...inviting back people from across all the series so far to compete against each other, which 10 couples would you most want back?

As this is purely hypothetical, you can clone the pro-dancers if you wish!! (The thought of cloned Matthews & Ians should please the Team Cutler and Planet Waite threads!!)

My choice would be, in no particular order...

Alesha & Matthew
Aled & Lilia
Colin & Erin
Kelly & Brendan
Jill & Darren
Mark & Karen
Jodie & Ian
Kenny & Ola (to take on the mantle of crap dancer gets too far!)
Louisa & Vincent
Gethin & Camilla

I'd go with your list but replace Mark & Karen with Zoe & Ian.

Great thread but I'm going to extend it and say which 2 dances (1 ballroom, 1 latin i'd want them to do)

Gethin & Camilla (Jive & Waltz)
Louisa & Vincent (Paso & AS)
Jill & Darren (Samba & Tango)
Lisa & Brendan (Rumba & VW)
Colin & Erin ( Rumba & quickstep)
Mark & Karen (salsa & AS)
Alesha & Matthew (Samba & foxtrot)
Matt & Flavia (Salsa & waltz)
Heather & Brian (salsa & VW)
Denise & Ian ( samba & quickstep)

Alesha & Matthew
Darren & Lilia
Matt & Lillia
Austin & Erin
Jill & Darren
Mark & Karen
Denise & Ian
Tom & Camilla
Louisa & Vincent
Gethin & Camilla

Sorry I'm changing - I hadn't noticed that Matt and Flavia weren't on your list. Thinking about it more carefully this time.

Alesha & Matthew
Aled & Lilia
Colin & Erin
Matt & Lilia
Jill & Darren
Zoe & Ian
Jodie & Ian
Matt & Flavia
Louisa & Vincent
Gethin & Camilla

Gethin & Camilla (cha cha & Waltz)
Louisa & Vincent (jive & quickstep)
Jill & Darren (Samba & Tango)
Lisa & Brendan (paso & VW)
Colin & Erin ( Rumba & quickstep)
Mark & Karen (salsa & AS)
Alesha & Matthew (salsa & waltz)
Matt & Flavia (paso & AS )
Zoe and Ian (samba & tango)
Darren and Lilia - quickstep and paso/

Rachel and Vincent
Austin and Erin
Tom and Camilla
Alesha and Matthew
Matt and Flavia
Gethin and Camilla
Mark and Karen
Louisa and Vincent
Zoe and Ian
Colin and Erin

Let's say 12 couples take part:

Natasha Kaplinsky & Brendan Cole
Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett
Zoe Ball & Ian Waite
Louisa Lytton & Vincent Simone
Alesha Dixon & Matthew Cutler
Lisa Snowdon & Brian Fortuna

Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova
Colin Jackson & Hayley Holt
Mark Ramprakash & Karen Hardy
Matt Di Angelo & Flavia Cacace
Gethin Jones & Camilla Dallerup
Austin Healey & Erin Boag

You're so thoughtfull!!

My 10 would be....

Alesha and Matt
Zoe and Ian
Louisa and Vincent
Kelly and Brendan
Mark and Karen
Jill and Darren
Matt and Lilia
Gethin and Camilla
Cherie and James
and for 'entertainment' purposes...
Christopher and Hanna

...so pretty similar to everyone else

That would probably be my choice too. Dont know about Kenny and Ola though.

I picked 12 couples and they would all have to do a freestyle (so if would be a long show )

Alesha & Matthew (salsa & V.Waltz)
Jill & Darren (Jive & tango)
Zoe & Ian (Samba & tango)
Louisa & Vincent (Jive & A.Tango (as we never saw it on the show only the lucky people who saw the tour did))
Kelly & Brian (Rumba & A.Smooth)
Emma & Brendan (Paso & Tango) prefer her with Darren but don't like the cloning idea

Darren G & Lilia (Paso & A.Smooth)
Aled & Kristina (Samba & Tango)
Gethin & Camilla (Jive & Waltz)
Colin & Erin (Rumba & Quickstep)
Matt & Flavia (Salsa & A.Smooth)
Tom & Hanna Karttunen (Paso (without the weird paso face tho!!) & Quickstep)

If i had to bring it up to 16 like this year I would add

Spoony, Austin, Christine and Lisa

Apologies to the OP (great thread by the way) but I am gonna make my all stars 16 couples for the following reasons...

