BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola says 'you think it's a joke' as Ellie Leach mocks 'dramatic' star in 'spat'

Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola told Ellie Leach to 'stop laughing' at him as she gave a glimpse into their latest time together. The pair are currently preparing for their next stint in the ballroom as the BBC One dance contest reaches the semi-final stage.

Former Coronation Street star Ellie and her professional dance partner Vito were seen back in the ballroom on Saturday night which wasn't just the quarter-finals but also the Musicals week special. The actress and the Italian professional dancer performed a quickstep to the song Belle from Beauty And The Beast.

The dance saw Ellie and Vito secure a score of 36 from the judges which at the end of the show left them in second place on the leaderboard behind Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin who scored the first perfect score of the 2023 series.

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But the leader board didn't matter too much over the weekend as all of the four remaining couples automatically made it through to the semi-final after Nigel Harman had to pull out of the show and the rest of the series at the eleventh hour due to suffering a rib injury which saw him end up in A&E.

Ellie and Vito are now set to perform Cha-Cha to the Bette Midler version of 'Mambo Italiano', and a Couples' Choice dance to a Dua Lipa medley in the penultimate week of the compeittion with a week to go until the grand final on Saturday, December 16.

But in between their rehearsals, Ellie took to Instagram to show the pair travelling in car. She captioned the pos, featuring a video of her dance partner: "Here he is.