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!

Did you know it’s over ten years since a Sportsperson made the Strictly Final? Ahead of Quarter-Finals week, we look at which group of celebrities have the most success on the show. 2023 is an excellent year for actors so far but will they take the top spot overall in terms of achieving success?

Let’s find out…

Last night Claudia praised Layton & Nikita for achieving the 3rd ever Week 2 score of 36, but according to our stats, Layton & Nikita are actually the 4th couple to do so in SCD history. The other three couples went on to be Finalists in their Series, but none of them became champions. Does this trend mean Layton and Nikita are destined for the final? Let’s discuss…

To date Christmas Special Professionals have consisted of those that suffered an early elimination in that year’s Series or (even worse) hadn’t been partnered with a celebrity at all. Here we look back at previous Specials, to see whether a Christmas appearance led to bigger and better things the following year.

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.

Who is the greatest Strictly Come Dancing Champion of all time? We took a look at the data and created a Champions Leaderboard to see if it would reveal the answer…