I missed parts of the final so just rewatched the whole thing…
Ellie & Vito were such deserving winners. Felt for her that the ending of the showdance didn’t go to plan but she smashed both of the other dances. So happy for Vito who has been such a great addition to the show.
Bobby & Dianne actually did well. The samba is a bit cringe but it’s definitely good fun so fair play to him, didn’t love the show dance but it was cute and suited him.
Layton & Nikita were the stars of the night for me, I was hoping for 3 perfect scores but missing out by 1 mark is still fine with me
Layton has been unbelievable every week and Nikita is such an asset, he’s always been a great pro but it’s really nice to see him getting a lot more recognition from the general strictly audience this year. I cried every time he cried, it was so sad but so lovely to see him emotional as it’s clearly meant a lot to him.
Getting to the point now where I couldn’t care less if Gio stays or leaves, which I never imagined myself saying even this time 2 years ago. He seems totally checked out and like others have said the lack of support for the winning couple & even every other couple has been very strange. I know social media isn’t everything but the others all managed to say something
I think he’s off next year tbh, Gorka I could see staying considering he doesn’t have much work outside of the show. He also seems a lot closer to the newer group of pros, probably because of pro tour. He seems to get along really well with Nikita, Vito, Carlos whereas Gio seems to be stuck in the past generation of Aljaz, Pasha etc.
Anyway, interested to see which dances they are all doing on tour, I don’t have tickets but there’s always a lot posted on social media so looking forward to that