{"id":449354,"date":"2023-12-17T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449354"},"modified":"2023-12-17T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:00:52","slug":"bbc-strictly-come-dancing-suffers-blow-as-finale-viewing-figures-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/bbc-strictly-come-dancing-suffers-blow-as-finale-viewing-figures-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Strictly Come Dancing suffers blow as finale viewing figures drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellie and Vito win Strictly Come Dancing 2023<\/h3>\n

After 13 weeks of impressive routines, glittering ballgowns and tear-jerking performances, Strictly Come Dancing came to a close on Saturday night. Finalists Ellie Leach, Layton Williams and Bobby Brazer all took to the dancefloor one last time to fight for the championship.<\/p>\n

Millions tuned in to see who would be crowned the series winner, although viewing ratings have dropped since last year. According to overnight ratings, Saturday\u2019s finale was watched by an average of 8.8 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Last year, when Hamza Yassin took the title, 9.2 million people tuned in to see who won the show. Although the peak viewings were the same for 2022 and 2023 at 9.7 million views.<\/p>\n

During the finale, fans were treated to three routines by the finalists, a group dance with the cast of the series, and a special performance from Cher. However, it was Ellie Leach who claimed the title, making her Strictly’s youngest winner at 22 years old.<\/p>\n

Speechless to have won, she told presenter Tess Daley: “Words cannot describe how I am feeling right now. I cannot believe we have just won Strictly Come Dancing 2023.<\/p>\n

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“It’s been a life-changing opportunity and I’ve had the time of my life dancing with Vito every week.<\/p>\n

“It has been so special and to be able to do it with such a great teacher has made it an experience I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellie has been the bookie’s favourite to win the show for a few weeks now as Ladbrokes had her odds of winning 1\/12.<\/p>\n

According to poll figures on the Strictly Spoiler Twitter account, the former Coronation Street star stormed ahead of Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier.<\/p>\n

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