One of the most famous contestants on Strictly Come Dancing nearly ended their hair-raising moment with a tinge of irony.
A former Strictly Come Dancing star has cheekily admitted finding the thought of nearly dying on live TV “slightly amusing”. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who lit up the show in 2013, revealed that one of her performances could have turned into a real-life murder on the dance floor, echoing the title of her hit single from 2001.
The singer – who danced with Brendan Cole and came fourth behind ex-Coronation Street actor Natalie Gumede, Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid, and Strictly winner Abbey Clancy – later improved to becoming a runner-up in the 2014 Christmas special, losing out to Team GB gymnast Louis Smith.
But, on a podcast, Sophie shared a hair-raising moment from her time on the hit BBC show, set to return this autumn.
“I began the show dance suspended above the Strictly dance floor in a disco ball. I was supposed to have a little clip, and I decided not to use it,” she recounted to Mel Giedroyc’s Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake. “I was slightly amused at the idea that live on telly I might plummet to my death, falling out of a disco ball onto a dance floor.”
Sophie burst into laugher after making that admission, before adding: “Anyway, it didn’t happen. But I think something similar, I might as well just embrace it.”
“Did they [Strictly’s producers] not realize that you hadn’t put the clip on,” Mel questioned. “
Sophie, married to The Feeling’s bassist Richard Jones, responded: “Why would they know? I’m up there. I had it on when they took me up. I just undid it when I was up there because I thought…”
Further inquiry was made by Mel: “Is it because you didn’t want that fumble moment?” “
Sophie responded, “Yes, because I had to leave the routine quite quickly. I simply pondered whether or not I should be faffing about with a clip. So I just undid it and felt fine. I was sitting in a similar position, but inside a sphere, about the edge. “
Sophie also admitted to being “annoying” and dreaded becoming the jokes’ hook once she passed away in the podcast, where celebs discuss their preferred methods of dying and their dream funerals.
She stated, “So I have realized not long ago… I used to say that a nightclub’s death would immediately turn into a joke because “I can’t possibly die there.” They will immediately appear as “murder on the dance floor, obviously.” “
Sophie, I don’t want you to be murdered, though! Sophie was prompted to clarify, “OK,” by Mel. I won’t be killed, though. No, absolutely not. But I soon realized that no matter how I pass away, the joke will be made.
Someone will say, “Did you hear how Sophie died,” I suppose. The other person will ask, “Was it murder on the dance floor?” I am unable to leave that situation at this time. It will become a joke in just five minutes, roughly. It is incredibly annoying. “
The singer was speaking just weeks ahead of the release of her eagerly anticipated new album Perimenopop on September 12. With tunes on the table, Sophie also shared one particular track she’d love to have played at her own funeral.
Source: Mirror
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