host was left red-faced on Friday morning when the breakfast show played footage from his 2004 stint on . During an interview with this year’s contestants Lisa McCune, James Stewart and , Nat Barr took a swipe at her co-host’s previous performance on the reality show. Lisa made a comment that dancing should be an Olympic sport when Nat chimed in and said that Shirvo, who was an Olympic sprinter, is a great example of how “you can be really, really good at one thing” and not so great when you hit the dance floor.
then played footage of Shirvo wearing a ruffled white and yellow shirt while dancing the samba and “shaking his tailfeather”. “Can I just ask, so I’ve burnt this tape that many times - how do you keep finding it?” he remarked. “My partner was Natalie Lowe, she had such a tough time.
” “Yeah we’re not talking about her,” Nat interrupted. star James Stewart then jumped in and said that while he thought Shirvo’s shimmy was “okay”, he wasn’t so sure about his costume. “He looks like a little cockatoo on stage shaking around,” celebrity chef Hayden Quinn added, leaving the hosts in stitches.
Shirvo went on to say that he still does the shimmy when he dances because he “doesn’t know anything else”. “You’re so good at it, that’s why,” Nat replied. “Guys, if you make it to one of the later rounds, just bring out the shimmy.
” Shirvo competed on the very first season of alongside fellow celebrities Pauline Hanson, James T.