BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara 'starts a domestic' as Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola 'bicker' amid romance rumours
08.12.2023 - 09:07
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Janette Manrara jokingly said she had 'started a domestic' between Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola as they continue to be subject to romance rumours. The former Coronation Street star and the Italian dancer have won hearts of fans both on and off the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor.
The pair were seen over the weekend in the ballroom after making it through to the quarter-finals. It was also Musicals week in the BBC One dance contest and viewers saw Ellie, 22, and Vito, 31, perform a quickstep to the song Belle from Beauty And The Beast.
Ellie and Vito are now back in the training room as they prepare for the semi-final after all the couples were put straight through to the penultimate week of the competition following Nigel Harman's sudden exit from Strictly 2023 alongside his professional dance partner Katya Jones.
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Ahead of their next appearance in the ballroom on Saturday night (December 9), which will see them perform twice in a bid to make it through to next weekend's final, Ellie and Vito appeared on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two.
It was then that host Janette, who is also a former pro dancer on the show, pointed out Vito's unusual outfit choice as he sported a shirt and blazer with a pair of shorts, despite the freezing temperatures as Christmas approaches.
"I was gonna wear mine, but I'm full of bruises," Ellie said as Janette questioned Vito's shorts. Vito then explained that he and Ellie had planned to match and both wear shorts to It Takes Two, but Ellie didn't go through with the plan. "Sorry but you've seen my bruises,"