Chris McCausland and his partner, Dianne Buswell, won the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing competition. The Season 22 finale of the popular dance competition showed memorable performances from all contestants.

Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC's biggest TV entertainment show, has gone out in style in its 20th anniversary year, crowning blind comedian Chris McCausland this year's champion after an emotional final.

Comedian will earn up to £1million thanks to his triumph with Dianne Buswell - and they've solved Strictly's image crisis in the process

Comedian Chris McCausland has won the 22nd series of Strictly Come Dancing after beating 14 other celebrities to this year's glitterball trophy. He has been praised throughout the series for defying expectations of what a blind person can achieve on the dancefloor.

I went down to Blackpool Tower when Strictly Come Dancing was in the resort, and asked fans to predict the winner - and the majority were rooting for Chris McCausland to win the final.

An average of 8.6 million people tuned in on Saturday between 6pm and 8.35pm to watch Chris McCausland become the first blind winner in the BBC One show's history

Blind comedian Chris McCausland has again wowed fans on Strictly Come Dancing, after his peformance with his partner Dianne Buswell on Saturday’s show, which was a part of “Musicals Week”.

When comedian Chris McCausland lifted the 2024 Glitter Ball trophy on Strictly Come Dancing, it represented more than a reality contest win. For fans living with partial or full sight loss, his journey from a nervy start to his confident and ultimately winning performances broke down barriers.

Chris McCausland’s dance partner ‘overwhelmed by kindness’ after Strictly win - Dianne Buswell’s travelled from Australia to watch her in the studio, and she said them seeing her lift the glitterball trophy was ‘just magical’.