CELEBRITY Big Brother bosses were left scrambling after the top secret eviction result was leaked last night.
The vote to win was frozen by bosses on Wednesday as AJ and Will previously revealed the housemate with the fewest votes would be booted out.
The unlucky celeb left through the diary room and missed out on their big exit to the fanfare of the live audience.
In a bid to keep the result under wraps until it airs tonight producers cancelled the live feed and obscured the window to the gallery in the Late and Live studio.
However, The Sun can exclusively reveal they were left scrambling last night after crew working on the spin-off removed the blackout whilst some of the audience were still in the studio.
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In a last ditch attempt to keep the eviction result from leaking ITV bosses forced members of the audience to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
An insider told us: "The backdoor eviction was being kept so top secret that only a select number of crew working on Celebrity Big Brother knew.
"Bosses had made sure the gallery, which is visible in the Late and Live studio, was covered up so the audience and fans at home couldn't watch the monitors and guess the result.
"But after AJ Odudu wrapped the episode the crew immediately started to remove the blackout sticker, making the gallery once again visible and eagle-eyed fans caught glimpse of the live feed.
"While the audience thought it was amusing bosses held them back and forced them to sign NDAs, preventing them from revealing the result - or even mentioning the mishap."
ITV declined to comment when contacted and The Sun has made the decision not to spoil the result.
Louis Walsh, Fern Britton, Colson Smith, David Potts, Nikita Kuzmin and Bradley Riches remain in the TV house.
Celebrity Big Brother's finale will air on Friday night as the first winner in five years will be crowned.
Music mogul and former X Factor judge Louis Walsh is the bookies favourite to scoop the crown with the Irishman odds-on at 8-13.
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Marisha Wallace, Zeze Millz were given their marching orders from the house in a shock double axing on Tuesday.
