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Rose Ayling-Ellis names Strictly winner for 2022 as she marks a year since iconic 'silent' routine

Nearly 12 months after she lifted the show's famous Glitterball trophy, Rose Ayling-Ellis has predicted the Strictly Come Dancing winner for this year, just as bookies' odds change again.

EastEnders star Rose made Strictly history last year when she became the long-running BBC programme's first ever deaf contestant. She was paired with Giovanni Pernice, who'd previously made the final alongside Georgia May-Foote, Debbie McGee and Faye Tozer and their partnership quickly blew both the judges and viewers away.

Rose and Giovanni delivered a whole host of memorable routines during their time on Strictly including their Show Dance before they triumphed in the final and their Quickstep to Love is an Open Door from Frozen. But it was their Couple's Choice dance to Clean Bandit Symphony that will go down in the Strictly history books as one of the show's most iconic routines of all time.

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