Rose was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice and they
, including a moment that highlighted the deaf community when they briefly danced to silence during their Couple's Choice routine.The pair lifted the trophy in the show's final, and their routine won plaudits nationwide, including TV Moment of the Year at the Heat Unmissables Awards.However, the star has confessed that initially she was, fearing it would be "a patronising stunt" that cast deaf people as victims instead of being an empowering moment.
"I was up for the idea, as long as it wasn't a patronising stunt," she explained. An attempt to get the pity vote, all sad, dreary and 'poor me'. It [the initial routine] was what hearing people think deaf people experience. Very insular, cut-off, small. It was so sad. And that's not me."After reworking the routine, Rose embraced the dance as it began to feel "more true" to her.
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