like that. I actually think Karen would make a great judge on the show- she's experienced as a dancer and a judge and I think it would really balance up the panel to have Karen, Len, and two of the remaining three (preferably losing Arlene).

If Bruce leaves I think Aled Jones would be a great replacement.

I wouldn't like it either.

Cheesy as Bruce is he does help make the show as light hearted as can be, he was great with the mic disaster and with the squabbling judges.

Tess the mess is a pain but really isn't in the show enough to offend me, the show isn't about them it's about the dancers to me!

Bruce has to stay, and Karen has to dance!

In as much as I like Bill and Karen, I don't mind Bruce that much (just get better writers or let him ad lib more!) I agree Dippy the mic incident and the judges' nonsense really showed him at his best. Tess the Mess just annoys me, so if she went I wouldn't be that affected....

Likewise Fiona!

Karen has to dance! She can judge or be Brucie when she wants to stop dancing, but she has many a year left in her yet!

I like Bill but you can't replace Bruce. When off script he has still got it. What with the mic incident and Arlene's "Raw Sex" comment.

As for Karen she just has to dance on the show or if not that be a judge. We don't really now how good is at presenting. If your going to replace Tess I think Zoe Ball would be a good choice although in series 2 they had Natasha Kaplinsky doing the job but I didn't like her very much.

Please not Natasha Kaplinsky.
I don't think that's fair on Camilla. Mind you I did enjoy her humiliation at the hands of Julian Clary. Remember his "you've got your hooker's outfit on"
Wallop, smack in the face. Exactly what she deserved after ruining things between Camilla and Brendan

no not natasha she was rubbish, if anyone id say zoe ball she was alright on soapstar superstar

Definitely no to Natasha as a presenter.
Definitely yes to Karen as a judge or performer.
Would agree with stewie that Zoe would probably be a good choice as a presenter.

I do actually love Bruce , but if for some reason he had to hang up his microphone I would love Bill to take over


There is a lot more to him than just a newsreader as he showed last year in SCD and he handles ad- libbing and presenting perfectly as I was witness to at Karen's Christmas Ball

Karen I would like to see both presenting and dancing

I wouldn't however like to see her judge on a programme seen by millions as nobody really likes the judges and I wouldn't like to see Karen criticised ( I'm an old softy really )

Nobody likes the present judges at times because they spout a load of piffle, contradict each other,
have their favourites, and therefore blatantly over and under mark, and so they have lost a lot of credibility.
One of them couldn't even give a correct score for the most mesmersing dance yet seen on SCD. (CRH and Maren's AT - only a 9 , in case you need reminding. Even Fiona's dog knew that was worth a 10. )

Well its the first dance ever to hold me completely spellbound and make the hairs on the knape of my kneck stand up at the same time

It was so erotic and technically marvellous at the same time .
Think CRH needs glasses

Do we need past comepitiors to host the show? WHat about Terry Wogan who used to present the proper Come Dancing.

Noooo!

He would be far to much of a showman, keep him on the radio where his ramdoness works!

What about Angela Rippon? loved her on Come Dancing, she obviously loves SCD and shes a very classy lady!

Think someone more comedic would work better front of house but I could see Angela replace Tess

Why can't we just stick to what we have!

It rarely works when you start swapping and changing people.

You have a point, I just got carried away with the thread. Why do people want to replace Bruce and Tess anyway?

I can see why people can happily loose Tess, she can be a pain but I love Brucie!