BBC Strictly Come Dancing star leaves show for good and talks 'tough days'

Wynne Evans has talked "tough days" after his axe from BBC Strictly Come Dancing - as he issues a "getting there" statement. GoCompare crooner Wynne has opened up to his fans since being eliminated from the BBC dance competition.

The Welsh singer issued a statement and told his followers that he's "keeping his mind busy" and "get back to BBC Radio Wales." He also said that he's "getting there" and informed his fans that now he's off Strictly, he doesn't "interact with as much people."

The BBC Radio Wales host, 52, became the eighth celebrity to be voted out of the dance competition after he failed to impress the judges when he went head-to-head with Montell Douglas. Following Wynne's Charleston performance alongside pro dancer Katya Jones, 35, during the results show episode on Sunday (November 17) in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, the opera singer learned of his fate.

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Three of the Strictly judges, Craig Revel-Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke, opted to save Montell. Head judge Shirley Ballas confirmed she, too, would have saved Montell from elimination on Sunday night. The pair took to Blackpool's Tower Ballroom with a Charleston routine to Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les Toreadors by George Bizet.

However, it was not enough to keep the dancing duo in the competition, as Wynne bowed out of the series. Evans said: "What I can say was it was a joke that sadly was misinterpreted. And I think just as we have to believe people when something really has gone wrong and we have to believe people when they say it was a joke."

He added the coverage of it "for days on end was pretty relentless". When asked if explaining the joke might have relieved some of the pressure he said: "Maybe. Maybe not. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and it was just something that happened and that was it."

Strictly Come Dancing resumes on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.