Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC’s largest TV leisure present, has gone out in fashion in its twentieth anniversary 12 months, crowning blind comic Chris McCausland this 12 months’s champion after an emotional last.
The dance present – the BBC’s unique present that paved the way in which for dozens of worldwide variations (together with the US’s Dancing with the Stars) – had had a chequered few months, weathering a string of controversies, with two skilled dancers accused of abusive behaviour in rehearsals (each denied) and a gaggle of latest tips launched to guard celebrities’ welfare.
What the present desperately wanted had been some constructive headlines to sideline these dangerous tales, and that’s what it has loved – with this sequence combining unprecedented requirements of dancing, and an inspiring champion in blind comic Chris McCausland.
For the primary few weeks of this sequence, McCausland remained on the backside of the leaderboard, saved often by the general public’s vote. However every week, he grew to become braver and extra bold together with his dancing, culminating in a spectacular second throughout week 8 when he twirled his companion above his head whereas the viewers cheered.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the home as the favored Liverpudlian collected his Glitterball trophy and paid tribute to the efforts of his skilled companion, Dianne Buswell in utilizing unconventional strategies in instructing him to bop.
Charities for visually-impaired folks have been fast to applaud the win, applauding McCausland’s efforts in exhibiting what is feasible for disabled folks.
Other than his victory, the present has loved another feel-good tales – one celeb Tasha Ghouri, who wears a cochlear implant since being born deaf, has ‘blinged up’ her listening to machine every week, and her watching followers has adopted go well with. Pop singer J B Gill’s skilled companion Amy Dowden needed to depart the competition as a consequence of damage however he made it to the ultimate with a substitute dancer, and actress Sarah Hadland proved what was doable for older ladies, scoring a row of 10 marks from the judges for her last routine of the evening. All in all, it was fairly the sequence, and the BBC can breathe once more – their golden egg of a present has been rescued.
