Strictly Come Dancing suffers another blow following a year of scandal after Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell are crowned winners
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Strictly Come Dancing has suffered another blow after a year of scandal as the ratings for the final episode have been released. The BBC show saw Chris McCausland and his pro partner Dianne Buswell win the 2024's champions after he history as the show's first ever blind contestant.
![[The hit BBC show saw Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell win the 2024's champions, pipping Tasha Ghouri and Alijaz Korjanec to the post in the final]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/11/93164695-14194643-image-a-47_1734262946519.jpg)
Chris, 47, pipped fellow finalists Tasha Ghouri, JB Gill and Sarah Hadland to the post in the 'best ever' final on Saturday. The 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.
![[The drop in viewers comes after a year of scandal for the hit BBC show which saw actress Amanda Abbington accuse her partner Giovanni Pernice of bullying]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/11/93155787-14194643-Throughout_most_of_2024_Strictly_has_been_embroiled_in_a_scandal-a-48_1734263068181.jpg)
Despite the accolades and star-studded cast in this year's show, it wasn't enough to bring in the same level of viewership and the competition saw another drop in it's ratings for the third time in a row. Last year the dance show peaked with a viewership of 9.7million but this it failed to attract as many fans, peaking at 9.3million viewers.
![[Later Graziano Di Prima was sacked by the BBC following claims of gross misconduct towards his former partner Zara McDermott (pictured in 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/11/93005481-14194643-What_s_more_dancer_Graziano_Di_Prima_was_been_sacked_by_the_BBC_-a-49_1734263092724.jpg)
Last year's average audience saw 8.8million dancing fans tune in to the BBC One show but this year it had fallen to 8.6million. The news comes after the show got off to a slow start as well, with the first live show bringing in just 7.1million, down from 7.8million the year before.
![[Another small controversy arose earlier this year when Katya Jones, 35, pushing her partner Wynne Evan's hand away from her during a live broadcast. (pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/11/91302347-14194643-Wynne_52_and_Katya_35_have_been_embroiled_in_controversy_in_rece-a-50_1734263106468.jpg)
Strictly Come Dancing suffers another blow amid year of scandal after ratings plummet for a third year in a row despite record breaking win for Chris McCausland. The hit BBC show saw Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell win the 2024's champions, pipping Tasha Ghouri and Alijaz Korjanec to the post in the final.
![[Appearing on spin-off series It Takes Two, Wynne admitted he had watched the footage of the incident back and confessed: 'I can see how people may have misinterpreted it.']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/11/93165677-14194643-image-a-51_1734263111488.jpg)
