Strictly Come Dancing's guest judge Cynthia Erivo incorporated sign language into her assessment of Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice over the weekend.
Standing in for Craig Revel Horwood on November 20 after he tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Musicals Week, the two-time Oscar nominee physically described their Quickstep performance as "joyful" before repeating it vocally.
EastEnders star Rose and her professional partner had danced to Frozen soundtrack hit 'Love Is An Open Door'.
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Over on Twitter, this powerful gesture was enjoyed by Strictly fans, as one wrote: "No, YOU cried for three straight minutes at Cynthia signing to Rose."
Two more tweets read: "Petition to make Cynthia Erivo a permanent #Strictly judge. Wise, fair, effortlessly cool, and doing BSL for Rose," and "Lovely seeing Cynthia Erivo making the effort to sign to Rose with her comments."
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"Rose's face lit up when cynthia signed to her and I think that really sums up just how amazing it's been to have her on a prime time show," pointed out another viewer.
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Erivo, who's notched up credits in Widows, The Outsider and this year's Aretha Franklin biopic, is sure to have fans talking on Twitter again soon as she was recently confirmed for Netflix's Luther movie, which has officially begun shooting.
"What we've been able to do [with the movie] – having delivered every episode of Luther on budgets which are comically small – is to have a wider canvas. And we've really been given the opportunity – while staying entirely true," commented creator Neil Cross.
"I mean, Idris and I have shared this character for more than 10 years. And the key aspect of this whole conversation is primarily, how do we stay true to Luther?"
Strictly Come Dancing 2021 airs on Saturday nights on BBC One, with results shows every Sunday. Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights at 6.30pm on BBC Two.
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