Strictly Come Dancing fans felt emotional as they clocked Giovanni Pernice's tribute to his 2021 dance partner Rose Ayling-Ellis. As the popular long-running dance contest continued with its first results show of the series, Giovanni and his new celeb partner Richie Anderson were elated to be told that they were through to next week.
Last year pro dancer Giovanni and EastEnders star Rose won hearts as they broke down barriers on Strictly and went to be crowned winners. Rose made history as Strictly's first deaf contestant last year and has campaigned for British Sign Language to be recognised as an official language and be given legal status in the UK.
The star performed a moving routine with Giovanni featuring 10 seconds of silence as a tribute to the deaf community. In May Rose became the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story to mark the end of Deaf Awareness Week. Using British Sign Language the actress, who has been deaf since birth, told the tale of a young bear who struggles to hear.
