Strictly's Amy Dowden praises 'showman' James Bye after faux pas behind the scenes

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Strictly duo Amy Dowden, 32, and James Bye, 38, delivered an excellent performance during Saturday night's live show - but, as a candid video uploaded to Instagram has revealed, things turned out very differently during their dress rehearsal.

Amy admitted that her heart was "in my mouth" after actor James Bye abruptly fell backwards and crashed to the floor during their routine.Amy shared the humiliating mishap with her 323,000 followers, describing James as a "legend" for how quickly he recovered from the embarrassment."What's the saying, bad dress run a good show?

We never once fell practicing this move," she captioned the video."All I can say is my heart was in my mouth the entire performance and this very move was at the end of the routine."The ballroom pro added a relieved tears of laughter emoji as she explained that "for the big performance, it went perfectly."In fact, Amy and James managed to sufficiently impress the public and avoid the dreaded dance off - a situation endured instead by Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington, and Matt Goss with Nadiya Bychkova."Can we just appreciate what a show man @jimmybye is getting straight back up, staying calm and in control and finishing the dance perfectly on time #legend," she wrote."The same time as that look checking I was ok, #gentleman," she concluded, adding the hashtag "#theshowmustgoon".The tango the pair performed to Ed Sheeran's Bad Habits went down a storm with the judges and audience - but little did they know of the momentary struggle behind the scenes.A post shared by Amy-Dowden (@amy_dowden)Amy candidly chose to make the video public, and received plenty of support from her celebrity friends.Dan Walker, who was paired with Nadiya Bychkova on the show during the.