Strictly fans spot giveaway clue proving Angela Rippon will be axed this weekend
STRICTLY fans have spotted a giveaway clue proving Angela Rippon will be axed this weekend.
The 79-year-old TV presenter has been in the dance off for the past two weeks but was saved by the judges both times.
Tonight, Angela returned to the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, where she hosted Come Dancing so many years ago.
The show opened with an extravagant group routine featuring the pro dancers, extra dancers and the celebrities.
But after the routine was over, some Strictly viewers felt the speed of the routine was too much for Angela, who has been accused of dancing slower routines throughout the series so far.
Taking to X – formerly Twitter – one wrote: “Poor Angela Rippon trying to keep up with everyone else in that showdance.”
Another added: “Angela should go home for that group dance alone.”
A third tweeted: “angela rippon not even being able to keep up with the clapping. she has to go tonight.”
Meanwhile a fourth shared: “Angela Rippon enjoying a leisurely potter around there whilst everybody else is dancing their arses off. Embarrassing.”
However, others felt Angela had been kept in to let her get to Blackpool because of her history with the Tower Ballroom.
One wrote: “They had to bring up Come Dancing, didn’t they. The whole point of them forcing her through to week 9.”
A second added: “They kept Angela in the last two weeks just to have this VT.”
A third shared: “It’s nice and all that Angela Rippon is at Blackpool but she should absolutely go no further than this. BBC got their wish and got her this far. This is her limit.”
Strictly airs on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.