{"id":327164,"date":"2025-12-20T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327164\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:28:10","slug":"winners-crowned-after-amber-davies-karen-carney-and-george-clarke-perform-one-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327164\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners crowned after Amber Davies, Karen Carney and George Clarke perform one last time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noor NanjiCulture correspondent<\/p>\n

This article reveals the outcome of the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 final.<\/p>\n

Watch: Moment Strictly 2025 winners are crowned<\/p>\n

Former Lioness Karen Carney has been crowned this year’s Strictly Come Dancing winner, becoming the first footballer to lift the glitterball trophy.<\/p>\n

She beat Love Islander Amber Davies and social media star George Clarke after winning the public vote in Saturday’s live final on BBC One.<\/p>\n

Carney, who was paired with professional dancer Carlos Gu, said: “I can’t believe it, it’s been the biggest privilege and honour,” before adding she was “lost for words”.<\/p>\n

It was an emotional night in the ballroom, as Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly hosted the final for the last time – with Queen Camilla among those paying tribute to the long-running hosts.<\/p>\n

Presenters Tess and Claudia say goodbye to Strictly Come Dancing<\/p>\n

In a message read out by judge Craig Revel Horwood, the Queen said Daly and Winkleman’s “warmth, compassion and sheer happiness” had been at the heart of the show’s success, adding: “I think I speak for everyone when I say you have been utterly fab-u-lous”.<\/p>\n

\"Karen<\/p>\n

Karen Carney and Carlos Gu with the giltterball trophy – their football-themed jive to One Way Or Another by Blondie earned them a standing ovation<\/p>\n

As usual, one of the dances in the grand finale was chosen by the judges, one was their own favourite dance from the series, and the other was a show dance.<\/p>\n

The judges gave advisory scores but the public made the final decision.<\/p>\n

Carney and Gu performed routines including a show dance to Inner Smile by Texas, and an Argentine Tango to Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.<\/p>\n

They also performed a football-themed jive to One Way Or Another by Blondie, earning them a standing ovation – and their second perfect score of the night.<\/p>\n

But the winning duo faced stiff competition from the other remaining couples.<\/p>\n

Amber Davies and her partner, Nikita Kuzmin, were the first to take to the dance floor.<\/p>\n

The pair performed routines including a show dance to Rain On Me by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, a Paso Doble to Dream On by Aerosmith, and a jive to Proud Mary.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, George Clarke and his partner Alexis Warr reprised their Paso Doble to Game of Survival by Ruelle.<\/p>\n

They also did their show dance to Human by The Killers, and a Viennese Waltz to Somebody to Love by Queen.<\/p>\n

But after weeks of tangos, salsas and foxtrots, it was Carney and Gu’s night as they topped the public vote.<\/p>\n

\"Amber<\/p>\n

Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin were the first to take to the dance floor in the final<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

Social media star George Clarke and Alexis Warr chose to revisit their favourite dance from the series, a Paso Doble to Game of Survival by Ruelle<\/p>\n

Other highlights on the night included most of the cast of 2025 coming back for one more routine.<\/p>\n

However, social media personality Thomas Skinner did not attend. Speaking earlier today on social media,<\/a>, he claimed the BBC rigged the vote that saw him leave the show.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesperson rejected the allegation, saying Strictly’s public vote was “independently overseen and verified to ensure complete accuracy”.<\/p>\n

The boyband Five also performed a string of hits during the grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noor NanjiCulture correspondent This article reveals the outcome of the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 final. Watch: Moment Strictly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-327164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}