Pauline Black: Which moment embarrassed you most?

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Which moment embarrassed you most?

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Pauline Black

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It was a small gig and I was doing Three Minute Hero, which has a long, held note at the end, and I fell off the stage.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗

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Richard Coles British musician, writer, presenter and priest

My paso doble on Strictly Come Dancing would be hard to beat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer

Do you have 10 pages? Once, I was dancing in a costume that was like a corset. During a move, the corset ripped and exploded, and I had to carry on doing the number practically in my jockstrap.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

Róisín Murphy

I recently had a dramatic fall on stage in Hungary. It was a massive stage – I was miles away from the audience – and I didn’t expect there to be two monitors in the middle of it. I went completely arse over tit and landed on my chin. First, I felt shock, pain, embarrassment, and then I felt lucky that I didn’t break any teeth or bite through my tongue. I asked for an ice pack for my chin, got up and finished the set.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

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