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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 2, 2013 19:46:46 GMT 1
Strictly Come Dancing has officially unveiled its 2013 lineup of celebrities.
15 celebrities, including a former Bond girl, stars of Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Casualty, and superstars from the world of rugby and golf are among this year's competitors.
Leading the lineup of famous faces on the dancefloor are BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid, 'Murder on the Dancefloor' popstar Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Rugby World Cup winner Ben Cohen.
Other stars shaking their stuff for the public will include soaps trio Ashley Taylor Dawson (Hollyoaks), Natalie Gumede (Coronation Street) and Patrick Robinson (Casualty).
Waterloo Road actor Mark Benton and one half of the Hairy Bikers Dave Myers will also be aiming to impress with their best silky moves.
Countdown's Rachel Riley and model Abbey Clancy will be bringing some glamour to BBC One on Saturday nights, while fashion designer Julien Macdonald will also be hoping to showcase some glittery costumes.
Some of the more surprising entrants on this year's show include Vanessa Feltz, Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden and golfer Tony Jacklin.
On the launch show this weekend, the celebrities will meet their pro partners for the first time and perform a group dance.
Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell all return to this year's judging panel.
This year's pro dancers include five new faces Anya Garnis, Iveta Lukosiute, Janette Manrara, Kevin Clifton and Aljaz Skorjanec, while Ola and James Jordan, Brendan Cole, Anton du Beke, Kristina Rihanoff, Robin Windsor, Karen Hauer and Aliona Vilani all return.
The Strictly launch show kicks off at 6.50pm (September 7) on BBC One.
Jessie J and Rod Stewart are the special musical guest performers, while last year's series champions Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace will also return for a special performance.
The full lineup for Strictly Come Dancing 2013:
Abbey Clancy - Model/WAG
Ashley Taylor Dawson - Actor (Hollyoaks)
Ben Cohen - Rugby player
Dave Myers - Hairy Biker
Deborah Meaden - Dragon
Fiona Fullerton - Actress
Julien Macdonald - Fashion Designer
Mark Benton - Actor (Waterloo Road)
Natalie Gumede - Actress (Coronation St)
Patrick Robinson - Actor (Casualty)
Rachel Riley - Countdown maths whiz
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Singer
Susanna Reid - BBC Breakfast presenter
Tony Jacklin - Golfer
Vanessa Feltz - Presenter
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Post by Mart!n on Sept 2, 2013 19:52:25 GMT 1
by the looks of it I'll be watching it... Abbey Clancy yes please
LOL at one of the hairy bikers
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 2, 2013 19:53:20 GMT 1
I think he will do better than you think
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Post by o on Sept 2, 2013 19:59:45 GMT 1
Wow, the female crumpet is massively high! Well done BBC!
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 2, 2013 20:50:47 GMT 1
Initial odds:
4/1 Rachel Riley
5/1 Abbey Clancy
6/1 Ben Cohen
6/1 Natalie Gumede
6/1 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
8/1 Susanna Reid
10/1 Ashley Taylor-Dawson
16/1 Julien McDonald
20/1 Fiona Fullerton
20/1 Patrick Robinson
40/1 Deborah Meaden
40/1 Mark Benton
50/1 Dave Myers
50/1 Tony Jacklin
50/1 Vanessa Feltz
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Sept 2, 2013 21:11:59 GMT 1
Wow, the female crumpet is massively high! Well done BBC! Vanessa Feltz  |
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 2, 2013 21:19:55 GMT 1
Wow, the female crumpet is massively high! Well done BBC! Vanessa Feltz and Deborah Meaden  |
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Post by Mart!n on Sept 2, 2013 21:36:01 GMT 1
Wow, the female crumpet is massively high! Well done BBC! I can have Abbey, you can have Vanessa Feltz  |
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Post by raliverpool on Sept 2, 2013 21:50:47 GMT 1
I'll be watching as ever. Most of the rumoured names turned out to be true.
I guess the Teri Hatcher rumours were just wishful thinking; and after the constant bashing the BBC has been taking from the right-wing media they clearly felt Tulisa Contostavlos would have been too toxic a selection. But I'm most disappointed that the Peter Davison participation rumour turned out to be false.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 2, 2013 22:06:22 GMT 1
I'd heard Teri Hatcher mentoned but never Tulisa or Peter Davison
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Post by o on Sept 2, 2013 22:25:41 GMT 1
Wow, the female crumpet is massively high! Well done BBC! I can have Abbey, you can have Vanessa Feltz Obviously Abbey Clancy, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Rachel Riley and I have a thing for Susannah Reid, have done since I first saw her doing the bbc news on a morning, more my age as well I guess  |
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Post by Panda on Sept 2, 2013 23:28:07 GMT 1
I'll be watching it as long as Rachel, Abbey, Susannah and Sophie are involved.  |
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Post by Panda on Sept 2, 2013 23:29:19 GMT 1
Oh, and Ola and Aliona. I heard Aliona was leaving so it's good to see her back. |
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2013 19:17:47 GMT 1
Rachel Riley: oh my days...
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Post by o on Sept 7, 2013 20:16:18 GMT 1
Susannah Reid, yummy mummy!!! I see there's a rugby player and Holyoakes actor for the ladies as well |
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Post by raliverpool on Sept 7, 2013 20:32:10 GMT 1
From tonight's show I'm going to stick my neck out and predict the husband beating Corrie actress is going to win this series of SCD pipping the Hollyoaks actor; the Beeb Newsreader and Ben Cohen in the final..
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Post by Smurfie on Sept 7, 2013 20:45:58 GMT 1
Ooh, the lovely Ben Cohen...
Deborah Meaden was slightly unexpected!
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Post by Mart!n on Sept 7, 2013 21:51:21 GMT 1
I say the final three will be Ashley, Rachel and Abby. Sophie could just miss out I bet someone else will surprise me in the later stages, but there a few obvious contestants that will fall out from the competition. Cough Vanessa Feltz, Mark Benton, Tony Jacklin and the Dragon lady Cough
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Post by madmurray on Sept 8, 2013 8:34:11 GMT 1
I missed this last night, but if the crumpets that good, I shall watch on catch up later.
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Post by raliverpool on Sept 8, 2013 12:22:15 GMT 1
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