[joeysteele]

For me it's a pity it can't be shared.

The judges voting tonight is a lot of help, ha ha.

Just incredible effort and content in all dances from both pairings.

I'd love John to win but I predict Rose will.

This was maybe the best ever Strictly final.
Imagine had A.J. been performing too.

Congratulations and thanks to both these couples tonight, amazing show.

[Kate!]

Nervous for Rose

[Kate!]

Result time

[joeysteele]

I still say little to no doubt it will be Rose.

[Denver]

So glad Rose won

[joeysteele]

Congratulations to Rose and Giovanni.
Congratulations too to John and Johannes the runners up this series.

Absolutely superb final.

[Liam-]

It is about time Giovanni won tbf

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by NoëlEdmonds

It is about time Giovanni won tbf

Yes he really deserved it.

Congrats to him and Rose.

[Vanessa]

Im so happy! Woooooooo

[smudgie]

Perfect result.
I loved John and Johannes from the start, but Rose and Giovanni had me in tears tonight, so moving.

[Strictly Jake]

I have supported them from week 1. I stand by what I've said about them being my favourite ever couple. Me and my whole family voted for them like crazy tonight. I absolutely loved her dances. Cried at every one of them!!!! So so happy

[Strictly Jake]

To show the apprentice and the green planet trailers at the end was genius too. Absolutely buzzing to see both of them

[arista]

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by arista

Whoa! Well done to Rose on getting all of that.

JC! I need to start practising my Jive for next series of SCD.

[Vanessa]

I thought both John and Rose were fantastic last night.
But I loved her showdance more. It was absolutely beautiful!

[Vanessa]

Motsi was expecting John to win. Her face when Rose was announced the winner was a picture

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Santa's Little Helper

I thought both John and Rose were fantastic last night.
But I loved her showdance more. It was absolutely beautiful!

Tbf I probably need to not be so harsh.

[Mystic Mock]

I'll try to be polite about the dances as best I can.

Round 1:
1. John & Johannes - For a Rumba not bad.
2. Rose & Giovanni - This is probably my worst Rose dance, I hated it at the time and I hated it last night.

Round 2:
1. John & Johannes - John's Paso is my favourite dance of the series personally, so I was very happy to see it again, and possibly be improved from the first time that he did it.
2. Rose & Giovanni - It's better than her first dance.

Round 3:
1. John & Johannes - He actually did a Showdance.
2. Rose & Giovanni - It was less of a Showdance and more of an encore to her Couple's Choice imo.

Personally I think that this was the worst Strictly season that I've ever watched, and tbh it quite possibly might be one of the worst Reality TV Show seasons that I've ever watched.

I'm not just picking on Rose before anyone says anything as I pulled up The Cookout on BBUSA's most recent season too for the same reason (Ashley on here can testify to this) is that there was no competition on either Show this year as it was fairly obvious which contestants would win both Shows, and it weren't because they were the best competitor in their respective series or because they were even that entertaining to watch, imo it was all just to tick societal boxes which is not what these Shows are supposed to be about imo, but they're going that way.

I honestly have no issue with POC or people with disabilities winning Reality TV Shows, what I do resent is this massive agenda that the production have of forcing Xavier (who was possibly the most unlikable Cookout member) and Rose to win their years that they end up treating them with kiddie gloves. And a portion of the public treating you like you're unlikable if you didn't want Rose to win (just see DS where Rose fans were telling John fans off) or a racist for not wanting the competition to start at the top 6 in BBUSA's case (I'd preferred an all-black lineup tbh as it would've been competitive) something that was lacking in BBUSA over the last couple of seasons.

For me on this year's Strictly I would've liked John, Rhys or AJ to win the series, but let's face it a lot of people were treating it more like a morality contest rather than as an entertainment show imo.

Hopefully the Show learns a lot from MasterChef: The Professionals final where they were all good cooks, and they made it hard to predict who was gonna win, because I certainly got it wrong.

Having ranted a lot, I think that Rose is a nice girl who has hopefully inspired other deaf people into trying out things such as dancing among many other hobbies. However do I think that she deserves to win and get away with doing samey routines most weeks? No I don't.

I know that I'm gonna offend a lot of the Forum with this post, but **** it I'm used to being annoying so why not add another moment to the roster?

[Parmy]

She was never the best dancer, (AJ was) but my goodness what a joy she was to watch.

My Saturdays just ain't gonna be the same now.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by over cooked turkey

She was never the best dancer, (AJ was) but my goodness what a joy she was to watch.

My Saturdays just ain't gonna be the same now.

If we're being honest though Rose did do the same dance every week didn't she? Something that is extremely uncommon for a Strictly winner.

[Nicky91]

very deserving winner


but overall what a great enjoyable final



eliminated group dance so much fun either


Greg with that beard looks good on him somehow


nice to see Judi's twerk again



Dan's lobster dance was better than the first time around #TeamWalkova slaying yet again



Ugo with his wig definitely the most fun last celeb for Oti on the show



Nina even danced very well, still kinda shocked how she was a first boot but that shows how strong this series was





Rose's showdance had more of an impact than John's showdance, but John's was more fun entertaining




this is Johannes last final i think, since he hasn't got this connection with female celebs, although i'd like to see him with a comedian lady, i think Dawn French would be perfect for him personality wise, with her great humour and i think in turn Johannes is someone she needs to overcome her nerves and fears for doing this show




finally Gio got his glitterball, justice for Faye Tozer, Georgia May Foote, Debbeh McGee is served


as for a older lady duffer next year, well make it a fun one pls production, i wanna see Gio with what his comedy routines would look like

Theresa May is available LOL

[Nicky91]

i've planned to record the christmas special episode as the time slot is not convenient for me at all, don't want to rush

hope i can record from my nation though with our ziggo provider, but otherwise if i can't then they shouldn't say you can record it


so i have something later on in the evening of first christmas day to watch

[Mystic Mock]

The Christmas special was fun.

[Nicky91]

Fred & Dianne: very fun quickstep, i actually now want him to do a full series more, really see lots of potential in him 9

Moira & Aljaz: very fun christmas salsa, for her age also yes i agree with judges decent hip action 9

Anne-Marie & Graziano: too much of a liftfest for my liking, and lifts are a no go in cha cha in regular series, would've liked more cha cha basic content, but otherwise fun routine 8

Jay & Luba: this wasn't bad at all, for a taller guy and he isn't the youngest anymore either, this was quite fast paced, timing was pretty good as well, as well as his character which was fabulous 9

Adrian & Jowita: was expecting a complete disaster, but instead this looked like quite the ballroom delight, impressive lifts as well as lots of swing, sway, i liked this version of white christmas as well by Tommy 9

Mel & Neil: A-MA-ZING, this streetdance was as cool as ICE ICE Baby sorry couldn't resist with that pun, great choreo from Neil, this is the coolest streetdance i've ever seen from someone her age, this was sooo youthful, fun, this was perfect and the penguins so cute 10!

[Kate!]

Who won the Christmas special?