The Coronation Street star was gobsmacked when she won the Glitterball Trophy - but when she did finally recover her voice, she had a simple message for dance partner Vito

Ellie and Vito were crowned the winners of Strictly Come Dancing

Only one couple can take home the Glitterball trophy on Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing viewers are calling on the BBC to break with tradition and release the voting figures for the final

Ellie, 22, became the youngest BBC Strictly Come Dancing champion on Saturday night - but fans are saying it should've been Layton Williams' Glitterball.

The Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final aired emotional scenes on Saturday night, as professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin tearfully said goodbye to a much-loved co-star

Of course Annabel Croft wanted to win Strictly. She insists she hadn't fantasised about victory when she signed up for the show. But by the semi-finals she was starting to wonder.

The couple triumphed in the Grand Final

The soap star and her dance partner Vito Coppola won the show’s glitterball trophy.

The former Coronation Street star emerged victorious on Saturday night alongside professional dancer Vito

The 22-year-old TV star beat two other couples - Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell, and Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing aired its highly-anticipated final on Saturday night, where Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola were crowned the 2023 winners

Upon winning the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball trophy, the former Coronation Street star said: "I actually, genuinely cannot believe this."

Ellie and Vito lifted the glitterball trophy this evening

Ellie, 22, becomes the youngest winner of the BBC contest beating EastEnders' Bobby Brazier and Bad Education star Layton Williams to lift the glitterball trophy

Amanda Abbington did not return for the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final

Bobby Brazier, Ellie Leach, and Layton Williams will battle it out in the Strictly 2023 final

Some fans weren't happy