STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were left baffled as Wynne Evans practically vanished from the set.
The Go Compare advert star appeared to be mostly absent from the BBC One programme after the ‘grope’ scandal.
Wynne Evans appeared to be absent from many of the ‘Claudatorium’ segments on Strictly Come Dancing[/caption]
He appeared as planned at the start of the show during the contestants introduction[/caption]
Eagle-eyed fans soon picked up on his disappearance, despite Katya being firmly placed in the background[/caption]
Wynne, 52, made his entrance as planned along with the rest of the contestants at the start of Strictly Come Dancing.
However as more dancers made their way up to the ‘Claudatorium’ area, he appeared to be absent.
Tasha Ghouri, Jamie Borthwick and Paul Merson were all given scores as he may have been hiding backstage.
This was despite the fact that his professional partner Katya Jones was visible just behind Claudia Winkleman.
Fans were quick to notice his mysterious absence as they took to social media in droves.
One fan wrote: “Have we seen much of Wynne in the Clauditorium this evening? Don’t remember seeing him at all.”
Another viewer asked: “Where’s Wynne?”
“Has Wynne and Katya been in the background at any point tonight?”, enquired a third.
As a fourth replied: “Yes but mostly apart.”
And a fifth joked: “Production manager ‘Keep Katya and Wynne out of all back round shots I repeat keep Katya and Wynne out of all back round shots’,” along with a GIF of Alan Partridge using a walkie talkie.
Wynne did eventually reappear after Sam Quek danced with Nikita Kuzmin halfway into the show.
Eagle-eyed fans couldn’t help but think that he appeared to look ‘awkward’ as he stood next to his partner.
Another user stated: “Wynne and Katya looking awkward is comedy moment of the night.”
As someone else noted: “Wynne keeping his hands resolutely in. His. Pockets.”
Strictly 2024 pairings
Here’s who is matched with who this series…
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas
JB Gill and Amy Dowden MBE
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe
Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk
Paul Merson and Karen Hauer
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał
Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec
Tom Dean MBE and Nadiya Bychkova
Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones
Sam Quek MBE and Nikita Kuzmin
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones
This comes after the pair were stung by the backlash to their grope “joke”.
Last week, Katya removed Wynne’s hand from her stomach after he slid it across from her waist.
She later declined to high-five him during an awkward segment with Claudia.
The duo were since rapped over the knuckles by BBC bosses for the viral incident.
Strictly Come Dancing is available to watch on BBC One and stream on BBC iPlayer.
