Bookies deal “heartbroken” Wynne Jones a fresh Strictly blow ahead of tonight's show

Strictly's fake groping ungraded makes it much apt that Wynne Evans volition beryllium voted out, bookies say

“Heartbroken” Wynne Evans has been dealt a caller stroke aft the fallout from viral clips of a arguable “joke” helium shared with Strictly Come Dancing spouse Katya Jones.

Bookmakers person slashed the likelihood connected the opera vocalist being the adjacent personage contestant to beryllium eliminated from this year’s show.

Last week, Wynne and Katya were quoted astatine 50/1 to beryllium ousted from the contention but present the mates are 6/1 to suffer retired successful this weekend’s dance-off.

It means the bookies springiness them a 14 per cent accidental of being eliminated this Sunday compared to conscionable a 2 per cent accidental past week.

However, contempt the contention engulfing the couple, Wynne and Katya are inactive not ranked arsenic favourites to beryllium eliminated this weekend. Ex-Arsenal and England footballer Paul Merson remains odds-on to permission adjacent Sunday. Paul and nonrecreational creation spouse Karen Hauer look likelihood of 10/11, meaning they person a 52% probability of being voted retired of the show.

Wynne and Katya person apologised aft the opera vocalist appeared to descent his manus crossed Katya’s waist earlier she pushed it distant connected past week’s show. Later Wynne offered his spouse a precocious five, which she ignored earlier turning backmost to the camera, stony-faced.

The brace person said the infinitesimal was a “joke” aft a viral clip was repeatedly shared connected societal media, attracting galore antagonistic comments.

Speaking connected BBC Radio Wales connected Monday, Wynne, champion known for his Go Compare adverts, said: “I'm perfectly heartbroken by the things that person been written astir maine successful the past day.

“It's not bully to unrecorded successful that time, but fundamentally Katya and I are really, truly adjacent and we're truly bully friends, and connected Saturday nighttime we made a anserine joke.

“It was a anserine gag that went wrong, okay, we thought it was funny. It wasn't funny. It has been wholly misinterpreted.”

Nicola Methven, the Mirror’s TV editor, was successful the assemblage connected the nighttime and she wrote that “it was precise wide that the full happening was conscionable immoderate mucking astir that went wrong”.

Nicola added: “I knew it wasn't real. The clincher for me? The information that Katya not lone flung her arms astir Wynne's cervix but she besides leapt connected him and wrapped her legs astir his waist. There is nary mode connected world she'd person done that if she was genuinely uncovering him to beryllium a creepy enactment pest. Not a chance. Case closed.”

However, the harm has already been done and bookies person reacted to the contention by slashing Wynne and Katya’s likelihood of being the adjacent mates eliminated from the show.

Wynne is 3rd favourite to permission the amusement connected Sunday, down Paul Merson and Dr Punam Krishan.

Shayne Ward’s likelihood person besides been slashed from 60/1 to 12/1 aft the vocalist and spouse Nancy Xu survived the dreaded dance-off against Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk.

Comic Chris McCausland and spouse Dianne Buswell stay favourites to triumph Strictly, with likelihood of 200/1 against elimination.

All 12 remaining celebrities volition creation with their nonrecreational partners again connected Saturday during a packed two-hour unrecorded show.

Then, pursuing the viewers’ vote, the 2 couples facing the 3rd dance-off volition beryllium revealed, with judges Craig Revel-Horwood, Anton Du Beke, Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse getting the last say.

The amusement runs implicit 14 weeks, with 1 personage being shown the doorway each week, starring up to a unrecorded last connected December 14.