STRICTLY Come Dancing could be set for a major shakeup this year to include both Anton Du Beke and Bruno Tonioli.
Last year Anton took Bruno’s seat on the judging panel and looks on course to be staying put – leaving Bruno’s place up in the air.
But fellow judge Craig Revel-Horwood thinks there could be room for two of them.
Speaking to Woman magazine about if Bruno was returning, he said: “I honestly don’t know. I hope Anton’s coming back because I think he’s really good but I’d love Bruno to be there, too, and I do think there’s a place for him.”
Head judge Shirley Ballas had a similar idea, telling The Mirror previously: “I hope Anton stays, but we could have five seats.
“I just did the tour with Bruno and he was on point and on form,” she added. “There is nobody like Bruno. He is a force to be reckoned with.”
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Anton meanwhile admitted he doesn’t know where he stands yet but his name was missing from the dancer line-up.
He explained to Great British Life: “The absolute truth is that I don’t know. I haven’t been told. They literally haven’t spoken to me about it.
“So, whatever you’ve read, it is just a rumour. I’m hoping to get a call to say: “Look, here you go, come back judging please,” but we’ll wait and see.”
He continued: “I would like to think I’d be on the show in one way or another. I wouldn’t like to think they would just get rid of me altogether. That would be a bit dramatic to go from dancer to judge to off the show. That would be quite a career path, wouldn’t it?”
Anton accompanied Craig, Motsi Mabuse and head judge Shirley Ballas on the juggernaut show in 2021.
Bruno was missing from the main panel across both the 2020 and 2021 series due to the pandemic, making his weekly trips between Los Angeles and London impossible.
After video calling in throughout 2020, he was officially replaced by Anton in 2021.
It was revealed Motsi had already signed her contract for the 2022 series back in December, and so had Craig and Shirley.
