STRICTLY Come Dancing's "super-spoiler" is raking in a record fee from the BBC series - without even stepping foot on the dancefloor.
The well-informed fan, who leaks the weekly Results Show outcomes on his website and page on X, has now also been unmasked for the first time.
Dave Thorp is the individual who, with the help of his show moles, lets slip the nail-biting elimination during Strictly's annual run.
The spoilers sometimes delight fans eager to be first to the intel, yet others are left devastated as their BBC One viewing experience is marred by the revelations, which come a day ahead of transmission.
The software engineering student, 45, has been in situ as the show's resident spoiler for more than a decade - and rakes in a reported £5,000 per month for the privilege.
That works out as almost as much as the celebs taking part in the show, who are thought to earn a minimum of £25,000 - and more if they get past the quarter finals.
And it appears Preston-based Dave, who has previously denied working for the BBC, is set to continue his Strictly spoiler lifestyle.
A source told how he has links with an insider who tells him who is in the Dance Off - filmed on Saturdays but aired to the public on Sundays - and who is given the boot.
They claim he has received no threats from show bosses and told MailOnline: "The money Thorp is making from giving away the Strictly results is ridiculous.
"He can sometimes earn up to £5,000 a month when the show is airing.
"On a bad month it's around £3,000, but that's not bad money for simply revealing a result and writing a bit of text around it.
"He has someone involved on the show leaking him the results and Strictly have no clue who it is.
"They used to think it was audience members but Thorp still found out which celebrities had been voted out during the lockdown series, which was filmed at Elstree Studios without an audience.'
"But bosses don't seem too concerned as they haven't tried to stop him.
"He's had no legal threats or even just a polite request to stop spoiling the result.
"So I imagine he'll just keep on going."
DETAIL REVEAL
Dave previously addressed his unique role on his Strictly spoiler website.
He answers a series of Frequently Asked Questions from followers - including how he obtained his spoilers in the first place.
In a candid confession Dave wrote: "I work closely with a number of other spoiler sources and together we source moles for the various shows who are willing to tell us the results."
He then insisted he had no connection to the BBC itself and said: "I’m not a BBC employee either presently or formerly and have no connection with the show (if I was I would have been fired a long time ago for breaching the official secrets act or whatever the BBC equivalent is).
"I’m just a Strictly fan who finds it ludicrous that in a day and age where information can be transmitted globally in the blink of an eye, that the BBC would still think it is a good idea to pre record the results show of their flagship reality TV show and broadcast it a whole day after the event."
