Posted in News Shirley Ballas reveals she ‘couldn’t breathe’ for 20 minutes after choking on a fish bone before Strictly’s Blackpool live show: ‘I really thought that was it’ November 24, 2025 The head judge, 65, couldn’t breathe for 20 minutes after she choked on a fish bone moments before the Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool special. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15319681/Shirley-Ballas-choking-fish-bone-Strictly-Blackpool.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490