The four remaining celebrities will take to the dancefloor for the final time tonight
Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach has issued a message to the BBC finalists ahead of tonight’s episode. Excitement is building ahead of the Strictly Come Dancing final as the remaining four celebrations get ready to take to the dancefloor for one last time.
Chris McCausland is the favourite to lift the glitterball in tonight’s show, which gets underway at 6pm on BBC One. Last year’s winner Ellie Leach stole the nation’s heart when she danced the American smooth and scored a perfect 40 in the 2023 competition final.
Ellie, 23, won the series with professional dancer Vito Coppola, making her the youngest ever winner of the BBC show. She has shared a message on Instagram wishing this year’s finalists good luck ahead of tonight.
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In a post she said: “One whole year ago we lifted that glitterball trophy good luck to all the @bbcstrictly finalists tonight, it’s going to be an incredible night!!!!!” The message was shared with a stunning photo of her and Vito lifting the glitterball trophy together after bagging the win.
Following last weekend’s semi-final, it was decided by the public that Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec and Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola would compete in the last week of Strictly 2024.
It’s also been revealed that they will be dancing three of their favourite dance routines of the series in tonight’s final and while the judges – Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke – will be scoring the routines as they usually would, it’s for guidance only. Who lifts the Glitterball trophy will all be down to the voting viewers.
The Strictly Come Dancing grand final will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday, December 14, from 6pm.
What are the couples dancing to in the final?
The full list of dances and songs for the Strictly 2024 final are:
- JB and Lauren Show Dance to a Motown Medley
- Chris and Dianne Show Dance to You Get What You Give by New Radicals
- Sarah and Vito Show Dance to Cabaret by Metropole Orkest
- Tasha and Aljaz Show Dance to Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman
- JB and Lauren Viennese Waltz to Let’s Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins
- Chris and Dianne Couple’s Choice to Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) by John Lennon
- Sarah and Vito American Smooth to Proud by Heather Small
- Tasha and Aljaz Couple’s Choice to What About Us by P!nk
- JB and Lauren Samba to Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes
- Chris and Dianne Waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Sarah and Vito Cha Cha to Like A Prayer by Madonna
- Tasha and Aljaz American Smooth to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi
