Her pièce de résistance! Shirley Ballas gets a ten for humour as hapless Strictly Come Dancing judge is left red-faced after her hair pieces fall out during appearance in Nottingham

Shirley Ballas suffered an unfortunate hair day on Tuesday evening, as she arrived at her hotel in Nottingham for the next stop on the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour.

The show’s head judge, 63, lost several of her hair extensions on the journey, with multiple clumps of hair seen on her pillow.

However, the ballroom dancer saw the funny side and collapsed into a fit of laughter from the backseat of her car.

Shirley couldn’t stop giggling as she attempted to fix her brunette tresses and proudly held up one hairpiece for the cameras.

Despite the hair malfunction, her outfit was still typically stylish, with Shirley donning a black jacket with gold buttons and a white scarf.

Shirley Ballas suffered an unfortunate hair day on Tuesday evening, as she arrived at her hotel in Nottingham for the next stop on the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour

The show’s head judge, 63, lost several of her hair extensions on the journey, with multiple clumps of hair seen on her pillow

However, the ballroom dancer saw the funny side and collapsed into a fit of laughter from the backseat of her car

She has revealed her love for wigs and hairpieces previously, explaining she opted to start wearing them on Strictly after being inspired by her fellow judge Motsi Mabuse.

Shirley said that they allow her to mix up her hairstyle every week and also protect her natural locks from the intense styling and backcombing needed for each show.

Speaking at a talk at Good Housekeeping Live in 2022, she said: ‘You know that was a wig on Strictly, right?

‘I have a new gentleman called Sven and he’s very creative and he has all these wigs in a line…I thought it was rather good and it protects my own hair.

‘So I think we’ve done a good thing with the wigs, of course, inspired by my friend Motsi because her wigs are just sensational. She said: “You’ve got to try it, you’ve got to try it!” So I’m glad I took her advice.’

Shirley’s arrival in Nottingham comes just a day after she stepped out in London on Monday with her fiancé Danny Taylor for the Magic Circle Magician of the Year bash.

The couple put on a loved up display as they arrived at the event hand-in-hand with huge smiles on their faces.

Actor Danny, 50, popped the question to Shirley back in 2021, but she recently revealed she has called their wedding off. 

Shirley couldn’t stop giggling as she attempted to fix her brunette tresses and proudly held up one hairpiece for the cameras

Despite the hair malfunction, her outfit was still typically stylish, with Shirley donning a black jacket with gold buttons and a white scarf

She has revealed her love for wigs and hairpieces previously, explaining she opted to start wearing them on Strictly after being inspired by her fellow judge Motsi Mabuse (pictured together in 2022)

Shirley said that they allow her to mix up her hairstyle every week and also protect her natural locks from the intense styling and backcombing needed for each show (pictured on Strictly)

Speaking at a talk at Good Housekeeping Live in 2022, she said: ‘I have a new gentleman called Sven and he’s very creative and he has all these wigs in a line…I thought it was rather good and it protects my own hair’ (pictured on Strictly)

Appearing on Alan Carr‘s Life’s A Beach podcast, she declared that she would never marry again, despite previously saying she ‘would have married Danny tomorrow if he asked me’ before she got engaged.

Shirley was previously married to former ballroom star Sammy Stopford from 1980 to 1984 before tying the knot with dancer Corky Ballas in 1985 with the couple splitting up in 2007 after 22 years together 

She admitted: ‘Two marriages, an engagement, two long-term relationships later and I will not be getting married again. I’ve made the decision.

‘My mum says they’re like buses – you get on one and you get off the other. It’s fine. I just have to get used to that again. I was engaged at 16, married at 19. Remarried at 23 and then two-long term relationships.’

Shirley and Danny – who have a 13 year age difference – met at pantomime rehearsals for Jack And The Beanstalk in 2018 and have been inseparable ever since.

Speaking to MailOnline last year about the idea of marriage, Shirley confessed: ‘I’ve changed my mind.

‘I just feel that at this particular point in my life, my mother and I have got this great relationship and we want to do some travelling and there is different things we want to do’.

‘[The relationship is] going good – I’m busy, he’s busy and we talk to each other every day – several times a day, and my mum talks to him as well’.

Shirley’s arrival in Nottingham comes just a day after she stepped out in London on Monday with her fiancé Danny Taylor for the Magic Circle Magician of the Year bash (pictured in 2021)

Actor Danny, 50, popped the question to Shirley back in 2021, but she recently revealed she has called their wedding off (pictured together in 2019)