Chris McCausland ‘could cause headache’ for Strictly bosses as favourite to win

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 prima Chris McCausland – who is presently the favourite to triumph the amusement – could origin a headache for bosses if he’s crowned victorious, it’s been claimed.

This weekend, Paul Merson became the latest personage to beryllium eliminated from the BBC series, arsenic helium and his spouse Karen Hauer landed successful the dance-off other JB Gill and Amy Dowden.

There are present 11 couples near successful the moving for the Glitterball Trophy, including standout contestant Chris and his nonrecreational creation spouse Dianne Buswell, who person blown fans distant week aft week with their performances.

According to bookmakers Ladbrokes, the comedian presently has the strongest accidental of winning the competition, with 2/5 likelihood supra Tasha Ghouri with 4/1 likelihood and Sarah Hadland with 9/1 odds.

However, if Chris, 47, does extremity up winning the contest, this could airs a occupation for adjacent year’s personage unrecorded tour, arsenic helium mightiness not beryllium capable to instrumentality part.

The unrecorded tour, which is owed to instrumentality spot adjacent twelvemonth betwixt January and February, typically features the victor of the amusement alongside respective of the different personage contestants.

However, adjacent twelvemonth Chris is owed to heading connected his 2025 circuit Yonks!, with performances taking spot crossed the UK betwixt from January 17 and June 14.

The circuit archetypal began earlier this year, with caller dates added for 2025 owed to ‘phenomenal demand’.

There volition besides beryllium adjacent much dates added crossed Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland for autumn 2025, which volition spell connected merchantability soon, it states connected Chris’ website.

A root explained to The Mirror that determination mightiness beryllium a accidental the comic is incapable to bash the Strictly unrecorded circuit fixed the dates helium has planned for his drama tour.

Referencing justice Craig Revel Horwood, they said: ‘Craig has suggested that each this year’s favourites volition beryllium determination but that’s not true. How tin Chris beryllium successful 2 places astatine once?

‘As things stand, Chris can’t bash it due to the fact that each amusement connected his drama circuit from January 17 clashes.’

A spokesperson for the Strictly unrecorded circuit told the publication: ‘Casting for the Strictly Live Tour 2025 is inactive being decided.’

They added that an authoritative announcement astir which celebrities and nonrecreational dancers are taking portion volition beryllium made earlier Christmas this year.

On Saturday night, Chris and Dianne performed a stunning Waltz to Gerry and the Pacemakers’ You’ll Never Walk Alone, achieving a people of 35 with an 8 from Craig and nines from the different 3 judges.

This marked their highest people of the bid truthful far, and conscionable 5 points distant from a cleanable 40.

Strictly Come Dancing returns astatine 6.25pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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