{"id":8278,"date":"2021-12-06T12:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1532677"},"modified":"2021-12-06T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:47:06","slug":"85-per-cent-of-strictly-fans-think-dan-walkers-elimination-was-the-right-move","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/85-per-cent-of-strictly-fans-think-dan-walkers-elimination-was-the-right-move\/","title":{"rendered":"85 per cent of Strictly fans think Dan Walker\u2019s elimination was the right move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Minnie Wright\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/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>Last night\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-start-date-news\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> elimination was a crucial one: with a place in the semi-final at stake, who would survive to dance another day?<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday night results show saw Dan Walker and AJ Odudu find themselves in the dance-off, with both having small errors to rectify from their performances the night before.<\/p>\n<p>When it came time for the Strictly Come Dancing judges to make their decision, it was <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/who-left-strictly-come-dancing-week-11-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Dan who was eliminated<\/a> from the competition with just a week to go until the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was unanimous, with all four judges choosing to save AJ and her partner Kai Widdrington \u2013 a decision <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> readers concur with.<\/p> <p>In an exclusive Twitter poll, we asked fans if the right Strictly contestant was sent home last night, with an overwhelming 85 per cent voting \u201cyes\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Did the right <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#StrictlyComeDancing<\/a> contestant go home tonight? Tell us what you think about the semi-final line-up and tonight\u2019s elimination below.<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1467584097887391747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Only 15 per cent of the 247 votes said Dan was the wrong contestant to have been eliminated after the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Dan was gracious in defeat, saying: \u201cI would have saved AJ and Kai as well!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last 11 weeks have been absolutely amazing,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve genuinely loved every second of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I go back to the first day when I was asked to dance in front of some glitterballs, at that point, if there had been a fire exit, I\u2019d have just walked away. But this amazing woman grabbed me by the hand, and brought me out onto this dance floor. I\u2019m not a dancer, but she showed me that I can dance and that, for me, this has been an absolutely incredible experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Breakfast presenter praised his professional dance partner Nadiya Bychkova, adding: \u201cYou\u2019re an amazing person, and if you\u2019ll have me, I\u2019ll be your friend for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strictly continues Saturday at 7:05pm on BBC One. The results show airs Sunday at 7:20pm on BBC One. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\">Entertainment<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Minnie Wright Published: Monday, 06 December 2021 at 12:00 am Last night\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing elimination was a crucial one: with a place in the semi-final at stake, who would survive to dance another day? 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