Strictly's Giovanni Pernice told he 'looks lost' without Rose after heartfelt post

Strictly Come Dancing professionals Kai Widdrington and Nadiya Bychkova have shut down rumours of a backstage feud. The pair met on the show, both joining the process as professional dancers, before falling in love with one another. After a shock dance-off last week, which saw Richie Anderson exit the competition after facing Fleur East, Nadiya and Kai have opened up about how tough it is to lose someone on the show - as everyone is so close backstage.

Motsi Mabuse wreaked havoc in the Strictly Come Dancing studio when she accidentally broke her chair in two.She wreaked havoc on the chair after Fleur East performed her steamy Argentine Tango routine with show pro Vito Coppola during Saturday night's live show (October 15).Motsi got so excited by the saucy dance that she accidentally snapped her chair and later claimed she needed to "control" herself.READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse leaves co-star upset as she forgets his name The hilarious incident came during the judges' feedback, which saw Fleur receive a ton of praise from the judges.Famously strict judge Craig Revel Horwood announced: "That dance is the one to beat," which prompted a roaring cheer from the audience.When host Tess Daly turned to Motsi for her feedback, it was clear the dancing pro was over the moon with Fleur's dancing chops.Motsi replied: "Wow, wow, wow!" before leaping out of her chair and towards the table, but when she lunged forward her chair fell back onto the floor.Craig rushed to pick it up for her and couldn't help laughing when he reaised the chair had been broken in two.Tess declared: "The chair's broken!" and Motsi was left in stitches at her epic blunder as she sat back down in the damaged chair.Tess added: "She has a cushion now - thank you, Craig!" before joking: "She's overwhelmed, safe to say."Motsi agreed: "Yes, I have to control myself" but admitted she couldn't and heaped praise on Fleur and Vito for their routine.Strictly fans couldn't help joking about Motsi's chair gaffe on Twitter during the episode.One quipped: "An Argentine tango SO good it broke Motsi's chair...

Strictly Come Dancing's Fleur East has made an incredible comeback after she and professional partner Vito Coppola landed in the bottom two last week. The 34 year old singer, who recently confessed her husband watches her "hot and steamy" routines, appeared on stage wearing a figure-hugging black and red dress with a thigh-high slit. Vito, 30, matched her outfit as he donned a red shirt underneath a black waistcoat.

AJ Pritchard has called Shirley Ballas "the most qualified" judge on Strictly Come Dancing after fans demanded she be sacked from the role over concerns she was favouring male celebrities on the show. Shirley, 62, was accused of being "sexist" after explaining she would have saved Richie Anderson, 34, and his pro partner Giovanni Pernice, 32, on Sunday 9 October night following their dance off with Fleur East, 34, and Vito Coppola, 30.

Strictly Come Dancing star Fleur East has had a tough week after facing the dance-off in last weekends show.

Strictly Come Dancing ground to a halt just minutes into the BBC One show as the crowd erupted into a mass of stomping feet and rowdy applause.None of the gathered celebrities had even had a chance to put their best feet forward before a segment over Thursday's National Television Awards (October 14) saw proceedings stall.Presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman paused things after the pairs and judges had been introduced to the dance floor, with Tess announcing: "Now, before we get started, shall we have another big cheer for our NTA winner Anton?"READ MORE: Strictly star Ellie Taylor is dancing so hard her boobs 'won't stop aching'Claudia beside her said: "Aww, look at him!" as Anton grinned from ear to ear with his award on the desk beside him."Bask in it, babe, bask!" Tess encouraged, before the audience and gathered celebrities began to stomp their feet on the floor, starting up a cheer of: "Anton! Anton! Anton!"Putting a hand to his chest, Anton looked emotional as he stood up to take a bow, teasing: "I wouldn't be anywhere without my fellow judges!"Clutching his gong, he laughed: "But you can't have this, it's mine!" – to raucous laughter.Anton scooped the National Television Award for Best Judge last week, going up against RuPaul for RuPaul's Drag Race UK, David Walliams of Britain's Got Talent and The Masked Singer's Mo Gilligan.And Strictly came away with another gong in the Best Talent Show category, with last year's winners Giovanni Pernice and Rose Ayling-Ellis leading the charge to the stage.

