World Darts Championship cheerleaders cause chaos for TV camera with technician forced to rush out before Littler game

THE World Darts Championship cheerleaders accidentally caused chaos for TV cameras during the semi-finals.

Just before Luke Littler beat Stephen Bunting 6-1 to book his place in the final, Michael van Gerwen played Chris Dobey.

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The PDC World Darts Championship cheerleaders[/caption]

But disaster nearly struck after the second set following a failure with the T-shirt cannon.

A T-shirt accidentally got caught in the Spidercam – which is used to give fans a closer look at the action.

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It meant the monitor was covered – causing a scramble for the technicians.

The camera was no longer sending signals but after 20 minutes everything was back to normal.

Van Gerwen also went onto win 6-1 setting up a mouthwatering final against Littler at Ally Pally TONIGHT.

It will also mark the final time fans will get to see the pom pom waving PDC cheerleaders who have so far lit up the tournament.

The team includes stalwart Sophie May Lambert, who has been on the circuit since 2013.

Tattooed Sophie has 26,000 followers on Instagram, as well as 45,000 on TikTok.

Her social media is dedicated to her PDC career, as well as her travels around Europe.

Ellie Jackson, Imogen Bottomley, Georgia Long and Lacey Edwards are newcomers to the PDC squad.

Jodie Stubbings is meanwhile described as the “comedian” of the group who keeps spirits high.

And Abbi Haynes has starred with the PDC dancers since 2017 and finishes her eighth PDC season while Amy Kemp is another experienced member.

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Ellie Jackson is a newbie at Ally Pally for the World Darts Championship[/caption]

Sophie May Lambert is the dance team’s manager and is a regular at Ally Pally

Georgia Long is also making her Alexandra Palace debutinstagram @georgialongg

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Jodie is said to be the comedian of the group[/caption]

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Abbie has been a PDC dancer since 2017[/caption]

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Imogen Bottomley is another newcomer[/caption]

Amy Kemp has previously appeared in Hollyoaksinstagram @amykemp100

Lacey Edwards has enjoyed glam trips to Maldives, Morocco and Mallorca recentlyinstagram @layedwards