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Katy Hallam & Gemma Toulson

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice wow fans with Comic Relief dance

Comic Relief fans were wowed by a performance by Strictly Come Dancing winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice which has been described as "beautiful and graceful" by fans. The duo performed to Ellie Goulding's How Long Will I Love You on Friday night (March 18).

Host Lenny Henry then asked Rose what it was like to have captured the hearts of the nation after her win. She told him: "It's been really nice, it's really nice to see my friends and family again and I have bumped into quite a lot of people in the public and they come up to me and some of them start crying and get emotional and it's really sweet. I start to realise how much I have made an affect to everyone."

Speaking after the performance on BBC One, Rose explained how much it meant for her to be dancing with Giovanni again. She said: "It's really nice to dance together again because we went through a really special journey," Birmingham Live reports. She added: "So every time we get to pair up it brings happy memories and we really enjoy dancing together. I really miss ballroom so I really enjoyed it."

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Gio added: "Disability, as Rose showed, it doesn't have to stop anybody if you really want to follow your dream and you really love dancing you just have to go and do it. This year the final showed how diverse and inclusive everyone can be. To be in a final like that was just the cherry on the cake. I'm very, very privileged."

Viewers loved seeing the duo dance together again and took to Twitter to comment. One wrote: "Beautiful , Rose and Giovanni." Another said: "It’s so good to see Rose and Giovanni dance again. The best couple Strictly have ever had! #ComicRelief2022 #comicrelief."

While another commented: "Such elegant dancers and beautiful song #RedNoseDay #comicrelief #ComicRelief2022." ShakyWoon added: "Rose and Giovanni beautiful and graceful dancing! #RedNoseDay #ComicRelief #RedNoseDay2022." And another tweeted: "Rose was an absolute inspiration on strictly, she was fantastic. I’ll say it again. As much as I’ve seen sign language it still leaves me in utter awe #comicrelief."

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