{"id":200439,"date":"2025-12-19T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/200439\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:53:10","slug":"all-strictly-finalists-are-so-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/200439\/","title":{"rendered":"All Strictly finalists are &#8216;so incredible&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vicky Pattison has said she thinks all three of the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 finalists are &#8220;so incredible and so deserving&#8221; of winning the show, ahead of its final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on ITV&#8217;s Good Morning Britain, the Geordie Shore star sang the praises of her fellow contestants \u2013 reality TV star Amber Davies, former England footballer Karen Carney and social media star George Clarke \u2013 as she rooted for them all to win.<\/p>\n<p>The Geordie Shore star was eliminated from the BBC dancing competition last month, on her 38th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked which of the three finalists she was rooting for, she said: &#8220;They\u2019re all so incredible and so deserving of being in that final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George is like, my little best mate, and I would be absolutely remiss if I didn\u2019t give him a shout out,&#8221; she said, speaking about the social media star.<\/p>\n<p>Pattison also praised former England Lioness footballer Carney, and said: &#8220;Kaz is also me girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tpe\" data-embed=\"instagram\" data-id=\"DRHSychjFf2\">\n<p>She went on to say that reality TV star Davies is &#8220;incredible&#8221;, and concluded: &#8220;They all kind of deserve it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pattison\u2019s professional dance partner Kai Widdrington joined her on the show, and confirmed their routine as they return to dancing for the Strictly tour which will take place in January and February next year, stopping off in Glasgow, London and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We\u2019re going to be doing our tango, which was on off a perfect score, and our couple\u2019s choice \u2013 Cheryl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re our favourite dances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During their time on the show, the couple topped the leaderboard with their tango to Taylor Swift\u2019s The Fate Of Ophelia, and earned high praise from the judges with their themed dance to Cheryl Cole\u2019s Fight For This Love.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strictly Come Dancing hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0023612e-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nWinkleman and Daly announced earlier this year they will be leaving Strictly<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about returning to the Strictly ballroom for one final dance during Saturday\u2019s final, Pattison noted how difficult it was to return to dancing after four weeks, and said: &#8220;It\u2019s mad how quick it leaves your body.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m squishy, I\u2019m lazy \u2013 I\u2019m ready for Christmas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke about the departure of Strictly Come Dancing presenters Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.<\/p>\n<p>Winkleman and Daly announced earlier this year they will be leaving the BBC competition \u2013 which they have co-hosted since 2014 \u2013 with the Christmas special on December 25 their last appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Pattison described the presenting duo as &#8220;irreplaceable&#8221;, and said working with them on their last series of the show has been a &#8220;privilege&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about who might replace them, she said: &#8220;I think it\u2019s going to be big shoes to fill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strictly Come Dancing 2025\u2019s grand final airs at 7pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vicky Pattison has said she thinks all three of the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 finalists are &#8220;so incredible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-200439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}