Strictly bosses 'REFUSE to change format to stop the mole'

Strictly Come Dancing bosses ‘REFUSE to change the format of the show in order to stop the mole who is leaking the celebrity elimination’

BBC bosses reportedly said they won’t be changing the format of the show and the way it is filmed in order to stop the mole who is leaking whoever gets dumped.

It comes after it was revealed by the Daily Mail’s Katie Kind that bosses are hunting for an audience mole who, before the Sunday night results show airs, leaks the identity of the celebrity who is voted off.

But TV insiders have claimed that options to film two live shows on separate nights or air the whole show on one night have been dismissed.

No change here! BBC bosses reportedly said they won’t be changing the format of the show and the way it is filmed in order to stop the mole who is leaking whoever gets dumped

The names are being passed to superfan Dave Thorp, who discloses them on his website – and tweets the link to his 55,000 followers around 11.30pm on Saturdays. 

This weekend he revealed that Matt Goss, 54, was the third celebrity to be heading home after landing in the bottom two with his partner Nadiya Bychkova.

He faced Kym Marsh, 46, and Graziano Di Prima’s in the dance-off and the judges ultimately chose to send Matt home over the Coronation Street actress. 

Oh no! It comes after it was revealed by the Daily Mail’s Katie Kind that bosses are hunting for an audience mole who, before the Sunday night results show airs, leaks the identity of the celebrity who is voted off

After the leak, Dave vowed to continue exposing the results every week, which is pre-recorded on Saturday and then aired on Sunday.

A TV insider said: ‘Some people have said the BBC should consider filming two live shows — one on Saturday and one on Sunday — but doing that would cost huge amounts of money.

‘Others have suggested that the results show should air directly after the main show, but that denies fans the chance of two helpings of their favourite programme over consecutive nights. 

No stopping here: After the leak, Dave vowed to continue exposing the results every week, which is pre-recorded on Saturday and then aired on Sunday 

‘The lesser of the evils is simply to ignore any online chatter about who is in the dance off and who has been sent home. Or just ignore social media as much as possible.’

Strictly representatives have been contacted for further comment. 

Last week Twitter was inundated with advance posts that Radio 2’s Richie Anderson had been unexpectedly voted out after losing the dance-off to singer Fleur East.

Goodbye for now! Singer, songwriter and musician Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova dancing in last nights Strictly Come Dancing 

A Strictly source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘For years, the majority of the audience didn’t twig that the Sunday show was pre-recorded, but recently the results have been leaked, spoiling the suspense. Those running the show want to find out who is leaking – and fast. What’s really baffling them is that it must be the same person each week.’

The Strictly audience at Elstree Studios have their phones taken away during filming. Tickets are given to friends and families of those taking part, and to members of the public drawn in a ballot.

But the weekly leak has put pressure on the BBC to revert to broadcasting the results show live on a Sunday, as it was until 2008. The scheduling was changed because the late Bruce Forsyth – then aged 80 – was struggling to host two nights in a row. The current presenters, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, are 53 and 50.

Mr Thorp urged the Corporation to return to a live Sunday show. He said: ‘I’m just a fan who finds it ludicrous that when information can be transmitted in the blink of an eye, the BBC would still think it a good idea to pre-record the results show of their flagship reality series and broadcast it a whole day later.

‘If they don’t want the result to leak, there’s something very simple they can do – broadcast the results show live.’

The leaked names are being passed to Strictly superfan Dave Thorp (pictured), who discloses them on his website – and tweets the link to his 55,000 followers around 11.30pm on Saturdays

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