Strictly Come Dancing winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice have taken home a BAFTA TV Award for their stunning silent dance on Strictly Come Dancing. The pair, who lifted the Glitterball trophy in 2021 after a series of wonderful performances on the show, were awarded must-see moment of the year at the annual awards.
EastEnders actress Rose, 27, was the first deaf contestant to have ever appeared on Strictly alongside partner Giovanni. The performance that won them the BAFTA saw them dance an enchanting silent routine to Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson's song Symphony.
In the middle of the performance, the music came to an abrupt pause as they continued dancing, which offered viewers an insight as to what it was like for Rose to dance while not being able to hear the music. Appearing on stage on Sunday to collect the award, Rose said: "It is a very special moment for us because hopefully it showed how powerful TV can be, where it has actually introduced changes. It has even helped the BSL (British Sign Language) law be passed recently.
