Who won Strictly Come Dancing 2023 after Ellie Leach, Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier made final?

The winners of Strictly Come Dancing 2023 has been decided after a spectacular last night in the ballroom. It was a tight fought competition between celebrities Ellie Leach, Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier alongside their professional partners as the show came to an end on Saturday night (December 16).

Each couple performed three dances each - their favourite from the series, a dance from the series which was picked for them by the judges and a ‘showdance’ that they used to show off everything they have learnt in the past 13 weeks - in what was an epic finale of the BBC One dance contest's latest run.

But the title went to Ellie and professional dancer Vito after they beat off stiff competition from Layton and Nikita and Bobby and Dianne.

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The final saw Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin receive the first full marks of the night. Bad Education star Layton, 29, was awarded 40 points after he performed with his professional dance partner, Nikita and saw the couple revisit their quickstep to Puttin’ On The Ritz, as chosen for them by the judges.

The couple received the first full marks of the night and the judges discussed the improvements Williams had made since he first performed the routine in week two of the competition. Anton Du Beke said: “We chose this dance because we wanted you to improve it, you’ve improved it out of sight.”

Also performing was soap star Bobby Brazier, who was called the “king of Latin ballroom” following his first dance, also chosen for him by the judges. The 20-year-old performed a samba to