Drag queen Tayce wins Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special

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Tayce has made Strictly past arsenic the creation competition's first-ever resistance artist

Strictly Come Dancing's archetypal resistance queen competitor, Tayce, and nonrecreational creation spouse Kai Widdrington person been crowned the winners of this year's Christmas special.

Judge Craig Revel Horwood praised their cha-cha to 100 Degrees by Kylie and Dannii Minogue, saying it was "absolutely fierce, serving realness, serving fab-u-lous".

The brace received tens crossed the committee for their routine, beating comedian Josh Widdicombe, histrion Tamzin Outhwaite, DJ and podcaster Vogue Williams, Gladiator Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and erstwhile racing operator Billy Monger to assistance the trophy.

Tayce, from Newport successful southbound Wales, competed connected the 2nd play of RuPaul's Drag Race UK successful 2020, and contempt losing retired to Scotland's Lawrence Chaney, she present has a trophy of her own.

The festive peculiar began with a radical regular from the celebrities and their creation partners to I Love Christmas from the Scrooge film, and ended with a closing fig to Leona Lewis's mentation of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.

Following the regular from Widdicombe and his nonrecreational creation spouse Karen Hauer, which scored them 36 retired of 40, Strictly justice Anton Du Beke said helium was "gobsmacked" astatine the "totally, wholly brilliant" routine.

De Beke, who has been with Strictly since it's archetypal bid successful 2004 - archetypal arsenic a nonrecreational dancer and past arsenic a justice - besides had a connection for Hauer.

"It has yet happened, the infinitesimal has come. Karen has turned into me. She is the longest-serving nonrecreational connected Strictly... congratulations, you've earned it."

The contestants of the Christmas peculiar   lasting  connected  the signifier    clapping and smiling.

Irish TV prima Vogue Williams and creation spouse Gorka Marquez, jived to Rockin' Robin by Bobby Day. They were scored 33 for their routine.

And erstwhile EastEnders prima Tamzin Outhwaite and Nikita Kuzmin danced a Viennese waltz to a rendition of Hallelujah by KD Lang.

Du Beke told them it was similar his "favourite sherry trifle astatine Christmas".

Billy Monger and Nadiya Bychkova danced the American creaseless to Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John.

Gladiators prima and Olympian Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and his creation spouse Nancy Xu danced thoroughfare commercialized to the Glee formed mentation of Christmas Wrapping.

The winners were announced aft combining the workplace assemblage votes with the judges' scores.

Last year's peculiar was won by EastEnders histrion Jamie Borthwick, who competed successful this year's bid of the BBC One creation competition.

Tayce, 30, has secured her spot successful Strictly arsenic the competition's archetypal resistance creator contestant and winner.

This year's amusement made headlines with different first, erstwhile unsighted contestant comedian Chris McCausland won the trophy.

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