fans are pretty convinced will return to the judging panel after his name was noticeably absent from this.
The show’s official Twitter page shared a video confirming which pros will be returning to the dancefloor for series 20.
Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, , Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Giovanni Pernice, , Kai Widdrington, Luba Mushtuk, and Nancy Xu are among the stars competing later this year.
Newcomers Cameron Lombard and Jowita Przystal – who both made their debut in 2021 – will also have the chance to dance with a celebrity.
While fans were delighted by the line-up, a few questioned what this means for the 55-year-old dancer – who replaced Bruno Tonioli during series 19.
Hoping that Anton will be critiquing a new batch of celebrities alongside Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas, viewers turned to Twitter to seek some answers.
One person pleaded: ‘Is anton a judge this year? Pleeaasee put us out of our misery.’
While another added: ‘There was no Anton in the returning dancer line up? So I’m guessing it is about him and Bruno. My bet Bruno is not coming back and Anton stays as a judge.’
While the long-serving professional is yet to comment over his return, it was reported in February this year, that producers are planning to make his transition from the .
claimed that the decision is set to ‘ruffle some feathers’ as fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood was looking forward to having Bruno, who has been part of the Strictly family since 2004, back on the panel.
‘Bruno has been an integral part of Strictly for more than a decade, and there is a huge amount of affection for him from those on the show,’ they added.
Craig, aka Mr Nasty, expressed his desire for a last year.
Even though their feedback time would be ‘limited,’ Craig believes they could ‘make it work.’
The more the merrier!
Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One later this year.
