It was a painful start to the Britain's Got Talent semi-final after co-host Ant McPartlin took a tumble minutes into the show.
The first live semi-final started this evening and the excitement was high, with street dance troupe Diversity opening the 8pm show with an energetic rendition of the Sister Sledge hit 'We Are Family'.
But as the group finished the performance viewers were forced to take a double-take as Ant took a slip as he raced to the stage. Just as the fireworks erupted - he took a heavy - but hilarious - fall onto his back.
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The fall happened so fast, many viewers may have missed what happened, but Ant was quick to air his pain as an audible "ooh" could be heard, before saying: "I nearly broke my back. That was quite a heavy fall. Wow."
Showing his concern, Dec was seen to be laughing hysterically and was in tears as he consoled his fellow host, asking "Are you OK?"
Laughing, Ant replied: "I think I wet myself and farted at the same time - but I will carry on."
As the ITV show kicked off Dec told the buzzing crowd: "I can confirm he did fart."
As the duo walked off to the stage - very carefully - and over to the judges, Alesha Dixon told them: "I wish I could press rewind and see it again."
Viewers who may have tuned into the show slightly late and missed the fall were able to see what happened when after the first advert break, a slow-motion replay was shown - just to rub it in a bit more.
Over the last six weeks, the new series of the long running programme, has kept millions of viewers entertained every weekend, with the addition of new judge and former Strictly star Bruno Tonioli, only adding to the madness.
The first batch of acts confirmed to appear in Monday’s, May 29 launch show are:
Abi Carter-Simpson
Amy Lou
Enzo Weyne
Gamal John
Ichikawa
Musa Motha - All judges Golden Buzzer act
Parkour Collective
United 2 Dance
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