Strictly fans have vented their frustrations over the weekly leak (Picture: PA)
The ‘mole’ who has been leaking the Strictly Come Dancing elimination believes he’s done nothing wrong, despite spoiling the result ahead of broadcast.
On Monday, it was reported BBC executives were looking into shifting the typically pre-recorded results show from Saturday night to Sunday in a bid to stop viewers finding out who’s been voted off.
As it stands, the results show which airs every Sunday night is actually filmed right after the live show the night before.
Naturally, the studio audience – made up of family and friends of the celebrities and other members of the public – are sworn to secrecy, and have their phones taken off them during filming.
Over the weekend, fans discovered ahead of time that Matt Goss and his pro partner Nadiya Bychkova were in the dance-off with Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima, with the Bros singer getting eliminated.
Meanwhile, last week there were Twitter posts revealing Richie Anderson had left the competition, which took place at the end of the results show.
Matt Goss was the latest celeb eliminated (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
However, David Thorp – the person responsible for leaking the exclusive info – believes viewers have an ‘appetite’ to know which star was dumped ahead of time.
‘I don’t put the results for everyone to see and they have to search for my site to find out the results,’ he told MailOnline.
He even ‘blamed’ the broadcaster for choosing to film the results show on Saturday instead of Sunday when it usually airs.
This comes after judge Anton Du Beke pleaded with the ‘mole’ to stop spoiling the results show before the official broadcast.
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‘It gets on my nerves,’ Du Beke said during Tuesday’s Loose Women.
‘Please stop. I don’t know who you are but please stop. Don’t do it. Why would you do it? Nobody knows who it is.
‘The audience, like the people who go to [Agatha Christie murder mystery play] The Mousetrap for example, which has been going for years, we’re all in it together. Knowledge is power and all that sort of stuff, everyone has an agreement we won’t say anything, so I don’t know who does it.’
He went on to add that ‘they call you a spoiler for a reason—because you’re a spoiler. Don’t do it… Try to stop spoiling it please, because people don’t want to know.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to BBC for comment.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday at 6:30pm on BBC One.
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The BBC has reportedly looked into shifting the schedule.