Strictly Come Dancing fans have said 'as if' as a new line-up was confirmed just days after the final. The 2024 run of the hit dance show came to a sparkling end over the weekend following the grand final.
The last live show of the series aired on Saturday night (December 14) and saw the four finalists perform three dances each as they hit the ballroom floor for the last time.
At the end of the night, it was Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell who emerged victorious as despite finishing bottom of the leaderboard with the judges' scores, the voting public got behind them and saw them lift the famous Glitterball trophy. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly speaks out as show dealt blow after Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell win They beat fellow finalists Miranda actress Sarah Hadland and partner Vito Coppola, Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and dancer Aljaz Skorjanec and JLS star JB Gill and partner Lauren Oakley to lift the Glitterball trophy after capturing the hearts of the nation during the three-month series.
After Tess Daly announced them as this year's winners of the Strictly's 20th-anniversary series, Chris said it was "astonishing” to win.
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