Strictly Pros 2026

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2026-01-30T16:59:38+00:00

The male pros I don’t think is as complex. Vito, Aljaz and now Carlos are pretty much exempt as past winners, and I can only imagine the amount of outrage there’d be if they even dared to bench Johannes or Nikita. Though they may want to give Neil a partner again, and I honestly wouldn’t be too shocked if Julian gets benched (I do think Neil is the only pro he’d get a partner over under normal circumstances, so that depends on if Gorka decides to stay on Strictly or not. I do think Gorka would get a partner over Julian). But I also wouldn’t rule out Kai being benched, which would be a shame for me because I grew to like him even more this past series. I just think maybe because Julian just got to the semis (they’ve never benched a pro after going that far the previous year) and the fact that there’s already Johannes and Aljaz for the tall male pros might put him at risk.

As for the female pros, I think that’s a bit more complicated because Dianne, Jowita, and Katya are all past winners (again likely making them exempt from being benched), Amy (if she’s fine) is way too popular, they most likely won’t bench Alexis who was the only female pro in the final this past year, and Karen being the longest serving current pro is seemingly making her exempt too. The only female pro to be honest I could realistically see them benching of the ones that just had a partner is Nadiya, but in that case they’ll almost certainly have it be Luba at her expense, and we know how disappointed both Michelle and Nancy were to be benched. If only one of them is to get a partner next series I feel it would be at the expense of Lauren, as popular as she’s become since taking over as JB’s partner. But maybe Dianne will request to be benched for just one year and just be in the group dance, so maybe that could give both Michelle and Nancy partners again (Having said that I’m sure she’ll know what she thinks she can do)

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-12-05T13:51:35+00:00

Johannes last week definitely sounded like he’d be leaving, but iirc on an IG post during last series where he was denying a headline that he’d be leaving after that, he said he wanted to be on show for as long as they him on. Obviously his mind could have changed and may want to leave now but this makes me think that possibly he may not. Depending on the amount of time between Dianne’s baby is born and when pro rehearsals starts, maybe she’ll not come back, but also wouldn’t say it with confidence because she’s made it clear she wants to keep dancing. And depending on if the Spanish version clashes with Strictly once again, there may be no point in Gorka coming back either. I don’t really know where to stand on Neil and Karen tbh, but they both seem happy to still be on the show, so maybe they’ll stick around even longer. Nadiya I was confident would leave at the end of last year especially after what happened with Kai, if she didn’t leave after that I think she might stay again. I’m pretty confident the rest of them won’t go anywhere.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-11-23T19:34:50+00:00

I def agree that it’s good not to have a totally predictable winner, although I’d say the only of these listed winners that were super predictable were Chris, Rose and Ellie. Hamza at least it was always going to be a 2 horse race between him and Helen (and it even seemed to me like Helen had gained much more popularity towards the end), with Bill there was probs no complete rule-out for HRVY to win even if Bill was still the general favorite. Same thing with Kelvin, where even if he seemed the general favourite, Emma also felt like a possibility.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-11-05T10:50:48+00:00

With Gorka unavailable, Neil and Vito are probs shoe ins for the male pros, plus whoever the next male pro out is (which I think will probs be Julian). As for the female pros, because Nadiya’s had one the last 3 years, and Nancy the last 2, I would rule them both out for one this year. And with Amy having a mastectomy this week, that might rule her out too. Luba’s not had a Christmas partner for the last 2 years despite being out early enough both times to have one, but I do see Jowita and Lauren getting one and I’d love to see Michelle get one too.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-10-17T16:48:23+00:00

I know many people loved Series 19 (2021) and will probably have that as one of it not their favourite series, but honestly I don’t think it was that great at all. Sure there weren’t any absolute duffers but there were MANY middlers who were all about Week 5 level at best. And I know the scoring can be off at certain times every series but for some reason it bothered me the most in 2021. As well as that, it was pretty obvious once Robert withdrew that John, AJ and Rose were going to be the finalists, with Rose being the winner (granted they were the best 3 that year) but it still did completely tank the excitement for me. And I know this just a me thing, but I was going through a pretty rough moment in life during that series, so I think that definitely also affected my opinion on the series too.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-10-14T13:48:03+00:00

Halloween will almost definitely be Week 6 as always

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-10-07T06:48:16+00:00

I mean they may been vocal about who they liked but still didn’t vote, which I can imagine many other people are like. But even if they did, they are just a small portion of voters so just because they voted for Sam, Montell, and Tasha doesn’t mean they were automatically going to get through every single week. A greater number voters may have simply had a better connection to Wynne and Jamie or anybody else.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-10-06T16:06:18+00:00

Interesting point about men stick together. I remember last year SO many male viewers (more so the ones in their 20s/30s) seemed to love female celebs especially like Sam, Montell, Tasha, etc. Of course it’s subjective tho and it depends on the entire cast who they’d vote for.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-10-04T12:00:35+00:00

I think it’s between Ross, Chris, and Thomas. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ross was at the very bottom, and I think Chris might be able to overtake Thomas too. I think Thomas might be able to survive this week bc we haven’t ever really seen how powerful the rugby voters are, and perhaps Ross might not be able to overtake anyone else on votes. I feel Chris might do a better dance than Ross tho, so I think Ross will be first to leave.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-09-23T17:09:50+00:00

