Strictly Come Dancing's first drag queen competitor, Tayce, and professional dance partner Kai Widdrington have been crowned the winners of this year's Christmas special. Judge Craig Revel Horwood praised their cha-cha to 100 Degrees by Kylie and Dannii Minogue,

Tayce Szura-Radix has made history, becoming the first drag queen to win the UK version of Strictly Come Dancing . Szura-Radix, best known for appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2021, triumphed in the Christmas special of the dance show, winning the contest with professional partner Kai Widdrington.

Tayce Szura-Radix is a 30-year-old professional drag queen and model from Wales. She first shot to prominence in 2021 as a contestant on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK – which in itself proved to be a notable season as filming was forced into postponement due to the Covid pandemic.

Drag artist Tayce and her professional dance partner, Kai Widdrington, won a perfect score of 4 "10s" and took home the star-shaped, Strictly Christmas trophy. They beat out for the honor Josh Widdicombe and Karen Hauer,

Strictly Come Dancing, the long-running British reality competition that inspired the U.S. hit Dancing with the Stars, crowned RuPaul’s Drag Race UK alumna Tayce as the winner of its Christmas special.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Kai Widdrington lifted the winners' trophy during Wednesday's Christmas special. The dancer had been partnered with drag performer Tayce, who in the run-up to the festive special has addressed backlash to their sign-up.

Drag Race UK star Tayce has made herstory as the first drag queen competitor to both enter and win Strictly Come Dancing‘s Christmas Special. The performer has perfectly shut down claims that her success could take the show in “a very different direction”.