Giovanni Pernice has recruited one of Strictly Come Dancing's newest pro dancers for his own tour, after his absence from the show's annual arena tour was confirmed at the end of last year.
Turn the clock back nearly 12 months ago and Italian dancer Giovanni and his celeb partner Rose Ayling-Ellis won all but one show on the Strictly live tour, following their victory on the BBC programme at the end of 2021, only being defeated by Sara and Aljaz on opening night in Newcastle. Just like they did on screen, Giovanni and Rose's performances wowed are audiences up and down the country, as the Strictly tour took up residence in a number of cities.
The full line-up for this year's tour was announced in the run up to Christmas and, while the fact he and his most recent celeb partner Richie Anderson were voted out second this time round cast doubts over Giovanni doing the tour, there was still a lot of disappointment from fans when his name was missing from the poster.
