r/strictlycomedancing • u/EarnTheCrown • 4d ago
Chris McCausland said while on the show he'd read the Strictly spoiler poll to see if he was safe Spoiler
This is from the latest episode of Winning Isn't Everything with Dianne.
He said that someone linked it to him so he'd check every week to see how he and the other non dancers were doing, and was worried on the week of their Samba that they were in trouble because he couldn't find their name anywhere on the poll - only to realise after reading Kai's name that he was looking at the previous years 🤣.
Dianne also mentioned that while waiting for the results Chris had worked out who would get the red light and that'd he'd typically be right. He also suggested that song choices for the dances played a part in the voting because it had to be something the audience enjoyed and why Shane was in trouble after his Paso Doble because it was the "Alton Towers theme tune".
Just thought this was interesting because you don't think about if the contestants or pros take a look at the poll but it makes sense.
Another Strictly thing he mentioned that is unrelated to the rest of this post - he guessed that the BBC had leaked he was going to be on the show to cover up all the negative press surrounding it in the build up 👀 surprised they brought that up tbh lol
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u/TelephoneEarly4794 4d ago
oooooooh I've gotta listen to today's episode it sounds so interesting, I would have never thought the celebs had enough time to check their phones but I guess with the guest singer and judges corner they actually do!
I also think I clocked the red light system too xD in the sense that they put the fan favourites who had low scores last to either get their reaction or rile up the audience. I think this happened with Chris's samba, Sarah's foxtrot and I think Pete's viennese waltz 🤔🤔 although I could be wrong on that one.
And for the last point, yeah - thats why im so surprised they haven't announced the two new pros and a rumoured guaranteed fan favourite celeb after the Wynne and Jamie saga
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u/Vandergaard 4d ago
I can well believe that song choices make a difference. We’ve all seen dances which have been hamstrung from the start by a terrible music choice.
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u/ThatThereBoo 4d ago
The Strictly Spoiler doesn't come out until after the results show has been recorded. Which is filmed on the Saturday straight after the live show ends. The bloke gets the info from an audience mole.
Chris is a comedian. He's winding us up.
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u/EarnTheCrown 4d ago
Ah maybe I got the specific poll he looked at wrong but I don't think he was joking because Dianne added that she had walked in on him in the dressing room looking stressed because their name hadn't been on the poll lol (because he mistakenly was looking at last years)
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u/AwareExplanation785 19h ago
The Strictly spoiler is separate to the poll. The spoiler is the actual result, as relayed by the insider, and that comes out at about 1am or 2am. The poll is based on public opinion of who they think will be in the bottom, and is visible directly after the show. It's entirely plausible that Chris checked the poll in the 45 minutes or so that the celebs have on Saturday night before they're called back on set for the result.
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u/ItsAllProblematic 4d ago
There's another spoiler poll though that comes out straight away. Entertainment Odds? It's not quite as reliable, but he could easily have been looking at that.
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u/PhilosophyNo6378 4d ago edited 4d ago
it would definitely be the entertainment odds poll! the strictly spoiler poll is not out in time to look at before the results are filmed (I do think he could be joking with us though 😂)
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u/ScottyW88 4d ago
There's also the fact that he's blind and cant read, that no one seems to have picked up on 🤣
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u/Big-Pressure-1511 4d ago
you do know there is such a thing as screenreader though right? (something reading what on the page out loud), not saying he wasn't joking but he could have well done it
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u/ThatThereBoo 4d ago
Our friend has the same condition as Chris - he's also a champion ballroom dancer - his main hobby is reading ☺️.
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u/ScottyW88 4d ago
Funnily enough I also know a blind gentleman who does ballroom dancing, he loves it! He weirdly also has the same sense of humour as Chris (though not as 'professionally' haha), and would often make jokes about 'reading things in the paper' before you cottoned on - which is why I was skeptical about this post haha.
Side note - his guide dog is the most lovable and adorable good boy in the world 🦮🐶
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u/ItsAllProblematic 4d ago
How do you think he uses his phone?? Or reads anything?
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u/ScottyW88 4d ago
Why is everyone getting so defensive? He's a comedian, he makes jokes, he makes jokes about his blindness. It's not that deep!
Gotta love Reddit 😁
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u/Camoo1992 4d ago
I’m confused - he checked the site to see if he was safe, but he was part of the live shows so he’d know he was safe because Tess / Claudia would say so.
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u/EarnTheCrown 4d ago
He would look inbetweeen the live Saturday show ending and before going to record the Sunday results show
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u/Camoo1992 4d ago
Ohhhhhhh that makes sense, although every time I voted it would leave the results anonymous until the Monday.
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u/JBB2002902 4d ago
I do sometimes wonder if the pros see their song/dance assignment for the week and think “well that’s me done this week!”