{"id":254418,"date":"2025-11-10T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254418\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:33:09","slug":"bbc-shuts-down-reports-of-plans-to-axe-strictly-come-dancings-sunday-results-show-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254418\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC shuts down reports of plans to axe Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Sunday results show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC<\/a> has denied rumours that Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>\u2019s Sunday night results show could be axed after concerns about leaks.<\/p>\n

The dance extravaganza is filmed live on Saturday nights during its autumn run, with the Sunday results show recorded straight afterwards and broadcast the next day.<\/p>\n

The current set-up means that news of which celebrity couple has been eliminated are sometimes leaked online ahead of the Sunday evening programme airing.<\/p>\n

A recent report from the Mail on Sunday <\/a>claimed that some BBC executives believe that Strictly should revert to its original format, with a live results show airing later on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s become a complete farce, everyone watching knows that it was filmed the night before \u2013 but more significant than that, the result is out on the internet almost immediately,\u201d a source told the paper.<\/p>\n

However, the BBC has now brushed off this speculation, confirming in a statement <\/a>to Wales Online that \u201cthis story is nonsense\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Sunday night results show is pre-recorded and therefore subject to leaks (BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

\u201cStrictly\u2019s results show is hugely popular and over seven million people came together to watch it live last Sunday night,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The results show remains a ratings success for the broadcaster, with a source adding that \u201con overnight ratings alone, Sunday\u2019s results show had 7.1 million viewers\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will grow further when catch-up and BBC iPlayer viewing is factored in,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis overnight figure was five million viewers more than the most watched programme on other channels, and the BBC\u2019s highest overnight of Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Last<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s results show reported drew in more than seven million viewers (BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

A Strictly insider also told Digital Spy<\/a> that \u201cthere\u2019s absolutely no truth to the suggestion that the Sunday night results show might be axed\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Sunday show typically features a group dance from the professionals, as well as a musical performance, before the two couples with the lowest number of votes from the public face the dreaded dance off.<\/p>\n

The judging panel must then decide which pair they will send home.<\/p>\n

Last month, the show\u2019s longtime presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman broke the news that they would be leaving Strictly<\/a> at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have loved working as a duo, and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream,\u201d they said. \u201cWe were always going to leave together, and now feels like the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has denied rumours that Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Sunday night results show could be axed after concerns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[51174,105796,96,105798,105797,1598,105799,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-254418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc-iplayer","9":"tag-dance-extravaganza","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-live-results","12":"tag-night-results","13":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","14":"tag-sunday-night","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}