BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland WON'T be on tour – even if he wins

Chris McCausland has confirmed he'll beryllium sticking with his ain stand-up tour, Yonks, successful January and February adjacent year

He’s the standout prima of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing but Chris McCausland has confirmed helium volition not look successful the show’s unrecorded circuit from January.

The bookies present person him arsenic the runaway favourite to triumph aft scoring his archetypal 10s successful Blackpool past play and, if they are right, Chris volition beryllium the archetypal victor not to articulation the circuit since it began successful 2008. But the Liverpool-born comedian has a precise bully crushed - the dates clash straight with his ain stand-up circuit which he’d already shifted to instrumentality portion successful Strictly successful the archetypal place.

Now the star, who is partnered with Dianne Buswell, is refusing to fto down the thousands of fans who person bought tickets to spot him execute each implicit the UK successful January and February.

A spokesperson for the comedian, has been unsighted since his twenties, said: “Chris has already shifted the dates of his circuit to bash Strictly and that wasn’t an casual happening to do. There were a batch of disappointed radical and it was stressful - we got a batch of messages. So helium couldn’t determination them again, perfectly not.

“Everyone has been precise consecutive astir this each the mode on the line. It’s a large shame, due to the fact that he’d emotion to bash the tour, but Chris is not available. He said astatine the constituent of signing up that helium wouldn’t beryllium capable to bash it, that it wasn’t going to beryllium possible, it was ever clear.

“The beauteous happening is nary 1 could person foreseen conscionable however good it was going to spell for him connected Strictly. No 1 thought he’d get this far. But having already moved his circuit dates erstwhile to accommodate the show, helium is incapable to bash it again. His ain circuit was pre-planned and came first. There’s nary mode it tin beryllium moved for a 2nd time, that conscionable wouldn’t beryllium just connected his fans.”

It comes aft the comedian, 47, past period added 100 other dates to his tour, which present runs from January 2025 to April 2026. Most of the archetypal dates person sold out. But his non-availability is simply a headache for some circuit bosses and BBC Studios, who fearfulness it could person a knock-on impact connected summons sales. It besides calls into question Craig Revel-Horwood’s assurance that the event, which charges betwixt £35 and £100 for tickets, volition let fans to spot “their favourite celebrities and dancers up adjacent and personal.”

On Saturday successful Blackpool Chris and Dianne scored their archetypal 10s of the bid from judges Anton du Beke and Shirley Ballas for their American Smooth, reducing Dianne to tears of joy. Shirley told Chris that helium had the "best feet I've seen successful a agelong time” portion Anton described it arsenic “exquisite”and said he’d beryllium amazed it anyone did better.

This play is different large 1 for Dianne, due to the fact that her parents person flown successful from Australia to beryllium successful the assemblage for their Paso Doble to Manuel Panella's El Gato Montes. The Strictly Live Tour claims to seizure “all the joy” of the TV bid portion besides promising to springiness audiences “the accidental to acquisition everything they emotion astir the TV amusement unrecorded connected stage.”

Launching it, Craig declared: “It’s going to beryllium bigger and amended than ever before. Audiences volition beryllium capable to bask each of the glitz and glamour of the TV amusement and spot their favourite celebrities and dancers up-close and personal. And with Motsi joining america for the archetypal time, it’s going to beryllium adjacent much FAB-U-LOUS!”

Every TV victor since the unrecorded circuit began successful 2008 has appeared connected the circuit from Tom Chambers, who won that year, to the astir recent, Ellie Leach. The precise archetypal circuit featured a substance of contestants from the archetypal 5 series, including bid 3 victor Darren Gough. Other erstwhile winners, including Jill Halfpenny and Mark Ramprakash besides appeared connected the circuit respective years aft lifting the glitterball trophy.

The lone victor since the circuit launched not to instrumentality portion is Bill Bailey, due to the fact that the Covid pandemic meant it was scrapped successful 2021. Those to person participated successful caller years see Hamza Yassin, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Kelvin Fletcher, Stacey Dooley and Joe McFadden. Prior to them came Ore Oduba, Jay McGuinness, Caroline Flack, Abbey Clancy, Louis Smith, Harry Judd, Kara Tointon and Chris Hollins.

This greeting Ladbrokes person Chris arsenic the “runaway favourite” to triumph astatine 1/6, with Sarah Hadland the nearest challenger astatine 6/1, and Tasha Ghouri astatine 14/1. A spokesperson said: “Chris McCausland seems to beryllium moving distant with the contention this twelvemonth - punters lone spot 1 winner.”And William Hill agreed, commenting: “There’s nary stopping Chris McCausland - the comedian seems to already person 1 manus connected the glitterball trophy.

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