‘Dancing with the Stars’ 20 spoilers: Patti LaBelle injured during rehearsal

Sadly, it did not take a whole lot of time for the injury bug to strike on this season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Not only that, but the first victim just happened to be one of the people who could have a hard time recovering from it in Patti LaBelle.

According to E! News, LaBelle suffered a knee injury while rehearsing with partner Artem Chigvintsev, and this is something that she is in the process of recovering from it still. There’s no guarantee that she will even be able to perform on the new episode Monday night. Typically these injury reports that come up before the show end up not deterring the celebrities / pros from competing, but it could impact the scores.

The biggest thing to remember here is that Patti is 70 years old, and her injuring her knee is different than a 25-year old injuring their knee. She’s already having to work harder to perfect the dance, and this is another hurdle that she ultimately needs to overcome.

If Patti is able to perform, we do feel like she probably has another week or two in the competition beyond tonight. She’s not going to be a great dancer with huge scores, but she is extremely likable and one of the biggest actual stars on the season. Remember here that odds are there were probably two or three people (at least) you were not aware of before this season. We work in this field, and we’d never even heard of Riker Lynch or Noah Galloway.

We’ll have some more updates on Patti’s condition as they become available, but for now head over here to see where we ranked the contestants going into tonight’s show. Also, sign up if you want to get some other TV updates on all we cover via our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: Fox.)