Strictly Come Dancing 2009 **could contain Spoiler***

[LostVoodoo]

hurrah for Camilia.

good to know Len is ok too, i think he's really raised the importance of getting these things checked out asap.

[Chloe O'brien]

Congratulations to Camilia and Kevin and a speedy recovery to Len glad to here he is doing well SCD wouldn't be the same without the old goat.

[Perdita]

BRUCE Forsyth has agreed a 25 per cent pay cut to present the next series of Strictly Come Dancing, The Sun can reveal.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...e-Dancing.html

I take it he will still earn enough not to have to go to the local soup kitchen.

[Perdita]

SEXY singer Alesha Dixon WILL replace Arlene Phillips as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, just as TV Biz predicted.

BBC chiefs are finalising the small print on her contract and the deal could be announced today.

A source said: "It's great news. We're just ironing out the finer points - most importantly how much she will be paid."

We revealed how bosses turfed out Arlene, 66, to inject some younger glamour into the panel.

Former Mis-Teeq singer Alesha, 30, won the BBC1 dancing series in 2007.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...e-Dancing.html

[Jessie Wallace]

Alesha Dixon and Darcey Bussell have been confirmed as judges for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

BBC One controller Jay Hunt revealed the appointments this morning, following a month of speculation surrounding the show's replacement for 66-year-old Arlene Phillips.

Dixon, who won the competition in 2007, is a full-time panel member, while Bussell will appear as a guest judge at the end of the series. The professional dancer will also have a role on this year's spinoff show It Takes Two, it has been confirmed.

"As a former Strictly champion, Alesha knows exactly what it takes to win," said Hunt. "Her eye for great performance and her charisma and charm make Alesha a great addition to the judging panel.

"Darcey has impeccable credentials as a dancer and, as a guest judge, she will bring an exciting new dimension to the last few weeks of the Strictly competition."

Speaking about her return to the show, Dixon said: "I'm honoured and excited to be joining the judging panel. I've always felt like part of the Strictly family and really believe in the show."

Bussell added: "It is a real pleasure to have been invited to join Strictly Come Dancing. It is a fantastic show and I'm looking forward to getting to know the dancers and being part of the excitement."

Strictly Come Dancing will air on BBC One in the autumn.

[Perdita]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a1643...-one-show.html


Former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips has signed up as a presenter on The One Show.

Phillips, 66, will team up with regular hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley as the show's Strictly Come Dancing expert. Strictly will run for 14 weeks during the autumn.

Earlier today, it was confirmed that Phillips is leaving the reality series. Alesha Dixon and Darcey Bussell have replaced her on the panel.

"Arlene played a vital role in making Strictly a hit and I would like to thank her for all her work on the show," said BBC One controller Jay Hunt.

"I am delighted she is now forging a new relationship with BBC One by joining the highly-successful One Show team."

Speaking about her move, Phillips said: "I am delighted to be part of The One Show. I will miss Strictly. It has been a big part of my life for six years."

One Show presenters Bleakley and Dom Littlewood have appeared as contestants on Strictly in previous years.

[Jojo]

How to spoil my viewing pleasure, having her on one of my favourite unmissable programmes!!!!

I'm in two minds whether to bother watching now or not - sorry but that woman just irritates me to the hilt!

[Debs]

How to spoil my viewing pleasure, having her on one of my favourite unmissable programmes!!!!

I'm in two minds whether to bother watching now or not - sorry but that woman just irritates me to the hilt!

I dont mind her BUT a JUDGE???????

apart from stritcly what dance experience does she have then????

[Perdita]

From Wiki:

Phillips is internationally renowned as a choreographer and director of West End and Broadway musicals, but has many other professional credits.

In her mid-teens, Phillips moved to London where she has lived ever since. Strongly influenced by American Modern Jazz dance which was just becoming popular in London at that time, she began developing her own style of Jazz dance and began teaching her style of dance extensively in a number of prominent London dance studios, including Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden. She quickly established herself as a successful teacher and choreographer.

Internationally, Phillips is most noted as a jazz and musical theatre choreographer, having worked on some of the biggest selling musicals in West End and Broadway theatre and a number of successful films. Most notably, Phillips is a multiple Olivier Award winner and Tony Award award nominee.

For the past five years, she has been a judge on the BBC1 show, "Strictly Come Dancing" and is commenting on the acts in Eurovision: Your Country Needs You for the BBC in 2009. In 2008, she created, produced and choreographed a new British television serial called "Britannia High".

Phillips is internationally renowned as a choreographer and director of West End and Broadway musicals, but has many other professional credits.

In her mid-teens, Phillips moved to London where she has lived ever since. Strongly influenced by American Modern Jazz dance which was just becoming popular in London at that time, she began developing her own style of Jazz dance and began teaching her style of dance extensively in a number of prominent London dance studios, including Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden. She quickly established herself as a successful teacher and choreographer.

Internationally, Phillips is most noted as a jazz and musical theatre choreographer, having worked on some of the biggest selling musicals in West End and Broadway theatre and a number of successful films. Most notably, Phillips is a multiple Olivier Award winner and Tony Award award nominee.

For the past five years, she has been a judge on the BBC1 show, "Strictly Come Dancing" and is commenting on the acts in Eurovision: Your Country Needs You for the BBC in 2009. In 2008, she created, produced and choreographed a new British television serial called "Britannia High".

In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troup which she formed in 1974 using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act.

I remember her from Hot Gossip

[Jojo]

How to spoil my viewing pleasure, having her on one of my favourite unmissable programmes!!!!

I'm in two minds whether to bother watching now or not - sorry but that woman just irritates me to the hilt!

I dont mind her BUT a JUDGE???????

apart from stritcly what dance experience does she have then????

Exactly! She'll be the "real" world judge no doubt - the one who is IN with the general public