Strictly Come Dancing 2021

Meauldsegosha · 24-06-2021 10:37am #1

Antonio De Beke confirmed as new judge for 2021.

It’s the judges! Please welcome back to Strictly, Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse AND Anton Du Beke, who’ll be stepping into Bruno Tonioli’s shoes for 2021!

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Aisling(",) · 24-06-2021 12:14pm

Oh I'm happy about this!
Bruno was all faff, arm movements and falling off his chair. I think Anton will be great. He was enjoyable last year.

Going to be a few new faces this season.

pinkypinky · 24-06-2021 12:22pm

I think this will be a good move. Anton was better at judging than I expected. He had nice empathy, was constructive, etc.

Can't see Bruno coming back again after this though.

Also, we need to discuss Janette Manrara taking over from Zoe Ball on It Takes Two.

ohnonotgmail · 24-06-2021 12:24pm

pinkypinky wrote: »

I think this will be a good move. Anton was better at judging than I expected. He had nice empathy, was constructive, etc.

Can't see Bruno coming back again after this though.

Also, we need to discuss Janette Manrara taking over from Zoe Ball on It Takes Two.

definitely. As much as I love Janette (and i know there are some who find her too much) I will miss Zoe. Especially her segments with Ian Waite. Does Zoe's departure mean the end of Ian as well?

Navy blue · 24-06-2021 2:05pm

Delighted to see Anton get the judges chair, he was great last year, knowledgable, empathic and just the right amount of humour. He deserves it after the duff partners he has had over the years.

Wonder will it be the same reduced number of contestants this year or will it be back to 16?

24-06-2021 2:09pm

Great news. Though, I’ll miss Bruno’s madness!

Mam of 4 · 24-06-2021 2:13pm

Delighted for Anton , he was a brilliant judge when he was covering for whoever it was , great news .

HildaOgdenx · 26-06-2021 3:28pm

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Delighted for Anton , he was a brilliant judge when he was covering for whoever it was , great news .

Agreed. He was lovely as a judge.

JP Liz V1 · 27-06-2021 10:50pm

pinkypinky wrote: »

we need to discuss Janette Manrara taking over from Zoe Ball on It Takes Two.

I thought Rylan could do it alone full time

28-06-2021 8:27am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I thought Rylan could do it alone full time

His work schedule doesn’t allow him do it full time. I like Rylan. His madness grew on me.

pinkypinky · 28-06-2021 8:29am

By having a dancer as presenter, there is scope to revamp a few things on ITT. The whole choreography corner - Janette isn't the foil now like Zoe was. So either they ditch it or they have Rylan with a new person.

Heroditas · 15-07-2021 8:25pm

So from looking at Kai's Instagram page, all I can assume is he has a partner for the show the year? If so, brilliant for him but a huge loss for DWTS.