{"id":8919,"date":"2021-12-19T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T10:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1539380"},"modified":"2021-12-19T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T11:09:07","slug":"91-per-cent-of-fans-think-right-person-won-strictly-2021-as-rose-ayling-ellis-lifts-glitterball","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/91-per-cent-of-fans-think-right-person-won-strictly-2021-as-rose-ayling-ellis-lifts-glitterball\/","title":{"rendered":"91 per cent of fans think right person won Strictly 2021 as Rose Ayling-Ellis lifts Glitterball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 19 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A massive 91.2 per cent of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> viewers agree that the right person won last night, a new <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> poll reveals.<\/p>\n<p>EastEnders star <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-winner-rose-ayling-ellis\/&quot;\">Rose Ayling-Ellis became the latest champion<\/a> after three powerful performances with dance partner Giovanni Pernice, beating <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/john-whaite-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">John Whaite<\/a> and Johannes Radebe for the title.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, only 8.8 per cent of people thought that Strictly\u2019s first ever all-male couple should have won instead. John and Johannes put up an outstanding fight but ultimately earned the title of runners-up.<\/p>\n<p>It was an emotional night all round as the judges were <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-rose-pays-tribute-to-deaf-community-newsupdate\/&quot;\">moved all over again by Rose\u2019s tribute to the deaf community<\/a>, and John once again channelled Jack Sparrow with his Paso Doble.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Did the right person win <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrictlyComeDancing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#StrictlyComeDancing<\/a> 2021?<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1472317403124088832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Ahead of the final, Giovanni said: \u201cObviously the silent moment was so powerful and because this got so much attention, Rose kept saying that the dance changed her life and lots of people\u2019s lives so it\u2019s just fair to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the live verdict, Rose thanked Giovanni for his friendship during their 13-week journey, saying he would \u201calways have a piece of my heart\u201d, while Gio told her she had made his dreams come true after seven years on the show.<\/p>\n<p>The professional dancer <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-rose-ayling-ellis-giovanni-pernice-disability-newsupdate\/&quot;\">learned sign language to ensure he could communicate with Rose<\/a> and teach her every week.<\/p> <p>She previously explained: \u201cHe meets me halfway, so he\u2019s literally come to my world and respects who I am and the way I learn things, and adjusted to teaching around that. It\u2019s worked so well because sometimes when things don\u2019t, he\u2019s like, \u2018OK, that didn\u2019t work. Let\u2019s try to make it work.\u2019 And I think that\u2019s been fantastic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, thanks to a strong bond and a lot of hard work, Rose and Giovanni are now the reigning king and queen of the ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>This year\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">Radio Times Christmas double issue<\/a>\u00a0is on sale now, featuring two weeks of TV, film and radio listings, reviews, features and interviews with the stars.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laura Denby Published: Sunday, 19 December 2021 at 12:00 am A massive 91.2 per cent of Strictly Come Dancing viewers agree that the right person won last night, a new RadioTimes.com poll reveals. 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