yep agreed.
i also thought camilla was one of the safe ones. i would have thought ian would also be safe because of his popularity but as you said it would be easy to axe him with camilla.

i'm sure brian, kristina, lilia, darren, vincent and flavia will return.

i wouldn't bargain on any of the others being safe.

I know everyone would complain about the numbers BUT, wouldn't it be awesome if they all return.

I agree, and I have said this before, if some want 12 couples, then why not start watching four weeks in, that way you get to see 12 couples, and those that like 16 can watch from the start.

To me, that's a perfect solution.

But 16 couples would still means an extra four weeks work for the pros; no wonder some of them are exhausted.

True to an extent. But that assumes that they would be doing nothing else (sauch as pro tournaments, dance instruction etc) in those four weeks.

And of course in those four weeks they are able to teach the basics which should make it easier later on when their partner is able to perform better (and more complex) routines with (hopefully) less teaching effort on behalf of the pro. After all, some of the greatest efforts will probably come in the early days as the pros start from scratch and have little to work with.

In truth, we don't really know how it pans out, as no pro has yet to state that the extra four weeks have made their life harder.

do you reckon?
I wouldnt count on any of them being safe..
apart from..

- Kristina and Brian
- Vincent and Flavia (Producers seem to love them because of the AT) .... And im not bothered about either of these couples

However..
Who reckons most of them on the tour are safe? unless they dont wont to come back?
So that is..
Camilla & Ian
Lillia & Darren
Kristina & Matthew
Flavia & Vincent
Ola & James

Who knows..
Hopefully Matthew, Ian, Lillia, Darren, Camilla, Karen and Erin are back..
But who knows....
The BBC have a hard choice to make, and lets hope they dont make any stupid mistakes!!

I wouldn't be sad to see the back of her but thats because I find her intensely irritating. (Possibly lovely in person but not on tv) Can also see advantage of her leaving on a high - if she got someone rubbish next year ir would be a bit humiliating (Karen has had a sour face for a while)

Interestingly I expected her to go up on the fav pro rating thread - its odd she hasn't because the most pop pros are usually the ones who either win or do very well (check out the others) I wonder why? Do other people also find her annoying?