Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Penice may be seen back on the hit BBC show next month, according to reports. This is despite his former dance partner Amanda Abbington reportedly attempting to have him cancelled from the show, the Mail reports tonight. Italian Giovanni was forced out of the show after his former dance partner Amanda made a series of bullying allegations against him.
And now the Mail on Sunday claims Giovanni will be one of the Strictly veterans to feature in a celebratory 20th anniversary special. The paper claims that Strictly bosses have been insisting that Giovanni plays a starring role in the special show, which is set to be broadcast on December 21. Giovanni was a long-running feature on the show and won a Bafta for won a Bafta for ‘Memorable Moment’ when he and deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis performed a powerful silent dance to Clean Bandit's Symphony in 2021.
A BBC insider told the Mail: “Given his impact, particularity for the Bafta win – which was voted for by the public – it is only the obtuse who would think that Giovanni should not be included in the 20th-year reflections in some form. “Giovanni has made an immense impact on Strictly and will absolutely not be erased from Strictly Come Dancing's history. What he and Rose did was incredible and just because Amanda has come along and made allegations, many of which were not upheld, does not change that.
“Strictly's bosses love Gio, they feel strongly about what happened, and they s.
