Tess Daly (right) with Claudia Winkleman on BBC Strictly Come Dancing

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly shares live TV near-miss and says 'it's happened twice now'

The 55-year-old has fronted the show for 20 years

by · Birmingham Live

Tess Daly admitted she narrowly avoided falling flat on her face while hosting Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC dance show host said she managed to right herself in the nick of time, adding: "It's happened twice now."

The 55-year-old discussed her love for the show, which had been part of her life for 20 years, while chatting to Brian Dowling and Suzanne Kane on 98FM. She said: "I love getting sucked into that Strictly vacuum, because it's fun and it's joy, and it's celebratory in tone, that's kind of our only agenda, we just want to have fun. I love it so much and I really do look forward to it."

However she admitted one thing did change, telling the hosts: "The heels get a little bit lower every year." She explained: "I'm cantering across that floor 45 times when there's 15 couples on and off, and introducing them. And I'm literally probably clocking up about 45,000 steps in my high heels."

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Tess continued: "I'm running up the stairs to the balcony and doing a link up there, and I'm like, 'this is not good for one's back', but still, you do it. It's adrenaline, it's, you know, it's live, it's exciting. You feel no pain. But, yeah, I'm a bit like, 'oh, can I have a slightly lower stiletto please? That four inch is not going to cut it'."

Tess also revealed she "nearly went flying" on live television last week, adding that it had "happened twice now". She said: "So in the studio, there's lots of cameras, cables everywhere, spotlights on the floor, and I'm running sort of across the floor at speed to greet the couple when they finish their live dance, running through the audience who are seated there, trying not to trip over their legs and fall in their lap, and I'm tripping over the cable cords.

"Last week, I swear I just righted myself in time before I hit the floor and before the camera came to me. There's no contingency if I fall flat on my face."