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Without explicitly mentioning these occasions, Ms Obama told the Work in Progress podcast hosted by actress Sophia Bush that she was now in a position to control her own calendar as a "grown woman".

The same has happened on four other occasions in the competition's history.

"On no fewer than 13 occasions, he has declined to attend court, sometimes even when only required to appear by prison link, without good reason," he said.

“I’ve had the yips on four different occasions. It seems like every seven years for some reason, just not lately, thank goodness.”

On a few occasions the fourth official had to politely tell Monteiro to get back.