MORE than 12 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 triumph.

But both editions of Strictly pulled in an average of 11.5 million viewers, which was some way behind the performance for the finale for recent years, and proved to be the lowest since 2009.