Strictly Come Dancing star Simon Webbe revealed why he would never submit to the Strictly curse.The Blue singer opened up to the Daily Star during a Facebook Live earlier this week as the dancing show is in full swing.The 43-year-old star revealed that he purposely asked for a single dance partner to avoid all of the Strictly curse drama during his time on the show.READ MORE: Strictly's Giovanni Pernice hails Richie Anderson the 'perfect student' amid 'tension' He came first runner-up on the show back in 2014 when he was partnered with Kristina Rihanoff.Explaining his decision, Simon said: "That's very important for me because I didn't want my experience of the show to be overshadowed by the Strictly curse so to speak."I was single at the time and it was nice to be able to just dance and it not mean 'ooh you fancy each other or are you gonna get it on?'"And being honest that's the kinda thing that was going on behind the scenes, it was 'are you two gonna get together or what?' And I was like 'hmm, na, sorry to disappoint'."I didn't want to have any tension like when you're walking into the room the next day when you've gotta do your job."I'm gonna just say giving your body away to somebody isn't something which is just willy nilly to me, not to me anyway, so I'd rather use that energy and put it into the dancing."Simon is now married to his beautiful wife Ayshen, who he shares a one-year-old daughter Cyan Shenel with.He also went on to mention how he hasn't spoken to his dance partner Kristina in over six years.Talking about his partner, Simon said: "I haven't spoken to Kristina in at least six years.

THIS year's Strictly Come Dancing stars looked all partied out as they turned up at rehearsals in pyjamas after their late nights. The celebrities had all had pretty busy evenings, with some attending the National Television Awards at the OVO Arena in Wembley yesterday evening. Like true professionals, they didn't miss their early alarms this morning, which made sure they were up and ready for rehearsals for the BBC show today.

Giovanni Pernice looked proud as punch as he posed for an incredible photo with three of his former celebrity dance partners at the National Television Awards on Thursday.MORE: Strictly's Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice put on loving display at NTAsAfter Strictly Come Dancing won the award for best Talent Show, the professional dancer joined reigning champion Rose Ayling-Ellis, Debbie McGee, from series 15, and Michelle Visage, from series 17, for an epic photo.WATCH: King Charles makes surprise appearance at NTAs"With my girls," Giovanni gushed alongside the sweet picture, which Strictly fans will no doubt be delighted to see.MORE: Giovanni Pernice sets record straight on whether he will quit Strictly Come DancingREAD: Rose Ayling-Ellis holds 'deep affection' for Strictly's Giovanni Pernice - expert discusses relationshipGlitterball trophy holders Giovanni and Rose took to the NTA stage to accept the Best Talent Show gong. In a touching moment, the whole cast of Strictly thanked fans in sign language whilst on stage.Their reunion comes four days after Giovanni and his most recent dance partner Richie Anderson left the competition.

EastEnders was completely snubbed as the BBC One soap failed to win any awards while Coronation Street was named Best Serial Drama. Ant and Dec made history as they won the award for Best TV presenters for 20 years in a row.

Giovanni Pernice was reportedly telling his friends how "he wants to quit" Strictly Come Dancing after his early departure from the series alongside presenter Richie Anderson. The dancer was said to be "embarrassed" to be second out of the competition, according to the Sun, after winning the series with Rose Ayling-Ellis last year. But hitting back at the reports, Giovanni, 32, set the record straight as he shared on his Instagram Stories: "Lol," with three laughing face emojis.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans are all saying the same thing about Hamza as the contestants get set to face the judges in week 4. Hamza Yassin was given arguably the hardest of dances in week three - the Rhumba - but he has managed to battle his way into week four of the BBC competition. The wildlife specialist has been labelled as the "world's sweetest man" following his appearance on Strictly's It Takes Two earlier this week.

