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Strictly's Ranvir Singh and Giovanni Pernice cuddle up as he calls her 'stunning'

Strictly Come Dancing 's Ranvir Singh and her professional partner Giovanni Pernice cuddled up together as she cried on Saturday's semi-final.

Ranvir's Good Morning Britain co stars including Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins gave her special good luck messages ahead of the show.

Emotional Ranvir burst into tears, and Giovanni held her close and comforted her.

They performed a Waltz in their first of two dances, and afterwards, Giovanni could be heard telling her: "Stunning, stunning, beautiful."

Giovanni and Ranvir cuddled up and shared a sweet moment (BBC)

He then kissed the top of her head and put his arm around her as they listened to the judges' critiques, and were scored 9 from Shirley Ballas, 8 from Craig Revel Horwood, and 9 from Motsi Mabuse.

The pair have had many "Strictly curse" rumours throughout their stint on the show as they regularly gush over each other and are very affectionate physically.

Giovanni whispered "baby" in Ranvir's ear during their Movie Week performance.

Ranvir cried at the touching messages from her GMB co stars and family (BBC)

With speculation rife about the pairing, Giovanni also ramped up the rumours by planting a tender kiss on Ranvir's forehead after the dance received 27 from the three judges.

Giovanni revealed that the intense rehearsals were having quite the impact on Ranvir as he posted a screenshot of her messages to him at three in the morning.

Taking to Twitter, the Italian showed a message from Ranvir sent at 3.19am that read: "I've woken up and I'm doing the Jive in bed" alongside a cry-with-laughter and face-palm emoji.

Giovanni had carefully blocked out the previous messages so his followers couldn't see their entire chat.

However, his message did reveal that Ranvir's profile picture on the messaging service is a snap of her and Giovanni enjoying a private moment in training.

The snap showed the couple in hold as they went through one of their routines.

* Strictly Come Dancing returns Sunday night at 7:30pm
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