Anton Du Beke ‘hasn’t been told’ if he will return as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing

OHMYGOSSIP — Anton Du Beke “hasn’t been told” if he will return as a judge on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 55-year-old TV star – who started as a professional dancer on the BBC Saturday night favourite in 2004 – replaced Bruno Tonioli as a judge in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions and sat on the famous panel alongside Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and head judge Shirley Ballas.
But he is unsure whether that will be the case again this year.
He said: “I’m hoping to get a call to say, ‘Look, here you go, come back judging please’. But we’ll wait and see. I’d like to think I’d be on the show in one way or another.”
Anton – who during his time on the show has danced with former MP Ann Widdecombe and ‘Loose Women’ star Ruth Langsford, but has never won the Glitterball Trophy – went on to explain that it would be a bit “dramatic” if the show just got rid of him altogether after almost two decades of being involved in the programme.
He said: “I wouldn’t like to think they’d just get rid of me altogether. That would be a bit dramatic to go from dancer to judge to off the show. The truth is I haven’t been told.”
The pro dancer – who has five-year-old twins George and Henrietta with his wife Hannah – added that he “loves” the show and would be keen to stick his ballroom shoes back on if required.
Asked if he would be open to returning as a dancer, he told Sussex Life magazine: “Yes. I love the show. I’ve been doing it since the beginning and I’m very proud of that. I do it because I love it. [Even though I haven’t won the show] I console myself that they weren’t judging me. They were judging my partner.”

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