Dianne Buswell sobs in Chris McCausland’s arms after incredible Strictly achievement

Blackpool was a peculiar nighttime for Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, arsenic the Strictly Come Dancing brace earned a whopping score, leaving the Australian pro successful tears.

Comedian Chris, 47, and his nonrecreational partner, 35, became the 100th Strictly mates to execute successful Blackpool, co-host Tess Daly revealed tonight.

The BBC One amusement aired from the world-famous Tower Ballroom connected Saturday amid celebrations for its 20th day year, opening with an electrifying medley from Pet Shop Boys.

Most years, the amusement has returned to the Lancashire seaside town, isolated from during the pandemic erstwhile it took a break, returning successful 2022.

Chris and Dianne were past the archetypal mates connected the bouncy level with a gorgeous American creaseless to Canada-born vocalist Paul Anka’s Jump.

They were praised heavy by the judges, who awarded them 37 points.

Head justice Shirley Ballas told achromatic tie-wearing Chris that helium had the ‘best feet [she’s] seen successful a agelong time’, and ‘didn’t miss a beat’.

‘If anyone tin bushed that tonight, I’d beryllium amazed,’ justice Anton Du Beke said.

Despite criticising Chris’s timing and limb extensions, which received a chorus of boos from the audience, Craig Revel Horwood did praise the comic for improving his frame.

‘You did that creation justice. I thought it was brilliant!’, helium said.

Continuing to heap praise connected him, Motsi Mabuse added: ‘You amusement hardworkship. You amusement that if you ne'er springiness up, you tin scope thing and, with this dance, you made specified a huge, immense statement.’

Speaking to Claudia Winkleman aft their feedback, Chris told her that helium ‘loved’ the routine.

‘I emotion the song. It’s conscionable got style, hasn’t it? It’s been a joyousness to perceive to each week. I really, truly bask the ballroom. It feels similar you’ve travelled backmost successful time, it’s conscionable wonderful.’

‘It’s ever a immense alleviation to get done without making mistakes,’ helium added, pointing retired his household successful the crowd.

Craig past scored Chris and Dianne eight; Motsi gave a nine, portion some Shirley and Anton gave a 10.

The mates were amazed by their full arsenic Dianne began sobbing and hugging Chris tightly.

Taking to X pursuing the affectional reaction, viewers astatine location were conscionable arsenic teary-eyed.

Heaping praise connected the flame-haired beauty, who joined Strictly successful 2017, KDCunliffe wrote: ‘Nobody successful Strictly past deserves a TEN arsenic overmuch arsenic Dianne Buswell this season. What she’s achieved with Chris McCausland is EXTRAORDINARY.’

‘You tin perfectly archer however overmuch much this means to Dianne than usual. Not that they’ve ever coasted by immoderate means, but teaching Chris intelligibly has been specified a antithetic situation for her and she’s perfectly nailing it’, wrote TheAmazingChi.

‘Chris and Dianne got maine crying hard close now. Truly deserved those 10s’, added alexr_241.

Others declared that Chris ought to beryllium ‘handed the Glitterball trophy’ immediately, besides hailing ‘how acold he’s come’ successful the contention arsenic ‘incredible’.

The Liverpudlian prima has been a steadfast favourite among Strictly fanatics since the bid began.

Last week, helium had the federation weeping erstwhile again with his couple’s choice, which included a Strictly archetypal when, mid-way through, the workplace blacked retired to mimic Chris’s ain acquisition arsenic a unsighted person.

Speaking successful his VT, helium told cameras of signing up for the programme: ‘You’ve gotta bash things, haven’t you? If there’s thing that’s scary, what is the worst that tin happen?

‘I came into this thinking, “This could beryllium a spot of a disaster,” but present we are.

‘I’m astonishing myself arsenic good arsenic everybody else.’

Strictly Come Dancing: The Results airs time nighttime astatine 7:20pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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