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So You Think You Can Dance winner is crowned | So You Think You Can Dance winner is crowned |
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Tap dancer Matt Flint has been crowned the winner of this year's So You Think You Can Dance talent show on BBC One. | Tap dancer Matt Flint has been crowned the winner of this year's So You Think You Can Dance talent show on BBC One. |
The 29-year-old from Scarborough battled it out against fellow finalists Katie Love and jazz dancers Luke Jackson and Kirsty Swain, before being voted the viewers' favourite. | |
He won the £50,000 top prize and an invitation to appear on the US version of the show. | He won the £50,000 top prize and an invitation to appear on the US version of the show. |
Flint told host Cat Deeley it was "the best thing I've ever done in my life". | Flint told host Cat Deeley it was "the best thing I've ever done in my life". |
The dancer, who has appeared in London's West End - including performing with the late Patrick Swayze in Guys and Dolls - has said he wants to make tap dancing more accessible. | The dancer, who has appeared in London's West End - including performing with the late Patrick Swayze in Guys and Dolls - has said he wants to make tap dancing more accessible. |
Head judge Nigel Lythgoe said: "It's going to be a delight for me to take Matt to Hollywood and see him dancing there." | Head judge Nigel Lythgoe said: "It's going to be a delight for me to take Matt to Hollywood and see him dancing there." |
Both the female finalists, Swain and Love, were voted out early by the public, leaving an all-male dance-off between Flint and Leicester-born Jackson - who recently danced in the West End hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert. | Both the female finalists, Swain and Love, were voted out early by the public, leaving an all-male dance-off between Flint and Leicester-born Jackson - who recently danced in the West End hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert. |
The series final was split into two shows, with 2.2m tuning into the first part, according to overnight figures. | The series final was split into two shows, with 2.2m tuning into the first part, according to overnight figures. |
So You Think You Can Dance has seen a fall in its audience figures since a high of more than 5m in March. | So You Think You Can Dance has seen a fall in its audience figures since a high of more than 5m in March. |
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