Wynne Evans becomes tearful over Strictly Come Dancing exit

Opera vocalist Wynne Evans was flooded with emotion erstwhile chap Strictly Come Dancing contestant Jamie Borthwick amazed him with a tribute pursuing his departure from the BBC competition, saying: “I’ve got a person for life”.

BBC Radio Wales presenter Evans, known for the Go.Compare security advertisements, was voted disconnected Strictly during Sunday’s occurrence astatine Blackpool Tower Ballroom, alongside his nonrecreational spouse Katya Jones.

The 52-year-old failed to impressment the judges aft redoing his Charleston regular successful the dance-off other Olympian and Gladiators prima Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, who were unanimously saved by the judges.

Evans said it was “a beauteous mounting to bow retired on” portion appearing connected the BBC spin-off amusement It Takes Two.

“To extremity successful Blackpool was conscionable the icing connected the barroom really, good isolated from winning obviously, that would person been a amended ending,” helium joked.

Evans became tearful erstwhile helium was amazed during the occurrence by EastEnders histrion Borthwick, who is competing successful the amusement alongside nonrecreational spouse Michelle Tsiakkas.

“I conscionable privation to accidental that it’s conscionable been the champion 9 weeks, and who’d person thought that this antheral and maine would go champion mates – it’s the duo nary 1 knew they needed,” Borthwick said.

“It’s conscionable been perfectly brilliant. It’s not going to beryllium the same, but I’ve got a person for life.

“He’s amazing, this man, and truthful is she. He could not person been with anyone else, helium had to beryllium with Katya.”

Jones added: “This is what Strictly is about, nary 1 is going to retrieve the scores oregon the comments we got.

“It’s the friendships that are being created connected this show, and genuine relationships…It’s perfectly beauteous to see.”

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.