{"id":42518,"date":"2023-12-25T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1944233"},"modified":"2023-12-25T21:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T20:02:31","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-christmas-special-2023-winner-revealed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-come-dancing-christmas-special-2023-winner-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2023 winner revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Christmas Glitterball Trophy has now been awarded. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 25 December 2023 at 17:55 PM<\/p>

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It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year and with Christmas also comes a festive edition of dance competition show, Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a standout season this year, the BBC series returned to our screens for a Christmas special \u2013 and the winner has now been crowned.<\/p>\n

Taking home the Glitterball Trophy for this year\u2019s Christmas episode is none other than Jamie Borthwick and Nancy Xu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Eastenders<\/a> actor wowed the judges and audience alike with his Quick Step to Merry Christmas Everyone alongside professional dancer Xu, and rose to the top of the leaderboard with a perfect score of 40 points.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Borthwick and Nancy Xu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Borthwick, who is best known for portraying Jay Brown in EastEnders<\/a>, took part in the Christmas episode along with other celebrity contestants<\/a> that included Dan Snow, Sally Nugent, Tillie Amartey, Danny Cipriani and Keisha Buchanan.<\/p>\n

Borthwick can now rest easy knowing that the coveted Glitterball Trophy is now his and speaking about his win, the actor said: \u201cThis is great, it\u2019s been a wonderful experience, but we\u2019re all winners here. This show is magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The slew of new contestants also took part in a confetti-laden group dance and the episode also saw a musical performance from former UK Eurovision entry Sam Ryder.<\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be an episode of Strictly without further inspiring dance routines so alongside Ryder\u2019s performance, Giovanni Pernice, Lauren Oakley, Kai Widdrington and Luba Mushtuk provided choreography to match his song.<\/p>

Borthwick has been on our screens as a mainstay of Eastenders, most recently dealing with the impact left by Lola\u2019s death in the soap.<\/p>\n

And while Borthwick\u2019s Strictly win is a massive achievement in itself, it\u2019s not the only thing kicking off for the actor on the big day. The much-anticipated Eastenders Christmas episode may be majorly concerned with The Six storyline, but it seems as though Borthwick\u2019s Jay is in for his own unexpected kind of occasion.<\/p>\n

EastEnders\u2019 executive producer, Chris Clenshaw<\/a>, revealed previously: \u201cThe Mitchells gather for their first Christmas without Lola, and Jay receives an unexpected Christmas present. Over at No.45<\/span>, Ian pulls out all the stops for Cindy\u2019s first Christmas back in Walford but is put out when her ex-husband George is their unexpected guest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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