Fans express concern for Strictly's Nancy Xu following a distressing injury during her debut dance with Les Dennis: 'Blood visible?'

Strictly sensation Nancy Xu sparked concern from fans during Saturday’s live show after she appeared to suffer a nasty injury.

The professional dancer, 32, was partnered with Les Dennis, 69, and was seen cleaning off blood from her ear while the duo was being interviewed by Claudia Winkleman after their debut performance.

The choreographer was captured mopping up the injury while having a chat with the presenter, as she was handed a tissue.

During a moment when the camera was not focused on her, Nancy cleaned up as it appeared the blood run down her chin and neck.

The dancer did not comment on the injury as she listened to the judge’s feedback, with herself and Les finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard with 16 points.

Ouch! Strictly sensation Nancy Xu was left mobbing up blood live on the show after she suffered an injury mid-dance during week one’s episode on Saturday

Injury: The professional dancer, 32, was partnered with Les Dennis, 69, and was seen cleaning off blood from her ear while the duo was being interviewed by Claudia Winkleman after the dance

Fans were quick to spot what happened on the dance floor, and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their concern.

One user wrote: ‘Is that blood? Did Nancy get cut on #Strictly #NancyandLes #StrictlyComeDancing.’

‘Is Nancy bleeding?? #StrictlyComeDancing,’ a second added.

A third wrote: ‘Is Nancy bleeding on her neck? #StrictlyComeDancing.’

‘What happened to Nancy’s neck? #StrictlyComeDancing,’ another person penned.

‘Is Nancy bleeding on her neck?! #StrictlyComeDancing,’ another commented.

Another viewer joined the conversation and wrote: ‘Why was nancy bleeding anyone see what happened #StrictlyComeDancing.’

‘What happened to Les’s hand? I saw blood, also on Nancy’s neck. Does anybody know? #strictly #Strictlycomedancing,’ wrote another person.

Commenting: Fans were quick to spot what happened on the dance floor, and took to X, formerly known as Twitter to share their concern

Strictly: Week One Leaderboard

Nigel Harman and Katya Jones – Paso Doble to Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana – 32 points out of 40

Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin – Samba to Touch by Little Mix – 29 points out of 40

Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola – Jive to Can’t Tame Her by Zara Larsson – 29 points out of 40

Bobby Brazier and Diane Buswell – Foxtrot to All About You by McFly – 29 points out of 40

Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice – Viennese Waltz to Pointless by Lewis Capaldi – 29 points out of 40

Angela Rippon Kai Wrrington – Cha Cha to Get The Party Started by Shirley Bassey – 28 points out of 40

Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe – Cha Cha to Uptown Girl by Billy Joel – 28 points out of 40

Angela Scanlan and Carlos Gu – Tango to Prisoner by Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa – 23 points out of 40

Eddie Kadi and Karen – Quickstep to Two Hearts by Phil Collins – 22 points out of 40

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley – Cha Cha to Boom Shack A Lack by Apache Indian – 22 points out of 40

Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał – Quickstep to I’m On Top Of The World by Bobby Darin – 21 points out of 40

Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk – Cha Cha to Waffle House by Jonas Brothers – 19 points out of 40

Zara McDermott and Graziano Dr Prima – Cha Cha to Crush by Jennifer Page – 19 points out of 40

Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez – Waltz to Run To You by Whitney Houston – 18 points out of 40

Les Dennis and Nancy Xu – Tango to Don’t You Want Me by Human League – 16 points out of 40

Elsewhere during the sensational episode, Nigel Marman emerged as an early favourite to win as he topped the leaderboard during the first live show.

The actor, 50, was proclaimed by judge Shirley Ballas as ‘the one to beat’ after he performed an outstanding pasodoble with dance partner Katya Jones.

The Casualty star danced to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit and received universal praise from all four judges and received a score of 32 out of 40.

‘That was the dance of the night,’ proclaimed Craig Revel Horwood while Motsi Mabuse added: ‘This at the end of the night was spectacular, amazing.’

Anton Du Beke also praised the actor and reminded the audience it’s not easy for the star who has to close the show.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday at 6:20pm on BBC One.