Strictly Come Dancing 2025 winner revealed 🏆
The results are in!
Last updated 20th Dec 2025
Following 13 weeks of epic live shows, the Strictly Come Dancing final took place this evening (Saturday 20th December), as Karen Carney, George Clarke and Amber Davies took to the dancefloor for a final time.
In what was hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's final time presenting the hit show, all three finalists performed three routines with their professional partners, before voting opened for the public to decide their 2025 winner.
Who won Strictly 2025?
Following a public vote, Karen Carney and Carlos Gu were crowned the 2025 winners of Strictly Come Dancing.
Who was in the 2025 final?
Karen Carney, George Clarke and Amber Davies competed in the final, after the likes of Balvinder Sopal, Lewis Cope and Alex Kingston were eliminated in recent weeks.
What dances did they perform in the final?
Each finalist performed three routines during the final, including a Showdance, a Judges' Pick, and each couple's favourite dance of the series.
Karen and Carlos:
Showdance to ‘Inner Smile’ by Texas
Judges’ Pick: Argentine Tango to ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Favourite Dance: Jive to ‘One Way Or Another’ by Blondie
George and Alexis:
Showdance to ‘Human’ by The Killers
Judges’ Pick: Viennese Waltz to ‘Somebody To Love’ by Queen
Favourite Dance: Paso Doble to ‘Game Of Survival’ by Ruelle
Amber and Nikita:
Showdance to ‘Rain On Me’ by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
Judges’ Pick: Paso Doble to ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith
Favourite Dance: Jive to ‘Proud Mary’ by Tina Turner
Check out the 2025 Strictly placings below:
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu: WINNER
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin: FINALIST
George Clarke and Alexis Warr: FINALIST
Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon: ELIMINATED
Lewis Cope and Katya Jones: ELIMINATED
Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe: ELIMINATED
La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec: FORCED TO WITHDRAW
Drag Queen La Voix was forced to pull out of the competition ahead of Blackpool week. Hosts Tess and Claudia said: "As you may have heard La Voix sustained an injury meaning she can't dance in Blackpool tonight. Following further advice from our medical team, we can now confirm very sadly that she has had to withdraw from the competition."
Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington: ELIMINATED
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Karen Hauer: ELIMINATED
Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola: ELIMINATED
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley: ELIMINATED
Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell: FORCED TO WITHDRAW
After four weeks in the competition, Neighbours star Stefan Dennis announced he'd been forced to quit the competition, revealing he'd torn his calf muscle.
Chris Robshaw and Nadiya Bychkova: ELIMINATED
Ross King and Jowita Przystal: ELIMINATED
Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden: ELIMINATED
Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin: FORCED TO WITHDRAW
Just days ahead of her first live performance, Dani released a statement to announce she'd had to pull out of the series after suffering a fractured ankle in training. It has now been confirmed that Amber Davies will replace her and pair with Nikita.
Are Tess and Claudia leaving Strictly?
They are! As the upcoming Christmas special has been pre-recorded, Saturday night's final was Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's final time presenting Strictly Come Dancing.
The duo announced mid-way through the series that they would both be leaving, following an incredible 21 years.
In a video released in September, the pair revealed: "We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.
"We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time.
"We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.
"We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza."
The duo were emotional as Craig read out a letter from Queen Camilla, wishing them both well and reminding them to 'Keep dancing'.
It hasn't yet been announced who will replace Tess and Claudia, but the show is expected to return next year.
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