Ashley Banjo explains emotional reaction to Perri Kiely's Dancing On Ice routine ❤️
Perri is in the final this Sunday!
Last updated 9th Mar 2020
ICYMI, KISS presenter Perri Kiely made it into the Dancing On Ice final this weekend, following THAT super emotional routine with his pro partner Vanessa Bauer during last weekend's semi-final.
Whilst Perri shed a few tears after scoring the perfect 40/40, he wasn't the only one to get emotional, with his Diversity BFF and Dancing On Ice judge Ashley Banjo also breaking down in tears.
Now, just days ahead of the big final, Ashley has revealed the reason why he got so emotional, telling Digital Spy, "It got me because the song he chose, everything about it was so unselfish. There's no ego... He chose a song that represented him, his life and his journey has been us and we're all like that.
"We're all sort of in this whole journey together. We've been going now, Diversity, for 11 years soon in the public eye. It's a long time, and he's grown up in that time.
"I think that what he did and how he turned it into that skate , doing that in front of me and then in the audience behind him, seeing the rest of Diversity watch on. I was sitting on the panel thinking to myself, I was 19 when this all started. I was like, 'Oh my god'.
"It just felt like a moment that I'll never forget, both in our careers and also just personally. It was a real moment, there."
Aww! 😍😍😍
Perri is up against Paralympic star Libby Clegg and I'm A Celebrity's Joe Swash in Sunday night's final, and we are all rooting for him here at KISS! 🙌 Watch all of Perri's Dancing On Ice performances here.
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