Ellie Leach couldn't dampen her smiles as she was reunited with her best friend for a night out weeks after her Strictly Come Dancing win.
It was only on December 16 that the actress was crowned this year's champion of the BBC One dance contest alongside Vito Coppola.
After 12 weeks of learning how to dance with professional dance partner Vito Coppola, the pair made it through to the final where they went up against Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell.
After all three couples made it to the end of the 2023 run of the competition and to be in with a chance of winning, they had to perform three dances each.
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