{"id":6335,"date":"2018-03-26T14:16:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2018-03-26T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:18:21","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-sa-juanita-de-villiers-departs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/03\/26\/dancing-with-the-stars-sa-juanita-de-villiers-departs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing With The Stars SA: Juanita de Villiers Departs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silver screen star Juanita de Villiers voted off of Dancing With the Stars SA in shock result<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGentleman\u201d Eden Classens survives his second Dance-Off of the competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a shock development on Dancing With The Stars SA, silver screen star Juanita de Villiers had to bid the competition farewell tonight [25 March] after she found herself in the elimination Dance-Off with the \u201cgentleman\u201d of the competition, model and soap star Eden Classens. Judge Bryan Watson said he was flabbergasted to see these two in the Bottom 2 after the results of the public vote were revealed.<\/p>\n

Only six couples performed for the judges tonight, with actress Zola Nombona benched due to an ankle injury. The series\u2019 medical practitioner made the call after the final rehearsal this morning that Zola was unfit to participate in the show tonight due to inflammation of the tendons in her ankle. Zola was in tears about having to sit out this week, \u201cbut we will roll with it\u201d, she said bravely, wishing the other six contestants the best of luck.<\/p>\n

As Zola did not compete tonight, viewers were not able to cast any votes for her. The votes they did cast \u2013 added to judges Bryan Watson, Debbie Turner and Tebogo Kgobokoe\u2019s scores \u2013 landed Juanita and Eden in the Bottom 2 Dance-Off tonight. The judging panel was also a member short this week, with Jason Gilkison jetting off to London to direct and choreograph a West End show in London.<\/p>\n

Both Juanita and Eden performed an American Smooth routine this evening, and the judges visibly paid attention to every move they made as they danced for their lives in the show. A shocked Bryan Watson declared that both couples deserved to stay on Dancing With The Stars SA. That said, he had to make a choice, and \u201con the timing alone\u201d 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\u2019s opinion. \u201cEden and Ash-Leigh\u2019s performance was actually better,\u201d judge Tebogo explained.<\/p>\n

Juanita de Villiers entered Dancing With The Stars SA on a high note, with rave reviews week in and week out. \u201cYou danced like someone who\u2019s been dancing for a long time,\u201d an impressed Tebogo Kgobokoe told her after her debut Cha-Cha-Ch\u00e1 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 \u201can outstanding performance\u201d.<\/p>\n

The high praise continued for Juanita in Week 5, as tough judge Tebogo felt that even Juanita herself didn\u2019t realise how good she was, and Debbie Turner raved that Juanita\u2019s Jive in Week 6 was one of the best performances of the entire season.<\/p>\n

The actress was gracious in her defeat. \u201cThis was such an amazing journey,\u201d Juanita revealed after the shock revelation. \u201cAnd I can\u2019t thank everybody enough. Every single hour and day with Johan was wonderful,\u201d she praised her partner. \u201cThank you to everyone who voted \u2013 it was a wonderful journey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Dancing again next week [1 April] will be:<\/p>\n