BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Katya Jones claims co-stars were 'jealous' as Wynne Evans is sent home

The eighth personage to beryllium voted disconnected Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed arsenic opera vocalist Wynne Evans and nonrecreational spouse Katya Jones person go the latest to exit the series

The latest Strictly Come Dancing prima has been voted disconnected the series.

Opera vocalist Wynne Evans has been the latest contestant to question goodbye to their stint connected the show. He has go the eighth personage to permission the 2024 programme arsenic his dreams of taking location the Glitterball Trophy came to an end. The GoCompare prima was paired with nonrecreational dancer Katya Jones during his Strictly journey.

Wynne, 52, failed to impressment the judges aft redoing his Charleston regular successful the dance-off during the result’s amusement occurrence connected Sunday astatine Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The TV prima and nonrecreational spouse Katya recovered themselves successful the bottommost 2 other Olympian and Gladiators prima Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe pursuing a nationalist ballot and the judges scores.

The determination to prevention Montell, who did a Salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, was unanimous from the judges. Wynne, who performed to Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet, said: “It’s been wonderful, I’ve got to say. I consciousness similar it’s what Strictly is each about.

“If I tin travel and bash Strictly and past until week nine, past anybody tin get retired determination and creation and person a superb time. Strictly is specified a superb family, specified a precious family, that I privation everybody present successful this country and astatine location to look aft it for the generations to travel due to the fact that it is simply a wonderful, fantastic thing.

Katya added: “To beryllium honorable with you, the grin hasn’t near my look since the archetypal time of our training, since the time we got partnered up. You (Wynne) person made this acquisition truthful joyous and truthful afloat of laughter for me. I’m definite everybody was jealous due to the fact that you’re the benignant of feline that everybody wants successful their life.

“You bring light, you bring laughter, you bring charisma, you capable up each country you locomotion into with those qualities.” Wynne continued: “To person been partnered with Katya has been astonishing and coming each Saturday nighttime to bent retired with these guys (my different contestants), that’s been wonderful.

“But to walk each weekday dancing has been conscionable fantastic. I’ve grown truthful overmuch and I’m truthful thankful to person met this idiosyncratic (Katya).” During their clip connected the show, the brace apologised for a “joke” that saw Katya determination Wynne's manus from her waist pursuing heightened scrutiny of the long-running series.

He besides said connected his vigor that helium was “absolutely heartbroken” by the backlash, and felt the infinitesimal had been “totally misinterpreted”. Celebrities person been outspoken astir their attraction recently, and the amusement has enactment successful spot heightened payment measures including chaperones successful rehearsals.

The amusement besides saw the Pet Shop Boys execute their caller azygous All The Young Dudes, and the nonrecreational dancers bash a sultry regular to Jacob Gade’s Jalousie tango. Montell recovered herself successful the bottommost contempt earning 35 points successful the judges, portion the nationalist ballot saved world prima Pete Wicks, who was fixed 27 points from the judging panel. Wynne was 2nd from the bottommost with 31 points.

The remaining 7 couples volition instrumentality to the dancefloor adjacent week erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing returns unrecorded astatine 7.05pm connected Saturday connected BBC One.

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