Who is in the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final?
THIS year’s Strictly Come Dancing is almost at an end, having brightened up our weekends since mid-September.
But only one couple can take the Glitterball trophy home — here we take a look at the 2023 finalists and when the grand finale airs.
Who is in the Strictly Come Dancing final?
Strictly Come Dancing 2023 started off with 15 famous faces.
Every week the have been slowly whittled down until the grand finale — when three couples will compete to be crowned the Strictly Come Dancing champions.
The stars who are competing in this year’s final are are:
- Actor and model Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell
- Actress Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola
- Actor Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin
What happens in a Strictly Come Dancing final?
In the Strictly 2023 final the remaining couples will strut their stuff on the dance floor to be crowned champions and win the Glitterball trophy.
Hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daily will be hosting, with Tess staying close to the dance floor to speak to the couples following each dance, and Claudia looking after the pairs in the gallery as they wait to take to the stage.
As always judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will give their scores, helping viewers to choose their winner.
The victors will be decided by a public vote.
There are a number of ways to vote for your champion — including online and over the telephone.
To vote online you need to head to the BBC website and log into your account.
Once you are logged in you can vote for your favourite up to three times — or you can spread your three votes out if you can’t decide who you want to win.
You can also vote by phone by calling the number shown on screen throughout the live show.
Which contestants have left Strictly Come Dancing so far?
Every Sunday the BBC show waves goodbye to one more celebrity and their professional dance partner.
Here’s who has left the competition so far:
- Week twelve: Annabel Croft
- Week eleven: Nigel Harman withdraws
- Week ten: Angela Scanlon
- Week nine: Angela Rippon
- Week eight: Krishnan Guru-Murthy
- Week seven: Adam Thomas
- Week six: Zara McDermott
- Week five: Eddie Kadi
- Week four: Jody Cundy
- Week three: Nikita Kanda
- Week two: Les Dennis
- Week one: No one
When is the Strictly Come Dancing final on?
The Strictly final takes place on Saturday December 16, 2023.
It will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7pm.
The show then airs the public vote results the following day at 7.20pm.
Fans can also catch up with previous instalments of the show on the BBC iPlayer.