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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadeem Badshah

Karen Carney and Carlos Gu win Strictly crown as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman bow out

Karen Carney and Carlos Gu hold their glitter-ball trophy amid a glitters shower and hugs from fellow dancers
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu hold their glitter-ball trophy after winning the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC/PA

The former England footballer Karen Carney and the professional dancer Carlos Gu have won the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Carney is the first football player to lift the glitter-ball trophy while Gu becomes the first openly gay and Asian man to win the BBC One dance programme.

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