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Strictly viewers spot 'awkward' moment between Janette Manrara and Rose-Ayling Ellis

Strictly Come Dancing viewers spotted an incredibly awkward moment between Janette Manrara and Rose-Ayling Ellis on last night's It Takes Two.

Former EastEnders star Rose joined Janette on the sofa with her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice.

But fans took to Twitter after noticing an awkward moment when Janette made a comment to the actress about her upcoming routine on Saturday night.

Rose-Ayling Ellis was saved by Giovanni Pernice (BBC)

The presenter asked deaf contestant Rose her opinion on the music choice for the dance.

She said: "You're dancing to this banging tune [music plays]... When you hear that music, how does it make you feel?"

However her dance partner Giovanni chimed in: "She's thinking about Twiggy," as the dancing duo were shown a video message from the style icon a few minutes before.

Viewers commented on Twitter.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Rose-Ayling Ellis caught up in awkward moment with Janette Manrara (BBC)

One person wrote: "Did Janette just ask Rose how she feels when she 'hears' that music?"

A second asked: "Watching #ItTakesTwo erm, Janette, Rose can’t hear the song so why ask her how she feels when she hears it?! #ffs"

"Controversial, but I watch #ittakestwo to see what the pros and their partners are doing. Not to see Janette make it all about her. Also can’t believe she asked a deaf person how she feels when she hears the music!!!" a third commented.

Later in the show, Rose talked about how being deaf affected her dance rehearsals for the Latin dance last weekend.

Rose Ayling-Ellis is partnered with Giovanni Pernice (Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)

"It was really really fun to play that side of me because I've never really done 'catwalk' or anything like that so it's the first time and I really enjoyed it," she explained.

"I was a little bit nervous but then I snapped out of it quickly."

Giovanni Pernice added: "Timing was the biggest challenge.

"We struggled a lot with the timing but in the end we managed a routine that was super for Rose and even the beginning, starting solo, it's hard to do it on your own when you can hear, can you imagine what it's like when you can't really hear the music but we managed to do it, so well done to you, well done," he told Rose.

Rose added: "It went much better than I thought it would."

*Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday on BBC1.

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