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How Wynne Evans battled depression and loneliness before helping others struggling with mental health - as star is announced for Strictly


Wynne Evans, 52, has become the third contestant to be confirmed for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing after overcoming a years-long mental health battle.

The Welsh opera singer, 52, is known and beloved by millions in the UK as the former face of GoCompare, playing Gio Compario, an eccentric Italian tenor with a long and twirly moustache. Wynne is known and beloved by millions in the UK for portraying Italian tenor Gio Compario, the former face of GoCompare, a Welsh financial services comparison company He was cast as Ubaldo Piangi, in the 25th Anniversary production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and has sung at 30 Welsh international rugby matches.

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