Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Wynne Evans appeared on a BBC present over the weekend regardless of his obvious departure from the company earlier this 12 months

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans made an sudden look on a BBC present tonight. It comes after the company stated it had “no plans” to work with him following his exit from the reside tour and his radio present.

Wynne, 53, nevertheless, appeared on an episode of Pointless Celebrities that aired on BBC One earlier tonight. He was paired up with Joanna Web page, who was his co-star on Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea, which is not set to have a second sequence because the BBC stated in June that it has “no plans” to resume it.

It comes following his obvious departure from the BBC earlier this 12 months. It had been reported that it had severed ties with the opera singer, identified for the Go Examine adverts, and had confirmed that it did not plan to work with him additional.

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The pre-recorded episode of Pointless Celebrities that aired tonight noticed Wynne and Joanna make it to the penultimate spherical, however they missed out on reaching the ultimate collectively. The opposite staff, Jane Hill and Ben Boulos, who each work on BBC Information, grew to become the finalists as an alternative after successful the spherical.

That they had competed towards two different pairs earlier within the episode. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard had been with impressionist Jess Robinson, while comedians Esther Manito and Wealthy Corridor had labored collectively.

Previous to the episode airing tonight, Wynne had advised followers on Instagram that he can be in it. He wrote beside a photograph of himself and Joanna on the set: “Tonight again on [BBC One] for Superstar Pointless with [Joanna].”

Some viewers appeared shocked to see Wynne on the present this night. One wrote on X: “Wynne Evans? This should have been recorded 10 years in the past?” One other stated: “Significantly??? Who the hell thought Wynne Evans showing can be a good suggestion.” A 3rd wrote on the platform although: “Nicely completed [BBC] – Wynne on Pointless – widespread sense eventually.”

It is not been confirmed when the episode was filmed. One viewer steered it might mark Wynne’s ultimate look on the BBC although. They wrote in a publish on X earlier tonight: “This could possibly be Wynne Evans’s final BBC look.”

The episode’s broadcast this weekend comes after the BBC was stated to have lower its final remaining ties with Wynne. He had labored with the company for years, together with internet hosting his personal BBC Radio present for nearly a decade.

it was introduced again in Might that the BBC had “no plans” to work with him sooner or later although. It comes following a sequence of scandals throughout his time on Strictly Come Dancing final 12 months and its subsequent tour earlier this 12 months.

Throughout the tour, it was reported that he had used the time period ‘spit roast’ to host Janette Manrara at a photocall. Wynne has, nevertheless, since insisted that it was as an alternative a part of a nickname for fellow contestant Jamie Borthwick and that it “wasn’t meant sexually”.

Wynne subsequently left the tour and his BBC Radio Wales present after the scandal broke again in January. It was stated on the time that the choice had been made in settlement with the BBC and to “prioritise” Wynne’s wellbeing.

It was then introduced in Might that Wynne wouldn’t be returning to his radio present, which he had hosted since 2016. In an announcement on the time, a spokesperson for the BBC stated: “[Wynne] will not be beneath contract with the BBC. He’s not returning to the mid-morning present on BBC Radio Wales, and there are at present no plans to work with him.”

While Wynne, who has since criticised the BBC, advised followers in an announcement: “It breaks my coronary heart to say the BBC has determined to not renew my contract, so I will not be returning to my radio present. I am gutted. That present wasn’t simply work – it was dwelling. It was us. We laughed, we cried, we sang like no person was listening. And by some means, by way of the airwaves, we grew to become a household. Thanks for welcoming me into your houses. Into your hearts.”

He as an alternative introduced that he would host the Wynne Evans Present on different platforms. He is since launched his new weekday radio and later advised his followers on social media that he had greater than 40,000 listeners for the primary episode.

Extra lately, it was reported in June that the BBC had lower its final remaining ties with him. It was confirmed on the time that the company had “no plans” for a second sequence of his journey present Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea, which ran for six episodes between January and February.

A supply had advised the Solar that the choice to not renew it “marks the tip” of a relationship between Wynne and the BBC. They stated: “It implies that Wynne has no TV present or radio present with the Beeb, and successfully marks the tip of their ­relationship.”

Pointless Celebrities is on the market on BBC iPlayer.

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