The Sicilian dancer is “excited to get again to doing what he does finest”.
Giovanni Pernice is about to return to TV for Superstar SAS Who Dares Wins (Picture: Getty)
Former Strictly Coming Dancing star Giovanni Pernice is returning to TV screens in a gruelling actuality present, and he’s “thrilled” to be again on screens, a supply mentioned. The dancer, 35, has swapped dance sneakers for fight boots as he’s set to seem on Superstar SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Giovanni has reportedly flown to Thailand to movie the brand new sequence, which can air early subsequent 12 months. It has been three years because the skilled dancer exited the BBC Latin and ballroom present following bullying allegations made by Amanda Abbington throughout rehearsals collectively. The Sherlock actress, 52, had accused him of being “pointless, abusive, merciless and imply”, and a number of other of Giovanni’s former dance companions additionally claimed that they had been sad along with his behaviour.
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Giovanni denied any wrongdoing, and in 2024 the BBC apologised to Amanda after an investigation upheld a few of her complaints about Giovanni, however cleared him of probably the most severe allegations.
A supply advised The Solar: “Producers are completely thrilled by the signing of Gio. He’s an actual housewives’ favorite and has a completely big fan base, particularly amongst ladies, so bosses are hopeful he could attract just a few Strictly followers. He is additionally extremely match and mentally resilient after years {of professional} dance coaching.
“The fallout from his Strictly exit was additionally fairly brutal and albeit, Giovanni reckons there’s nothing that may damage him now. He’s excited to get again to doing what he does finest – entertaining and giving himself an actual problem. He is thrilled to be again on screens after a painfully lengthy break. It guarantees to be a tremendous sequence.”
Since Giovanni left Strictly, he went on an analogous dance present in Italy, Ballando con le Stelle, and he mentioned: “It was good to have the ability to have that (optimistic) communication with folks, as a result of as soon as the outcomes of the investigation got here out, these individuals who had left me got here again and I used to be like ‘Hmm, this isn’t good’.”
This isn’t the primary time a Strictly star has joined the Channel 4 sequence; dancer AJ Pritchard was one of many 4 winners of sequence 4, which aired in October 2022.
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