That’s a wrap for Series 21 and as we sign off here are 7 fab-u-lous and noteworthy facts and stats from last night’s Final.

See you same time and place next year (or before if you are enjoying our daily Advent Calendar and Quiz Question) and thanks as always for reading!

We are at the halfway point and the competition is definitely hotting up in the Strictly Ballroom. Here we explore seven facts and stats from the first seven weeks of the show – some you may know, others you may not and one or two will probably surprise you, as they did us!

In anticipation of Series 21, we take a look back to December 2020 when Covid scuppered the usual Strictly Christmas Special, and instead a show was broadcast counting down the top 25 most memorable routines in Strictly history to that point, which had been voted for online by the public.

We hope you’ve enjoyed sharing the exhilarating 13-week 2022 Strictly journey here with us at strictlydb.com – for us, it’s been a brilliant starting series for our labour-of-love project and we look forward to many more to come, so a big thank you to all our users. We couldn’t leave this Series without highlighting some of the most significant moments from last night’s fantastic Final – so here are 6 fabulous facts worthy of note.