A (NEARLY) PERFECT ROSE!

ROSE Ayling-Ellis and partner Giovanni Pernice, above, wowed the Strictly judges last night to win 39 points out of 40. Their American Smooth dance to This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) by

Natalie Cole took them joint top of the leaderboard with BBC presenter Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu. Judge Shirley Ballas told Ms Ayling-Ellis, who is deaf, that she ‘had beautiful footwork’.