1. 16 pro dancers....so lets have them all involved.
2. There have been 5 champion couples so far and it could be argued that there at least another 5 couples (if not more) who maybe deserved to win/reach the final but did not. And of course there are those couples who were undeservedly "short-changed".

So heres my line-up.....

Brendan and Natasha
Darren and Jill
Lilia and Darren G
Karen and Mark
Matthew and Alesha (the 5 champion couples)

Ian and Zoe
Erin and Colin
Ola and Spoony
Vincent and Louisa
James and Gabby
Camilla and Gethin
Flavia and Matt (the couples unlucky not to win/make the final/last longer than they did)

So that leaves me with Anton (who NEVER seems to get a good partner) and Brian, Hayley and Kristina (who are all newbies).

So I will put Anton with Emma Bunton, Brian with Denise Lewis, Hayley with Ray Fearon and Kristina with John Sargent....no I'm only joking.....she deserves better for the allstars....she can have Matt Dawson.

The judges will only be given numbers 6 to 10 to hold up....even Craig.

If doing 10 couples:

Matthew and Alesha
Karen and Mark
Lilia and Darren G
Darren and Jill
Flavia and Matt DA
Camilla and Tom C
Ian and Zoe
Vincent and Louisa
Brendan and (either Lisa or Kelly) [not Natasha as I never thought she was THAT GOOD]
Erin and Colin Jackson

If doing 12 couples
The 10 above plus
Brian and (either of Lisa or Kelly not dancing with Brendan) and
Kristina or Ola with Gethin

I think they have been a breath of fresh air this last year.

Great thread btw. This sort of show would have me on the edge of my seat. I wonder if we could suggest it to the Beeb. The ratings would go through the roof and this really would be BRILLIANT DANCING.
Last edited by SaraV1308 : 19-11-2008 at 10:59

The 10 couples I'd most want to see return are....

Matthew and Alesha
Ian and Zoe
Ian and Denise
Darren and Jill
Matt and Carol
Erin and Colin
Erin and Austin
Lilia and Aled
Lilia and Matt
Vincent and Louisa

A lot of my dancers appear to have been cloned.....

10 Couples (5 males/ 5 females)

Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler
Zoe Ball and Ian Waite
Kelly Brook and Brendan Cole
Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett
Lesley Garrett and Anton Du Beke

Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace
Colin Jackson and Erin Boag
Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy
Gethin Jones and Camilla Dallerup
Aled Jones and Lilia Kopylova

Shameless bumping to see if we can sustain a topic not about John!

I like the sound of this! I'd also like to see Darren Gough/Lilia... wouldn't like to evict one of the other couples, though.

Could we add some of the DWTS crew too...merely as an excuse to see Joey Fatone again and Apollo

I think were more likely to get Heather Mills partnered with Brendan Cole!

sighs but I liked Joey a lot

Oh absolutely! Loved Joey Fatone and Apollo. And Jerry Springer used to make me cry laughing.


Ok, that's almost my worst nightmare. Only thing worse would be her partnered with James Jordan!

As this thread is entirely hypothetical, I hypothetically ban Heather Mills!

My cast would be something like:

Kelly & Brendan

Julian & Erin

Stephanie & Vincent

Darren & Lilia

Kate & Anton

Spoony & Ola

Alesha & Matthew

Mark & Karen

Penny & Ian

Gethin & Camilla

Jill & Darren

John & Kristina

Excellent! I can continue my Joey Fatone crush

Can I export Maksim and Julianne as pro's too? *wonders if shes pushing it a bit here*

Of course - any excuse to have a perve at Maks and love Julianne. In fact I might bring Lacey over too. Loving her choreography this year.

I may give the impression that I'm only nominating people I want to perve over but honestly its all about the dancing...*ahem*