Strictly Come Dancing - Spice Girls pull out, for now

14 December 2007 - The Spice Girls' forthcoming performance on the semi-finals of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing has been postponed as Emma Bunton has badly sprained her ankle and will not be able to perform.

James Blunt will now perform for the semi-finals which will be pre-recorded on Saturday 15 December to transmit during the results show on Sunday 16 December.

Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria will now perform their classic hit 2 Become 1 for the Strictly final on Saturday 22 December.

This is a change from the announcement made by the BBC yesterday that the Spice Girls were due to pre-record a performance for the semi-finals results show to transmit this weekend.

Strictly Come Dancing's own fabulous professional dancers will still perform to the track for the final though.

Embarrassing

Emma suffered her injury when slipping on stage in the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas earlier this week and is walking with crutches. She said: "I actually slipped over the other night on stage, which was embarrassing.

"I'm seeing David Beckham's doctor," the 31-year-old explained, "so I'm praying I'll be fine."

Back in 2006 Emma Bunton reached the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing with partner Darren Bennett. She was the last female contestant to leave the competition after wowing the audience and the judges from the start.

Mel B came second in the hit US version of the show Dancing With The Stars in November of this year.