STRICTLY Come Dancing fans are convinced Rose Ayling-Ellis will be this year’s winner but she’s already won over the heart of her smitten boyfriend.
The Eastenders star, 26, who is the show’s first-ever deaf contestant, has been supported throughout the series by her boyfriend, Samuel Arnold.
Rose, who plays who plays Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap, has been in a relationship with Samuel for seven years.
While the pair have managed to keep their relationship largely out of the spotlight, the smitten duo still share the occasional loved-up posts on Instagram.
Photos dating back to 2015 show the pair cuddling up and looking very much in love as they attend a music festival.
Another from 2019 shows Rose and boyfriend Sam beaming from ear to ear as they relax in the desert of Huacachina during a holiday to Peru.
The duo also soaked up the sights during a romantic sail down the Amazon river, just one of their many romantic holidays together.
“I stayed in the jungle next to the Amazon River in a lovely local family home for 4 days, even swam in the river! It always had been my dream to visit the Amazon,” the EastEnders actress wrote alongside a series of sweet photos from the trip.
“We had three guides, Kid, Frank and Bala that stayed with us that show us around the amazon in the way they know it.”
Rose continued: “They live and grew up there and came from tribal family. Bala is a chief of his village. The knowledge they have is priceless that been passed down in generation.
“I have learn sooo much and saw soo much animal.
“Nature is so beautiful and powerful”, she wrote, “we need to try our best to protect this planet”.
Rose has been wowing on Strictly alongside her pro partner Giovanni Pernice, who recently split from Love Island star, Maura Higgins.
The Italian dancer dumped the Irish stunner last month saying he didn’t want to settle down.
