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 in 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. 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.’
Hines has been a Type 1 diabetic for almost 40 years.
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