NICK Knowles joined Strictly's It Takes Two tonight as his future on the BBC dance competition hangs by a thread.
The Strictly contestant injured his arm on Sunday while changing a tyre on his car in the rain.
The Sun revealed the DIY SOS host star will learn his fate in a meeting with bosses on Tuesday.
And Nick, 62, explained exactly what happened on It Takes Two with pro partner Luba Mushtuk by his side.
The dad-of-four told host Janette Manrara: "It was my birthday.
"I had a big family birthday, I went to get my ten year old son to bring him back to the party, but we broke down on the motorway with a flat tyre.
"And it was raining and there were big lorries going past, so I tried to do it quickly and change the tyre, quickly, and as I took the tyre off, I basically damaged my bicep and damaged my arm.
"I just want to say thank you to the two policemen from Taplow who turned up and helped me get the tyre back on."
Nick said it wasn't until later that he felt any pain.
He said: "Then I went on, and I was like, 'OK, it's fine, I've hurt it but it's OK.
"Then it got worse and worse and worse.
"I actually missed my birthday party, because of being stuck on the motorway."
Janette admitted: "We don't know if you're going to be able to dance on Saturday."
But Nick was optimistic, and said: "I'm hopeful (I'll dance) I'll find out more tomorrow.
"But I'm fully expecting to go into training and I'm really hopeful I'll be dancing on Saturday."
Nick opened the 20th series of Strictly with Luba on Saturday night.
He said he wasn't nervous ahead of their dance to We Built This City by Starship, saying "it was amazing".
Despite his enthusiasm, Nick won a score of three points from judge Craig Revel Horwood and landed at the bottom of the leaderboard.
Nick said: "Craig is Craig. You haven't really taken part in Strictly until you've had a bad score from Craig".
Luba also spoke about how Nick's injury may impact his performance if he returns on Saturday.
They're due to take on an American Smooth to Blur's classic song Parklife.
Pointing at Nick's sling, Luba said: "Well first of all I thikn we'll sparkle this part.
"And we still have a perfect position on his right arm, and we've got to do perfect footwork. We might even do a lift on (his right) arm. So I think I'll work around it. I'll make it work."
Earlier today The Sun revealed pictures of Nick in a sling following the accident on Sunday.
He looked downcast as he was accompanied by girlfriend Katie Dadzie as he walked down the street with his injured arm.
He also updated his followers on instagram earlier today, informing them how the accident happened in his own words.
Strictly 2024 Week One Scoreboard
Here's how the first week scoreboard looked:
- JB and Amy = 31
- Tasha and Aljaz = 30
- Sarah and Vito = 30
- Wynne and Katya = 26
- Montell and Johannes = 26
- Shayne and Nancy = 23
- Jamie and Michelle = 23
- Chris and Dianne = 23
- Sam and Nikita = 21
- Dr Punam and Gorka = 19
- Tom and Nadiya = 18
- Nick and Luba = 18
- Pete and Jowita = 17
- Paul and Karen = 17
- Toyah and Neil = 12
