Louis Smith wins Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Xmas special

Louis Smith has won the all-star Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Christmas Special.



The 2012 champion and his partner Aliona Vilani earned a perfect score of 40 points from the judges for their quickstep to 'Jingle Bells'.

"It's a nice present, I am not going to lie!" said the gymnast. "We've had such a fun time, although the first week of rehearsals was hard.

"But since then we have just been chilling out, laughing and giggling, messing around on the dance floor, it's been really good fun."

Sophie Ellis Bextor, Lisa Riley, Rachel Stevens, Chris Hollins and Russell Grant completed the lineup of celebrity contestants from previous series.

Sir Bruce Forsyth also returned to the Strictly ballroom alongside Tess Daly to host this year's Christmas Special.

After watching all the dances, the studio audience cast their votes for their favourite couple.

The audience's vote was then combined with the judges scores to present Louis and Aliona with the festive Silver Star trophy.

In second place was Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her partner Aljaž Skorjanec, who scored 39 points for their American Smooth to Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas'.

Rachel Stevens and Tristan MacManus came in at a close third, with a score of 38 points for their Viennese Waltz to 'Please Come Home For Christmas'.

The holiday special had a pantomime theme running throughout, with the contestants (and judges) all taking on the roles of iconic panto characters.