BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola's sends muscly selfie with simple message to 'baby' amid Ellie Leach romance rumours
09.11.2023 - 11:41
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Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola has taken to social media with a simple message to his 'baby' while wowing with a muscly selfie. The Italian dancer is currently in the midst of training for week eight of the BBC One dance contest after making it through to another week with Ellie Leach.
Vito and the former Coronation Street star had another amazing week in the ballroom on Saturday night as they topped the leaderboard for a second week in a row after they impressed the judges with their American Smooth to Robbie Williams' rendition of Ain’t That A Kick In The Head.
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Ellie sported a red sparkly dress with a feather collar as she claimed a near-perfect score of 39 out of a possible 40 with judges Motis Mabuse and Shirley Ballas praising their 'final-worthy' performance.
The couple are now set to return to the ballroom this Saturday (November 11), as the competition surpasses the halfway mark, with a Rumba to True Colours by Cyndi Lauper. And things appear to be going well if Vito's latest post is anything to go by.
The talented dancer, 31, took to Instagram with a snap. It showed him posing for the sultry black and white photograph while flexing his tattooed muscle towards the camera. He then captioned the post: "Just finished another day of rehearsal." He then added: "Well done to my baby @ellielouiseleach."
It comes after fans made an observation about Ellie and Vito, saying they believed their rumoured romance had been 'confirmed' by their co-star. After appearing on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two, BBC2 viewers