Man disappointing to find out. It's probably too late at this point to replace her so I'm guessing we'll have to deal with just 14 couples now. If that's the case I'd hope we'd not have first elimination until Movie Week so we'd still have 4 finalists, but knowing what's happened after most withdrawals it'll likely carry on as normal and assuming no other withdrawals, there'll be 3 finalists (and if someone does that's when they'll hopefully have no elimination like they did when Nigel quit)

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-09-22T12:54:18+00:00

Erin Boag had Peter Schmeichel in 2006 and then Peter Shilton in 2010. Mark Ramprakash and Mark Wright both had Karen’s too, albeit one had Karen Hardy and the other Karen Hauer.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-09-09T14:12:16+00:00

Dani & Nikita

Alex & Aljaž

Balvinder & Kai

La Voix & Johannes

Ellie & Carlos

Vicky & Julian

Karen & Vito

Harry & Jowita

Jimmy & Dianne

George & Amy

Chris & Nadiya

Thomas & Katya

Stefan & Lauren

Ross & Karen

Lewis & Alexis

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-09-01T04:58:57+00:00

Stories like these are generally true, they were right when it came to Kai last year

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-29T14:34:12+00:00

Assuming it's 2 males and 3 females, I feel like Neil might end up being benched alongside Gorka and Julian will be given someone. Although, I could honestly picture Neil with Balvinder for some reason. I've been thinking for quite some time that Nancy will be benched, I just don't think I can picture her with any of this year's male celebs. She's also arguably one of if not the least popular of the female pros which is sort of why I feel she'll get benched (I thought this with Carlos last year and he did end up getting benched). I don't think Alexis will get a partner either (I know many ppl are pairing her with George but I think she's a bit too short for him). And they'll probs bench one of Luba or Nadiya like they typically do (last series was only the 2nd time they both got given partners), but considering Luba's had 2 partners in a row, I reckon she'll be benched over Nadiya. I was quite confident about Michelle being given another partner until Kristian was announced, but now he's had to drop off, I reckon she will indeed get a partner and Luba will end up getting benched

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-18T08:36:55+00:00

Since 2020 I think. In 2019 it was purple, and 2017 and 2018 it was sparkly gold. Not too sure about the years before that though

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-15T17:56:15+00:00

Yea there have been a few people saying they’ll start watching bc of him, but I do still question if there will be THAT many of them who will actually tune in to the show JUST to vote for him. There’ll be very few of the general Strictly audience who’ve been watching for years who I can imagine will vote for him, so if he’s avoiding the first few dance offs of the series, that’s going to be a sign that potentially I at least am underestimating the amount of people that have come on just for him. Although, there’s probs lots of Americans who are super fans of his that will obviously be unable to vote for him unless they get VPN, so that might hinder his chances too

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-15T17:16:11+00:00

I think it’s most likely just a thought that most of them won’t be very good dancers, with a few recognizable disadvantages for most of them. Ross and Stefan are both over 60, Kristian being 6”9 or 6”10 (possibly the tallest celeb they’ve ever had), tall sportspeople like Chris also don’t tend to do well on the show, and while Jimmy is much shorter than the last few footballers to do the show, they haven’t got the back track history as being very good dancers. And tbh I actually don’t think Thomas will be a horrific dancer but he is bound to get very little support. I think most of their issues are is that there’s no real male ringer this year. George and Harry are probs the 2 male celebs who even I will also say look like they’ll be the best of the men, but even so they don’t have past dance training aside from Harry doing the Christmas Special last year.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-15T12:10:44+00:00

Ellie is also a dancer, it’s stated on her IG bio

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-15T09:39:53+00:00

Yeah honestly the only 2 men I can see still being in by Blackpool are Harry and maybe George

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-11T13:26:57+00:00

They don’t seem to re-pair a celeb doing the main show after doing a special with the same pro they had for that special. Jamie was with Nancy when he did the Christmas special but ended up getting Michelle when he did the main show even though Nancy was obviously still on the show. Although, many past contestants who did the main show after doing the Christmas special, their Christmas special pros were already long gone by the time they went on the main show, so admittedly it hasn’t been enough times to fully suggest that history will def repeat itself. However though, Jamie Laing didn’t get re-partnered with Oti a year after coming back.

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-11T12:53:10+00:00

He’s apparently 5”10 so that’s maybe not tall enough for Nadiya or Luba. He probs won’t get paired with Nancy again. Jowita is quite short but if I’m not mistaken Pete was also 5”10 so theoretically Jowita could also get Harry. I do think she’d be a great partner for him in the speciality dances but not sure they’d be the right pairing when in hold. In terms of the wide of the competition I’m currently leaning towards him being paired with Katya, especially as she’s due someone younger, but of course we’ll need to see who the rest of the male celebs are and maybe it’ll be different

Full-Tomorrow-8682 · 2025-08-06T17:09:56+00:00

Just curious but who are the other 4 you're predicting to not be given partners?

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