The former Coronation Street star lifted the Glitterball with Vito Coppola last year
Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach was blown away as she shared details of her unexpected discovery. The former Coronation Street star lifted the Glitterball last year with Vito Coppola.
The two wowed fans with their incredible chemistry on the show. One of their most standout performances on the show was when they performed an Argentine Tango to Bills, Bills, Bills by Destiny’s child.
Ellie has taken to Instagram today to reveal she was emotional after finding a part of the outfit a year on from her performance. She shared a snap with her 423,000 Instagram followers.
The 23-year-old said: “I am crying. I’m clearing out my room and I just found out this piece of hair in my memory box from Argentine Tango Week.”
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Vito has been partnered with Sarah Hadland on the latest season of Strictly Come Dancing and the two won acclaim from the judges for their Argentine Tango on Halloween Week.
The Strictly couple have taken to Instagram to reveal they will be dancing an American Smooth to Proud by Heather Small on Saturday. In a joint post on Instagram, they said: “We are sooooo excited to dance this song this week. We do really hope to make everyone Proud.
“It’s celebration, positivity, optimism, good energy and beautiful spirit. It’s Freedom and it’s Love! What have we done today to make all proud? We Daaaaaanced… Always with love. Trilly and Vito.”
The Heather Small hit featured heavily in BBC sitcom MIranda, which Sarah starred in. Fans were thrilled with the nod to the BBC show as they looked forward to this week’s episode.
Karl said: “I’ve waited for this moment since Sarah was announced for Strictly. I cannot wait” Claudia commented: “Oh, I miss the Miranda show now. Go Sarah! “
Ellie, meanwhile, is currently on tour as part of the cast of Cluedo 2, which arrives in Merseyside later this month. Ellie is starring as Miss Scarlett in Cluedo 2, which arrives at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion from November 12 – 16.
Ellie spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview ahead of the show and said insisted it doesn’t feel strange to watch her professional partner with a new celebrity. She said: “It’s going to be really nostalgic. I’m really excited for the new celebs this year and seeing who they’ve partnered up with and why they’ve chosen that partnership. Knowing the pros now, I can’t wait to see what the celeb’s personalities are like and how well they’ll do.
She added: “I’m really excited for Vito. He’s always supported me through everything that I’ve done since winning Strictly and I will always support him as well. So I’m very excited for him.”
Ellie and Vito are bonded for life after their Strictly experience and she revealed the Italian dancer came to support her when she performed in Cluedo 2. Vito attended the show in Brighton alongside Dianne Buswell and her boyfriend, Joe Sugg.
Ellie joked she was concerned whether Vito would struggle to follow the plot of Cluedo 2, but said he ended up explaining the storyline to his Strictly co-stars. She laughed: “At first I was like I hope he understands it because everybody knows that obviously English isn’t his first language and he sometimes struggles a little bit.
“But actually he was telling them what was going on rather than them telling him. So yeah, he really got into it I’m just very lucky that I found a friendship like that, that we can just support each other throughout everything.”
The soap star can’t wait to return to Merseyside and said her favourite memories from coming to the region come from when she visited Aintree Races. Ellie has previously spoken to the ECHO at Ladies Day last year and said she was going on to enjoy a night at Bongo’s Bingo after a day at the races.
Ellie joked there sadly won’t be enough time for a Bongo’s Bingo party this time around, but is looking forward to sample some of the culture here during her stay next month. She said: “When you don’t live in a place it’s nice to be able to see what the hype is.” She added: “I do love Liverpool so I’m hoping that we’ll be able to get out and about.”
