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Anton Du Beke
Anthony Paul Beke (born 20 July 1966), known professionally as Anton Du Beke (/duː ˈbɛk/), is a British ballroom and Latin dancer, author, singer and television presenter, best known for being a professional dancer and a judge on the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag.
In 2009, he presented the United Kingdom version of Hole in the Wall for the BBC, replacing Dale Winton, after being a team captain in 2008. In November 2017 he released his debut studio album, From the Top, on Polydor Records. It reached number 21 on the UK Albums Chart.
Du Beke was born as Anthony Paul Beke on 20 July 1966 in Tonbridge, Kent, to a Hungarian father, Antal Xavier Beke (1939–2001), and a Spanish mother, Ascensión "Conchita" Lema. He has a younger sister and brother. He grew up in Sevenoaks, Kent, and attended Wildernesse School. Du Beke has discussed his father's problems with alcoholism and revealed that he was stabbed by his father in the leg and stomach during a Boxing Day altercation at their home in Kent.
Du Beke began dancing at 14, when he discovered his local dance school, the Holton School of Dancing in Sevenoaks. He had three partners during these formative years before the Holton School of Dancing closed in 1987. Du Beke left school at 16 to follow an amateur dancing career. At 17, he decided to specialise in ballroom. While he danced during the evenings and at weekends, he had a day jobs as a salesman in "The Bed Post" in Petts Wood, south London. and Hamiltons in Chislehurst. He dated television presenter Caroline Feraday from 2007 to 2008.
Du Beke married Hannah Summers on 20 April 2017 at Cliveden in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The couple have twins, a boy and girl. They live in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.
Du Beke's regular professional partner is New Zealand-born Erin Boag. They met in 1997, and won both the Closed (New Zealand only) and Open to the World categories of the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Championships. They turned professional in 2002 and became British National Finalists in the same year, a title they retained in 2003 and 2004. In November 2003, they also won the IDTA Classic in Brighton. They balanced competing with teaching, coaching, among others, the Cambridge University ballroom dancing team, one of the top-ranked student teams in the country. When they were scouted for Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, Anton and Erin were ranked 14th in the world among professional ballrooms dancers. They joined the show assuming that it would only last for one series, and were completely unprepared for Strictly's immediate massive popularity with the viewing public. Although they continued to compete for the first two series of the show, they retired from the competitive arena after realizing that they had to choose between dancing professionally and committing fully to training their celebrity partners.
Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance
Du Beke has appeared in every series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing since its inception. In the first series, he danced with singer Lesley Garrett and finished in third place. For the second series, he partnered presenter Esther Rantzen; they were eliminated in the third week. He danced with actress Patsy Palmer for the third series and finished in fifth place. In the fourth series, he danced with actress and impressionist Jan Ravens but was eliminated in week five of the competition. His partner for the fifth series was TV presenter Kate Garraway; the couple were voted out in week seven. His partner for the sixth series was actress Gillian Taylforth; the couple were voted out in week two. In series seven, he was partnered with Laila Rouass. Together, they made it to week twelve.
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Anton Du Beke
Anthony Paul Beke (born 20 July 1966), known professionally as Anton Du Beke (/duː ˈbɛk/), is a British ballroom and Latin dancer, author, singer and television presenter, best known for being a professional dancer and a judge on the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag.
In 2009, he presented the United Kingdom version of Hole in the Wall for the BBC, replacing Dale Winton, after being a team captain in 2008. In November 2017 he released his debut studio album, From the Top, on Polydor Records. It reached number 21 on the UK Albums Chart.
Du Beke was born as Anthony Paul Beke on 20 July 1966 in Tonbridge, Kent, to a Hungarian father, Antal Xavier Beke (1939–2001), and a Spanish mother, Ascensión "Conchita" Lema. He has a younger sister and brother. He grew up in Sevenoaks, Kent, and attended Wildernesse School. Du Beke has discussed his father's problems with alcoholism and revealed that he was stabbed by his father in the leg and stomach during a Boxing Day altercation at their home in Kent.
Du Beke began dancing at 14, when he discovered his local dance school, the Holton School of Dancing in Sevenoaks. He had three partners during these formative years before the Holton School of Dancing closed in 1987. Du Beke left school at 16 to follow an amateur dancing career. At 17, he decided to specialise in ballroom. While he danced during the evenings and at weekends, he had a day jobs as a salesman in "The Bed Post" in Petts Wood, south London. and Hamiltons in Chislehurst. He dated television presenter Caroline Feraday from 2007 to 2008.
Du Beke married Hannah Summers on 20 April 2017 at Cliveden in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The couple have twins, a boy and girl. They live in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.
Du Beke's regular professional partner is New Zealand-born Erin Boag. They met in 1997, and won both the Closed (New Zealand only) and Open to the World categories of the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Championships. They turned professional in 2002 and became British National Finalists in the same year, a title they retained in 2003 and 2004. In November 2003, they also won the IDTA Classic in Brighton. They balanced competing with teaching, coaching, among others, the Cambridge University ballroom dancing team, one of the top-ranked student teams in the country. When they were scouted for Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, Anton and Erin were ranked 14th in the world among professional ballrooms dancers. They joined the show assuming that it would only last for one series, and were completely unprepared for Strictly's immediate massive popularity with the viewing public. Although they continued to compete for the first two series of the show, they retired from the competitive arena after realizing that they had to choose between dancing professionally and committing fully to training their celebrity partners.
Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance
Du Beke has appeared in every series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing since its inception. In the first series, he danced with singer Lesley Garrett and finished in third place. For the second series, he partnered presenter Esther Rantzen; they were eliminated in the third week. He danced with actress Patsy Palmer for the third series and finished in fifth place. In the fourth series, he danced with actress and impressionist Jan Ravens but was eliminated in week five of the competition. His partner for the fifth series was TV presenter Kate Garraway; the couple were voted out in week seven. His partner for the sixth series was actress Gillian Taylforth; the couple were voted out in week two. In series seven, he was partnered with Laila Rouass. Together, they made it to week twelve.
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