‘Where is he?’ Strictly fans baffled as Wynne Evans practically ‘vanishes’ from set after ‘grope’ scandal

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were left baffled as Wynne Evans practically vanished from the set.

The Go Compare advert star was barely seen according to some viewers of the BBC One programme after the ‘grope’ scandal last week.

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, viewers lost sight of Wynne and felt like they hardly saw him on screen after that.

Tasha Ghouri, Jamie Borthwick, Chris McCausland and Paul Merson were all given scores but Wynne wasn’t on camera with his co-stars.

This was despite the fact that his professional partner Katya Jones was visible just behind Claudia Winkleman.

Fans were quick to notice his lack of screen time 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.”

However, a source close to the show told The Sun that Wynne was being “stitched into” his outfit.

The insider added that contestants often dip backstage before their performances in a completely standard procedure in a live show environment. 

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.