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Strictly winner Dianne Buswell shares sweet embrace with her parents while Shirley Ballas poses with the stars as the cast and crew let loose backstage at final


Strictly Come Dancing winner Dianne Buswell shared a sweet embrace with her parents in one of the many backstage moments of the final on Saturday night.

This years final, which was the highest-scoring ever, saw all the couples each perform three dances for the judges before hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced Chris as the winner of the much sought after Glitterball trophy. Chris pipped fellow finalists Tasha, JB and Sarah to the post in the 'best ever' final, with his cheeky wit and inspiring story helping to save the show following a year of scandals Chris gained his first perfect score of 40 points for a waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers, which was his final dance of the series and left the judges and viewers in tears.

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