STRICTLY pro Katya Jones and dance partner Wynne Evans have addressed the very awkward moment on tonight’s show.

BBC viewers were left shocked this evening as they spotted Katya push Wynne’s hand off her.

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The pair were standing with the rest of the group when the singer, 52, put his arm around the 35-year-old’s waist and she appeared to object to his positioning.

Katya and Wynne has since taken to social media to clear things up, after a number of fans were left baffled at the moment.

Speaking from backstage, Katya said: “Hi everyone, it’s Wynne and Katya here, we just wanted to say we were messing around in the clauditorium on Saturday night and we just want to say sorry.”

She added: “It was a silly joke.”

While Wynne echoed : “Yeah, sorry.”

The toe-curling moment caught on live TV sparked speculation amongst fans, who were concerned about her unusual reaction.

One person wrote: “Anyone else see Katya push wynne’s hand away.”

A second said: “Katya moving Wynne’s hand away then….”

While a third added: “Did anybody else just see Katya push away Wynne’s hand – she did that awkward smile.”

Others noticed that Katya was standing nowhere near Wynne when the cameras appeared once again.

Katya and Wynne wowed the judges with their tango to ABBA’s Money, Money, Money.

During the critique after their performance, Wynne was left in hysterics as Craig Revel Horwood made an innuendo at Anton Du Beke’s expense.

Anton was full of praise for Wynne and when he has finished, Craig asked: “I see the espresso has kicked in Anton. You going to be able to keep that up all night, dear?”

Wynne couldn’t stop laughing as he tried to get through the rest of it.

Craig told him: “You bum was sticking up – but I loved, loved, loved it. Winner, winner, win.”

Motsi Mabuse agreed and said: “This was your best dance yet, I’ve been waiting for this dance, I knew it was coming.

“What I love is that you guys give us a story…beautifully timed.”

Head judge Shirley Ballas was also full of praise and said: “I got goosebumps, it was passionate and told a tale.

“You got out there and I could see you’re in it to win it.”

Craig and Anton scored Wynne an 8, while Shirley and Motsi gave him a nine, making it his highest score so far.

But some fans hit out at the judges yet again for “overmarking” another celebrity – with some claiming they have their “favourites”.

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Anton Du Beke has shared the ingenious ways he used to conceal his Strictly Come Dancing partners’ lack of ability while he was a professional dancer on the programme.

While providing feedback to Paul Merson and Karen Hauer about their week four performance, the show’s judge explained the distractions he utilised when his celebrity contestant was struggling.

Before replacing Bruno Tonioli as a full-time judge on the BBC competition, Du Beke participated as a professional for 18 series, and was partnered with stars including Patsy Palmer, Kate Garraway and Judy Murray.

Du Beke found biggest Strictly success alongside opera singer Lesley Garrett, actor Laila Rouass, newsreader Katie Derham and EastEnders star Emma Barton, with whom he finished in second place in 2019.

However, throughout his time as a professional, Du Beke often found himself paired with celebrities who either failed to make it far in the competition or sailed through as that year’s “joke” contestant. These included Anne Widdecombe, Gillian Taylforth, Lesley Joseph and Susannah Constantine.

Speaking to Merson following his Quickstep to “I Won’t Dance” by Fred Astaire, Du Beke said: “I take my hat off to you and to Karen as well.”

He explained: “I’ve been in this position where I’ve been partnered with people and I’ve thought ‘here we go’. I’ve flown them in, I’ve had exploding maracas, you do everything you can to avoid actually dancing!”

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Of Merson’s Strictly journey, the judge added: “When I watched you at the beginning I thought we could be going down this road but when you danced this I thought yes! This is great. You did it seriously. You did it straight…You look great in a tail suit.”

The former Arsenal player received a four from Craig Revel Horwood, six points each from Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas and a seven from Du Beke, bringing his total to 23 – his highest score so far.

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Strictly Come Dancing fans on X/Twitter praised Merson’s performance, calling the Quickstep his first “serious” dance of the competition so far.

Viewers of the show had previously begged Strictly producers to stop making Merson the “joke” act of the season after he was made to dance a American Smooth to the popular football chant song “Vindaloo” by Fat Les in week one.

“Stop making the middle-aged ex-footballer the automatic ‘joke’ act and just teach them how to dance, Strictly!” one fan demanded.

“Merse was never going to be the best dancer,” another supporter added. “But making him do an American Smooth to ‘Vindaloo’ is a massive, massive stitch up.”

