Not that he gave us an altogether easy ride to the finish however. His complete lack of chemistry or any connection with the lovely Flavia gave me a few frights along the way.
But quite suddenly a couple of weeks ago he started to inject some personality and characterisation which carried him over the final hurdles. I quite enjoyed his showdance which had a certain balletic quality and his bare chest probably reduced Darcey to a mere sticky stain on her seat.
That said I must dispute the general opinion that this has been the most memorable year. Not one single performance has raised the hairs on the back of my neck or persuaded me to hit the record button for posterity.
Kimberley Walsh produced performances which varied from the graceful to the outright hot and her Tango pout will live in my short term memory.
Denise van Outen tried very hard and I suppose that was what cost her victory in the end. We English don't really like people who try too hard. And Craig's blatant bias towards her didn't help either.
I really liked Dani Harmer's latter dances though I'm not entirely sure why. She is not exactly sylph like but she still managed to inject a great deal of drama and attitude into her last Tango. I think it was her obviously close relationship with Vincent that appealed to me most and I would have not minded too much if they had defied the odds and won despite my bet on Limp Louis. Which says a lot.
Well that's it for another year, the shouting and the tumult dies and the BBC crew fold their tents and depart for Salford which is not exactly the Blue Horizon but there you are. It will leave a bloody big hole in my weekend viewing which from the looks of things is likely to remain unfilled until the next series.
But I cannot end these Strictly posts without commenting on how tired we all are of Brucie's innane so-called witticisms. He got involved in a very long winded and rambling joke on Saturday night the punchline of which was something about Dani having a face like a horse. You could tell from Dani's expression that she was not in the least amused and I thought it was too near the knuckle especially for a man with a chin that has it's own post code.
Surely the BBC execs, if there are any left, are going to have to pull the plug on his over extended career - he's only on a yearly contract after all. He's reached the point of having a distorted view of his popularity and gawd knows what he'll say next. From his weird attempt to control the contestants last night, I think senility may be setting in.
Oh yes and just one more thing. Cannot the beeb find a proper stylist for Tess Daly, assuming her contract is going to be renewed for next series? And could they please also tell her to keep her scrawny legs covered up!
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