Ruth Langsford had a less than graceful ending to her routine in this weekβs βStrictly Come Dancingβ live show, toppling on top of partner Anton Du Beke at the end of their performance.
On Saturday night (4 November), Ruth and Anton performed a Paso Doble number to βThe Shady Dame From Sevilleβ, taken from the βVictor/Victoriaβ soundtrack.
But after completing their choreography, things took an unfortunate turn, as when Anton went to dip Ruth at the end of the routine, he wound up toppling backwards, taking the βThis Morningβ presenter down to the ground with him.
Fortunately, she saw the funny side, and quickly made light of the situation by clambering on top of him and jokingly straddling him, while husband Eamonn Holmes laughed on from the audience.
Darcey Bussell had some constructive words for Ruth about βnot giving up on the contentβ, while a tickled Head Judge Shirley Ballas told the dancing couple: βIβm not laughing at you, Iβm laughing with you.β
We canβt exactly say weβre shocked that the pair wound up the lowest-scoring couple of the week, pulling in just 22 points of a possible 40 for their Paso Doble.
Following their performance, Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice took to the dance floor, and made βStrictlyβ history with their Tango, grabbing the first perfect score and the earliest β40β in 15 series of the hit BBC show.
Find out which two couples will be performing again to save their space in the competition in Sundayβs (5 November) βStrictlyβ results show, kicking off at 7.15pm on BBC One.