I'm not totally sure if this is true or not but noticed last night that most of the female celeb dancers were pretty curvy. None of them seemed very slim. I thought all the training was supposed to make them lose loads of weight but it doesn't seem to have done so this years (unlike previous years).

And even the guy who came top of the men (can't remember his name) seems to be still quite chunky...

Not that I'm saying it's a problem - you don't have to be skinny to dance well - but do you think they haven't been training as hard as in previous years?

Give them a chance, they haven't been doing it for long. The girls are slim anyway so probably not likely to look like they've lost weight.

But by this stage they're usually all over the womens mags saying how dancing has caused them to lose "x" pounds - as part of the publicity for the show of course...

Has anyone noticed Matthew Cutler is looking a bit fuller these days? You can really see it in his face.

The one we will notice it on is John Barnes, if he startes to look lithe then I think the show will be sponsored by weightwatchers

I thought that too, I hope he's kept his lovely torso in shape.

Don't shoot me for asking this question, no malice intended and nothing implied but - is Mr Cutler gay ?

LMAO, who cares! As long as the gorgeous Matt Cutler dances the way he does, I don't care which side he bats for!

Its early days yet.

hes married to Nicole

*ahem* was married to Nicole. they're divorced, but Nicole still uses the Cutler surname.

when did they divorce

Dunno exactly, but I think it was a couple of years ago?

It's probably because most of this year's contestants are already quite fit/exercise junkies; they are more likely to gain more muscle/tone/etc. than visibly lose weight.

Yar, 2003. It was shortly before they ended their competitive partnership. They tried for a while to keep dancing but I guess it just wasn't the same for them.

They're still the best of friends though and can dance together again now. They dance together just as well together as they always did now!! Love them!

Letitia was on Paul O'Grady today and she said she has lost a lot of weight.
John Barnes has lost a bit.
James Jordan has lost over a stone because Gabby works him so hard.

I think most of the celeb women were pretty fit to begin with.

I have noticed it more with Darren, when he was doing that rhumba with Tish (who has noticably lost weight imo) there was a definate muffin-top effect going on.
When they showed him last night doing the jive with Jill you could see the difference, in fact his face looked like someone else & my hubby asked who he was!

I think Dom looks like he has lost a lot of weight since he started.

I often wondered if Matt Cutler was gay, but then I knew he was married so didn't think much else of it. He just talks in a very camp way and some of his expressions could be interpreted as gay - however, just want to add that there's nothing wrong with being gay. And, he's also very fit. Much prefer him with the blonde hair - tho' sometimes wonder if its too blonde.

Seems like a really nice bloke.

Yeah you are right, we should also notice big Willie,he has quite a bit to shift before we can call him lithe.

Met Nicole and Matt at the Oval a few weeks ago - they'd gone to watch the cricket together (Nicole's boyfriend is the Surrey wicketkeeper, Jon Batty). Obviously both still really good mates, and were laughing and joking around with both us and each other.

Having never met a male pro in the flesh before, I was astounded at how skinny he was. If he looks bigger than some of the others, they must all be whippets! Nicole said that John is dieting, and had already lost weight (this was about four weeks ago), but that Dominic keeps leaving chocolate lying around the rehearsal rooms to tempt him!

Thank goodness, it's only chocolate! Didn't he say he was having an idea of lacing laxatives to his fellow competitors before Saturday if the going gets tough?

BTW, did a search about Matthew Cutler, and I was directed back to digitalspy forum, and some of the FM seems to have confirmed that Matthew Cutler is gay. Not that I am surprised if you ask me. He's still a very hot dancer and melting many female fans as the Team Cutler thread is still going very strong...