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Evening Standard
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Strictly fans get emotional at Joe Sugg's sweet reaction to Dianne Buswell winning a BAFTA
Buswell also shared a joke from McCausland, who wasn't present to receive the award: "Chris did have something he wanted me to say, and that is 'after 22 years in comedy, he wins a Bafta for dancing'."
7NEWS
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Australian Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell picks up BAFTA alongside dance partner Chris McCausland
An Australian ballroom dancer has been left 'shaking like a leaf' after claiming a coveted television award in Britain overnight. Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell won the BAFTA TV Awards' memorable moment gong for her waltz with comedian Chris McCausland, the show's first blind contestant. The pair danced to You'll Never Walk Alone during the 2024 series of the BBC program, which they ultimately won. 'In one minute and thirty seconds of a dance, I feel like this told such a story — a story of hope, determination, resilience and vulnerability,' Buswell said. 'I had something completely different that I was going to say but somebody asked me outside what I thought of when I was doing that dance. 'Honestly, I held Chris' hands and I was set off from the minute we started because he closed his eyes and he smiled a smile that I've never seen from him before and that meant it came straight from his heart. 'This moment meant so much to the both of us so I'm just so thrilled that we have this.' It was a first BAFTA win for both Buswell and McCausland. The award was decided by public vote and Buswell said she was 'shaking like a leaf' as she collected it. McCausland did not join his co-star at the ceremony but he did have a light-hearted message, which Buswell delivered. 'Chris did have something he wanted me to say and that is after 22 years in comedy he wins a BAFTA for dancing,' Buswell said. 'He said: 'Di, I'll take it, but please let them all know it hurts'.' Buswell's boyfriend Joe Sugg, a YouTube star who she met when they were partnered together during the 2018 series of the show, was in tears while listening to her deliver her speech. Buswell and McCausland's dance was nominated alongside moments from Bridgerton, Gavin and Stacey, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Rivals and The Traitors. 'That BAFTA is SO deserved. What Dianne Buswell achieved with Chris McCausland was nothing short of extraordinary,' one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'She's also an absolute delight.' The Aussie dancer is originally from Bunbury, south of Perth in WA. She previously appeared on Australia's Dancing with the Stars before moving to the UK in 2017.
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'I'd give Ferguson a chance next season'
We asked for your views on Rangers' 2-2 draw against what some of you said:Frazer: Some Rangers fans might be feeling peeved at the moment, but from what I've seen, I'd give Barry Ferguson a chance next season. Give him a pre-season and move some players in and out of the club. You can't fault his game management. Conceding goals is an issue at the moment, but Pittodrie is not an easy place to come back from 2-0 down, let alone with 10 men. He's got a squad all over the place with form, fighting until the death. We'd be naive to think another manager could have done much better with this team over the last few We knew Barry would make changes, a bit extreme though, then more injuries and the red card. I hope on Thursday we curb the crazy tackles and leave it to them. Good to claw a draw. Ross McCausland doesn't get much game time but has to keep it clean and simple, the whole season seems to be a calamity one way or another. Wholesale changes are needed in every department. I hope Barry comes up with a different tactic on Thursday, like Fenerbahce. Catch them cold and see how it pans Good result in the face of adversity. McCausland is very silly and put us in real trouble, but we showed character again to equalise with ten men. Aberdeen fans were only happy giving Connor Barron abuse, so well done to him for having the last Ferguson did the right thing. The league is over, only the Europa League is left for some pride this season. Rangers showed some grit and a never-give-in attitude. It's looking better for Barry, can we deliver?Kyle: It was like a game of two halves when we were 2-0 down at half time. I thought the game was gone, but the second half was better than the first half. Glad with a draw. The whole team was poor until the 85th minute, and we looked lively then, but overall, we were Understand the changes, but these guys really let the staff down. I wouldn't pay £5 for Danillo, let alone £5 million. I thought Cyreil Dessers was bad, but this guy just took his unwanted title. McCausland is another I wouldn't even play for the reserves, and Robin Propper is awful. They need a complete overhaul of the squad, as they really aren't good enough, and some should never play again.
