2012 Celeb rumours

Range of celebs mooted so far, as usual.  *spoilers obvs*

 

Sian Williams will apparently take the BBC Breakfast presenter slot (so, ironically, she probably will have to go up to Salford at some point after all).  Other ‘older’ glam lady entrants include Fern Brittain (NOT COTTON) and Jerry Hall (Anton salivation overload – he’ll be going the Vic Reeves leg rub as we speak.)

 

On the man celeb front, Johnny Ball is a fairly persistent rumour – no doubt Poor Flavia is preparing to work wonders with the 'comedy' contestant again.  Excitingly, Chris Evans is also in the mix, as is Great British Bake Off master baker Paul Hollywood (!!!!!) – that would surely produce the ultimate Venn diagram of middle-classness and Surrey will self-combust.

 

Nicky From Westlife is surely too old to count as this year’s hunkster (do we think he’ll struggle to learn a dance move that goes beyond getting up off a stool two thirds into the routine?)  I haven't really seen any other suggestions as to who the young gun might be (other than Prince Harry HAHAHAHAHAHA), but I’m sure Natalie Lowe is already sharpening her acrylics, before popping down to the production office to help ‘persuade’ them pick a tall one.

 

The pretty young thing with extensive stage school training will apparently be Kimberley from Girls Aloud. She’s the slightly dull one who was in Shrek.

 

As for sportspeople, there are a fair number on the list so far, as we all desperately try to cling to that joyful  London 2012 glow.  Olympians Victoria Pendleton, Rebecca Addlington, Beth Tweddle, Steve Redgrave and that rather foxy older rower (I was going to say 'posh rower', but that's a given) who was in the Eights have all been mentioned.  Non-Olympians include Michael Vaughan and Ronnie O’Sullivan.  Amy ‘Skeleton’ Williams of Winter Olympic ‘fame’ has also been listed here and there – she should be quite happy to attempt the scariest lifts, seeing as her job is to go face first down a lengthy ice track, on a tray.

 

Finally, there’s Charlie ‘Janine’ Brookes (not to be confused with Charlie ‘not Janine’ Brooker – we can but dream) and some other soap stars I’ve never heard of.  Also the woman who owns the dog that won Britain’s Got Talent - in your FACE, Cowell.

 

The big reveal is on Saturday 15th September and the show starts proper on Friday 5th September.  In the meantime, let’s ‘enjoy’ these in-no-way-staged pictures of Aliona just going through an informal private work out in a London park.