"I want genuine elves, I want reindeer, I want to throw snowballs" - Ricky Evans' outlandish plans for Christmas themed Ally Pally walk-on this December
PDCTuesday, 18 November 2025 at 12:30
On Thursday, Dec. 11, the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship gets underway at Alexandra Palace. A traditional staple of festive period, many players have been inspired in the last to use a special, Christmas themed walk-on. Peter Wright has entered dressed as Santa Claus and the Grinch, with Ricky Evans using Shakin' Stevens Christmas classic. The latter wants to do something special again this year.
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Evans' walk-ons are always a sight to behold at the World Darts Championship, and with the aforementioned Christmas classic Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens, Evans has made himself particularly popular with the Ally Pally audience.
Evans also wore a special Christmas shirt each time. "It'll be the same Christmas walk-on this year, I know that," said the 35-year-old Englishman recently in conversation with Tungsten Tales. "It might be a different shirt this year, I'll have some Christmas trousers."
But Evans has more plans. "I want to walk on with genuine elves," he says excitedly. "I want elves to walk me on, I want reindeer, I'd like to throw snowballs into the crowd with presents or flights in it. But I think there's too much health and safety involved with some of those walk-ons."
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"Inspiration for other players."
However, Evans says he has nothing to do with Christmas. "I'm someone that hates Christmas by the way," he says. "But I love doing the Christmas walk-on. Everyone seems to be in the party mood, and it gets then on my side as well. I'll always do it, but I've got a sneaky feeling a few others might get Christmas shirts or do Christmas walk-ons now because they've seen my popularity."
Evans reached the quarter-finals at the Grand Slam of Darts last week, moving up to 40th in the updated PDC Order of Merit. 'Rapid' now sets his sights on the Players Championship Finals, which kick off next Friday at Butlin's Minehead. In the opening round, Evans will take on fifteenth-seeded Dutchman Danny Noppert.
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Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
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