John Sergeant has been the real under dog from the beginning. He has two left feet and gets a fist pull of negative comments and low scores from the judges every week, however the public love him and vote him in regardless. Despite of this he feels its time to leave the show gracefully in case he wins.
Sergeant said:
“I am sorry to say I have decided to leave Strictly Come Dancing. It was always my intention to have fun on the show and I was hoping to stay in as long as possible.
“The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win the competition. Even for me that would be a joke too far.
“I would like to thank Kristina and all those viewers who have been rooting for me through the series.”
He has caused a right stir with the judges who have been appalled that he has stayed in this long. Arlene Phillips said he needed to work harder as it was unfair on other ’superior dancers’ who had been knocked out and Bruno Tonili has consistently showed his disgust at allowing him to stay in the competition.
“We are very sad to see him go,” said BBC One controller Jay Hunt. “We would have liked him to stay but we respect his decision to leave. John and Kristina will be performing a farewell dance this Saturday on the show.”
Since his decision to leave, everyone who slated him in the first instant seems to have changed their option and are now saying he should have stayed. I bet this wouldn’t be the case if he decided to come back!