EXCLUSIVE How Wynne Evans the chubby opera singer from the Go Compare ads lost seven stone to be the surprise favourite to win Strictly By Grant Tucker Published: 23:05, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 23:25, 4 October 2024 e-mail View comments The nation knows him as the moustachioed star of the GoCompare television adverts, all smiles and operatic baritones. But for Wynne Evans , looking in the mirror has not always been easy. At his peak he weighed 24st and was far from happy with his appearance.
But, after losing an astonishing 7st in the past year – what he modestly describes as 'a bit of timber' – he is now embracing his gruelling dance training sessions for the new series of Strictly , as he makes a determined bid to win the famous glitterball trophy with his dance partner Katya Jones . And, as the 52-year-old tells the Mail, even more weight has fallen off since signing up for the BBC One dance show. 'I'm more body confident.
Looking in the mirror all day is a bit odd for me, because the mirror is something I always try to avoid,' Wynne said. Wynne Evans, a surprising favourite for BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with dancing partner Katya Jones Wynne Jones pictured as the chubby opera singer for the Go Compare UK television adverts Read More Giovanni Pernice 'hopes to return to Strictly next year' despite Amanda Abbington claims 'But I'm really enjoying it. I haven't seen my neck in a long time.
I feel like a giraffe!' He puts his weight loss down to a calorie-controll.