The Independent
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Chris McCausland doesn't want to be called ‘cute' anymore
Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland appreciates all the love he gets – but he no longer wants to be referred to as 'cute'. The Liverpudlian comedian, actor and presenter became the first blind person to lift the Glitterball trophy in 2024, along with his partner and professional dancer Dianne Buswell. Last month, the hugely popular duo, revealed that they would be releasing a new podcast named after their motto on the show. Buswell previously revealed she had been told that she wouldn't make it far in the competition once she had been assigned McCausland. The pair had named their team 'Winning is not everything' as McCausland admitted that he felt other couples were better, and named their podcast after the phrase. Having finished the Strictly tour, which McCausland could not attend because of prior commitments, Buswell joked about how 'cute' his fellow cast found him. 'I genuinely did miss you, I think everyone missed you there,' she said on the first episode of the Winning is not Everything podcast. 'We were in the makeup room on the last day actually, and we're getting our makeup done and Lauren [Oakley] turns to me and she goes, 'Awwwww, that's so cute!' 'And she had a picture of you on her phone and we all gathered round and it was you in a little dance pose with a suit on and a massive big circus tie. You were doing cute little poses for The Sunday Times.' McCausland joked: 'This is the problem though. I don't want to be cute.' 'You were so cute!' Buswell insisted. 'I don't want to be cute,' McCausland hit back. Dianne joked: 'Everyone on Strictly used to say, 'Oh Chris, you're so cute', and you'd go 'What about hot? Am I hot?' 'I said, 'He's always hot, he's always having to take a couple of layers off'.' McCausland added: 'I want to be like Pete Wicks.' Dianne joked: 'You want to be Pete Wicks hot, not just red and clammy hot In a dedication to Buswell in his victory speech, McCausland said: 'We've lasted and lasted and Dianne has got so much out of me. She deserves this so much. Every day she's just positivity and belief and she's just one of the easiest people to be funny with than I've ever met.' He then joked: 'Unless she changes her number, she's stuck with me.' McCausland dedicated his victory to anybody who 'got told or thought that they couldn't do something'. 'It shows that with opportunity, support and determination, that anything can happen,' he said.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Chris McCausland understands show struggle as he says 'you've got to be tough'
Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland has said that he can understand why some people have 'struggled' when competing on the BBC show and how a 'clash' could happen when contestants and professional dancers have different objectives. The stand-up comedian, 47, became the first blind person to win the popular dancing competition last year alongside professional Australian dancer Dianne Buswell. Before the series began, the show was embroiled in controversy as the corporation conducted a review into complaints made by actress Amanda Abbington about the teaching methods used by her dance partner, Giovanni Pernice, when they competed together in 2023. READ MORE: ITV detective favourite to 'replace' Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders after show cancellation READ MORE: BBC EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt shares real reason he moved into a motorhome She claimed she was subjected to a 'toxic environment' and 'inappropriate, mean, nasty bullying' behaviour during her time on the show, but Italian dancer Pernice 'rejected any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour'. The dancer later welcomed the conclusion of a BBC review which upheld 'some, but not all' of the complaints made by the actress against him. There were no findings relating to physical aggression, but complaints of verbal bullying and harassment were upheld, the PA news agency understands. Discussing the situation, McCausland told The Sunday Times magazine said: 'I understand the idea of feeling emotionally pressured because you've all got different objectives. 'Some people's objective might be to survive another week, whereas from the dancers' point of view the objective is to succeed because that's their profession; that's what their reputation is based on. I can see that there can be a clash.' The comedian added that he 'can see how people have struggled with it in the past, because you've got to be tough'. The comic recalled that towards the end of the competition, he was doing 15-hour days which left him 'broken'. 'I mean, it was relentless. Physically I ached. I had lost weight. I'm probably fitter than I've been in ages but I was held together with tape at the end', he added. McCausland is currently on a mammoth stand-up tour which he had to add a host of dates to after his Strictly win due to 'phenomenal demand'. Despite doing multiple performances in a day on occasion, he said the tour is 'easy by comparison' as he is not doing eight hours of dancing. The comedian, who lost his sight completely by the age of 22, won praise from the judges and public for changing perceptions on what people think the blind community was capable of doing after he completed lifts and intricate routines on the show. He said his time on Strictly has helped him open up when he is now writing his memoir as he had to be 'so vulnerable'. 'I've always been very closed off. I've always hidden emotions under the carpet – 'Pull your pants up and get on with it'. Strictly certainly opened me up,' he said. 'If I'd tried to write this book a year ago I'd have been a lot less willing to explore emotion and feeling. I feel very comfortable with the vulnerability because the last four months have been so vulnerable.' McCausland continues his Yonks! tour on Sunday at the Isle of Wight Shanklin Theatre with dates scheduled throughout the rest of the year and into 2026. For more of today's top stories, click here.
