Since the end of the last series of SCD I've been counting down the days till the new one.

I cant wait till tomorrow. I'm so excited.

Who else feels the same, and what are you hoping for this series?.

Oh me too, me too. Pizza in, bottle of plonk and I'm all ready.

I'm hoping Karen and Gary last for some time but that's because I'm a great fan of Karen. Otherwise, as I've not seen any of them dance yet, I'm wanting good music, dancing and sensible judges criticisms.

Not forgetting 'It takes two' returns on Monday.

I'm hoping for good music, sober cameramen, sensible and constructive comments from the judges, Tess to find a decent dress at last, top notch pro dances and constructive criticism and good-natured banter on the forums

I know that's optimistic but I'm in a good mood at the moment

Good music - nah!
Sober cameramen - yes apart from the stupid swirly one
Sensible and constructive comments from the judges - possible (apart from Arlene with her alliteration)
Tess to find a decent dress at last - unlikely as she chooses her own and has no taste
Good natured banter on the forums - that's what we all hope for. All nasty posters please go and post on the BBC forum

I've been over excited for a week now. I think I need to calm down else tomorrow I might explode .

Ditto, plus no appearance by Westlife on either SCD or ITT

Actually, where ITT is concerned, can we please continue the trend of having guests who actually watch the show and have an interest in it, not whoever has some tat to tout that week

I love it when Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke are on ITT.

They love SCD, and I was half expecting one of them to appear on this series

I have been excited since they announced the couples

Oh but Strictly without Westlife is like a fish..... without a bicycle , only kidding of course.

I'm really excited, I know this sounds sad and lame, but SCD is the highlight of my year. I'm actually supposed to finish my PhD in 1 1/2 weeks, won't stop me from watching everything 'Strictly' though.

Some hope and.....

Where is the music list for tomorrow- I love it when we can speculate on who is dancing to what!!

Is this true?
OMG why does n't Vernon or Bruce or anyone tell her she needs to take her dress choices on advisement .
I think everyone is too scared to tell her the truth & she's so up her own ar-e, she honestly thinks she looks gorgeous in a bin-bag. (She probably would look better in one than some of the past frights tbh ).

Proper music that can be danced to PLEASE.

Laurie Holloway....some hope.

A camera that isn't on rollerskates and sends me out to the kitchen in search of Kwells.

Judges comments that are sane and in English with something constructive to say without shouting. Is there a NEED to shout?

Smiles on the floor.

Tess to rewear her dresses from the 3rd series, believe it or not they were rather lovely.

Hello everyone! It's Kristina Rihanoff.

I am very excited about the premier! Both John and I have been rehearsing and hope that you like our performance.

I wanted to thank everyone for their sweet messages, posts, and emails. You have all made me so welcome.

Fingers crossed that we go through to week 2 so we can show you our tango!

-Kristina

Hi Kristina! Great of you to take time out to post again. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you tomorrow and am keen to see how you and John do! Good Luck!!!!!!!

Wow! A Strictly pro-dancer poster! *ahem* Sorry, don't visit these parts much outside of Strictly series.

Kristina, hope you do really well with John. He's a bit of a legend in this country, although sadly I do fear for your joint chances of progressing beyond week two or three.

For some reason, I'm just not getting excited about this new series. Maybe it's the celebs. Last year I really wanted to see how John Barnes would fare, and the series before that, I was interested in seeing Ramps and Karen.

But there's no one I'm interested in this year. It doesn't help that I don't know who a good few of them are. And more redundant Eastenders actors. :yawn:

Good luck Kristina!

I have no doubt you and John will sail through to week 3, no problem! The public already love you.

Like you all said, I'd like some decent music choices, no forum arguments and I don't mean differences of opinion but I mean the huge spiteful rows that make me want to cancel my membership half the time.

Oh, and I'd also like at the end of tomorrow's show for Bruce or Tess to say, "Now, we've realised the Sunday results show is rubbish and we aren't trying to fool the public it's live, so we'll be back later at 9.30pm with the LIVE results!"

I'm also confident on that score.

Last paragraph....YES PLEASE!!

Please?

Welcome Kristina!, and good luck to you and John.

OMG! I'm so chuffed that you posted in a thread that I started.

You've made my day.
xx