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Strictly Come Dancing makes history as Christmas special winner crowned-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
She’s broken boundaries.
Strictly Come Dancing has made history again! (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
For the second time this year, Strictly Come Dancing is making history.
Comedian Chris McCausland became the first blind person to win the beloved BBC competition, and now, for the Christmas special, we’ve had our first Drag Queen win.
The line-up this year included comedian and The Last Leg star Josh Widdicombe, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist Tayce, and presenter, podcaster and DJ Vogue Williams.
They were joined by Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, known as Nitro in Gladiators, EastEnders star Tamzin Outhwaite and former racing car driver Billy Monger.
And it’s now been revealed that Tayce was crowned the winner of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, alongside her professional dance partner, Kai Widdrington.
Dancing a Cha-Cha to Kylie and Dannii Minogue’s 100 Degrees, the Christmas champions wowed the judges and the studio audience before lifting the glistening Strictly Christmas star-shaped trophy.
Tayce and Kai are Christmas champions! (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
Tayce is the first Drag Queen to win (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
She’s broken boundaries (Picture: BBC Studios/Guy Levy)
Ahead of her win, Tayce said she had seen an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ response to being named in the cast.
The 30-year-old said: ‘It’s such an honour to be part of this amazing and highly popular show, pushing the envelope and breaking boundaries as the first drag queen to appear on it.
‘The response has been overwhelmingly positive, though there’s also been some negativity from trolls, but that’s nothing I can’t handle.’
She added: ‘Kai is amazing and such an attentive teacher, we also get on extremely well which is a bonus and adds to such great connection when dancing together.’
Tayce was a finalist in series two of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (Picture: BBC Studios/Guy Levy)
They danced a Cha-Cha to Kylie and Dannii Minogue’s 100 Degrees (Picture: BBC Studios/Guy Levy)
The line-up this year also included Vogue Williams, Josh Widdicombe, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Tamzin Outhwaite and Billy Monger (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
Tayce was a finalist in series two of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, and has even released a rap single in Swagzilla. She is also the child of former Wham! bass player Roger Radix.
Despite Strictly never having a drag artist as a contestant, actor Layton Williams performed in drag as Betty Rizzo from the musical Grease with professional partner Nikita Kuzmin to the song There Are Worse Things I Could Do, during the show’s 2023 series.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge Michelle Visage also appeared on Strictly in 2019, where she was partnered with Giovanni Pernice and was the eighth celebrity to be eliminated.
Strictly Come Dancing is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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