After 12 weeks of predictions, we have our very own winner in James. Well done James!

Steve was thwarted in his quest to prove that someone who has never watched Strictly could out-predict the uber-nerds but we hope (and think) he had fun on the way!

The team are back for one last prediction podcast waltz – and it’s all about the FINAL. Who will be top and bottom of the judges leaderboard and who will win the series?

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!

Each year the Strictly Final provides partnerships with the opportunity to reprise two of their previous routines; allowing us to see how far they have progressed over the course of the competition.

In this week’s blog we look back at the ten routines that saw an improvement of 8 (or more) points.

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.

In the early series each contestant who made it to the Final got to perform every dance style. The introduction of Speciality Dances from Series 8 meant finalists would have to skip at least one style. In this blog we will reveal the styles which have been skipped the most, and those which have never been skipped.