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Strictly Come Dancing bosses 'sign up a hunky new Italian dancer to replace Giovanni Pernice - and he's already dating one of the show's stars'
Strictly Come Dancing bosses have found a replacement for Giovanni Pernice, and it's another Italian hunk.
As a professional on the Irish version of the dance competition, he was partnered with RuPaul's Drag Race winner, Blu Hydrangea, as well as Kin actress, Yasmin Seky. They included Amy Dowden, who was forced to pull out last year due to a foot injury, Johannes Radebe, Gorka Marquez, Nadiya Bychkova, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Vito Coppola and reigning champion Dianne Buswell, who won the 2024 show with blind comedian Chris McCausland. When BBC bosses eventually published their report into Giovanni's behaviour it cleared him of the most serious allegations of physical aggression, but upheld verbal bullying and harassment.
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