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This year Giovanni Pernice's training will take place in Rome - where the ballroom star is getting ready to appear in the Italian version of the show, Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing With The Stars).
His partner in the Italian show is stunning 43-year-old singer and actress Bianca Guaccero – who posted a picture of the pair in training on her Instagram account to the backing music of Dirty Dancing’s (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life, writing alongside the snap: ‘The beginnin.’[sic] But if Amanda’s complaints are upheld, Giovanni could attempt to sue the BBC for failing in its duty of care towards him because celebrity contestants did not undergo psychological evaluation before competing as is commonplace on other reality shows. Instead celebrities such as Tasha Ghouri from ITV2’s reality show Love Island have signed up, plus former The Only Way is Essex star Pete Wicks and JB Gill, who sang in the now defunct pop band JLS.
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