He was dancing on the beach at the time, at the tail end of the massive new year party on Haad Rin beach, which had attracted tens of thousands of mostly young foreign tourists.
The end is no longer the end, but the beginning of the finale, which involves the entire cast leading an all singing, all dancing swing-a-long to the show's most famous numbers.
"This is my West End debut, so maybe there'll be an extra leap in my step tonight, " the Strictly Come Dancing champion said at the awards launch party.