Jay McGuiness crowned as the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2015.

Jay McGuiness has been crowned the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2015.

The Wanted singer fought off competition from rival stars Kellie Bright and Georgia May Foote on Saturday night's final of the BBC ballroom dancing show.

Despite sitting at the bottom of the leaderboard following his final three dances, the 25-year-old hitmaker managed to bring home the glitter ball trophy alongside professional dancer Aliona Vilani.

The show kicked off in September in a flurry of sequins, drama and glitter and the famous foursome, including Katie Derham who was voted off at the start of the night, took to the glimmering stage for the final with their professionals Giovanni Pernice, Anton du Beke, Kevin Clifton and Aliona.

Despite incredibly impressive performances from all, it was Jay who took home the trophy alongside professional Aliona, who also won the show in 2011 with McFly star Harry Judd.

After hearing the incredible news of his victory, the stunned star, who shot to fame with The Wanted in 2009, could hardly utter his words as he began to well up.

He said: 'I feel spaced out and really weird. [Speaking to Aliona] You deserve it so much. I just think it was one of the most special things I've ever done with the most special person. Anyone who watched us and helped us get here... Thank you.

The hunky singer was placed at the bottom of the leader board at the end of his final three performances, with Georgia taking the second spot and Kellie sitting on top, leading to uncertainty over his fate.

Against all odds however, the public voted in favour of Jay - much to the joy of both him and Aliona.

Opening the show, Jay was asked to repeat his quickstep from week four, which saw him awarded his lowest score of the entire season due to a series of mistakes, which were a combination of sloppy footwork and falling behind on complex steps.

Dancing to The Who's 1965 hit My Generation during his second chance dance, Jay performed a fantastic rendition of the complicated and often-trying routine.

Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman and Darcey Bussell were quick to dish out their expert opinion.

Bruno was glowing with praise for the opening dance although he insisted there were mistake-laden moments - although the 60-year-old choreographer and dancer went on to blame Aliona.

 He said: 'When you go so fast... I think it was Aliona who went wrong. You are Twinkletoes out there. The quality is so high... When it comes to ability you are incredible.'

Jay won praise from the toughest of the judges, as Craig said: 'I think you did dance around the floor with ease, your bum was down through the whole thing. You are a lovely dancer to watch.'

Darcey added: 'For me... Top grade in complexity... I have to say it was divine, you were in charge. Even with the tiny mistakes you were fantastic.'

He was then awarded a commendatory 36 points for his performance - a fantastic opening for the show.

 The next set for the dancers was the 'Show Dance' where Jay and Aliona put on an impressive performance to a jazzy version of The Weeknd's hit I Can't Feel My Face.

Len insisted he found the performance boring and was seemingly unimpressed by the trendy show which was a compilation of the duo's favourite dances.

Although he rarely dishes out negative comments, Bruno said he was anticipating a 'superhero yet it was more of a pick'n'mix' while acid-tongued Craig concurred by insisting it was 'disappointing'.

After the moves, the deflated judges awarded the duo 35 points, which dragged them down in the hyper-competitive leader board.

 In his final dance, The Newark-born star danced the Pas Doble to Bon Jovi's 2000 smash hit It's My Life in a bid to become the 2015 Strictly champion.

A clearly impressed Len said: 'From week one for me you've been the most consistent of the couples but you have been so consistent... You come out and give it your all. It was a great Pase Doble and I've loved watching you.'

Usually acerbic Craig concurred, saying: 'When you first started you had no personality at all when you started this programme... and now you have drive, you have passion and I love, love, love watching you.'

Darcey gushed about the performance as she said: 'I can see there's a sensitive [man inside] but underneath the strength the shaping - for me you're my number one' and he was then awarded with a near-perfect 39.

Jay was first propelled to the forefront of the potential winners as he performed an outstanding Jive inspired by Quentin Tarantino's 1994 hit Pulp Fiction in the movie-themed third week.

To the tune of 1993 hit Misirlou by Dick Dale, Jay and Aliona danced an incredible take on the classic jive and scored the first 10 of the whole competition.

Many expected the duo to repeat the dance on Saturday night although Aliona confirmed earlier in the week that she and Jay wanted to keep the dance as a perfect memory.

She took to Twitter to write: 'Our jive was such a perfect moment for @JayMcGuiness & I that we'd love to keep it as that in everyone's memory.