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Dancing on Ice champion Suzanne Shaw celebrates as she eyes £1m payday

Updated 19:59pm on 19 Mar 2008


The newly crowned Dancing on Ice champion, Suzanne Shaw was all smiles yesterday as she celebrated her win in Sunday night's finale.

Now a jubilant Suzanne is set for a million pound pay day after winning the popular reality show which last night drew an audience of 12.7million.

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Triumphant: Suzanne is all smiles the morning after the night of her victory in the final of Dancing on Ice

Young fan: Suzanne pecks a youngster on the head as she is is greeted by well-wishers outside TV's This Morning studio in London

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The former Hear'Say singer will earn £20,000 per week playing Roxie Hart in London musical Chicago.

Other deals include various sponsorship offers, a two-year, £500,000-a-year contract with lingerie brand Michelle for George at Asda and a £100,000 deal to write a magazine column, according to reports.

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Sheer joy: Suzanne Shaw hugs skating partner Matt Evers after learning of her triumph

Queen of the ice: Suzanne, with son Corey, 3, and skating partner Matt and other family members, proudly shows off her trophy

A TV audience of nearly 13million watched Suzanne, 26, beat Hollyoaks actor Chris Fountain, who had been favourite to take the title.

Both couples had performed their own version of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's interpretation of Ravel's Boléro.

Earlier in the evening Former Coronation Street actress Zaraah Abrams, 25, took third place, leaving Suzanne to battle with the 20-year-old former ice hockey player for the title.

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Suzanne and Matt won the competition after both finalists performed Torvill and Dean's famous Bolero

Clean sweep: Suzanne and Matt surprised the bookmakers with their victory

Winner takes all: Suzanne is congratulated by runners-up Chris Fountain and Frankie Poultney

Suzanne leapt into the arms of skating partner Matt Evers after learning that she had won.

She told host Philip Schofield she had "loved every single second" of the competition, and admitted she had never expected to make the final.

"I just wanted to get half way through the series and I would have been proud of myself for that," she said.

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Up in the air: Suzanne flew for the classic Time To Say Goodbye, which earned her and Matt a run of perfect sixes

Perfect score: Suzanne and Matt celebrated maximum marks, a series first, for Time To Say Goodbye and repeated the feat in their second dance to Music, by Madonna

Her success in the competition was made all the more remarkable because she battled through injuries to produce her best skating for the final.

In January she was left bloodied and bruised after partner Matt dropped her during rehearsals.

And earlier this month she fractured her ankle in training leaving experts in doubt over whether she could carry on in the competition.

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Flying start: Favourite Chris, with partner Frankie, gets Dancing On Ice under way with an aerial routine

Out of the running: Former Corrie star Zaraah Abrams took third place earlier in the evening

But Suzanne danced through the pain and become one of the show's most liked celebrity contestants.

She was famously dumped by love-rat Darren Day just weeks after she gave birth to their son Corey, now three, with him telling her: "I don't do family". She now dates DJ Jason King.

Suzanne got off to a flying start earlier in the evening wowing judges with two perfect routines.

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Crash landing: Suzanne was left bloodied and bruised after a fall during a rehearsal with skating partner Matt

No pain, no gain: Suzanne suffered cracked ribs and a chipped ankle bone as she trained for the show

The singer scored the highest mark of the series receiving perfect 6.0's from all five judges with her flying routine to the classic Time to Say Goodbye, which moved host Holly Willoughby and professional judge Karen Barber to tears.

She was rewarded with another full set of six points for her second dance to Music by Madonna.

Nicky Slater, one of the judges, said: "Suzanne, all night you have been on fire.

"It has been wonderful. You can do everything and it's the way you present, your partnership is extraordinary. You are my winner tonight."

Former Corrie actress Zaraah also did well, scoring a total of 27.5 out of 30 in her first routine, but the performance was not enough to see her through to the end.

Surprisingly Chris floundered at the bottom of the table with a performance that was not polished enough for judges Ruthie Henshall and Jason Gardiner who gave him just 4.5 out of 6.0 giving him a total of 25.5.

He was gracious in defeat, saying: "I don't mind. I've got to the final.

"I want to thank my mum and everyone. I want to thank my coach and everyone."

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Congratulations to all involved brilliant series.

I did think Chris was underscored for his flying. His routine had far more skating in it than the ladies and showed much more skill. I also thought his Bolero was more difficult but that said great family viewing long may it continue.

- Michellej, East Mids, 18/03/2008 21:03
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Good to see Chris' fans aren't bitter . Suzanne won fair and square. There was nothing wrong with Chris, he was fantastic all the way through, I loved him, but on finals night Suzanne shone through and it was clear to everyone who watched that she deserved to win.

Please can't everyone just chill out and be happy that the top two couple got to skate Bolero. They were both brilliant, and sour grapes from devout Hollyoaks fanatics is pointless and rather silly.

Anyway they will both be on tour and have the chance to battle it out again, along with other TOP celeb skaters such as Kyran & Bonnie.... it should make for an interesting competition this tour :)

- Lucy, Manchester, UK, 18/03/2008 15:03
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Interesting ... on the night, Suzanne's performances were flawless (as far as this inexperienced eye could see) and in a way it's good to see there isn't a foregone conclusion . Well done Suzanne!

- Marianne, SW France, 17/03/2008 12:08
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I was very disappointed with the result in fact I thought it was a fix.

Chris should have won by far he had a much harder routine to perform!

- Jennie Palmer, Birmingham, UK, 17/03/2008 10:53
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