Chris and Dianne win Strictly 2024!
Comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell have been crowned this year's winners.
The 47-year-old beat JLS singer JB Gill, actress Sarah Hadland and former Love Islander Tasha Ghouri to lift the glitterball trophy in our live final.
Chris said the win was for Dianne "and for everyone out there who's got told they couldn't do something or thought they couldn't do it"."It just shows with opportunity and support and determination, anything can happen," he added.
Chris and Dianne performed three routines including their Waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers. The pair also reprised their couple's choice routine to Instant Karma by John Lennon.
When they first performed it last month, it went viral on social media thanks to a 'blackout moment', designed to imitate McCausland's experience with blindness. They repeated the moment in the grand final, impressing the judges and getting them a score of 38.
Finally they performed an incredible show dance to To You Get What You Give by the New Radicals.
"Chris, I am a mess because of you, and I said I would not cry in this final," said judge Motsi Mabuse, as she wiped away tears. Chris was registered blind after gradually losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa in his 20s and 30s.
Dianne's parents made the special trip all the way from Australia to watch their daughter win the coveted Strictly Glitterball after seven years as a pro dancer on the show.
