Kellie Bright looked a little exhausted on her feet as she hit the Strictly Come Dancing wrap party last night but, she still didn’t ditch the heels. The public love the show and invest in the show and make the show what it is and that’s why we get 12, 13, 14 million viewers. The show, which saw Kellie Vibrant, Georgia May Foote dance their socks off to attempt to beat Jay within the ultimate, saw a mean of 11 million delivering for the 1st half of the show.
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The Wanted star came third on the leaderboard following a dance-off against rivals Kellie Bright and Georgia May Foot last night.
Image caption McGuinness was the last man standing in the final.
The former Wanted star had always been a people’s favourite on the show but his glitterball challenge appeared to be fading going on judges’ scores in Saturday night’s final on BBC One. The highest peak from both shows was 11.9 million at 19:40 GMT.
“I just often felt uncomfortable when I would do some of it and it would feel artificial”.
He added: “It’s been one of the most special things I’ve ever done, with the most special person”.
The actress performed her first dance of the final, the tango, to critical acclaim for herself and professional partner Kevin Clifton, with all four judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel-Horwood, Darcy Bussell and Bruno Tonioli awarding flawless scores to the couple.
He told her: “You have been extraordinary and you have had, I think, one of the biggest journeys on the programme, from someone who was very insecure to be honest”.
Broadcaster Katie Derham and Anton du Beke came fourth.
Eliminated at the beginning of the results show, the 45-year-old was magnanimous in defeat. Anyone who watched us and helped us get here…
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He opened the competition with a quickstep to My Generation, but made mistakes.
