Strictly Come Dancing champion Giovanni Pernice sat down with HELLO! to talk all things Zumba, his new favourite workout, his recent BAFTA win with Rose Ayling-Ellis, and learning BSL.
June 06, 2022 - 12:25 BST Georgia Brown Strictly Come Dancing’s reigning champion Giovanni Pernice has had a whirlwind year since lifting the Strictly Glitterball with dance partner Rose Ayling-Ellis, the BBC show's first deaf contestant.In an exclusive interview with HELLO!, Giovanni lifts the lid on his new favourite workout, opens up about his recent BAFTA win with Strictly dance partner Rose, and describes the heartwarming thing he's doing to stay connected to her.Loading the player.
Speaking on what gives him his confidence, Giovanni joked:"Darling, I was born confident!" before continuing:"When you do something that you love, I always say that you don’t have to think about what other people think about you. "Getting to perform every night to a different audience is also what I thrive on. It gives me the push I need to keep going. I always say the reason I’m still standing is because of my fans. It’s the people who watch the show and come to support me."As a dancer, I always feel like I want to give each audience the best experience of their life when they come to my show. I really do live for a live audience and the performance. I love live entertainment.
"By the middle of the season when we saw the impact we had already made on the public, we decided that regardless of whether we won or not, it didn’t matter. We had already achieved what we set out to do. For us, we had already won, in a way.
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