{"id":135606,"date":"2023-12-17T08:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135606"},"modified":"2023-12-17T08:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:55:48","slug":"they-should-have-won-say-furious-strictly-fans-after-final-sparks-new-fix-row-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/they-should-have-won-say-furious-strictly-fans-after-final-sparks-new-fix-row-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'They should have won' say furious Strictly fans after final sparks new fix row | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have claimed Layton Williams should have won the 2023 series after he topped the final leaderboard.<\/p>\n
Coronation Street actress Ellie Leach, 22, lifted the glitterball trophy with Vito Coppola after taking the majority of the public votes on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
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She beat West End star Layton, 29, and EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier, 20, but had failed to secure the highest scores and praise from the judges.<\/p>\n
Viewers took to social media and claimed Layton was "robbed" of the win, because the judges' scores don't count towards the result in the final.<\/p>\n
One wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "Congrats ellie but we all know Layton should have won."<\/p>\n
Another said: "Layton should have won! Deffo was robbed."<\/p>\n
As a third suggested: "Absolute FIX FIX, not deserved.`Layton should have won – what a travesty."<\/p>\n Devastated Ellie cried after she suffered a tumble during her second dance with Vito when they performed a series of complicated lifts.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Anton Du Beke was full of praise for Layton and Nikita Kuzmin after their Argentine Tango to Tattoo by Loreen.<\/p>\n He said: "To be honest with you, you're showing off now!"<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n And Layton received excellent feedback from Motsi Mabuse, 42, who gushed: "I don't think we've ever had a dancer like you Layton, and I don't think we'll ever again have a dancer like you."<\/p>\n Layton has faced a hard time from critics during the series over his dance experience.<\/p>\n Speaking during the final, he thanked the viewers who kept voting for him in the competition.<\/p>\n He told host Claudia Winkleman: "I thought I'd have to be fighting for my place every week, so thank you for the people who have voted for me. Love wins."<\/p>\n He added: "If we won it would feel like a celebration, for peopel who feel like they don't fit in."<\/p>\n Layton also told his pro partner Nikita, who was spotted crying during the final: "I just want to say thank you for holding my hand throughout this journey. <\/p>\n "I couldn't have done it without you."<\/p>\n<\/picture>GRAN FINALE <\/span><\/p>\n
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