Just announced - if anyone interested.

Bl**dy hell, it must be serious if they're wheeling him out. They wrote his autocue cards quick!

News 24 at 1pm is also the 1 o'clock news on BBC1.

Sophie Raworth interviewing, yay!

Will be nice to see him, to see him, nice!

Does this mean he's going to be on the main news at 1pm?

I hope he resigns in protest. Someone has to. Light entertainment has turned into 'Bully Heaven'

Just said that it's part of the main news at 1pm

Sophie has just confirmed live on BBC1 she will be speaking to Bruce.

Damage-limitation cringe

Just trying to prove they're not ageist!!!!!!!!

damage done in my opinion.

he he...

Be interesting to see if he takes the tack of damage limitation or really sticks up for light entertainment - which is, after all, his roots.

The show's credibility is shot. Next years line up and we will all be looking for who is going to be bullied out with three bottom of the scoreboard scores.

It is a phone voting scandal by the back door.

Sophie: So Bruce should John have gone?

Bruce: Who knows? Over to you Tess

Sophie: Its Sophie.

This will all be 'laughed off' by the BBC and on the show on Saturday. That's the BBC way, despite the fact that viewers have been cheated.

BRUCY- sitting on fence
feels sorry for John and judges

Disgusting.

Brucie I loved you.

Not any more.

Spineless.

Ooooo John will be on the News Channel at 2.30

JOhn on News24 at 2.30

To be fair to Bruce, he is still employed by the BBC and he still has to work with the judges every week. He can't be seen to take sides in this.

LOL He must be doing the splits to be able to sit on a fence that wide!!

More embarrassment from Bruce, poor Sophie trying to shut him up - LOL

The BBC are spineless and take forever to get moving - just look at he Ross and Brand bullying. If enough complain that is when they will HAVE to do something. Ofcom will demand it.

Bruce only basically said he can see all points of view in this, which a lot of us can.

John got a lot of public support, so deserved to stay, BUT - had it continued and he'd won it would have made a farce out of the dancing competition. Better dancers dont deserve to put in hours and hours of hard work to get knocked out at his expense, just because the public want to have a laugh at John's expense by keeping him in.

Only 4 can win.

Is he saying Jodie and Christine can't?

The cheeky sod.