Boxer Anthony Ogogo is the 9th celebrity to be revealed.

A younger name and pretty easy on the eye, so that's a step in the right direction!

Oh I love Carol, she's such a sweet lady. Has the what I call 'Lorraine Kelly' factor, like you'd go to her for tea and biscuits when you were feeling rubbish about life.

 

Peter Andre will quite obviously finish in the final even if he doesn't win. He'll be to this year what Jason Donovan was to 2011.

I'm really not blown away by this year's line up (but I said the same last year and was hooked) but Peter Andre :drama:

 

He will be the going for the 'im doing it for my kids' sympathy vote...Every VT will be him bringing his kids in to the rehearsal room...

 

I hope he's the Thom Evans of 2015.

Jay from The Wanted just confirmed on Twitter.

Oh the hot one *.*

How on earth is Daniel O'Donnell only 53? He seems to have been around forever.

 

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Jay from The Wanted just confirmed on Twitter.

Lmao oh dear. Like... the most irrelevant one. They better have some big names at the end or I probably won't bother with this series, not interested in any of them :(

Anita Rani is the next name announced.

Jamelia confirmed next to be on Strictly

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s104/strict...~pmoGaqi60IRRSs

Jamelia will be quite good but will probably be like a Natalie Gumede/Holly Valance I think. Really good but hated by the 'they're a trained dancer already' brigade.

 

Jay off The Wanted though. That's gonna be interesting given The Wanted spent 99% of their career dancing like dogs weeing up trees. Nicky Byrne teas to be quite honest!

TBF the best final ever had a top four of a Corrie actress, an ex-model, a washed up popstar and a BBC Breakfast Presenter so the lack of A-Listers is not an indicator of a good series.

Helen George aka Trixie the posh totty from Call The Midwife the next one to be confirmed. You can definitely picture her doing quite a prim foxtrot.

Kirsty Gallacher and Iwan Thomas are the final two names for the line-up.

So yeah, the final line-up is:

 

1. Jeremy Vine (Journalist and presenter, 50)

2. Ainsley Harriott (Television chef, 58)

3. Kellie Bright (EastEnders actress, 39)

4. Georgia May Foote (Former Coronation Street actress, 24)

5. Katie Derham (Newsreader and presenter, 45)

6. Carol Kirkwood (Weather presenter, 53)

7. Peter Andre (Singer and television personality, 42)

8. Daniel O’Donnell (Singer-songwriter, 53)

9. Anthony Ogogo (Boxer, 26)

10. Jay McGuiness (The Wanted singer, 25)

11. Anita Rani (Radio and television presenter, 37)

12. Jamelia (Singer and presenter, 34)

13. Helen George (Call the Midwife actress, 31)

14. Iwan Thomas (Sprinter, 41)

15. Kirsty Gallacher (Television presenter, 39)

 

Not the best line-up they've ever had, but I find I enjoy it whether I have Frankie's and Caroline's to root for or not. I didn't start off loving Abbey Clancy but I did by the end of it, so it doesn't matter greatly.

It's a solidly C-List (free from ex-TOWIE people and Hollyoaks actors) line up which is fine by Strictly standards. Lets not pretend that they're usually inundated with Hollywood A-Listers.

Daniel O'Donnell though :/

This year I recognised the least amount of names but, after watching the launch show, I feel like there's a lot of people I could enjoy watching. Jamelia seems like she'll be absolutely hilarious.

 

Huge lol at Kristina being paired with Daniel O'Donnell to avoid any speculation she may have another affair with her celebrity partner! :lol:

It really is the BBC oldies that are making shows like this and GBBO huge successes.

The dancing kicks off tonight at 9pm.

 

As excited for that as I am for the return of Claudia *.*