BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland's 'overwhelmed' admission as he's told 'win it now'

Chris McCausland has admitted to being 'overwhelmed' as he's been told to 'win' Strictly Come Dancing after he reacted to making it through to the penultimate week of the competition.

It was confirmed during Strictly's latest results show on Sunday (December 1) that Chris and his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell had made it through to the BBC One dance contest's upcoming semi-final.

During the latest live edition of the hit dance show on Saturday night (November 30), which was both the quarter-final and Strictly's Musicals Week special, saw the comedian and the professional dancer perform a quickstep to You’re The Top from Anything Goes.

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Dianne was seen and heard screaming with delight at the end of the performance, which went on to see them receive a score of 32 out of a possible 40 points.

It was then during the latest results show that it was confirmed Chris and Dianne had made it through to Strictly's semi-final alongside fellow couples Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec.

Following the show, Chris took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share his reaction to making it another step closer to Strictly's 2024 final, writing: "We've only gone and reached the bloody #Strictly semi-final! I am so proud of what we have achieved. We have always challenged ourselves and given 100%. Thank you for all of your votes and support. It's honestly overwhelming. Lots of love."

And fans want to see him lift the Glitterball trophy. @YCCC33 said: "Go on and win it now. You've been on a proper journey." @EastieWho commented: "Congratulations!! Well deserved!! Rooting for you guys to win!" @hippy_lorraine wrote: "So so proud of you both! Will be cheering you on in both the semi-final and the final."

@NoChameleon_ posted: "Super happy for you both, would love to see you in the final! Good luck this week with practice and most of all, enjoy the heck out of it." @toonpete85 added: "Congratulations Chris, you and Dianne have been amazing and deserve to win the whole thing."