Opera vocalist Wynne Evans said helium had a “wonderful time” connected Strictly Come Dancing aft becoming the eighth personage to permission successful 2024.
The BBC Radio Wales presenter, 52, known for the Go.Compare security advertisements, 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.
Evans and nonrecreational spouse Katya Jones recovered themselves successful the bottommost 2 other Olympian and Gladiators prima Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe pursuing a nationalist ballot and the judges scores.
Katya Jones and Wynne Evans, who person near the amusement (Guy Levy/BBC/PA)
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The determination to prevention Douglas, who did a Salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, was unanimous from the judges.
Evans, 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.
Jones said: “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.
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, who were successful the dance-off (Guy Levy/BBC/PA)
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“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.”
Evans said: “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, Evans and Jones apologised for a “joke” that saw Jones determination Evans’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.
Douglas 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.
Evans 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.