Strictly’s Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman COLLAPSE to the floor after 24-hour Danceathon to raise £700,000 for Comic Relief

CLAUDIA Winkleman and Tess Daly collapsed with relief after they completed their 23-hour dance marathon for Comic Relief.

The Strictly Come Dancing presenters raised an incredible £780,000 for the charity with the help of a string of celebrity guests.

The presenters took on the charity's longest-ever Danceathon for Red Nose Day live on BBC Radio Two.

The duo kicked off the challenge at 7pm on Monday night and were joined by a host of celebrity guests to keep them going.

Davina McCall, Fleur East, Beverley Knight and Michael Ball were just some of the famous faces who stopped by to cheer on Claudia and Tess.

After completing the challenge, Tess shared an image of herself and Claudia with Professor Greg Whyte who aided the pair through their challenge.

Tess captioned the snap: "WE DID IT!.. Can't walk upstairs to the hot bath, my legs are so stiff. But SO proud that you helped us to raise over £780,000 for @RedNoseDay charities."

Her co-host Claudia shared an image of the moment they reached the 24-hour mark and were showered in celebratory confetti.

Claudia captioned the image: "Thank you so much every single person who donated. We're blown away that over £780,000 was raised for Comic Relief. An enormous thank you to everyone at BBC Radio 2 who helped us through. I love you Tess Daly."

Speaking after completing the impressive challenge, Claudia said: "I never want to dance again... I don't like movement."

Tess explained how her dance partner Claudia had kept her going through the intense challenge, adding: "She's had my back the whole way through. We've looked after each other. We've seen each other strapped up with tape. We both had a little cry.

"We are a bit tired and emotional."

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