{"id":69996,"date":"2023-12-09T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=69996"},"modified":"2023-12-09T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:44:12","slug":"strictlys-anton-du-beke-admits-it-wasnt-difficult-to-send-star-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/celebrities\/strictlys-anton-du-beke-admits-it-wasnt-difficult-to-send-star-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Anton Du Beke admits it \u2018wasn\u2019t difficult\u2019 to send star home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anton Du Beke shares stars are making more ‘mistakes’ this year<\/h3>\n

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke gave a surprising answer when asked if it had been \u201ctough\u201d to send home broadcasting legend Angela Rippon. The BBC star, who will shortly take to the stage at New Victoria Theatre in Woking to star as Smee in their upcoming pantomime production of Peter Pan, spoke about the Blackpool Week elimination in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.<\/p>\n

Anton, 57, was in agreement with his fellow judges when they sent 79-year-old Angela and her professional partner Kai Widdrington home following the dreaded dance-off. Kai and Angela were in the bottom two with Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell, who are now through to the semi-finals. <\/span><\/p>\n

Asked if it was a \u201ctough decision\u201d to send Angela home during Blackpool week after she had faced the dance-off multiple times, Anton simply said: \u201cNo. It wasn\u2019t, because the other couple were better than them. That\u2019s all there is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Quizzed on whether he had felt the decision was quite cut and dry, he confirmed: \u201cIt absolutely is, at that point in time\u2026 If you were to ask me a question regarding her performance in the main show, that would be one thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut the question you ask about the results show, where there is a direct comparison between them and the other couple\u2026 Was it an easy decision? Yes, it was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The judge previously defended Angela following \u201cfix\u201d claims\u201d, as the star faced some backlash after making it so far into the competition. <\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Times’ Jane Garvey, Anton explained he’s never been asked to rig the voting, as she asked: “Angela Rippon was always going to get to Blackpool, wasn’t she?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Anton hit back: “No, are you mad? No. If she was terrible in week one she’d have been first to go, probably. It doesn’t really work that way.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The star, who joined Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas on the Strictly judging panel in 2021, went on to make a wider point about judging decisions that had been made up to Blackpool Week this series as he spoke to Express.co.uk. <\/span><\/p>\n

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