BBC Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach all smiles as she's seen weeks after win
29.12.2023 - 09:55
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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. While the judges gave their usual feedback and awarded their scores, the winning decision was down to the public.
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And the vote later revealed that after all nine performances, it was former Coronation Street star Ellie and Italian professional dancer Vito who had emerged victorious. The pair also made history as Ellie, at the age of 22, is now the youngest-ever winner of the hit dance competition.
Since then, Ellie has been settling back into her post-Strictly life with her loved ones and with the main Christmas festivities out of the way, the former soap star was reunited with her best friend, Jade, as they headed out into Manchester to one of the city's newest haunts.
The gal pals headed to Fenix, the new glamorous restaurant from the team behind popular city centre eatery Tattu. The contemporary Greek-Mediterranean restaurant and bar opened its doors at the end of November and has since seen a few