While ITV may have the shiny floor to itself for the next couple of weekends with its launch of The X Factor, but Strictly Come Dancing will be snapping at its heels very shortly thereafter.
The official press launch is on Tuesday, at which point we’ll all know who this year’s contestants are. Security is much tighter this year, after the full list of celebrities appeared in the tabloids last year. My own contacts at the BBC are being very tight-lipped, as they should be, but I do understand that some of the names that have been touted in the press are way, way out — while one or two are much nearer the mark.
The web team at the BBC are ramping up the tension, with the release of a teaser video (below). No news about the celebs, but we do get to see some of the dancers, including the three new female professionals:
As in previous years, we’ll be reviewing each week’s show, and we’ll have downloadable scoresheets for you to play along at home with — and to pretend that, if they were going to replace Arlene with anyone, it should have been you…
Scott dear,- the glasses will be polished, the pens sharpened and the wine poured in readiness for our usual erudite and excellent comments!