Robin Windsor: The Final Act was hosted by Du Beke and Emmerdale actor Lisa Riley, who was Windsor’s celebrity partner on the show in 2012, and saw performances from Strictly professional dancers Lauren Oakley, Kai Widdrington and Aljaz Skorjanec. Windsor died earlier this year at the age of 44. His cause of death has not been given.
Introducing Sunday night’s show at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Du Beke compared Windsor to the shimmering Strictly trophy, with Riley adding she hoped the dancer would “shine down on us all and keep shining in heaven”. So fab being back at tonight to support ✨Catch us tomorrow night at to celebrate the life of 🕺🏾🕺🏼 — Layton Williams (@LaytonWilliams) Skorjanec danced to A-Ha’s Take On Me with his wife Janette Manrara, who presents the BBC dancing show’s sister programme It Takes Two, while Beverley Knight sang as dancer Robbie Kmetoni performed behind her. The night was organised by dancers Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis with the permission of Windsor’s family, with all profits going to mental health charity Sane, which Windsor worked with as an ambassador while appearing on the BBC One show between 2010 and 2013.
There were also appearances from former Strictly contestant Deborah Meaden, who was partnered with Windsor in 2013, and former news reader Angela Rippon, who danced with Widdrington, as she did on the 2023 edition of the show. Rippon, now 80, became the oldest contestant in the show’s history in series 2.
