Strictly's Anton du Beke shares why he's 'axed' as dancer as he 'confirms' judge return
dailystar.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing star Anton du Beke has revealed why he has been axed as a professional dancer from the BBC series.Speaking at his An Audience With… tour, Anton made the announcement as he admitted he started to feel side-lined by the show.He said: "In the early days I would be down the front.
It would be nice."We had things called things called grids where people were in position on the floor and then suddenly you would go back another line."Then they started putting you in the corners and then the tattoos started arriving and everyone with tattoos was down the front wearing a vest."He added: "It got to the point where I was back here.
I was so far back at the end I was chatting with Lance in the orchestra. I did not mind not doing the group dances in the end."Seemingly confirming he'll be returning to the judging panel, he said: "If I end up having to dance with somebody again, we hope not, I am going to tattoo my routine on my chest." He continued: "It seems as if everybody is tattooed these days.
If you are going to come on Strictly Come Dancing you have got to have a tattoo. Most of my partners could not keep time anyway. "I just used to let them go off and I ended up following them by the end of it.
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