Craig has his say on this year’s batch of Strictly hopefuls

NAGA MUNCHETTY

I think she’ll fight back. But people who come from sitting on sofas on morning television generally don’t do very well.

ANASTACIA

She’ll be good. She had friends on the show last year so was backstage quite a bit. She said she’d never come on as she’d be too nervous.

lesley Joseph

I’ve seen her in rehearsals in Annie and she’s a very slow learner. She’ll be funny, though, and there will be lots of storytelling through her acting.

TAMEKA EMPSON

I love her. She’s a fabulous actress and I can’t wait to see her on the show. She has natural rhythm and a huge personality.

claudia fragapane

She’s tiny so she’ll be able to do lots of lifts. Gymnastics requires strength and rhythm but I don’t know if she has personality.

laura whitmore

I don’t know much about her but I think she’ll do OK. She looks good and that’s half the battle.

louise redknapp

She’s had training so I’m looking forward to seeing her. She’s quite laid back which could go against her.

daisy lowe

It’ll be interesting to see if she can put one foot in front of the other in time. She’s gorgeous but can she dance? I don’t think so.

Will young

I think he’ll throw himself into it and when I saw him dancing on the little bit he did on Strictly last year he wasn’t scared.

Judge rinder

I hear he’s fitness mad and very competitive so I think it could be quite feisty between us – handbags at dawn.

danny Mac

I think he’s going to run away with it as long as his nerves don’t get the better of him. He’ll be a housewife’s favourite.

ore oduba

We’ve had BBC sports presenters win before but I think he needs to show his personality and dial that up a bit more.

greg rutherford

Great Olympics star and a hot ginger. The audience will fall in love with him and respect his achievements.

Melvin odoom

Generally, DJs have really good rhythm and have a good sense of the music, so that’s a great start for him.

ed balls

I can’t wait to see him in tight, pink, sequinned Lycra. We presented a show together and I kissed him at the handover. It wasn’t a passionate one...