{"id":449324,"date":"2023-12-17T11:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T11:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449324"},"modified":"2023-12-17T11:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T11:25:41","slug":"vanessa-feltz-on-tear-stained-strictly-whatever-became-of-the-stiff-upper-lip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/vanessa-feltz-on-tear-stained-strictly-whatever-became-of-the-stiff-upper-lip\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Feltz on tear-stained Strictly – Whatever became of the stiff upper lip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly: Craig gets emotional after Ellie’s ‘flawless’ performance<\/h3>\n

Was there ever so tear-stained a Strictly Come Dancing final? Whatever became of the British stiff upper lip? Faces wobbled. Voices cracked and broke. Staunch Boadicea Shirley Ballas wept copiously at the denouement of nearly every routine.<\/p>\n

Anton Du Beke asked the rhetorical question: ‘Why am I getting emotional?’ Craig Revel Horwood was in bits and Motsi Mabuse was so moved she actually moved – onto her feet and pretty much stayed standing in perpetual ovation.<\/p>\n

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were in sobbing overdrive. As for the audience, striving not to weep through an entire box of tissues in Paso Doble number one – frankly, we were done for. Strictly final 2023 will forever go down in history as the night when Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin\u2019s celestial perfection, enshrined by the awe-stricken judges in a veritable cluster of 10s – was ignored by the voting public in favour of Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola, the most dramatically improved.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what we love about this beloved televisual experience. It can be clearer than crystal that one couple\u2019s technical, artistic and spiritual performance trumps the others\u2019 yet the verdict rests with those on the sofa who factor in all sorts of other ingredients.<\/p>\n

We all knew Layton was too talented, smooth, polished and professional to be permitted to lift the Glitterball. The audience\u2019s desire for a \u2018Strictly journey\u2019 is insatiable and he was simply too brilliant on day one.<\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/strong> Ellie Leach’s four-word message to ‘boyfriend’ Vito after emotional Strictly win<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lots of us hoped beautiful Bobby Brazier whose late mother Jade Goody we remember so vividly, would win the day.<\/p>\n

He arrived quite literally never having heard of a waltz or tango and evolved into an intuitively exquisite dancer before our very eyes.<\/p>\n

His partner Dianne Buswell was enthralled by his natural affinity for music and interpretation.<\/p>\n

His dad Jeff Brazier, brother and loving step-mum led the weekly sobbing.<\/p>\n

The judges said they adored him and felt a career in Hollywood beckoned.<\/p>\n

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Craig Revel Horwood responds to Strictly final backlash as Bobby defended[LATEST] <\/strong>
BBC Strictly star admits he ‘didn’t enjoy’ show after ‘tough’ experience[EXCLUSIVE] <\/strong>
Strictly fans fear Anton Du Beke is ‘broken’ after tearful marriage remark[INSIGHT] <\/strong><\/p>\n

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