{"id":38579,"date":"2023-10-25T15:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1914138"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:52:58","slug":"amanda-abbington-couldve-made-the-strictly-final-says-anton-du-beke","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/amanda-abbington-couldve-made-the-strictly-final-says-anton-du-beke\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Abbington could\u2019ve made the Strictly final, says Anton Du Beke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Du Beke also said that &#8220;maybe&#8221; Abbington &#8220;could come back&#8221; to the show in a future year. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 at 13:43 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>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/amanda-abbington-quits-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/\">the news<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/amanda-abbington-strictly-come-dancing-2023-contestant\/\">Amanda Abbington<\/a> has left this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-release-date\/\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> competition, judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-judges\/\">Anton Du Beke<\/a> has suggested that, had she stayed in, the actress could have made it \u201call the way to the final\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Du Beke was speaking with Alison Hammond and Dermot O\u2019Leary on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/holly-willoughby-this-morning-replacement\/\">This Morning<\/a>, when they touched on Abbington\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>The Strictly judge said: \u201cThat\u2019s terribly sad because she was terrific. Could have made it all the way to the final, I thought she was very, very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Hammond suggested Abbington could perhaps come back to the show for another year\u2019s competition, Du Beke agreed that \u201cmaybe she could come back\u201d.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"King Of The Ballroom Anton Du Beke Spills All The Gossip On Strictly | This Morning\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CxERwVgLgF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>After her exit was announced, Abbington said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/amanda-abbington-statement-strictly-newsupdate\/\">statement posted to Instagram<\/a> that \u201cit is with deepest regret\u201d that she had to leave the show \u201cfor personal reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-bobby-brazier-movie-craig-newsupdate\/\">EastEnders\u2019 Bobby Brazier praised by Strictly\u2019s Craig for dance \u2018out of a movie\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-layton-williams-week-5-salsa-newsupdate\/\">Strictly\u2019s Layton Williams blows away judges with \u201camazing\u201d salsa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She continued: \u201cIt was an absolute joy working with my fellow contestants, they are a beautiful, hardworking and talented group of people who I love and who I will miss seeing every Friday and Saturday and competing alongside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the incredible production team and everyone on Strictly who looked after me and who are so kind and caring. It\u2019s a wonderful bunch of people and I\u2019ll miss all of them.\u201d<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, her partner Giovanni Pernice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-giovanni-pernice-amanda-abbington-exit-newsupdate\/\">said in an Instagram post<\/a> that he was \u201cso sad we can\u2019t continue\u201d, but also that he was \u201cproud of what we achieved and I am sending you so much love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Abbington and Pernice scored well across their dances, getting between 29 and 32 points from the judges across all four weeks.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6339520277112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 28th October at 6:40pm. 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