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VIEWERS can go compare Wynne Evans’s bulky former body with the new trimmer frame he’s been honing ahead of competing in Strictly.

The Welsh opera star has lost a staggering six stone after exercising and taking up a diet dominated by cauliflower and ditching his two most unhealthy favourites - cheese and jam.

Wynne Evans has lost a staggering six stone ahead of competing on Strictly
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Wynne Evans has lost a staggering six stone ahead of competing on Strictly
The Welsh opera star has been exercising and taking up a diet dominated by cauliflower
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The Welsh opera star has been exercising and taking up a diet dominated by cauliflowerCredit: ALAN TOWSE/FAMOUS

He’s been hitting the gym trying to get as fit as possible for for his stint on the BBC1 dance contest which kicks off next Saturday.

He joked: “The stuff I’m more nervous about is doing something like the jive because I represent every portly middle-aged father who jumps and could set a minor tsunami off in North London.

“I’m kind of a bit nervous about that.”

Wynne, 52, is famous for playing Italian tenor Gio Compario on the Go.Compare insurance comparison website adverts since 2009.

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Last year the father-of-two also won the eighteenth series of BBC One’s Celebrity Masterchef, and was approached earlier this year to take part in Strictly.

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