We came to the end! The week’s second nationwide ballot (and, let’s face it, by far the more important) yielded – in my humble opinion – exactly the right result, with the consistently brilliant Kelvin and Oti lifting the glitterball trophy. This hard-working team has been a pleasure throughout the series, strong across all the ballroom and Latin dances, not just the novelty numbers, and truly working as a partnership. It’s a win for that principle of partner dancing: the conversation between two people, telling a story through movement, and creating something together.

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