Hamza Yassin battled a severe lack of self-confidence the whole way through his time on Strictly Come Dancing, before winning the show last month.
While his odds of winning Strictly were as high as 25/1 at one point, it took just a few weeks for bookies to earmark CBBC star and wildlife enthusiast Hamza as potential champion. He finished joint top of the leaderboard alongside Will Mellor in week one and from then on was a consistent high scorer, alongside pro partner Jowita Przystal, in her first series with a celebrity.
Hamza and Jowita's partnership earned huge praise from both the Strictly judges and viewers at home and lived up to the odds and experts' expectations by clinching the Glitterball trophy in the 2022 final, despite finishing bottom of the leaderboard on the night.
