STRICTLY bosses are hunting a mole among the show’s stars and production crew after the results were leaked during filming.
Audience members are banned from having mobiles in the ballroom at Elstree Studios where the results episode is recorded after the main dances every Saturday.
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Vicky Pattison steals the limelight in a bright yellow outfitCredit: BBC
Focused pro Julian Caillon and Balvinder Sopal hit the dance floorCredit: BBC
Stylish Katya Jones and Lewis Cope on the live showCredit: BBC
But the celebrities, their family and friends, pro dancers and production crew are allowed to keep their phones.
The whodunnit emerged as Vicky Pattison, Balvinder Sopal, Julian Caillon, Katya Jones and Lewis Cope led celebs in rehearsals yesterday.
Spoilers revealing which couple is booted off have emerged previously online before the results show is screened on BBC1 on Sunday.
But this is the first time a leak appears to be happening while filming is still taking place on Saturday night.
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A source said: “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. It means there is a whodunnit mystery gripping the set. Bosses are actively looking to catch these moles in the act.
“It could prove extremely serious if a paid employee is behind the leaks.”
The mole appears to be relaying the result as it happens to a TikTok personality.
Superfan Shirleigh Humphreys, from Rochester, Kent, streams her live reaction to finding out which celeb is kicked out from about 10.30pm every Saturday.
On TikTok, she admitted: “I have my own moles and this particular mole was fantastic for giving us live coverage of the Strictly Results while it was taping.”
After we approached her for comment, she admitted on a TikTok video it was “inevitable Strictly bosses weren’t going to be happy a spoiler is coming out as the results show is taping”.
A Strictly source: “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.”
