Bruce was good in his day, and considering his age, he does quite well even now, but he aint up to scratch anymore. He shouldn't be presenting out of sympathy, it should be because he is the best man for the job, and he clearly isn't. He is old and he is doddery. And he should bow out gracefully.

As for Tess, i've never seen anyone come across on tv as so insincere as her. She may well be a lovely person but she comes across as a fake smiling, self-obsessed, non-interested bitch.

We all know the marking system needs an overhaul, but so do the presenters. Replace Bruce with either Anton or Graham Norton, or someone else. And replace Tess with Claudia.

My worry is they might try and retire Brucie and bring in Vernon Kay to partner Tess. What a hideous thought.

I think you name says it all for me, there's a hope in hell's chance that they will go, sadly

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Anton yes but NOT NORTON!

Replace Tess with Claudia or with someone else with an understandable accent.

Now Natasha ...

Oh don't replace Tess with Claudia, Claudia is more suited to the chattiness of the daily show rather than the live show where she cannot enjoy herself.

I can't bear Tess' style of presenting, although I do think she is a nice girl but she is so stilted in the way she talks to people, not atall natural. I am surprised that Vernon has not mentioned it to her.

I have never liked Tess.

I love Bruce
He is brilliant and sooooooo funny

and Tess is a good partner with him

I thought Bruce did an excellent job tonight, even if he did call Brendan 'Brenda' at one stage. Personally I hope he keeps going for a year or two more. The trouble is that most of the mooted replacements for Bruce seem to divide opinion quite strongly, and so there isn't one obvious stand out choice. That's unless you count Anton, but his presenting skills are far from tried and tested and it would be a huge step up for him to front a live Saturday night show like Strictly.

Bring in Des & Mel if Bruce & Tess quit

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As for Tess, i've never seen anyone come across on tv as so insincere as her. She may well be a lovely person but she comes across as a fake smiling, self-obsessed, non-interested bitch. QUOTE]

That's a bit strong, considering she is just someone of the TV in yr front room Thk god she's in the box and not in the flesh with that aggresive language!

...so I did hear correctly!

I like Brucie and Tess and hope they are back next year

Bruce had his days and now I think its time for him to go. His attempts at "Jokes" are so blah! I find myself switching channels when he is introducing the next couple. Bring in someone young I say. Probably someone like Ben Shepard or Johnny Vaughn. I'm not really fussed about Tess. But if she was to get replaced I don't mind having Myleene klass.

Bruce will probably retire this year so I hope the BBC see that as an ideal opportuniy to get rid of Tess too.

I think Claudi should do the main Saturday show and ITT in the week.

Well hasn't Tess said that if Bruce goes she will go. Anton will obviously replace Bruce- and I have a feeling Camilla will be on the show in some form even though she wont be dancing- she could do Tess's job easy

I'm no fan of Tess, and her recent simpering has been apalling. However, I wonder if she would come into her own if she didn't have to babysit Bruce all the time?

Perhaps she deserves one series without him, just to prive what she is capable of?
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I'm no fan of Tess, and her recent simpering has been apalling. However, I wonder if she would come into her own if she didn't have to babysit Bruce all the time.

Perhaps she deserves one series without him, just to prove what she is capable of?