Strictly Come Dancing fans are convinced they’ve pinpointed the winner after the four finalists were unveiled during Sunday night’s results show.
As the tension mounted in the latest episode, Pete Wicks and his professional partner Jowita Przystal faced their first dance-off against Tasha Ghouri and her pro partner Aljaz Skorjanec.
In a bid to escape elimination, Tasha and Aljaz gave an encore waltz performance to Aretha Franklin’s (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman while Pete and Jowita took another turn with their Argentine Tango set to The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony. When it came to decision time, judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke all voted to save Tasha and Aljaz.
With a majority of three votes, it was curtains for Pete and Jowita who took a bow out of the competition, missing out on a place in the forthcoming final.
The lineup for the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 final now features Tasha and Aljaz, Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, and JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, reports the Mirror.
Taking to Twitter, now X, over the results viewers claimed that Chris was their 2024 winner. One person said: “I’m gutted! Pete has done so extremely well. Chris for the win now!”, a different account put: “Chris and Dianne are gonna TAKE this and I can’t wait for it”, another wrote: “They’re gonna win I know it. Said from the start they’re the real winners”.
Elsewhere, another show watcher put: “Chris will win it no doubt about that said it from week 1”, a different viewer put: “Yes Chris and Dianna are through Chris to win”, another said: “Chris, for the win, it will be between him and JB” while another account added: “COME ON CHRIS AND DIANNE!” alongside a trophy emoji.
When asked about his time on the show, Pete said in an emotional three-word response: “It’s been beautiful!” He continued: “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.”
The Strictly Come Dancing Grand Final returns live on BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday 14 December at 6pm.