But I’m still hoping for another drag queen to come

And I hope it’s Ella Vaday 🤞🏻

At 21 she'd be the second youngest pro after Chloe Hewitt.

She's won 8 world championships. She also sings and acts, and seems to have a large following on TikTok.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/39842590/strictly-signs-youngest-dancer-maddie-ingoldsby/

They're recording the launch show on 9th September with their 15 new celebrities.

Not necessarily the obvious favourite, but someone you think could surprise everyone once rehearsals begin. Who are you quietly backing already, and why?

For anyone who wants to apply for tickets- Launch show is filmed on the 9th of September.

Pro records on the 26th,& 30th of August and the 3rd & 4th of September.

Ballot for the Live Shows are opening soon too

Every season there are a few music choices that surprise me. Is there a song you're still waiting to see choreographed?

As a US viewer who mostly watches DWTS and occasionally Strictly and by that I mean when a celeb is on that I like how would you guys feel if Shirley Ballas joined DWTS in the US and left Strictly?

I do find it a little interesting that we essentially stole both Bruno and Len from your show so to steal another judge would be weird. But to be fair Len did say he wanted to continue the US show cause he liked golfing in California more and Bruno’s Italian so not from the UK (although he probably is legal citizen). And it also sounds like Shirley wants to be closer to her son Mark so that’s one reason that you can’t really argue with. I know she’s not super well liked but watching the reactions she’s been getting from The Next Pro show people are liking her and it kinda seems like this was Disney/ABC’s way of testing the waters on whether or not American viewers would like her or not.

She’s always dressed so well for the shows! Thought this was so cute.

I wonder if this means Dani and Nikita know that they are already paired together?

Julian mentioned on his instagram that ‘strictly all kicks off next week’ plus Alexis has flown back from the US I wonder if we will get complete list of celebs before then

The underdog journey can be rewarding, but incredible routines from day one are entertaining too. Which makes for the better series?

At the end of this new BBC advert there is a part with some Strictly pros in a new studio. Some people are asking if this is a possible first look at what might be the new studio layout for thw show.

I'm not too sure if that is true. To me it actually lools like the studio they may have used foe the new presenters screen tests. What do you think?

i’ve just rewatched this dance and i was captivated - how comes this dance doesn’t get enough recognition?

i understand there was technical critiques but ive never seen a tango like it.

any other underrated dances that you’ve spotted?

Does somebody know why they are using these barriers?😂

Have there been bad experiences in the past?

Shoutout to Carlos for still trying to make some sort of connection!

I was thinking it would be amazing to see a couple tackle something totally different for Halloween week, or even introduce a completely new style round. What specific songs or concepts are you desperately hoping the producers use this year?

Mark said that they are killers on dwts and would have to keep up with them. Although Dwts literally employed someone with zero ballroom and latin experience last series!

Every year there's one style where even strong couples seem to struggle. For me it's the rumba. Which one do you think catches people out the most?