Anton Du Beke

TV presenter and JudgeBBC

Anton Du Beke is one of the UK’s best loved and most accomplished entertainers; professional ballroom dancer, a singer, an author, and television presenter and NTA Award winning TV Judge who has been captivating audiences for almost twenty years.

Anton became a household name after joining the first series of Strictly in 2004 and he has appeared on every season since with partners such as Ruth Langsford, Lesley Garrett, Kate Garraway, and Katie Derham and Emma Barton with whom he made it to the Final. In 2020 he stepped in as a guest judge for Motsi Mabuse before becoming a permanent judge in 2021, replacing Bruno Tonioli.

In addition to the regular series, Anton has starred in the Children in Need Specials of Strictly Come Dancing and The People’s Strictly.

Away from Strictly, Anton continues to perform, enthralling audiences around the country with his ‘An Evening with’ show, a glittering stage show of song and dance and he has successfully toured for the last three years with Giovanni Pernice, in Him & Me.

When he’s not treading the boards or swirling across the stage, Anton has appeared on numerous television shows including his NTA nominated travelogue with Giovanni Pernice. He has also appeared as a panellist, host, contestant, and guest including Step up to the Plate, Hole in the Wall, Question of Sport, The One Show, Loose Women, Richard Osman’s House of Games and Steph’s Packed Lunch.

As a writer, Anton has published a best-selling series of romantic novels and released the sixth book in the Buckingham series in November 2023 and the first in a new series, The Royal Show in Spring 2023. His first children’s book will be published in 2024. He also penned non-fiction with Anton’s Dance Class and B is for Ballroom. Anton released a top 20 album in 2018 called From The Top.

Anton married Hannah in 2017 and the couple had twins Henrietta and George the same year.