Overview
- Scarlett Moffatt and professional partner Vito Coppola won the pre-recorded festive trophy on BBC One and iPlayer.
- Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman completed their final on-screen duties, with Daly performing a brief Argentine Tango with Aljaz Skorjanec.
- Six celebrity–professional pairings competed before the regular judging panel of Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke, with the studio audience vote contributing to the result.
- Recent tributes to the departing hosts included a message from Queen Camilla read on-air during the live series final.
- BBC executives have signaled that decisions on new hosts will progress after the holidays as viewers reacted emotionally to the duo’s exit.