“We should call an ambulance.”

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Nikki Osborne has shared some brutal pics of the injuries she sustained from her time on Dancing with the Stars Australia 2024.

Given that dancing isn’t their primary profession, it’s no surprise that the hit series has had a string of injuries throughout its history, from Shannon Noll‘s severe spinal injury in 2012 to the ankle injury that saw Matt Preston drop out of the competition in 2023.

DWTS 2024 star (and MasterChef icon) Julie Goodwin even sat out Week One after suffering a muscle tear in her calf.

nikki osborne dancing with the stars dwtsNikki Osborne has shared some brutal pics of the injuries she sustained from her time on Dancing with the Stars Australia 2024. Source: Seven

Now, comedian Nikki has spilled that Julie wasn’t the only one in the wars while competing on the show, which was pre-recorded in early 2024.

Chatting to Yahoo Lifestyle, she said she “got a mild concussion” during one of her rehearsals but admitted that contestants often cover up their injuries to stay in the competition.

“And I’m looking at my dance partner Aric [Yegudkin], and I’m like, ‘What do we do?’” she recalled. “He was like, ‘We should call an ambulance’, and I’m like, ‘Should we though?’. He was like, ‘No, I’ll just take you to the doctor’.

“The injuries I got in this show were crazy, but you just don’t report it to the producers; otherwise, they’ll pull you out of the show.”

Admitting that she did “let them know” after the show had concluded, Nikki said Julie also “hid the severity of her injury”.

“It came out later at the wrap party.” Sheesh!

Nikki Osborne reveals BRUTAL bruising from dance stunt gone wrong

Ahead of her first Cha-Cha in the competition, Nikki took to her public Facebook page to unveil severe bruising she obtained during rehearsals.

“You should see the other guy,” she joked. “Dancing is way more brutal than I gave it credit for.”

nikki osborne injury dwtsNikki confessed that “dancing is way more brutal” than she thought. Source: Seven

She later told Yahoo Lifestyle that the bruises were a direct result of trying to nail the epic lift she and Aric executed during the June 14 episode.

“That flip was insane,” she confessed. “When he was first teaching me how to do it, I’m kind of standing upright, and then he grabs my legs from underneath, and he’s like, ‘Now just throw yourself backwards at the ground’. And that goes against every instinct ever. It feels like the death spin, basically.”

dancing with the stars nikki osborne aricNikki admitted that she and Aric “didn’t land” the lift during rehearsal. Source: Seven

Nikki then told the outlet that they “didn’t land it” during their tech rehearsal.

“I head-butted his ass, and then he tripped over my leg, and we both hit the deck,” she revealed.

“I’m surprised they didn’t use that footage, to be honest. I got a lot of bruises from that because it was Aric’s elbow on my hip bone. So doing it hundreds of times a day, it just wore down the tissue basically.

“So I had two black hips.” Ouch.

The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2020 star said these batterings won’t be the last, teasing that there are “more injuries to come” this season.

“I’ve got more images to share on Facebook, let’s just say that.”

Watch this space!