- Strictly’s results show spoilers are reportedly being leaked live during the recording of the show on Saturday night.
- However, audience members are banned from using phones during filming at Elstree Studios.
- A TikToker has claimed to get live spoilers via ‘moles’, despite the BBC’s efforts to prevent such leaks.
Strictly Come Dancing has strict rules in place to prevent spoilers leaking during filming, and yet, once again, the dancer going home this week has been revealed early.
Mobile phones are banned for audience members during the recording of the results show that airs on Sundays.
Those who bring phones to Elstree Studios, where the BBC show is filmed, are required to leave them with security and collect them at the end of the show.
This applies to everyone. Well, almost everyone. The pro-dancers, celebrities, their family and friends, plus the production crew, are exempt, according to The Sun.
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However, while spoilers have often leaked before the Sunday evening show, the paper reports that this is the first time they’ve appeared while the cameras are still recording.
A source told The Sun: ‘Spoilers have plagued Strictly for years, with fans struggling to avoid finding out who leaves before the Sunday results show airs.
‘Now, results are ending up online while the cameras are still rolling.’
Each week, TikToker and superfan @shirleighshirlz posts the Strictly leak on her TikTok account, which is mostly dedicated to news and reactions to moments in the show.
In a video posted last month, she admitted to getting the spoiler in a ‘new way’.
Shirleigh claims she was getting the results live as they were being recorded: ‘Oh my god! We’re getting it live as it’s taping – this is unheard of!’
She continued in her caption: ‘I do have my own moles and this particular mole was fantastic for giving us live coverage of the Strictly Results while it was taping.’
Shirleigh isn’t the only one posting her findings.
What are the scores from Strictly this week?
The scores from week eight on Strictly Come Dancing are as follows:
- Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin – 38
- Lewis Cope and Katya Jones – 37
- Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe – 35
- La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec – 33
- Karen Carney and Carlos Gu – 31
- George Clarke and Alexis Warr – 29
- Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon – 27
- Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington – 27
A Strictly source continued to tell The Sun: ‘The results have been leaking online for well over a decade now – whether via fan forum, blog or TikTok, very little has changed and the Strictly team concentrate on making the results show as fabulous for its millions of viewers as possible.’
Metro has spoken previously to Dave Thorpe, who also dedicates his time to leaking the results each week before the BBC.
Posting on his website, which receives up to 500,000 views at times, Dave reveals the two couples in the dance off and the pair who are eventually sent home.
He commented last year: ‘I think the BBC just accepts that if you’re prerecording something the day before it goes out, it’s going to leak, unfortunately.’
Metro approached TikToker @shirleighshirlz and the BBC for comment.
The Strictly Come Dancing results show airs tonight at 7.15pm.
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