BBC Strictly Come Dancing star receives nightmare news hours before live show

Strictly Come Dancing prima Wynne Evans' chances of holding up the Glitterball Trophy look to beryllium slimmer than ever arsenic his likelihood of winning the BBC amusement were slashed adjacent further

After his triumph connected MasterChef, Wynne Evans was astir apt hoping he'd beryllium capable to creation his mode to different world TV final.

But according to caller likelihood by Ladbrokes, his chances of gaining a presumption successful the last look to beryllium a acold cry. The betting elephantine person revealed that Wynne's likelihood of holding up the Glitterball Trophy person been slashed from 50/1 to conscionable 33/1, placing him present successful the bottommost 3 on with Nick Knowles and Paul Merson.

However, 1 sanction that has present been tipped to beryllium a favourite to triumph is successful information JLS prima JB Gill. astatine 7/2. Behind him is erstwhile Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri astatine 4/1 intimately followed by histrion Shayne Ward with 5/1. Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "JB Gill is the 1 to Beat Again, according to the latest odds... we wouldn't beryllium amazed if helium keeps clasp of apical spot successful the betting for immoderate time."

Wynne, 52, became a household sanction crossed the federation arsenic the look of the memorable Go Compare adverts. In a caller interrogation helium formed uncertainty implicit however good he'd beryllium capable to execute connected the BBC show. He said: "I'm not wholly definite however I'll get along, if each other fails I'll conscionable person to larn the creation of distraction. I'm decidedly going to effort and harvester my emotion of Opera into 1 of my routines. Plus, aft winning Celebrity MasterChef past year, possibly the way to the judges' hearts volition beryllium done their stomachs!"

Wynne has go a steadfast favourite among viewers but distant from the cameras, his beingness couldn't person been much different, pursuing the breakdown of his matrimony and being targeted by online trolls. He told WalesOnline astatine that time, it was the "worst depression" helium had experienced. This past resulted successful him gaining weight, to the constituent wherever helium was 23.6 stone.

He explained: "I was doing a regular vigor amusement wherever the consciousness of it is upbeat and keeping radical successful a bully temper and cheering up the nation. The strapline of my amusement is, 'cheering Wales up by 1 o'clock,' but I was going done the worst depression, objective depression... I couldn't spot a mode out; I couldn't spot a mode of ever being blessed again."

He besides suffered from anxiousness which would trigger signifier fright successful him. But aft visiting a psychiatrist helium was enactment connected anti-depressants and embarked connected a steadfast eating plan. On the backmost of that, she managed to driblet 5.5 chromatic successful value wrong months.

He continued: "I'm overmuch kinder, overmuch much patient, I effort and unrecorded each time to the fullest and truly bask myself. I started to rebuild my beingness and that's wherever I americium contiguous - I bash a amusement each day, I've got my ain TV bid successful Wales, and it's great. If I could frost beingness and support it going similar it is now, I would bash that."

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