Strictly bosses ‘left with headache’ after Chris McCausland becomes favourite to win BBC show

STRICTLY bosses person reported been 'left with headache' aft Chris McCausland becomes a favourite to triumph the BBC show.

The basal up comic - who is unsighted - has impressed Strictly viewers with his routines truthful acold successful the 2024 series.

Chris, 47, is paired with pro spouse Dianne Buswell and their chemistry - arsenic good arsenic his awesome performances - person made him a beforehand runner to assistance the Glitterball Trophy travel December.

However, if helium does triumph implicit his chap celebrities, Chris volition permission bosses successful a spot of a pickle, according to The Mirror.

Historically, the Strictly champion ever takes portion successful the show's yearly unrecorded tour, which heads to arenas each astir the state weeks aft the Strictly finale.

Unfortunately, Chris' ain basal up circuit clashes with the 2025 Strictly circuit dates, meaning helium would beryllium the archetypal champ not to participate.

A root told the publication: "Craig [Revel Horwood] 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 comedy circuit from January 17 clashes.”

Chris presently has likelihood of 4/9 to triumph with bookies, with Tasha Ghouri next successful enactment with 4/1.

The Strictly Tour 2025 is acceptable to statesman successful Birmingham connected January 17 earlier heading to cities including Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow and Manchester.

It is acceptable to reason astatine London's O2 Arena connected February 9.

However, Chris' latest basal up tour, Yonks!, besides starts connected January 17 successful Walsall and runs close done until June.

A spokesperson for Ladbrokes said of the latest odds: "Chris McCausland seems to beryllium moving distant with the contention this twelvemonth aft helium extended his pb astatine the caput of the Strictly betting.

"Tasha is his main rival arsenic things stand, but punters lone spot 1 winner.”

Chris and Dianne safely made it done to Halloween Week this weekend.

Unfortunately the aforesaid could not beryllium said for Paul Merson and his pro spouse Karen Hauer, who became the latest mates to beryllium voted off the amusement connected Sunday night.

Strictly Come Dancing airs connected BBC One and is disposable connected BBC iPlayer.