Maura Higgins shares sweet romantic note left for her by dancer boyfriend Giovanni Pernice

Maura Higgins shared a snap of a sweet romantic note left for her by her dancer boyfriend Giovanni Pernice on Saturday.

The former Love Island star, 30, took to her Instagram Story to show her followers the letter from Giovanni, 31, as he went to prepare for his dance with EastEnders’ Rose Ayling-Ellis, 26.    

He wrote: ‘Have a good day princess! I love you so much. Ti ado di piu (I adore you more) !! Yours forever.’ 

Also on Friday she shared a cute snap with her beau as they both donned all-black outfits and kissed in the rain during a recent date night.

She simply captioned the picture: ‘Moments’ along with a black heart emoji. 

Maura has thrown her support behind Giovanni and Rose, wishing them luck ahead of the first dance of the series last week.

Alongside a photograph of the pair, she said: ‘The very best of luck to you both tonight. I know you will absolutely smash it.’

Cute: He wrote: ‘Have a good day princess! I love you so much. Ti ado di piu [I adore you more]!! Yours forever’

Rose received a silent applause from the live audience as she became the first ever deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday.  

After performing the Jive, the star made her way over to the judges where she was met by Tess Daly using sign language to applaud and congratulate her. 

Rose made history on the first live show of the series as she danced to Shake It Off by Taylor Swift with Giovanni. 

Together: Also on Friday she shared a cute snap with her beau as they both donned all-black outfits and kissed in the rain during a recent date night

Kind: Maura also shared a snap of Rose and Giovanni ahead of their salsa performance

Rose is learning the routines by ‘feeling the vibrations’ and ‘reading her partner’s body language’ – after admitting she can barely hear music. 

She told told MailOnline that while she enjoys listening to music, she can’t identify lyrics so, will rely on the beat and counting in her head to master timings. 

On the show, while she admitted to disliking the energetic dance, which she learned with the help of an intepretor, Rose was praised for being ‘full of personality’ and having ‘very good’ feet, and earned 22 points out of 40. 

One wrote: ‘rose just broke boundaries for the deaf and hearing impaired people everyhwere and i’m so proud of her #strictly ‘s inclusiveness is growing’ [sic] 

Wow: Rose received a silent applause from the live audience as she became the first ever deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday

Another penned: ‘She’s breaking boundaries and looking gorgeous whilst doing it so what a queen.’  

‘How incredible were Rose and Giovanni!’ another wrote. 

One viewer glowed: ‘So impressed with Rose. How she dances just on vibration and beat without hearing the music is totally amazing. Needs to be really brought out by the judges how remarkable this lady and Giovanni are.’ 

Another fumed about Shirley’s low scoring of four for the dance by writing: ‘I think we can all agree that rose was absolutely robbed with shirley’s scoring tonight… it’s so clear which young woman she has unfortunately chosen to dislike for no reason this yea [rolling eyes emoji]’   

Impressive: Rose made history on the first live show of the series as she danced to Shake It Off by Taylor Swift with Giovanni  

Anton Du Beke said: ‘I find feet very difficult, I thought this was the most fun I’ve had watching a dance for a long time, you dance solo beautifully, you take that enthusiasm with that partner a full performance well done.’

Giovanni took to Instagram after the dance to post a heartfelt message to his partner. 

He wrote in the caption alongside a picture of Rose: ‘The most proud teacher I have been in a long time !! You are a beautiful and talent human @rose.a.e.!! Well done on our fist dance !! Week 2 here we come ..’  

Other viewers agreed by writing: ‘Shirley was so harsh on Rose & I don’t think she was given enough credit for her timing which was on point!’  

Another said:  ‘Rose absolutely looked the part and danced brilliantly considering it’s week one.’  

‘How incredible were Rose and Giovanni!’ Another simply said. 

Amongst the Twitter reaction another wrote: ‘This dance of rose’s has made me quite emotional. Go you xx’ [sic]

They are not the only partnership making history as John Whaite, 32, and Johannes Radebe, 34, were unveiled as the first all-male pairing as the 2021 series of the BBC competition. 

 

Sweet: Giovanni took to Instagram after the dance to post a heartfelt message to his partner