When and what time is the BBC Strictly Come Dancing final on tonight, what are the dances and who is favourite to win?

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

One of the biggest nights in the TV calendar is here - the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final. It's set to be a dazzling night in the ballroom as, after 13 weeks, this year's winner will be announced.

After 14 celebrities signed up for the BBC One dance contest this year, there are only three left to battle it out for the Glitterball trophy and they are, with their professional dance partners, Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell.

They'll each dance three times each - their favourite from the series, a dance from the series picked for them by the judges and a ‘showdance’ that can show off everything they have learnt in the past 13 weeks - in what will be an epic finale of Strictly 2023 in the hope of winning over the public before one of them is crowned this year's champions. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing pair 'will struggle' in final as they lack two things the other couples have READ MORE: Read more of today's top stories from the Manchester Evening News Fans can get their last dancing fix of the series on Saturday night, December 16, with all the action kicking off at 7pm on BBC One and there will be no pre-recorded results show on Sunday as the winners will be revealed before the show ends at 9.05pm.

At the time of writing, BetVictor had priced up the odds and to win the competition outright Ellie Leach was favourite to win at 1/14 while Layton Williams had odds of 9/1 and Bobby Brazier was at 16/1.