BBC viewers have hit back at Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel as they claim it’s ‘fixed’ to allow one contestant to win.

Viewers watched as Hala, a mum of two from Leeds, pocketed £21,500 on the last question of The Wheel on Saturday night.

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Earlier in the BBC One show, Hala had revealed that she would use any winnings to help her get married again.

She explained how ten years before she had been hospitalised with a rare disorder that left her unable to walk and she had married her husband from her hospital bed.

Now determined to have the wedding day she’d always wanted, she shared that any winning money would go towards her special day.

Yet whilst the emotional mum was in pieces over her win, after revealing devastating health issues and what the money would be used for, viewers have been left cynical.

The final question came down to knowing which member of The Beatles played bass, with four options available to choose from.

Using celebrity guest Jonathan Ross for guidance, he assured her it was Paul McCartney and even claimed: “I even went to his house onc and he let me play his bass. That’s how confident I am!”

As the winning answer was revealed to be exactly that, Hala was shaking and in visible upset at the impact this sum would have.

She told host and comedian Michael McIntyre: “This will change my life.”

Yet writing on social media, viewers were left sure the emotional set up was a fix by the BBC programme.

One person wrote: “Anyone else think this is fixed? The way Michael has been bigging up Hala it was obvious she’d get to the last question. #TheWheel.”

Another added: “The last question was ridiculously easy!”

Yet some were just moved by Hala’s story as another shared: “I dont care if they fiddled it for Hala to win. I’m just so very happy she did.”

Another thought the same as they wrote: “I don’t think I’ve *EVER* been so happy that someone won a television quiz show!”

“Thrilled for Hala. Sobbing at her reaction the second Jonathan said he knew the answer,” said another.

This isn’t the first time the BBC show has been accused of ‘fixing’ the winner for The Wheel, as earlier this year NHS worker Karen had seemingly won over Michael McIntyre with her bubbly personality.

So much so that she ended up with three consecutive chances to win the Jackpot Prize, as many viewers pushed back on why she was seemingly given so many opportunities to get the prize money.

In the end she answered the final question correctly, netting a whopping £90,000 of prize money.

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel airs on BBC One on Saturday nights at 8:30–9:30 PM. The show is also available on iPlayer.

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Strictly Come Dancing fans were left speechless by Chris McCausland’s week four performance.

The comedian, 47, who is the show’s first blind contestant, performed a Salsa to “Down Under” by Men at Work with his professional partner Dianne Buswell on Saturday night (12 October).

McCausland’s routine included a series of impressive lifts, which were praised by the Strictly judges and fans at home alike.

Head judge Shirley Ballas was lost for words at the end of the comedian’s performance. “I can’t even imagine how you managed to do that so flawlessly when you can’t see,” she said.

“On top of that, you kept to your music, you didn’t miss a beat. I’m telling you from my heart, that is absolutely impressive.”

Strictly viewers on X/Twitter were similarly dazzled by McCausland’s complex choreography. “Dianne is working so hard for Chris and she’s performing miracles…those lifts,” one person wrote.

“Please keep him in the competition he is AWESOME,” another fan begged.

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Meanwhile, a third viewer added: “Chris and Dianne are just an absolutely magic couple aren’t they. I’m just left speechless every single week. Those lifts were absolutely incredible. I cannot believe how good that dance was.”

After the judges’ scores, McCausland flew straight to the top half of the leaderboard with a total of 30 points after recieving six from Craig Revel Horwood and eight points each from the remaining three judges.

“I didn’t know what salsa was last week,” the comedian said after his performance, joking he thought the word only referred to the condiment.

The comedian previously told The Independent that he and Buswell are “winging it” when it comes to their training technique.

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“We’re just gonna have to figure it out as we go along,” he said.

“The production team are just being really flexible. My dance partner is figuring out how to teach me. And we are winging it. That’s the best way I think.”

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It comes shortly after McCausland addressed the backlash surrounding comments made by eliminated Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox this week.

Willcox, who was the second contestant to be knocked out of the competition said her words of wisdom for the celebrities still on the show were: “If you don’t wanna do a dance off, get rid of Chris!”

While it’s clear that Willcox was aiming to complement McCausland for his dancing skills and popularity among Strictly fans, the comments backfired among viewers who said the remark was “uncalled for” and “mean”.

However, McCausland has since defended Willcox online, saying that the singer has been “nothing but beautiful and supportive” during their few weeks together on the dancing competition.

“What she said on It Takes Two was funny and an incredible bloody compliment,” he said.

