Juanita de Villiers voted off 'Dancing With The Stars SA' in shock result
In a shock development on 'Dancing With The Stars SA', South African film star Juanita de Villiers said goodbye to the competition after she found herself in the elimination Dance-Off with the “gentleman” of the competition - model and soap star Eden Classens.
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Judge Bryan Watson said he was “flabbergasted” to see these two in the Bottom 2 after the results of the public vote were revealed.
Only six couples performed for the judges on Sunday night, with actress Zola Nombona benched due to an ankle injury. The series’ medical practitioner made the call after the final rehearsal on Sunday morning that Zola was unfit to participate in the show due to inflammation of the tendons in her ankle. Zola was in tears about having to sit out this week, “but we will roll with it”, she said bravely, wishing the other six contestants the best of luck.
Both Juanita and Eden performed an American Smooth routine on Sunday, and the judges paid attention to every move they made as they danced for their lives in the show. A shocked Bryan Watson said that both couples deserved to stay on 'Dancing With The Stars SA'. That said, he had to make a choice, and “on the timing alone” he elected to keep Eden and Ash-Leigh in the competition for one more week. Fellow judges Debbie Turner and Tebogo Kgobokoe concurred with Bryan’s opinion. “Eden and Ash-Leigh’s performance was actually better,” judge Tebogo explained.
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Juanita de Villiers entered 'Dancing With The Stars SA' on a high note, with rave reviews week in and week out. “You danced like someone who’s been dancing for a long time,” an impressed Tebogo Kgobokoe told her after her debut Cha-Cha-Chá in Week 2. Her Quickstep in Week 3 convinced Bryan Watson that Juanita had what it takes to go far in the competition, and by the Paso Doble in Week 4, Debbie Turner commented that she had turned in “an outstanding performance”.
The high praise continued for Juanita in Week 5, as tough judge Tebogo felt that even Juanita herself didn’t realise how good she was, and Debbie Turner raved that Juanita’s Jive in Week 6 was one of the best performances of the entire season.
The actress was gracious in her defeat. “This was such an amazing journey,” Juanita revealed after the shock revelation. “And I can’t thank everybody enough. Every single hour and day with Johan was wonderful,” she praised her partner. “Thank you to everyone who voted – it was a wonderful journey,” she said.
The vote count and ranking of contestants is done according to the international format rules and was independently computed by Deloitte and Touche and confirmed against the vote results determined by M-Net.