New look Loose Women

She was in Hollyoaks and Big Brother.

3 of the Panellists were clearly very irritated by one specific panellist on Friday. Squirming uncomfortably in their seats every time she opened her mouth.

I won't give you any prizes for guessing who!

Katie Price , Vicky Pattison and now Nadiya Hussain, 3 reality stars in the space of 2 months get roles as Panelists, it was only a matter of time. The show was actually going in the right direction bringing in the likes of Gloria Hunniford and Judy Finnigan, as well as Hilary Devey and Saira Khan later who actually suit the programme, but both Judy and Hilary haven't appeared for a while.

Isn't Saira Khan a reality star? She came to fame via The Apprentice. Personally I'd separate Nadiya from the other two as she won a competition, but one that didn't involve a popularity contest, just a skill that was judged (like Saira, who didn't win?)

I suspect Katie, Vicky and Nadiya have a bigger following than Hilary and Judy, who are both getting a little past it IMO.

Sorry but they just have too many Panelists at the moment, Ruth, Andrea, Coleen, Gloria, Nadia, Linda, Jamelia, Penny, June, Saira, Katie, Vicky, Nadiya, Kaye, Jane, Janet, Sherrie, is 17 Panelists too fill 20 seats a week, how will viewers get to know and like the Panelists of it works like that, IMO

If you go back before the revamp they had a lot of panellists. You can never have too much choice as they say. It keeps it fresh by alternating between more people and seeing how they interact.

I'm sure it's obviously down to limited availability of the panellists more than anything on why you see the changes

Do you mean at the beginning of 2014, where they had people like Mylene Klass, Claire Richards, Rebbeca Adlington and Jo Joyner, well you might actually be right, I'm sure Katie P popped up at least once, but still not sure.

Weird opening today, Just the date and "this is loose women, live from itv studios" and then the presenters entered from four different parts of the studio. Really messy camera angles to match!

It's been reported today that loose women won't be taking the usual long break over the summer for the first time in over a decade. Will be interesting to see if there will be any changes over the summer. It's unlikely that Ruth Langford will be able to cover a lot as she'll be the primary presenter Monday-Thursday on this Morning.

This article suggests 26 extra episodes, don't know how that will run! But will be at least the equivalent to an extra 5 weeks worth of episodes.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/loose-women-staying-summer-after-7512832

But, the show that ITV ripped this idea off - ABC's The View - don't they have a regular small panel of regulars? So, why the need for Loose Women to have 20 panellists?

The whole idea of the show is for the viewers to get to know which panellists have which sort of opinion. Getting to know 20 of them, each appearing sporadically, defeats the object of having a contrasting and opinionated presenting team.

Sounds like five extra weeks plus airing on the August bank holiday when they wouldn't normally. But that assumes that they'd normally come back the day after that bank holiday.

More than likely though, it's a typo and they meant 25.