Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas had a moment to forget at the start of tonight's (October 1) show, but at least she could laugh about it.
"It's a big night tonight, isn't it Shirley? It's the first public vote of 2022..." opened co-presenter Tess Daley after the celebrity line-up descended the stairs with their professional partners.
Smiling awkwardly, the glammed-up Ballas looked a little lost with no clue what had just been said when the camera cut to her.
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The studio then filled with laughter as the panelist revealed how she'd only made it to her seat with a couple of seconds to spare.
Later on, while feeding back to dancers James Bye and Amy Dowden, she pointed out: "There was a slight little glitch in the middle – did you feel it? I've had a few glitches myself this evening, so don't worry about it!"
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Take it from the 'Queen of Latin', it happens.
Elsewhere on tonight's instalment of Strictly, Will Mellor and Nancy Xu continued their strong start to the competition with a salsa to Luther Vandross hit 'Never Too Much'.
The Coronation Street baddie has recently been vocal about the niggling negativity coming off Twitter about him.
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"[Someone was saying] I shouldn't be allowed to be in the show because after that first dance you can see I'm obviously a trained dancer, which is absolute nonsense. But you know what it's like on social media.
"People are being positive and someone likes to throw a negative curveball and that's the one that stands out," he added.
Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One, while spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows also stream on BBC iPlayer.
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