BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara responds to Tasha Ghouri's Aljaz Skorjanec 'vulnerability' praise

Janette Manrara has sent her own message to Tasha Ghouri as she praised her husband's 'vulnerability' following their latest Strictly Come Dancing performance.

Viewers of the hit dance show saw former Love Island star Tasha and her professional dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec bag the first perfect score of the 2024 series during the latest live show on Saturday night (November 23).

In week ten of the BBC One dance contest, the pair performed an elegant American Smooth, which they dedicated to Aljaz's one-year-old daughter, Lyra. Tasha, who is the show’s second deaf contestant, performed a series of high lifts and dips during their dance to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi to secure the top score of 40.

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Head judge Shirley Ballas praised it as the "Rolls-Royce" of the American Smooth while Craig Revel Horwood described it as "fab-u-lous". Motsi Mabuse hailed it as "perfection" and said Tasha had brought the poignant song to life. Anton Du Beke, who got emotional during the performance, added that this is why dancers perform because of "how it makes us feel".

But as the last performer of the night, Tasha had to do a quick change out of her flowing silver gown with a sparkly bodice into a blue sparkly dress with tulle detailing for a second number, the long-awaited return of the Dance-A-Thon after six year.

It saw the seven remaining couples perform the samba simultaneously while the judges looked on and eliminated the pairings one by one before they were left with two. Tasha picked up an additional six points as she was voted runner-up behind JLS star JB Gill, who was named the winner of the dance, landing seven