{"id":15031,"date":"2022-05-09T16:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1641053"},"modified":"2022-05-09T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:17:45","slug":"giovanni-pernice-on-his-strictly-future-not-in-my-dna-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/giovanni-pernice-on-his-strictly-future-not-in-my-dna-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Giovanni Pernice on his Strictly future: \u201cNot in my DNA to quit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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While Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> has lost a couple of its professional dancers ahead of the upcoming season, Giovanni Pernice has confirmed he\u2019s not leaving the BBC One show any time soon.<\/p>\n

The cast member, who won the show last year with Rose Ayling-Ellis, has said that he won\u2019t be making an exit from Strictly as quitting isn\u2019t \u201cin [his] DNA\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pernice is the male professional dancer who\u2019s been with Strictly the longest, having joined in 2015 and competed in seven seasons so far.<\/p>\n

When asked whether he\u2019d be next to leave the show, Pernice told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press after winning the BAFTA Must-See Moment of the Year: \u201cIt\u2019s not in my DNA to quit anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very competitive,\u201d he added.\u00a0 \u201cSo let\u2019s bring on the next challenge.\u201d<\/p>

Read more: Rose Ayling-Ellis to sign CBeebies Bedtime Story for Deaf Awareness Week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pernice and Ayling-Ellis took home BAFTA\u2019s Must-See Moment award last night for their silent dance to Clean Bandit\u2019s Symphony on Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s 2021 season.<\/p>\n

EastEnders star Ayling-Ellis, who made history as the first deaf person to win Strictly last year, said that winning the BAFTA was \u201ca very special moment\u201d for the pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully it\u2019s shown how powerful TV can be, where actually it can influence and change things,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n