But on tonight’s edition of It Takes Two, professional dancer Erin Boag exposed a major blunder in the seriously steamy routine.
Watching a clip of Debbie and Giovanni Pernice perform a terrifying lift, which saw the former magician’s assistant flung around by the professional by her legs, she pointed out a shocking error.
Erin told host Zoe Ball: “She’s got so much energy, energy for a woman half her age. She is so sublime.
“But, what I want to show here is that Debbie doesn’t often make mistakes – so this isn’t a negative, it’s a positive – it’s how she picks up on the routine so fast.
“Did you see that? She did a spin lift, she went reverse, she missed the hand but she knows I’ve got this great big lift coming up, I’ve got to get my hand between my thighs.”
As Erin went on to describe Debbie’s actions, she then pointed out that she accidentally hit Giovanni in the face as she performed a spin.
“Wow, whack!” she exclaimed. “Did anyone see that? Probably not but because it was played slow there you can.”
As Zoe gasped at Debbie’s blunder, which she herself had failed to notice, Erin continued: “Everyone is so good and if you go out there and make a mistake like Debbie did, then that’s how you’ve got to carry on.”
On Saturday night, the 59-year-old was criticised by head judge Shirley Ballas for her Salsa, which infuriated fans.
Shirley warned Paul Daniels’ widow: “It was on its way to being a championship Salsa but we had some mistakes.
“Let’s be fair here, you got the reverse turns and the spins, a very difficult step, more easy when you go the natural way but you went the reverse way and missed his arm.
“There was a slight little bop before the lift. But I commend you. How you just get it and you go for that lift before the slight error before it.
“Debbie you’re amazing but I don’t know what to say but there were some mistakes.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday on BBC One at 6.45pm while It Takes Two airs weekdays on BBC Two at 6.30pm.
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