Marcia Hines ‘collapses in dressing room’ and is rushed to hospital with Australian Idol appearance cancelled: ‘She went down’
Marcia Hines has been rushed to hospital following a ‘medical emergency’ Daily Mail Australia has learned.
The Australia Idol judge, 70, collapsed in her dressing room on the set of the reality series on Sunday and injured her head in the fall.
A source tells Daily Mail Australia Hines was ‘set to perform’ on the show before collapsing and was taken to hospital via ambulance.
Daily Mail Australia understands that Hines is ‘in a stable condition now’ and her collapse was likely due to her diabetes.
She will not be appearing on Australian Idol tonight and Guy Sebastian is filling in as judge.
Marcia Hines (pictured) has been rushed to hospital following a ‘medical emergency’ Daily Mail Australia has learned
Hines is a judge on the singing competition alongside Amy Shark and Kyle Sandilands.
Host Ricki-Lee Coulter told viewers that Hines would be absent at the start of Sunday’s episode.
‘You will have spotted that we are missing someone very important and very special to the Idol important and very special to the Idol family. Unfortunately Marcia is unwell and unable to join us tonight’ she said.
Sandilands then chimed in: ‘Sorry, sorry. That’s a real downplay. She was taken out of here in an ambulance.
The Australia Idol judge, 70, collapsed in her dressing room on the set of the reality series on Sunday and injured her head in the fall
Daily Mail Australia understands that Hines is ‘in a stable condition now’ and her collapse was likely due to her diabetes. Hines has been a Type-1 diabetic for almost 40 years. She is a judge on the singing competition alongside Amy Shark and Kyle Sandilands (all pictured)
‘Just so that everyone knows. She’s fine. She’s well. But she didn’t just ring up with a headache. She went down.’
Hines has been a Type-1 diabetic for almost 40 years.
‘Before I was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes, my health and my body felt brilliant, but I wasn’t eating properly,’ she told Now To Love in 2017.
‘I was skipping meals. There’d be days when I didn’t eat. I was losing oodles of weight. I was thirsty all the time, and, without being vulgar, I was peeing like a pregnant woman!’
Host Ricki-Lee Coulter (left) told viewers that Hines would be absent at the start of Sunday’s episode
Sandilands then chimed in: ‘Sorry, sorry. That’s a real downplay. She was taken out of here in an ambulance’
‘Just so that everyone knows. She’s fine. She’s well. But she didn’t just ring up with a headache. She went down’ he addeed
Hines was diagnosed after a dental procedure refused to heal.
‘I wasn’t sick, but I had a procedure done on one of my teeth and it just wouldn’t heal – it just kept throbbing for days’ she said.
‘I went to the doctor and that was when I was diagnosed with diabetes.’
Hines said she manages her condition with insulin injections and insists, ‘I could have a lot worse things than just diabetes.’
The performer appeared in good health when she attended the opening night of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour on Friday.
Marcia was pretty in pink, opting for a pastel blazer and matching slacks with a pop art graphic print, and looked bright and well.
The performer appeared in good health when she attended the opening night of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour on Friday (pictured)
