For so long, his smile was replaced by a furrowed brow. Now, though, Giovanni Pernice’s famous beam is back. At last, as the Strictly star reveals to me in this exclusive interview, his life is back on the up.
Not only has he recently triumphed on the Italian version of Strictly, Ballando Con Le Stelle, but he also met a new love on the show: his dance partner Bianca Guaccero.
‘I have won twice,’ he smiles. ‘I won a show and I have a girlfriend. It’s amazing, it felt unbelievable. I am still doing what I used to do because it’s the same show. I think we deserved the win. It was a very difficult year for me so that was the cherry on the cake at the end with the…