Strictly Come Dancing 2011

[JiveLad]

So.......the news is that Zoe Ball will take over from Winkle on SCD2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/2011/07/new-it-takes-two-presenter.shtml

What do you think?

Pros are:
- at least she will be able to dance with Len in his masterclass

Cons:
- maybe not as quick witted or fast paced as the Winkle

Neutral:
- still plenty of gush and sychophancy on tap as needed

[Gerry]

Gutted, I always thought Claudia was Fab, terribly dancer but she had a great repartee with Len

[Lory]

I liked Claudia but I also like Zoe and at least she'll be a little bit clued up, where the dancing's concerned

[David Bailey]

Claudia was fantastic up until a couple of years ago, but she was definitely fading last year - frankly, she looked bored with the whole thing. The joy of watching Claudia was the knowledge (and occasional display) of her razor-sharp wit and keen mind, hiding behind the ditzy exterior. Unfortunately, last year we simply saw the ditzy bit.

So it's probably a good thing to have someone new taking over. Dunno how Ms Ball will do, I've not seen / heard her work as a presenter, but most of this stuff is pre-scripted anyway.

[Maxine]

I hated SCD last year. It went from being one of my favourite programmes from being a something I could not be bothered to watch. Hated the way they dumbed it down by having them run up stairs and then giving the results to us like we all have attention deficit. So I did not bother to watch SCD take 2, which up to them I had watched avidly because of Claudia's razor sharp wit.

So this year looks like I wont bother with either

[clevedonboy]

When I saw Claudia on the telly the other day she was HUGELY pregnant so I'm guessing that she's giving up ITT because of that. I don't know if it's just a maternity leave or if she thinks it's time to move on. I love Claudia on ITT & I thought last year had some of the best segments ever so I don't feel she was going off the boil.

As for Zoe - I like her but I'm not sure about 5 nights a week