After Debbie McGee, 59, wiped the floor with her competition following her Argentine Tango, the former magician’s assistant stormed straight to the top of the leaderboard with 38 points.
Bruno hailed Debbie as “the Queen of Buenos Aries”, while Craig Revel Horwood said he wanted to be her.
Shirley Ballas got a little emotional, while Darcey Bussell jumped for joy.
Naturally, Giovanni was ecstatic after recovering from last weekend’s dance-off and got a little carried away as the nines and tens came pouring in.
Turning to the remaining contestants and their professional partners, Giovanni yelled: “Jealous! Jealous!”
Debbie’s triumph comes after she battled through an agonising back injury this week following her disastrous Spice Girls inspired Samba.
“Our routine is the Argentine Tango and everyone has to take to the floor at the same time in a ‘Paso Doble-thon’,” she wrote in her weekly column for the Daily Telegraph.
“After the emotion of Blackpool, my brain wouldn’t work,” she explained. “I was completely drained and I’m still struggling with my back, but I won’t give in!
“I was in a fair bit of pain when we practised our lifts – we’ve got two – but I just bit my lip.
“That said, I’m feeling good about this week.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues tomorrow at 7.20pm on BBC One.
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