So at breakneck speed over the course of the last week The BBC have revealed the 12 names to be taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing and many of you have been filling up your bingo cards over on Facebook and Twitter as people comment the same things they say every year during the reveals over and over and over again.
But who are your favourites? You can let me and the community know by voting in the poll below. You can select as many or as few of the 12 options as you like.
- Maisie Smith 14%, 259 votes259 votes 14%259 votes - 14% of all votes
- Nicola Adams 12%, 224 votes224 votes 12%224 votes - 12% of all votes
- Max George 12%, 212 votes212 votes 12%212 votes - 12% of all votes
- Bill Bailey 12%, 207 votes207 votes 12%207 votes - 12% of all votes
- Jamie Laing 11%, 197 votes197 votes 11%197 votes - 11% of all votes
- Caroline Quentin 11%, 196 votes196 votes 11%196 votes - 11% of all votes
- Ranvir Singh 6%, 108 votes108 votes 6%108 votes - 6% of all votes
- HRVY 6%, 107 votes107 votes 6%107 votes - 6% of all votes
- JJ Chalmers 6%, 101 vote101 vote 6%101 vote - 6% of all votes
- Clara Amfo 5%, 96 votes96 votes 5%96 votes - 5% of all votes
- Jason Bell 3%, 53 votes53 votes 3%53 votes - 3% of all votes
- Jacqui Smith 2%, 38 votes38 votes 2%38 votes - 2% of all votes
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Not a very inspiring line -up is it , oh dear ! Think we will be giving SCD a miss this season , first time ever.
Alas there’s no option for ‘None of the Above’ in the poll. I shan’t be watching this year; the BBC have ruined the show for me. We had the best of it when Brucie was the front-man and Len was on the panel.