{"id":38084,"date":"2023-10-14T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T18:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1907948"},"modified":"2023-10-14T22:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T20:01:44","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-judges-rave-over-surreal-adam-thomas-waltz","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-come-dancing-judges-rave-over-surreal-adam-thomas-waltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing judges rave over \u201csurreal\u201d Adam Thomas waltz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Anton was left speechless by Adam&#8217;s Waltz to I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 14 October 2023 at 18:19 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Strictly Come Dancing judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-judges\/\">Anton Du Beke<\/a> was left \u201cspeechless\u201d during tonight\u2019s show (Saturday 14th October), as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/adam-thomas-strictly-come-dancing-2023-contestant\/\">Adam Thomas<\/a> and his partner Luba Mushtuk performed an impressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-songs-and-dances\/\">Waltz to I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Anton gave his feedback, he found himself lost for words, before saying he was \u201cstunned by how much\u201d Adam had improved. He also said the actor\u2019s top line was the \u201cbest\u201d he had seen all series.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t the only one impressed by Adam\u2019s Waltz \u2013 Craig Revel Horwood said that the dance \u201cwas a bit more like it\u201d from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/waterloo-road-season-13-release-date-bbc\/\">Waterloo Road<\/a> star, adding: \u201cWelcome to the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shirley followed that by describing Adam\u2019s performance as \u201cactually surreal\u201d, going on to say that she was \u201cgobsmacked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Adam\u2019s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/\">Coronation Street<\/a> co-star Kym Marsh was seen cheering from the audience, and his brother was in tears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Adam-Luba-ac383db.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk\" title=\"Adam Luba\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Adam and Luba were awarded a total score of 32, marking their highest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-release-date\/\">Strictly<\/a> score to date by some distance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/kai-widdrington-angela-rippon-strictly-honoured-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Strictly\u2019s Kai Widdrington is \u201chonoured\u201d to be paired with Angela Rippon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/layton-williams-strictly-come-dancing-trolling-newsupdate\/\">Strictly\u2019s Layton Williams speaks out on \u201coverwhelming\u201d cruel trolling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before starting the show, Adam opened up about being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-adam-thomas-show-supporting-arthritis-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis<\/a>, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, and when speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> he explained how the show was helping him with his condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a physio team, so I\u2019ve literally just got a physio now,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been talking with the physio team in Manchester as well where I\u2019m training, so I\u2019ve been to see them a couple of times as well and we\u2019re just keeping on top of it.<\/p> <p>\u201cObviously, I\u2019m dealing with arthritis, so it\u2019s just a different sort of thing that I\u2019m dealing with, but we\u2019re all working together on what\u2019s best for me. The physio team and Luba as well \u2013 it\u2019s a big team effort. 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