more than 11 million people watched Abbey Clancy as she was crowned the champion of this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
But the final of the BBC1 dance contest pulled in its lowest ratings for a final for four years.
At its height, the audience hit 12.6 million as viewers tuned in to see Clancy gyrate to triumph in the BBC1 show to round off the 2013 series.
But both of Saturday night's editions of Strictly pulled in an average of 11.5 million viewers, which was the lowest since 2009.
But it was still millions ahead of rival The X Factor, which bowed out on an average of 8.5 million for its Saturday edition and 9.7 million for its Sunday show.
This year saw an all-female celebrity final with Clancy - and her partner Aljaz Skorjanec - beating off competition from Susanna Reid, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Natalie Gumede.
Bookmakers breathed a sigh of relief after favourite Reid missed out on the title.
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: "Susanna was the subject of a sustained gamble in the last three weeks and she would have been our worst ever result in the show's history."
The programme is back on Christmas Day with a special one-off show.
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