WEATHER reporting can be a thankless task, with technical glitches and unexpected clangers landing forecasters in hot water.

The BBC apologised after its weather app this week incorrectly predicted hurricane winds of 15,345mph in London’s Oxford Circus, and temperatures of 404C in Nottingham.

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The bloopers led BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood to say: “Believe me, it’s all hands on deck at the moment trying to sort it out.”

But this is not the first time weather reports have blown it — here are some of the best meteorological mistakes and mishaps . . . 

BBC Scotland’s Judith Ralston dropped the F-word in 2019 on the Seven Days review programme.

She said: “Oh f***, sorry. I forgot the pressure chart. Sorry.”

Alison Hammond made a splash on the This Morning weather map in Liverpool, accidentally pushing one of her assistants into the cold water of Albert Dock.

She said: “I thought at one point I’d killed him.”

AUSSIE weatherman Steve Jacobs was attacked by Marnie the pelican, who pinned him against a wall and pecked his backside as he was broadcasting from Taronga Zoo in 2010.

Steve screamed and collapsed in giggles.

AS Carol Kirkwood did a BBC Breakfast forecast in West Sussex in 2014, a dog squatted down and pooped.

The show’s presenter said: “Oh Carol, don’t look behind you.” Carol joked: “Upstaged by a dog, story of my life.”

IN 2021, Carol was pulled face down on the floor by a guide dog named Flash during the Chelsea Flower Show and her legs flipped up on screen.

In the studio, a presenter said: “We’ve got a Kirkwood down.”

Weatherman Michael Fish notoriously said ahead of the 1987 great storm, which caused destruction across the UK: “A woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, don’t worry, there isn’t.”

The gaffe remains one of weather’s greatest bloopers.

THE Radio 4 Shipping Forecast was interrupted for the first time in 91 years in 2016 when weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker felt sick.

He tried to keep reading while retching, before mumbling “excuse me” and rushing off.

Fellow presenter Chris Aldridge finished the broadcast.

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IN 2010, Tomasz had another calamity when he was caught on camera giving his colleague the middle finger.

Newsreader Simon McCoy had taunted him by saying: “We will have the weather forecast in a minute and of course it will be 100 per cent accurate and provide all the detail you need. I’ve just seen Tom Schafernaker preparing for it.”

VIEWERS saw double in 2014 when BBC presenter Helen Willetts had an awkward technical glitch that meant she appeared to have a twin.

CANADIAN meteorologist Kristi Gordon got the fright of her life in 2013 when a seemingly giant spider was projected on to her head during a weather forecast.

She screamed in terror.

The mini-beast had crawled on to the weather camera.

FLORIDA weatherman Justin Mosely went viral after a cockroach ran up his leg during a weather forecast in 2007.

He dashed off camera screaming: “Oh my God.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing alum Sara Davies showed off her incredible four stone weight loss.

The businesswoman, 40, starred in the beloved BBC programme in 2021.

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Seated with Helen Skelton and Alan Carr, fans were wowed by Sara’s strapless red jumpsuit and huge silver heels as she sat in the audience.

Earlier on Instagram, Sara revealed her potential outfit choices for the evening.

Although she initially had three options, the star ultimately opted for a red jumpsuit and matching blazer jacket.

Fans showed their approval too, as one wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Sara in the audience looks amazing – she’s lost so much weight.”

Another added: “Off topic but Sara Davies looks absolutely stunning in the audience.”

It comes as Sara recently revealed she has dropped three dress sizes.

Having gone from a size 16 to size 12, Sara said she experienced a “trigger moment” while filming the BBC business show last year.

The TV personality unveiled cutting out sugar as her weight loss trick.

She told Closer magazine: “It was my 40th birthday in April and I wanted to be the fittest I’d been since I was 30.

“I’ve spent half my life sucking myself into Spanx, and now it’s bloody lovely to put on a dress and not have two pairs on underneath!”

During Sara’s time on Strictly, she was partnered up with Aljaž Škorjanec.

The pair reached Week 8 of the competition before being eliminated following a dance-off with Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin.

Speaking with host Tess Daly after being voted off, Sara said: “I had no idea any of this was in me.

“It’s been a life-changing experience and one I’ve loved every second of.”

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She added: “He’s one in a million. He knows it, I tell him every day.

“This wouldn’t have been the experience it was unless it had been with you.”

It comes as Aljaž has just returned to Strictly for the 2024 series, where he’s partnering Tasha Ghouri.

Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One and is available on iPlayer.

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