It was the perfect homecoming for Will Mellor at the AO Arena in Manchester - as the Strictly Come Dancing Live juggernaut arrived in town with a flourish of sequin-festooned swagger. The Manchester crowds were clearly in the mood to right the perceived wrong of Will voted out in the semi-final on the TV show.
They crowned him the people's champion at both the matinee and evening live shows on Saturday after doing ballroom battle against six fellow stars of the 20th Strictly Come Dancing BBC series. But this was not mere partisan approval either for the Bredbury-raised Coronation Street star.
The returning show judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood and Anton Du Beke gave Will and dance partner Nancy Xu the only perfect scores of 60/60 on the night after he failed to put so much as a toe wrong at the live extravaganza of the hit BBC series.
