Dancing With The Stars frontrunner Brooke Burke nearly found herself standing on the sidelines of the ballroom competition when her partner, professional dancer Derek Hough, lost consciousness after taking a nasty spill over the weekend.

“At Saturday’s rehearsal, Derek was walking backwards and tripped over something on the floor. He was knocked out for a brief moment and was taken to the hospital as a precaution to make sure he was OK,” a rep for the dancer said in a statement released to Access Hollywood on Monday. “After test results showed that he was fine, Derek was released and was sent home to rest. He will be ready to go for tonight’s show.”