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| Abbey Clancy wins Strictly Come Dancing 2013 | Abbey Clancy wins Strictly Come Dancing 2013 |
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| Abbey Clancy has won Strictly Come Dancing 2013. | Abbey Clancy has won Strictly Come Dancing 2013. |
| She won the BBC show's glitterball trophy after a final against actress Natalie Gumede, newsreader Susanna Reid and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. | She won the BBC show's glitterball trophy after a final against actress Natalie Gumede, newsreader Susanna Reid and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. |
| BBC Breakfast presenter Reid was favourite with bookmakers to win the show's 11th series. | BBC Breakfast presenter Reid was favourite with bookmakers to win the show's 11th series. |
| Clancy, who was paired with with professional dancer Aljaz Skorjanec, said: "I can't believe this, it's just mad." | Clancy, who was paired with with professional dancer Aljaz Skorjanec, said: "I can't believe this, it's just mad." |
| She called Strictly "the most perfect experience I've had". | She called Strictly "the most perfect experience I've had". |
| After the cameras stopped rolling, she ran and jumped into the arms of her husband, footballer Peter Crouch - who had only arrived in the studio between the first and second broadcast after scoring a goal for Stoke City earlier in the day. | After the cameras stopped rolling, she ran and jumped into the arms of her husband, footballer Peter Crouch - who had only arrived in the studio between the first and second broadcast after scoring a goal for Stoke City earlier in the day. |
| Clancy's winning dance was a quickstep to Katrina and the Waves' Walking On Sunshine, scoring 38 points. | Clancy's winning dance was a quickstep to Katrina and the Waves' Walking On Sunshine, scoring 38 points. |
| Bruno Tonioli called it "absolutely dazzling in its brilliance", while Len Goodman called her "a spectacular dancer". | Bruno Tonioli called it "absolutely dazzling in its brilliance", while Len Goodman called her "a spectacular dancer". |
| The model and presenter was a complete amateur going into the contest, prompting Craig Revel Horwood to tell her: "Literally, you came out of the dance gutter" - prompting pantomime gasps in some sections of the studio audience. | The model and presenter was a complete amateur going into the contest, prompting Craig Revel Horwood to tell her: "Literally, you came out of the dance gutter" - prompting pantomime gasps in some sections of the studio audience. |
| She first danced the waltz to Des'ree's song Kissing You. She originally scored 32 for the routine during the first week of the contest - but improved to a perfect 40 in the final. | She first danced the waltz to Des'ree's song Kissing You. She originally scored 32 for the routine during the first week of the contest - but improved to a perfect 40 in the final. |
| "That dance should be declared an area of outstanding beauty," said head judge Goodman. | "That dance should be declared an area of outstanding beauty," said head judge Goodman. |
| She then performed a flame-fuelled showdance to Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine, scoring 39 and prompting Bruno Tonioli to declare: "You rocked my world and you rocked the nation". | She then performed a flame-fuelled showdance to Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine, scoring 39 and prompting Bruno Tonioli to declare: "You rocked my world and you rocked the nation". |
| Slovenian dancer Skorjanec was also competing in Strictly for the first time. | Slovenian dancer Skorjanec was also competing in Strictly for the first time. |
| Six million votes | Six million votes |
| All four couples performed two dances in the first half of Saturday night's grand finale, comprising of their own and the judges' favourite performance from across the series. | All four couples performed two dances in the first half of Saturday night's grand finale, comprising of their own and the judges' favourite performance from across the series. |
| Ellis Bextor was eliminated at the start of the second part of the evening's show, leaving the other three to dance one more time. | Ellis Bextor was eliminated at the start of the second part of the evening's show, leaving the other three to dance one more time. |
| Reid would have been the third BBC Breakfast presenter to win Strictly, following Natasha Kaplinsky in the first series and sports host Chris Hollins, who won in 2009. | Reid would have been the third BBC Breakfast presenter to win Strictly, following Natasha Kaplinsky in the first series and sports host Chris Hollins, who won in 2009. |
| The final was determined entirely by public votes and the judges' scores did not count towards the final outcome. | The final was determined entirely by public votes and the judges' scores did not count towards the final outcome. |
| More than six million votes were cast in the final. | More than six million votes were cast in the final. |