Strictly viewers distracted as they spot Anton du Beke 'feud' during Halloween week
The Halloween Week episode of Strictly Come Dancing is always a treat thanks to the themed dances and mad costumes, and the show on Saturday 26 October has been no exception, with the judges, professional dancers and celebrities all getting into the spooky spirit. While one of the best costumes of the night has to be pro dancer Carlo dressed as Claudia Winkleman, judges Craig Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke gave him a run for his money, arriving dressed in blue frilly dresses and black wigs as the scary twins from iconic horror movie The Shining.
However, Anton ended up having something of a fall out on the show – not with Craig, who lovingly called him his “twin sister” throughout the night – but with the long black wig he was wearing, that he kept getting tangled up. "I'm choking on my hair, I'm going to start getting a rash," he said as he tried to judge celebrity Jamie Borthwick's dance.
Fans were quick to spot his discomfort and commented on social media, with one writing: “Anton will end up with a hairball by the end of the programme,” while a second said: “The feud of the night is Anton and his wig.” Many fans loved his look, and that of his twin Craig, with one fan writing: “My jaw dropped to the floor,” about their outfits, while another said: “The Craig and Anton outfits might be the greatest thing to ever happen in Strictly.” Another pointed out how similar they looked to the original scary twins from the movie: “I am absolutely not coping with Craig and Anton dressed as the twins from The Shining. Way too creepy.”
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The pair were clearly having fun, as in between judging duties they struck a few creepy poses, with Craig swinging Anton on a swing and the duo playing slow motion pat-a-cake, in case things weren’t already weird enough.
Craig has recently revealed how much he loves the Halloween episode of Strictly, telling Vick Hope and Roman Kemp on Friday’s The One Show that it often brings out the best in the celebrity dancers.
"Something I love about Halloween week is they can put a mask on, and they don't have to be themselves," he said. "I think that's the hardest thing on the show. You're yourself, you're not the actor. You're just yourself, you can't hide behind any character. It's brilliant, Halloween, because they can put all of that on and it's not really them dancing so we often see really great performances because they're less self-aware, they're not judging themselves from afar, thinking of what they look like. They're in character, they can throw caution to the wind."
