By Patrick Cremona

Published: Monday, 29 November 2021 at 12:00 am


Dan Walker has survived yet another week on Strictly Come Dancing – making it through to the quarter-finals along with his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova.

The BBC Breakfast presenter has regularly finished towards the bottom end of the judges’ leaderboard in recent weeks but is yet to appear in the dread dance-off, having been saved by votes from viewers at home.

And following last night’s result, Walker took to Twitter to speak out against some fans who have criticised his continued presence in the ballroom contest.

“Thank you to everyone who is sending lovely messages & enjoying us having fun on #Strictly,” he said.

“And to the few who say… ‘Just leave’, ‘Aren’t you ashamed?’, ‘You’re a disgrace’, ‘It’s a fix’ (which I don’t get) or ‘Who is voting for them?’, IT’S A TV SHOW! See you in the 1/4 finals.”

Thank you to everyone who is sending lovely messages & enjoying us having fun on #Strictly and to the few who say…

“Just leave”
“Aren’t you ashamed?”
“You’re a disgrace”
“It’s a fix” (which I don’t get)
or
“Who is voting for them?”

IT’S A TV SHOW!

See you in the 1/4 finals ???? pic.twitter.com/40eCNBfOYz

— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) November 28, 2021