Strictly Come Dancing has seen its fair share of new and fledgling romances – thanks, in part, to the so-called Strictly curse.From Seann Walsh’s snog with Katya Jones while both partners were still in relationships to rumours of romance between Giovanni Pernice and Rose Ayling-Ellis after she split from her boyfriend, there’s very little the curse hasn’t touched.But some happy couples have even been lucky enough to welcome babies together after dancing with their partners on the BBC show.READ MORE: Strictly Matt Goss' life - saving fan's life, Hollywood sibling and 20k flight for dogFrom Stacey Dooley to Rachel Riley, we take a look at the Strictly curse babies so far…Countdown star Rachel Riley shares two children with her former dance partner Pasha Kovalev – a two year old daughter Maven, and one-year-old Noa.Sharing the happy news of her son’s arrival on social media, Rachel wrote: “We have some news…! Introducing Pasha's newest dance partner - baby Noa was finally born, 15 days after her due date, late on Friday night to the sound of fireworks!“She's totally adorable and her big sister Maven has already tried welcoming her to the world by offering Oatly and pickles, we think that’s a good sign."Rachel explained that they welcomed Noa after she suffered a miscarriage, labelling him a “rainbow baby” as she thanked her home birth midwife for helping during the delivery.Since then, Rachel has even introduced her daughter Maven to her Countdown pals.But she insists she doesn’t want her babies referred to as a “curse”, as it’s “not right”.If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at Sands (stillbirth and neonatal death charity).

Giovanni Pernice has responded to claims he's thinking of quitting Strictly Come Dancing after he made an early exit from the competition last weekend. The Italian dancer and his celebrity partner Richie Anderson found themselves in a shock bottom two during Sunday's results show.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has denied claims he is set to quit the show, saying he plans to remain on the show "for many more years" The reigning champion, 32, was said to be feeling "embarrassed" about being booted off second following last year's win, and felt "wasted" on the show when he suffered his earliest exit in eight years.Reports since suggested Giovanni, a fan favourite, had threatened to walk away from the series for good.READ MORE: Craig Charles' biggest scandals – drugs binge, Corrie suspension and co-star feudGiovanni's rep has since released a statement insisting the dancer hopes for "many more years on the show".A source told The Mirror: "This is the show which made Gio's dreams come true. "Gio loves Strictly and looks forward to many more years on the show dancing and entertaining."Giovanni has also taken to social media to insist he "isn't going anywhere." It follows reports from The Sun that the star has "felt wasted" so far this series.

The One Show host Alex Jones raised laughs with an unexpected jibe at co-presenter Ronan Keating as they chatted to singer Fleur East about landing in the dreaded dance-off on Strictly Come Dancing. Last weekend Manchester's Hits Radio presenter Fleur was in the bottom two with her professional dance partner Vito Coppola.

The One Show's Ronan Keating has been left red-faced after his co-star Alex Jones exposed him on air. The presenting pair chatted to Strictly Come Dancing 2022 star Fleur East about her time on the BBC show.

Strictly Come Dancing star Jayde Adams has hit back at a fat shaming troll on Twitter who made fun of her recent body positivity routine.The comedian, 37, brought fans to tears with her Flashdance-inspired routine for this week's movie-themed special that viewers called "joyful".Jayde and her partner Karen Hauer donned the movie’s iconic leotards to show that dancing is inclusive for everyone.READ MORE: Anton du Beke to replace Bruno Tonioli on Strictly tour after becoming permanent judgeBut writer and broadcaster Paul Embery sparked backlash from the star when he shared the dance clip alongside the caption: “Come back, Noel's House Party. All is forgiven.”Jayde responded asking Paul is he was “doing a Mr Blobby gag?” before saying: “I’ll give you another crack at it, as you seem like a well read bloke.“But here are some that have already been done, so you don’t double up again.”She went on to list a trove of fat insults in his comments, appearing to try and get ahead of any upcoming comments he might make.Some of the comments included: “What do we want? A cure for obesity! When do we want it? After dinner,” “Strictly’s celebrity policy will be people who are bed bound next year” and “Stop picking on fat people, they have enough on their plates”She went on to say: “P.S Nothing more sexy and alpha than a man who tweets 30 year old fat jokes about a woman who dared to go on a dance show.”Fans rushed to the comments to applaud the star for her reply.“I am so sorry that you have to put up with these ignorant and hurtful comments.

Shirley Ballas has responded to the massive amount of criticism she has received recently over her comments on Strictly Come Dancing.The head judge was slammed this week after she made comments about female celebrities – particularly Olympian Ellie Simmonds.Then during movie week, Shirley was berated online after saying she would’ve saved Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice over the couple that was ultimately saved, Fleur East and Vito Coppola. Some fans called for the Latin dance champ to be sacked, while others demanded an apology. Shirley, 62, has now responded to the criticism while talking to the panellists on Loose Women via video call on Wednesday 12 October.