Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas said she "almost didn't make it" after choking minutes before the live Blackpool show. Before the show hosted at the iconic Blackpool Tower kicked off, Shirley, 65, was struggling to breathe as she recalled the "terrifying" moment to fans. The head judge said the panel would have been a 'judge down' if it wasn't for her hairstylist, Jane, who was forced to do the Heimlich manoeuvre. She said: “I choked on a fishbone. It got lodged in my throat and my