Tapping his way to victory! Corrie's Antony Cotton is crowned the winner of this year's Let's Dance for Comic Relief
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After an eventful live final of Comic Relief's Let's Dance, it was Antony Cotton who eventually came out on top, taking home the 2013 title.
The Corrie star faced tough competition on the last BBC live show on Saturday night, battling it out against The Soap Stars, Tim Vine, Katherine Ryan, Lee Nelson and Jodie Prenger.
Impressing viewers with his stellar tap skills the actor danced to Anything Goes, proving that he's got more than one string to his bow.
Winning performance: Antony Cotton was crowned winner of Let's Dance for Comic Relief after Saturday night's live final
The first to perform during the final were The Soap Stars, made up of Ricky Groves, Claire Sweeney, Natalie Cassidy and Dean Gaffney, who performed their Hairspray routine for public votes once again.
Natalie embraced the bouffant black wig and checked dress again as she took on the role of Hairspray's Tracy Turnblad during her comic turn.
The 29-year-old was joined by a cross-dressing Ricky, dressed as Edna Turnblad, who wore a fat suit under a red sparkly dress, shimmying around the stage.
A long way from Walford: The soap stars gave it all they had on stage, putting in an impressive performance
Comic routine: Natalie Cassidy wasn't afraid to get back into her fat suit and bouffant wig for the Hairspray dance
Back on top: Dean Gaffney, who was recently in a serious road crash, seemed back on fine form as he danced with the soap stars
'There's not enough men dressing up as women on BBC Saturday night TV as far as I'm concerned,' said Ricky after the energetic performance.
'The only thing that would have improved it would have been if Wellard had come on at some point during that,' said judge Frank Skinner.
'I was incredible, I'm in love with every single one of you,' admitted fellow judge Greg Davies.
'We mingle between all the soaps - about three weeks a go I was crying my eyes out thinking I'd lost my mate and now he's here dancing for Comic Relief - I'm so proud,' said Corrie's Ryan Thomas who had come along to support Dean who has recently been in a car crash.
Spitting image: Comedian Tim Vine gave his best impersonation of Justin Timberlake, dressed all in white
What a performance: The star impressed all of the judges with his stellar dance moves
It's like he's here: The comedian proved that he has more talents than writing jokes during his dance
Watch out JT: Tim gave Justin a run for his money, emulating his best known moves
Comedian Tim Vine was up next, embodying Justin Timberlake as he danced to Rock Your Body, dressed head-to-toe in white.
'Tim - you are a sex bomb and I really wish that when we'd worked together at The Comedy Store I'd asked you out for a bun,' said judge Jo Brand.
'I think that sends out a very clear message to Justin Timberlake - Tim Vine can do comedy and your dance moves,' said Greg.
Katherine Ryan, who wowed the viewers with her impersonation of Nicki Minaj a couple of weeks ago donned the body suit again for her performance in the final.
Telling it like it is: Judges Jo Brand, Frank Skinner and Greg Davies all gave their opinion of the acts
Back in the body suit: Katherine Ryan impersonated Nicki Minaj again for her performance in the final, donning a body suit
Shaking it: The comedian gave it her all in the bright pink bikini and green wig, dancing to Starships
Great reviews: The star won over the judges, sweeping the board with positive comments
Wearing the same bright pink bikini and green mop of hair, she said; 'I danced tonight like I was dancing on Mariah Carey's face.'
'The last time I saw a body like that I was naked in front of a full length mirror. I thought it was incredible, I thoroughly enjoyed it, congratulations,' said Greg.
West End star Jodie, who stepped in last minute to replace Boyzone's Keith Duffy who had to forgo his place on last week's show, was back to perform Word Up by Cameo.
Fetching: West End star Jodie Prenger sported a thick black moustache for her routine
She's got the moves: Jodie puts her West End skills to good use on the stage for charity
She wore a black wig and mustache with a leather jacket with red sparkle detail, giving it her all on stage and getting a standing ovation from the audience.
'I went through every conceivable emotion during that- I think you should take this look into your West End career,' said an impressed Greg.
Henry Winkler was in the audience and on hand to comment on Jodie's dance: 'I don't know if I ever did justice to leather like that. I thought that was £25,000 worth of awesome,' he said.
ASBO ballet: Lee Brennan squeezed into a leotard for his dance routine, as Twist and Pulse lent a hand
Skills: The comedian gave his best version of Swan Lake, while the audience clapped along
New dance troupe? The three seemed to fit well together, perhaps looking to establish their own act
Lee Neslon gave his best ASBO ballet, dancing to Swan Lake with Twist and Pulse as his backing dancers, whipping off his normal clothes to show a ballet leotard.
'I thought it was very interesting to hear people clapping along to ballet. But you could have taken your hat off,' said Jo.
'Who can carry off white Lycra like you do? It was great,' said Frank. 'It went from high culture to a fantastic Gap ad.'
In it to win it: The soap star proved that he really does have some impressive tap skills
Tap star in the making? Corrie's Antony Cotton showed off his hidden dance skills on stage again
Corrie's Antony Cotton performed his winning routine to Anything Goes again, showing off his stellar tap dancing skills.
After his care home set dance, the judges seemed impressed with his skills: 'It was incredible, well done,' said Greg.
'I did make me feel like going out and learning to tap dance - it was right up my 42nd street as they say,' admitted Frank.
Didn't make the cut: The Soap Stars and Lee are the first to be told that they haven't won
Disappointed: The Soap Stars are clearly unimpressed with the fact that they weren't crowned as winners
The final two: Jodie and Antony made it to the last two, waiting to see who would be crowned the winner
Feeling nervous? Jodie and Antony both wait nervously for the outcome to be announced
Over the moon: The soap star couldn't hide his joy when he was announced as the winner of this year's show
Lisa Riley, who was there to support him said: 'He's a star all round no matter what happens tonight - I'm very proud of him.'
As the results were read out at the end of the show, it was Jodie who joined Antony in the final two, but finally lost out to the soap star.
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