Eastenders star Jamie Borthwick and professional dancer Nancy Xu have been crowned this year's winners of the Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas special.
11.12.2023 - 07:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Craig Revel Horwood went against his fellow judges during the latest Strictly Come Dancing results - after fans claimed to spot his 'dislike' with one of the show's couples. It was a crucial night in the ballroom on Saturday night (December 9) as there were three places in the final at stake.
The leaderboard was a slightly different to usual as despite the couples doing two dances each during the live semi-final, the scores from last weekend's quarter-finals, and Musicals week, were carried over due to there being no public vote and elimination after Nigel Harman had to withdraw through injury at the eleventh hour.
It meant that the couples had scores out of 120 as the semi-final came to a close. And it was Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin who were top with 116 out of a possible 120 after two perfect 40 scores - the only couple to get all 10s from the judges this series. They were followed by Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola who achieved a just-as-impressive score of 111 out of 120.
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Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell finished with 107 while Annabel Croft and Johannes didn't quite break the 100 mark with a total of 98 out of 120. And it was these two couples who found themselves in the dreaded dance-off on Sunday night (December 10).
Both couples performed their favourite routine of the night again after falling under the red light of doom. EastEnders star Bobby and dance partner Dianne performed their Quickstep to Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin before former tennis ace Annabel and her dance partner Johannes performed their
Eastenders star Jamie Borthwick and professional dancer Nancy Xu have been crowned this year's winners of the Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas special.
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