After 13 weeks of tough competition, Strictly Come Dancing is gearing up to crown its winner with one final night on the dancefloor.
This year has seen Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec rise above the rest to get in touching distance of the Glitterball Trophy.
Along the way, we have lost the likes of Tom Dean, Toyah Willcox, Nick Knowles, Paul Merson, Dr Punam Krishan, Sam Quek, Shayne Ward, Wynne Evans, Jamie Borthwick, Montell Douglas and Pete Wicks.
Find out who will be crowned champion and more details of their dances below…
Who is dancing what?
As is tradition, the final will see each couple perform three routines. The first will be a dance chosen by the judges, while the second will be a no holds barred showdance before the couples make their final bid to impress with their favourite routine of the series.
Chris McCausland will be reprising his Couple’s Choice performance to Instant Karma! by John Lennon, while his showdance will be to You Get What You Give by the New Radicals. Chris chose his waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers as his favourite dance.
JB will be repeating his Viennese Waltz to Let’s Go Fly a Kite from Mary Poppins as his first routine, while the star is set to boogie to a Motown medley for his showdance. The singer chose his legendary samba to Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes as his favourite dance.
Sarah’s final routines will see her reprise her American Smooth to Heather Small’s Proud, while her showdance is set to Cabaret by Metropole Orkest. Sarah’s favourite dance was her cha-cha-cha to Madonna’s Like a Prayer from the inaugural Icons Week.
© BBC/Guy LevyFinally, Tasha will dance her near-perfect Couple’s Choice to Pink’s What About Us, while her showdance is Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman. Her final dance on the show will be a reprise of her American Smooth to Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved.
Leaderboard
The leaderboard is as follows…
1. JB Gill and Lauren Oakley: 79 – Viennese Waltz  – 40 – 10, 10, 10, 10 / Showdance – 39 – 9, 10, 10, 10
1. Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec: 79 – Couple’s Choice – 39 – 9, 10, 10, 10 / Showdance – 40 –10, 10, 10, 10
3. Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola: 39 – American Smooth – 9, 10, 10, 10
4. Chris McCausland & Dianne Buswell: 38 – Couple’s Choice– 8, 10, 10, 10
Who left last week?
Last week’s semi-finals saw Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal exit the competition, with the pair finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard. The pair went up against Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec in the dance-off, with the judges deciding to unanimously save Tasha.
© BBC/Guy LevyReflecting on his journey, the TV personality said: “It’s been wild. I’ve been quite honest about the fact that I didn’t necessarily want to do this [Strictly] in the first place, but everyone else wanted me to do it, and I am so, so glad that I did it.
“You don’t always have to be the best, but if you enjoy something then why shouldn’t you have a go at it? I’ve tried my best from day one, I said I was in for a penny, in for a pound and I’ve done it – it’s been beautiful.”
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