{"id":27345,"date":"2022-12-17T22:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T21:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1757390"},"modified":"2022-12-17T23:57:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T22:57:00","slug":"strictlys-shirley-tries-to-give-fleur-a-12-for-her-final-dance","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictlys-shirley-tries-to-give-fleur-a-12-for-her-final-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Shirley tries to give Fleur a 12 for her final dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 17 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Fleur and Vito blew the roof off the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> final by performing their Couple\u2019s Choice to a Destiny\u2019s Child Megamix once again, with Shirley so impressed she tried to give the couple a 12.<\/p>\n<p>For their favourite dance of the season, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/fleur-east-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Fleur East<\/a> and her partner Vito decided to recreate the magic of their Blackpool performance, which at the time gained the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictlys-fleur-east-first-40-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">first perfect score of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly seems they achieved it, as the judges heaped praise on the couple. Motsi said Fleur was \u201cfantastic\u201d, while Shirley said it was \u201cabsolutely pure magic\u201d watching the couple together, saying the performance \u201cwill go down in history\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Anton said he wished he had \u201ca 12 paddle\u201d, leading to Shirley\u2019s cheeky follow-up when the judges were presenting their scores.<\/p>\n<p>As she held up a one and a two paddle together to create a 12, Shirley said: \u201cI agree with Anton, 12!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">It was 40 in Blackpool and 40 in the final! The perfect score for their last dance.<br\/><br\/>Well done <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/FleurEast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@FleurEast<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vito__Coppola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@Vito__Coppola<\/a>! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/DZjvz5w8zD&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/DZjvz5w8zD<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BBC Strictly \u2728 (@bbcstrictly) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcstrictly\/status\/1604220086948167681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p>The couple gained a perfect score for the dance, following which Fleur said she felt like she had \u201calready won\u201d and that she felt \u201con top of the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fleur and Vito\u2019s performance meant they came top of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-leaderboard\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">leaderboard<\/a> for tonight\u2019s final, with 119 points to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/helen-skelton-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Helen<\/a> and Gorka\u2019s 116, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/molly-rainford-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Molly<\/a> and Carlos\u2019 115 and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/hamza-yassin-strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Hamza<\/a> and Jowita\u2019s 113.<\/p> <p>However, the judges scores won\u2019t affect the final outcome this week, as the winner and the overall Strictly champion for 2022 will be decided purely by the public vote.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on in tonight\u2019s final viewers took to Twitter to complain about <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-craig-hamza-undermarking-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Craig\u2019s score for Hamza\u2019s salsa<\/a>, with some fans believing he should have got a 10 for the highly praised performance.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Helen suffered an <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/helen-skelton-strictly-come-dancing-costume-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">awkward costume gaffe<\/a>, noticing that she had slightly orange hands and saying: \u201cI\u2019ve just realised my fake tan on my hand! 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Saturday, 17 December 2022 at 12:00 am Fleur and Vito blew the roof off the Strictly Come Dancing final by performing their Couple\u2019s Choice to a Destiny\u2019s Child Megamix once again, with Shirley so impressed she tried to give the couple a 12. 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