STRICTLY fans have come up with a wild fan theory that the BBC want to keep Wynne Evans on the show.
Strictly Come Dancing said goodbye to Shayne Ward – as he became the seventh celebrity to be axed.
The former X Factor star went up against GoCompare star Wynne Evans and Katya Jones during Sunday’s results show.
Both couples performed their routines again, with Shayne and Nancy Xu dancing their rumba to Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.
Then, Wynne and Katya performed their American smooth to Grace Kelly by Mika.
After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts.
Both Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse chose to save Shayne and Nancy.
But Anton Du Beke opted for Wynne and Katya.
With two votes in favour of Shayne and Nancy, the decision came down to Head Judge Shirley Ballas, who decided to save Wynne and Katya.
As Head Judge, Shirley’s was the deciding vote, meaning that Shayne and Nancy would be leaving the competition.
However, some fans have pointed out there is a possible BBC conspiracy to keep Wynne on the show over Shayne.
They think anyone who works for the BBC is given an unfair advantage and stays longer in the competition.
Wynne works for the BBC as a radio presenter, so fans think he was kept on the show over Shayne.
One viewer said: “#WynneEvans works at @BBCWales. There’s your clue why he’s staying in #Strictly”
Another said: “I don’t know what the benefit of the ‘conspiracy’ could possibly be but Wynn going through to another week on Strictly having been saved by Shirley?! I’m sorry, WTF is going on?!?!?!”
A third said: “@wynneevans works for @BBCWales as a radio presenter – they look after their own and obvs are testing the water to see if he should be presenting mainstream. It’s not Strictly any more but Fixily!!!”
Gorka Marquez joined Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer in 2016 when he was partnered with EastEnders actress Tameka Empson. The following year he was partnered with singer Alexandra Burke. They reached the final and finished as one of the runners-up.
In 2020, he was partnered with actress Maisie Smith. Again, he made it to the final and finished as a runner-up.
He failed to make it third time lucky in 2022, finishing runner-up again with Helen Skelton.
Nadiya Bychkova joined the show in 2017 with EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami. The pair reached Week 11, finishing in 6th place.
Her best performance to date came in 2021 when she finished fifth with Dan Walker.
Neil Jones has been without a celebrity partner more times than he’s had one since joining in 2016.
His best finish was with ex-footballer Alex Scott in 2019, finishing in fifth.
Katya Jones was another 2016 addition and made an instant impression with politician Ed Balls. Their Gangnam Style routine is still a favourite to this day.
In 2017 she lifted the Glitterball with Joe McFadden.
The following year she was at the heart of a show scandal after snogging her dance partner, the comedian Seann Walsh.
Karen Hauer has been an ever-present since 2012.
Despite her lengthy association with the show, she’s never lifted the Glitterball. The closest she came was in 2020 when she finished runner-up with Jamie Laing.
This comes after some fans were not happy with the dance off decision on Sunday night and called it a “fix”.
One wrote: “Why are the judges saving Wynne, he wasn’t great tonight and deserved to go over Shayne.”
A second echoed: “It’s clearly a fix to get Wynne to the final.”
A third said: “Wow Wynne saved but Shayne’s gone, that’s not right. Wynne was no way as near as good as Shayne.”
“It’s a fix fix fix, Shirley and Anton have got it wrong,” a fourth added.
The remaining eight couples will take to the dancefloor next week with a special evening from the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
But which couple will take home infamous Glitterball trophy?
