Goodness gracious … Fabio Fognini can dance! The former Top 10 player impressed with fancy feet this week on a guest appearance on Ballando con le stelle, Italy’s version of the Dancing with the Starsfranchise.
The current season of the show, its 19th all-time and running since the end of September, features Italian household names including retired swimming great Federica Pellegrini. But in a unique twist compared to its English-language counterparts, each episode of the Italian show also features one guest performance, dubbed Ballerini per una notte(Dancer for the Night), which is rated by the show’s judges. The points earned are then given by the guest to a contestant couple of their choice.
Dancing with professional Giada Lini, Fognini boogied to the Jerry Lee Lewis song, “Great Balls of Fire,” during his cameo for Saturday’s second semifinal. The fiery performance saw Fognini shuffle gracefully around the stage, lifting Lini more than once, and the crescendo came as the 2019 Monte Carlo champion leap-frogged over her head to end the dance.
(It also revealed that Fognini recently ditched the bleach-blonde hair he debuted in June and returned to his natural dark tresses.)
