'I categorically did not think that I would make the final but the further we got into it, the more that I realised the ball lay in my court with that.'
The 2FM Breakfast host had previously told us that he was worried he would be the ‘clown’ on the show this year.
“Like this show is really you get out of it what you put into it and the further we went along, like Emily from week one was saying. ‘I’m telling you, you have what it takes to get to the final’ but it took me a few weeks to believe her realistically and it was the further we went on and your confidence grows a little bit.
Meanwhile, Glee star Damian McGinty and his partner Kylee Vincent opened up about their emotional journey over the series.
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