Former Strictly Divas News: Camilla and Kelly

Have a nose around Camilla's living room - check out the painting, isn't it gorgeous? Well worth every penny Cam, however much it was!

And Kelly Brook has expressed an interest in musical theatre, to utilise the skills learned during her stint on Strictly, so good luck to Kelly in that venture. Did I mention I met her recently, at this cafe in Rochester? No? *tuts* how remiss of me! I recommended the sandwiches, how lame was I? Seriously, I think it's great that she's able to come back to where she grew up and enjoy a day out in our historic town. Not being a 'proper' journalist though, I didn't hassle her for photos or anything *kicks self* ...

Snippets: Strictly Come Dancing, Variety Club Award, Dancing On Ice, Dancing With The Stars

Double the fun with not just one, but two, interviews with 2008 Strictly Come Dancing champion, Camilla Dallerup! And an interview with Strictly hostess, Tess Daly.

Alesha Dixon will once again be co-hosting the MOBO Awards, alongside Reggie Yates.

OK Magazine and The Variety Club have opened polling for best entertainment show, you have to choose again between Rhythm of Life favourites, Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice, X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent!

Victoria Cross hero, Johnson Beharry, has been linked with Dancing on Ice - I wonder, will Jason dare to criticize in that charming manner of his?!

Cue that theme music - Trav's Thoughts are in, for week 2 of Dancing With The Stars!

Snippets: So You Think You Can Dance, Camilla, Over The Edge

Trav's Thoughts are in for the recap and vids of So You Think You Can Dance - a bit of a scare re more injuries but it's ok and the eliminations this week are on merit.

2008 Strictly Come Dancing champion Camila Dallerup and Kevin Sacre were married in a simple ceremony in Ibiza this week. One question: If you've no interest and can't be generous to wish them well, why bother commenting? Honestly, some people ...

And a review of an intriguing sounding show at the Barbican, Over The Edge. No, not a live musical version of an animated Bruce Willis movie!

Snippets: So You Think You Can Dance, Strictly Come Dancing

Trav's Thought's are in with the recap and encores for the US So You Think You Can Dance, and the disappointing news that Alex was eliminated due to his injury.

New Strictly Come Dancing professional, Robin Windsor, appears to be promising something a little bit different and isn't afraid to split the audience and judges. Trust me Robin, that'll happen anyway, whatever you do! Half the forums will already have your poster on the wall, the others will be taking out their frustraton at losing Darren on you!

A Quick Chat with Camilla Dallerup, who loves wellies, sequinned or not!

Vincent and Flavia chose little six-year old Theo as the winner of the What's On TV online talent show, So You Think You've Got Talent - I'd advise seasickness tablets before you watch the vid ...

Snippets: So You Think You Can Dance, Camilla

Camilla Dallerup launches the UK's first free dance directory.

And Trav's thoughts are in for the recap and encores of So You think You Can Dance - Alex and Twitch: O.M.G - if you watch no other, make sure you watch that one, it's incredible!

Snippets: Spelbound, Mary Murphy, Camilla Dallerup, Samba Baby,

Wales OnLine talk to Spelbound... interview with Mary Murphy of the US version of So You Think You Can Dance ... interview with Camilla Dallerup ...

The future is bright, the future is ... am I the only one concerned that a spotter should be round the other side of the table? He's only a tot after all!

baby doing the samba in brazil @ Yahoo! Video

Strictly Arlene and Camilla Interviews

Arlene "Come dance with me" interviewed in Times Online; Camilla "I should never have gone into the jungle" in the Mirror.

News in Brief: There's a lot ...

Diversity are hitting the tour trail, with a show built around routines where toys come to life! I cannot wait - but I'll have to, because it doesn't start till March! And I'm liking the sound of the X-Factor meets Britain's Got Talent Show (scroll right to the end!) on the Isle of Man - with George Sampson and Signature joining Diversity! (And - Stavros Flatley!) The London and Essex group are also joined by George and fellow streetdancers Flawless in a 3D film called - wait for it - Streetdance! But there's ballet dancers in it too! 2010 looking good!

Camilla has left the jungle - the reigning Strictly champion was unsurprisingly left exhausted due to the lack of food on offer, having a higher metabolism than any of her camp mates. Knowing that the food dwindles even further as the show goes on, it's a sensible decicion - nice to have you home safe and well, Cam.

Strictly itself will be reverting to a two part show on a Saturday night for the final three weeks, to allow the public more voting time, and not, as no doubt our red top friends will suggest, because they're scared of X-Factor and/or viewers and/or Arlene and/or the BBC Trust have complained and/or it's all falling to pieces cos Brucie was ill blah blah blah blah ...

Here's a nice in-depth article with Ricky and Erin and a review of Alesha's own live show.

