Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special winner revealed as they’re tipped for next series after wowing judges
EASTENDERS star Jamie Borthwick has won the Strictly Come Dancing festive special.
The Jay Brown actor triumphed in tonight’s Christmas Day Strictly episode with his professional partner Nancy Xu, 32, after they impressed the judges with their Quickstep.
EastEnders‘ Jamie, 29, said he was overcome to have won the Glitterball trophy, beating Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan, rugby player Danny Cipriani, historian Dan Snow, newsreader Sally Nugent and actress Tilly Amartey.
Head judge Shirley Ballas told Jamie: “If I could jump over this bar and quickstep around the room I would do it with you! I don’t have a paddle high enough for you.”
Craig Revel Horwood added: “Jamie you slayed me darling, you were Fab-U-Lous.”
Speaking after his win, Jamie said: “This is great, it’s been a wonderful experience, but we’re all winners here. This show is magic.”
Insiders said Jamie was now tipped to take part in the next series of the BBC dancing competition.
A source said: “Jamie is a big name and Strictly would love to get on board for a main series in the future.
“He is a huge star on EastEnders and has more than proved himself on the dancefloor.
“Jamie really got into the spirit of Strictly and producers would love to have him back if they could work it around his schedule.”
Previous festive contestants including Helen Skelton, Fern Britton, Simon Webbe and Matt Goss all went on to take part in the main series of Strictly.