Fix? He didn't get the votes

HE claims his early exit from Strictly Come Dancing was a fix - but Thomas Skinner has fared no better in new voting figures, which show just 1.4% wanted him to stay.

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The stat from an independent exit poll appears to undermine the former Apprentice star's claim bosses rigged the public vote to boot him off.

Mr Skinner, known for using the word “Bosh”, says he is taking legal advice. He claimed he was told the BBC were “angry and nervous” about his participation because he had met US Vice President J.D. Vance.

BBC chiefs have refused to release the figures, which are overseen by an independent company PromoVeritas. But insiders say an independent exit poll of 125,000 viewers carried out concurrently by website Strictly Spoiler is “clear evidence of his unpopularity”.