A “mole” who has been leaking the results of Strictly Come Dancing to the British public has insisted he is not “spoiling anyone’s enjoyment” by sharing the secret information.
Super leaker, David Thorp, 42, has been publishing the identity of the axed dancing couple every week on his Strictly spoiler website for ten years, leaving millions of fans frustrated as they wait to watch the pre-recorded show on Sunday night.
But David, who’s married to wife Angie, 31, has since insisted there’s an “appetite” for viewers who want to know the results immediately – and he blames the BBC for not doing two live shows, to prevent leaks from happening.
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David told MailOnline: “I’m just providing a service and am not spoiling anyone’s enjoyment.
“I don’t put the results for everyone to see and they have to search for my site to find out the results.
“There is an appetite from people who want to know the results before Sunday.
“It could be argued that the BBC is to blame for recording something which is of massive interest the day before.”
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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.
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.”
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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.”
BBC has been contacted for a comment.
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