X Factor: Stacey bruised in stage tumble!

X Factor: Stacey bruised in stage tumble!
X Factor: Stacey bruised in stage tumble!

X Factor semi-finalist Stacey Solomon has been injured after she took a tumble during rehearsals for Saturday's show. The Sun reports that the Essex girl was practising a dance routine on top of chairs when she missed her footing and crashed to the stage. After sustaining bruises in the fall she attempted the move again - but reportedly fell down a second time. According to the paper show bosses are now debating whether or not to feature the dance number in Saturday's programme. The complicated routine requires Stacey to walk across chairs which are whipped into place by dancers at the last minute. It's intended to be one of the highlights of Saturday's semi-final, which will be a Michael Jackson tribute show. An X Factor insider said choreographer Brian Friedman came up with the "crazy routine" that Stacey has been rehearsing. "Not being a natural mover, she has struggled with it," the source said. "She came crashing down on stage twice in rehearsals - and she's not been helped by having to do it in killer high heels."

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.