Then it was time for Ore to jive, kicking and flicking so incredibly fast that I was worried he was going to shatter his pelvis, and take Bruno’s eyes out.Īfter that, there came Danny’s ferocious samba – Danny sporting his winning shirt-not-done-up look, grinding away like a Ken doll on heat.
In this last group, Redknapp’s Argentine tango was all street lamps, slashed satin and a segment towards the end where she was dragged along on her toes by Kevin – which looked a little as though he was nicking a particularly ravishing rolled-up rug, but these are what classic Strictly moments are made of. Then it was time for the finalists’ own personal favourite dances from the series. All of which were brilliant – Ore and Joanne bringing chic Hollywood glamour, Louise and Kevin elegance and romance, and Danny and Oti, excitement and drama. So far so good, nobody had dislocated their shoulders, or choked on a runaway spangle, and if the floor was getting a bit slippery from the vats of fake tan melting beneath the lights, then this was nothing the finalists couldn’t handle, as they launched into their show-dances. Gene Kelly’s widow, Patricia, turned up to applaud Ore’s Singin’ in the Rain, Louise once again donned the foxy Flashdance leg warmers for the chachacha, and Danny executed a quickstep that was so quick, fire extinguishers must have been at the ready in case his inner thighs caught fire. Soon, it was time for the three finalists to strut through three dances, the first one selected by the judges. While some might have perceived Oduba’s presence as helping (at least in part) to soothe the ongoing row about how black contestants get voted off more easily on Strictly, frankly, it was blindingly obvious that he was only there because he was so diabolically good.
However, the night belonged to the finalists, singer turned presenter Louise Redknapp and her partner Kevin Clifton actor Danny Mac and his partner Oti Mabuse and presenter Ore Oduba and his partner (and Kevin’s sister) Joanne Clifton. Ed Balls (centre) performing during the live final Strictly Come Dancing.
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