An ecstatic Jowita Przystal was quick to praise Hamza Yassin, reacting with joy as the bookies' favourites first routine came to an end on Saturday night.
While she has been on Strictly as a background dancer and starred on its live tour earlier this year, it wasn't until this year that former Greatest Dancer winner Jowita got a professional partner and she made it all the way to the final with CBeebies star and wildlife cameraman Hamza with them going into Saturday's show as the ones to beat.
As well as bidding for victory, the couple also had the added pressure of being first to perform in the final, with them finding out from judge Motsi Mabuse, that she and her colleagues had chosen their salsa to Sash's Ecuador to reprise as their first routine of the evening. The number got a massive reaction from the judges and viewers at home when it scored a near perfect 39 in week four, so hopes were high that they'd go one better this time round.
