Laura Whitmore confuses fans by appearing on Strictly Come Dancing and the MTV EMAs at the same time
It’s definitely been a whirlwind weekend for Irish beauty Laura Whitmore, with the star being eliminated from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing before wowing on the red carpet at the MTV EMAs in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
However, her ability to appear in two very different places at once left some fans confused, as Strictly viewers took to Twitter to query how she could be having a dance off in the BBC studios and interviewing A-listers in another country at the same time.
Fans wrote on the social media site:
How is Laura Whitmore at the EMAs when she just got eliminated from Strictly ????
— Clare Barrett (@clarecarebear) November 6, 2016
So Laura Whitmore got sent home on strictly's live result show and then travelled to another country for the #EMAS in about an hour?
— James Labile Wyatt (@jameswyatt3212) November 6, 2016
How is Laura Whitmore appearing at the #EMAS and on #Strictly right now? ????
— Eleanore Hutch (@elehutch) November 6, 2016
Well, we can reveal that Laura doesn’t have secret teleporting skills and it’s actually all got a rather simple explanation.
Y’see, although Strictly Come Dancing has episodes on both Saturday and Sunday night, like The X Factor, bosses actually film Sunday’s results show on Saturday night – which is why voting lines are only open for a short amount of time.
Whereas everyone at ITV bundles down to the studios to film the X Factor results show live on Sunday, Strictly stars are able to get it all over and done with on Saturday and watch the results show from the comfort of their own home the next day…
…Or, y’know, jet off to a glitzy showbiz event.
The magic of technology, eh?
At least poor Laura had a pretty cool thing to distract her from her elimination, with the TV presenter being sent home after she lost the dance-off against Ore Oduba.