The brunette beauty was reading out the terms and conditions for voting yesterday evening when Gorka Marquez reached out to tickle her.
He appeared to reach for her hips as she quickly realised what was happening and squirmed away from him.
As Claudia tried to continue with her link, Gorka attempted to tickle her once more leaving her to brush him off and move to the side away from him.
Those tuning into the Strictly final at home were quick to pick up on the awkward moment and rushed to Twitter to comment on the exchange.
“Actually hilarious Claudia being tickled and her annoyance. Gorka not getting a Christmas card then,” one fan wrote.
While another added: “Yeah I noticed that too she knocked his hand off three times and he still continued I know its ‘playful’ but still.”
A third tweeted: “Erm… why did that dancer just grab Claudia Winkelman’s hips? She looked uncomfortable.
“Claudia really didn’t like being tickled. Bit uncomfortable,” someone else shared.
The moment came after co-host Tess Daly was left red-faced when she was caught scolding someone off-screen.
She could be seen waving her finger at an unknown person before realising that she was on camera.
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special airs December 25 on BBC One at 6.30pm.
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