Claudia Winkleman suffered an unwanted live blunder in the closing moments of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday, before making a quick recovery.
Claudia has been part of the furniture on the BBC show for many years now and is back for another stint in the ballroom this year, alongside presenting partner in crime Tess Daly. The two hosts were back at the helm this weekend for the second of this year's Strictly live shows, after millions of viewers lapped up the dancefloor action seven days earlier.
The stakes were high for the Strictly line-up this week as, after no-one was given the boot in week one, one couple will be waltzing away from the ballroom, following the dreaded Dance Off. There were a few surprises during Saturday's show, with bookies' favourite Will Mellor suffering a setback as his scores plummeted from 34 lst week to 26, after his salsa was littered with a few too many mistakes.
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In a big reversal of fortunes from last week, Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice shot up the standings after an amazing quickstep and CBBC star Molly Rainford brought proceedings to an emphatic close with a routine to Beyonce smash Love on Top. After Molly and pro partner Carlos had received their scores, Claudia and Tess re-capped the scores, before gearing up to deliver a final link to camera.
However, unfortunately for Claudia, things didn't go to plan as she stumbled on her words. She began: "One of our couples will be leaving this weekend. If you don't want to lose your favourite, please make sure you vote by 10 past 9."
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Tess than said her bit, telling viewers to be sure to tune in to Sunday's results show on BBC One, where they who lands in the Dance Off and who goes home. It was then back to Claudia but she got completely muddled up when she tried to say: "We'll also have performances," before mumbling and correcting herself to add: "Performances even from Robbie Williams and a brilliant group dance from our professionals."
Claudia wasn't the only one to suffer a slip up during Saturday's Strictly. Head judge Shirley Ballas was very slow to react to a question from Tess at the start of the show, before admitting there'd been a 'hitch' later in the programme.
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