Strictly Come Dancing pro Carlos Gu had to delete an Instagram post after revealing this week’s result before it aired on the BBC.
Carlos, who is a new professional on the hit show this year, had another terrific week in the ballroom on Saturday night, when he and celeb partner, CBBC star Molly Rainford got high praise and high scores from the judges for their waltz to One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story. The pair ended up in the upper echelons of the leaderboard once again, giving themselves a very strong chance of staying in the competition.
While the Strictly results show always airs on BBC One on a Sunday evening it’s a well known fact that it is actually recorded in the hours that follow the live show on a Saturday, hence viewers only having a limited window of time to get their votes in following all of the performances.
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This has been a bone of contention for many viewers for a number of years, while others wait up late on Saturday night, full of anticipation for the spoiler to land on Twitter. Those who played the waiting game this week were left shocked and upset at reading the spoiler, with both the identity of the bottom two couples and the one who went home sparking outrage.
The result is never officially broadcast until the end of Sunday’s results show, meaning those who want to find out out early have to do know where to find it on Twitter. However, Carlos revealed who went home in an Instagram post he made in Sunday. Avid Strictly fans who follow all of the pros’ social media accounts were quick to clock the reveal, which came by way of a caption Carlos wrote.
It didn’t take too long for the Instagram post to disappear but, by that point, it had already caused a stir on Twitter. Warning fellow fans not to look, an account called Strictly Updates posted: “If you haven't already. DO NOT look at the caption on Carlos's insta post SPOILER on who went this weekend.”
One viewers who also saw the post tweeted: “carlos leaking the strictly spoiler has the same energy of literally every 2019 contestant leaking it every week,” promoting another Twitter user to respond: “He did what?!”
A third wrote: “not carlos literally becoming the new strictly spoiler."
