Nikki Woodfine, Principle of local Ballroom and Latin dance school FineSteps, gives her overview of the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing Final

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.

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

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.

In his last Strictly Come Dancing diary, Chris McCausland said he wanted to represent disability “in a positive way, not in a sob-story way”. He did exactly that. But when he and Dianne Buswell performed their final waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone,

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’.

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.