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Marie Osmond fainted on stage during ABC TV's live broadcast yesterday of Dancing with the Stars but quickly recovered.
Osmond and her partner, dancer Jonathan Roberts, the first performers of the evening, had just finished a samba and were listening to the judges' comments when she suddenly toppled down.
"She was laughing and then sank like a stone ... Everyone froze," said ABC publicist Amy Wolfe.
As the show cut to a commercial, Osmond started to rise and was assisted by others, Wolfe said.
After the break, host Tom Bergeron said Osmond had fainted but was fine. Osmond herself explained on-air with a giggle that "once in a while that happens to me when I get winded. I stop breathing".