In Dancing With The Stars news, Kym and Maksim will be joining Burn The Floor next week and former contestant Melissa Rycroft joined the Professionals for the Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing performance.

Trav's thoughts are in for this weeks So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars- you need to scroll down to the fourth post and then work back up to read them all in chronological order - or you could flit about like I do, reading bit and watching the vids! The main most important thing you need to know is ... oh, no, I won't spoil it for you!

News in Brief: SCD, DOI, DWTS,

From the Strictly training rooms:

Ali and Brian are excited about having the opportunity to let their hair down this week - there's plenty of flirting, hip swinging and fun in rehearsals!

There have been many points of amusement for Katya in training so far this week, with Phil sniffing his armpits, chewing carrots and blowing his nose throughout rehearsals. Katya has also told him that he looks a bit scruffy and would probably dance better if he dressed a bit nicer for training!

Chris has read up on the Paso dance and discovered that the man is in charge! He took advantage of this by telling Ola she would soon be calling him Mr Hollins! I bet that didn't last long though ...

Natalie is still loving being part of the show since she has reached the halfway point but didn’t quite realise it would get so serious!

According to Anton, he has had shorter relationships than the 12 weeks he has been dancing with Laila! Laila said “Anton and I are sometimes like a married couple. We shout and scream at each other and then he tells me I’ve got to be sexy!” Towards the end of their Rumba routine, Laila started to feel dizzy. Anton, of course, thought this was because she was getting intoxicated by the Rumba and his irresistible charm!

Ricky Groves spoke of his disappointment at losing the public vote and said that you can never tell what will happen, as the last time when the judges slated his dance he still got through! The words Erin used were 'down and out' - come on now, it'll all be different again this week!

Ricky and Natalie had a lot of fun in rehearsals yesterday - Ricky performed a Beyoncé impression which, whilst incredibly entertaining, didn’t impress Natalie apart from giving her the giggles. That clip will probably be tucked away for the end credits on ITT! The fast-paced routine of the Jive seems to be taking its toll on him though, there's a lot of panting, leaning against a wall out of breath and lying flat on his back! Now that's official and not anything to do with rumours touted by the red tops, people - I know how your minds work, now stop it.

In other SCD news, Karen Hardy coaching Phil and Kate from 'The Apprentice' on Live from Studio Five; they'll perform in front of a judging panel on Friday.

Fancy a cruise? Of course you do, and even more so if it's free and you can have dance lessons with Darren and Lilia!

Camilla is a busy busy bee - not only has boyriend Kevin Sacre confimed on Twitter that she's definitely in I'm A Celebrity etc, she's also set to take over from Mr. Motivator as the fitness guru on GMTV!

According to the gossip rags, Vernon Kay is leaving ITV and coming to the Beeb - to take over from Brucie on Strictly! I like Vernon actually, and the only other person I've thought so far that would do a good job is Paul O'Grady. Like I said, that's the gossip rags ...

Ali, Natalie and Zoe have also signed up for the next Strictly tour, joining Ramps, Austin and Kelly, leaving just two places, another from the current crop and one more from an older series presumably. Who would you like to see?

Torvill and Dean say that Dancing on Ice is the toughest reality show on telly - and I'm not going to argue, you wouldn't catch me doing it! Here's a more in depth article with them - ignore the headline, it's not an attack on Strictly *rolls eyes*. It's also reported that Boyzone's Mikey Graham will be taking part as a tribute to Stephen Gately, and that Heather Mills may possibly drop out, due to the pain it's causing her.

Trav's Thoughts are in on both DWTS and SYTYCD, enjoy!

BBC Nabs So You Think You Can Dance! Woohoo!

And OH YES! Nigel Lythgoe is bringing SYTYCD to the BBC in January (auditions beginning in Oct) and having seen footage of the American counterpart, I'm convinced it won't be a dance version of X-Factor; we'll only see the absolute cream of who they find, to fight it out for the title of Britain's Favourite Dancer. So from January we'll have SYTYCD on the Beeb on Saturdays, Dancing on Ice on ITV on Sundays and Just Dance on Sky (which I don't have and won't be getting so I'll just wing that one) *Hugs self with excitement* Arlene Phillips is set to be on the judging panel for SYTYCD and rumours are they'll bring Cat Deeley back over to present; Davina will be presenting Just Dance.

And other news in brief ...

Strictly has entered the Guinness Book of Records, as the most successful reality show!

Butlin's are holding a Dance weekend, with Ian and Camilla their star turn *wonders if hubby will mind me going away with friends*

Dancing With The Stars Tony Dovolani tells how he became hooked on dance.

America's Best Dance Crew news, they're down to the final four.

Here's an intriguing article - on tennis's connection with ballet!

Craig Kelly admits he's never danced a step!