Giovanni Pernice is an Italian Open Latin Dance Champion, and the Guinness World Record holder for Jive kicks and flicks, as well as Charleston swivels.
23 Facts About Giovanni Pernice
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Giovanni Pernice chose to become a dancer after watching the British ballroom dance television show Come Dancing.
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Giovanni Pernice is a member of the Federazione Italiana Danza Sportiva, part of the World DanceSport Federation, and he competed at Youth and Adult levels between 2007 and 2014.
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In 2015, Giovanni Pernice appeared as a professional dancer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing for the first time in its thirteenth series.
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In 2016, Giovanni Pernice returned to Strictly Come Dancing for its fourteenth series.
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In 2017, Giovanni Pernice returned to Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer for its fifteenth series.
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In 2018, Giovanni Pernice competed in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Steps singer Faye Tozer.
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In 2019, Giovanni Pernice was partnered with television and radio personality Michelle Visage for the show's seventeenth series.
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In 2020, Giovanni Pernice reached the semi-final of the eighteenth series with his partner Ranvir Singh, before being eliminated in a dance off with Jamie Laing and Karen Hauer.
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In 2021, Giovanni Pernice won the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, with EastEnders actress, Rose Ayling-Ellis.
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In 2022, Giovanni Pernice was partnered with television and radio presenter Richie Anderson.
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On 20 October 2023, it was announced that for medical reasons, Abbington and Giovanni Pernice would have to miss that Saturday's appearance on the show.
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Giovanni Pernice has topped the weekly Strictly leaderboard more times than any other pro in the history of the show.
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Giovanni Pernice has appeared on a number of episodes of BBC Two's Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.
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Giovanni Pernice is the current Guinness World Record holder for Jive kicks and flicks, performing 55 in 30 seconds in a challenge held in December 2016.
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Giovanni Pernice maintained that he had always strongly denied any wrongdoing and expressed relief that the more serious accusations were dismissed.
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Giovanni Pernice partnered Debbie McGee in the 2018 live tour, Faye Tozer for the 2019 live tour and Rose Ayling-Ellis for the 2022 live tour.
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In 2016, Giovanni Pernice announced his first dance tour Dance is Life, translated from the Italian expression 'Il Ballo e Vita'.
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In 2018, Giovanni Pernice announced that his Dance is Life tour would be returning in 2019.
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In September 2024, Giovanni Pernice announced he was to appear at Donaheys 2025 "Dancing With The Stars Weekends".
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Giovanni Pernice has his solo tour called The Last Dance in 2025.
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In July 2021, Giovanni Pernice confirmed that he was dating social media influencer and TV personality Maura Higgins.
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Since 2024, Giovanni Pernice is in a relationship with his Ballando con le Stelle partner, actress and TV presenter Bianca Guaccero.