Shakira appeared to mouth the word 'f***' on live TV - as two of her contestants on The Voice ended up in the bottom three.
The judge looked stunned as it emerged her artists Dani Moz and Tess Boyer were two of the three singers with the least votes on Tuesday night’s elimination episode.
Cameras seemed to catch her mouthing the expletive and the silent F-bomb was immediately noticed by fans on social media.
Showed disappointment: Shakira seemed to mouth the word f*** on Tuesday as it was revealed two of her singers were among the bottom three on The Voice
There was some good news however for the Hips Don't Lie singer as Tess was dramatically saved by viewers who voted on Twitter to keep one of the bottom three on the show.
Both Dani and TJ Wilkins from Team Usher were eliminated to leave the top 10 to compete next week.
The three bottom contestants got one last chance to sing again before the Twitter voting opened for just five minutes.
Bottom three: TJ Willkins of Team Usher and Shakira's singer Dani Moz and Tess Boyer were the bottom three with the least amount of votes
The Voice host Carson Daly told viewers: 'The power is completely in your hands to save one of these remaining three artists.’
As the show returned from a commercial break, viewers could see 'live’ how people were voting as the contestants' percentages were shown on screen.
And before the results were announced the trio nervously clutched each others’ hands as Tess was the clear leader with 42 percent.
TJ was in second place with 35 percent and Dani was trailing with just 23 percent of the viewer Tweets.
Live update: Viewers were able to watch as the Twitter votes were tallied
'If you’re not happy with what you see, we are still in the voting window,’ Carson said.
Before the results came Shakira told her team: 'I love you girls. I just want to thank you for everything you’ve given me. 'You’ve been so amazing to me all this time and I love you both.
'You started out as singers but now you’ve become artists. If you keep at it I truly believe you will be unstoppable.
'I wish you the best of luck.’
So proud: Shakira told Dani and Tess that she loved them before finding out who would be eliminated
And Usher said he hoped his man TJ had been saved by Twitter.
He said: 'This is a true testament of how powerful the Internet is.’
'One of you was instantly saved,’ Carson said as the lights dimmed.
'America instantly saved… Tess Boyer! You’re moving on!’ he revealed.
Moving on: Tess Boyer made it to the top 10 after being saved by Internet users
The former cheerleader covered her face with her hands and almost dropped to her knees when she heard her name, before fighting back tears as she hugged the others and Shakira embraced her.
Earlier she sang Kelly Clarkson’s Dark Side in a bid to remain on the show.
She showed off her toned legs in a mini dress as she got the crowd going with the pop hit.
'Nice job,’ Carson told her.
Big hug: Tess belted out Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson after finishing in the bottom three of voting and hugged her fellow contestants after advancing
Her former coach, Usher, said: 'In our darkest hour, we pull up. That was incredible. I’m rooting for you.’
Shakira said: 'I have to admit I’m really surprised to see you standing up there. I thought you nailed it last night.
'You are one of the best singers on this competition. I just want to say, America - hashtag, Voice save Tess please!,' Shakira pleaded giving viewers the Twitter key to voting for her.
Lighter moment: Shakira smiled during a performance on the live results show
TJ had taken to the stage first, singing I’ll Be by Edwin McCain 'for his life’.
His voice was a bit shaky at first but he hit a huge note to do his best to stay in the contest as Usher fiddled with his iPhone.
'I’m actually talking to America right now and all I have to say is hashtag-saveTJ,’ he said. 'He’s doing his part, I’m doing mine.’
Doing his part: Usher did his part to help his singer TJ Wilkins by tweeting for him to be saved
But Carson had to check that Usher got the correct Twitter 'hashtag’ to ensure viewers could vote for him.
Adam said he didn’t want to side with anyone because he didn’t want Shakira to lose two of her team members.
'I think you all deserve to be on this show,’ he said, branding it 'great’.
Tough episode: Adam Levine told TJ, Dani and Tess that they deserved to remain on the show
And Team Shakira’s Dani was up next, singing Adele’s Turning Tables.
She showed off her impressive range and passion as she performed the ballad.
Blake said: 'You never can figure out the science to how people vote. What you just did was brilliant.’
High praise: Blake Shelton told TJ he was 'brilliant' before the singer was eliminated
And Shakira said: 'It kills me to see you standing there knowing what a hard worker you are and how committed you are to music, to singing.
'You guys heard her. She’s amazing. Give her another chance! She can hit any note, just help her, please.’
Meanwhile soulful Delvin Choice, rocker Kat Perkins and YouTube star Christina Grimmie joined coach Adam Levine to perform Peter Gabriel’s 1980s classic Sledgehammer as the audience clapped along.
Rocking out: Adam Levine joined his singers Delvin Choice, Kat Perkins and Christina Grimmie to perform Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel
Showing the way: Maroon 5 frontman Adam hit all his notes
'America has voted,’ said Carson as he revealed the first two artists who were 'safe’.
Team Usher’s Josh Kaufman was the first to get the good news after Carson made them wait for what seemed like forever.
And also celebrating was Kat Perkins from Team Adam, who looked like she might faint.
'You’re moving on!’ Carson told the tattooed singer.
First to advance: Josh Kaufman of Usher's team was the first to make it to the top 10
Carson then revealed the next two 'safe’ singers.
And Kristen Merlin jumped up and down with joy when she learned she was through - despite her technical difficulties the previous night.
The Ellen DeGeneres lookalike hugged Shakira as they got the news.
Overcame difficulties: Kristen Merlin advanced after her microphone went out on Monday during the live rounds
There was good news, too for Team Blake’s Audra McLaughlin, who looked like she couldn’t believe it when she learned she was advancing.
The next two who were able to relax were Team Adam’s Delvin Choice, whose delighted family watched on, and Team Blake’s country singer Jake Worthington, who was so excited he celebrated with all of the judges.
The live eliminations continued as the next three singers who were safe were announced.
Top 10: Delvin Choice of Adam's team and Jake Worthington of Usher's squad both advanced
'America saved from Team Usher… Bria Kelly!’ said Carson as she delightedly hugged the other hopefuls.
And as she left the stage she yelled: 'Thank God!’
Also moving on was Christina Grimmie from Team Adam - meaning all three of his artists were in the top 10.
She made it: Christina Grimmie of Adam's team also advanced
'Just one more will be saved by America’s votes,’ Carson said.
And that person was Team Blake’s vocal powerhouse, Sisaundra Lewis.
That also meant that all three of Blake’s artists moved on, leaving Team Usher’s T.J Wilkins, and Tess Boyer and Dani Moz from Team Shakira were in the bottom three.
Powerful voice: Sisaundra Lewis learned fairly late in the broadcast that she had advanced
Shakira shrugged her shoulders in disbelief at the news.
And then she appeared to mouth the f-word as she watched on in disgust.
Viewers were quick to talk about it online.
Meghan - @Megh2013 - said on Twitter: 'Shakira just said f*** on national tv lmao’
And Meghan Dralle - @megdralle - added: 'Hahahaha i just saw Shakira say F** before the cameras cut away @NBCTheVoice’
Matt Russow - @MattRussow - added: '@shakira did you just mouth the word F***? We agree, your team got SCREWED!!!!’
Matt Russow - @MattRussow - added: '@shakira did you just mouth the word F***? We agree, your team got SCREWED!!!!’
Two-time Grammy winner Shakira also performed Empire from her new album.
Sexy dress: Shakira performed her new song Empire on the popular singing competition show
The 37-year-old judge showed off her curves under a lacy black outfit as she sang the rock ballad, while flames danced around her during the sexy routine.
But she appeared to be lip syncing at least some segments of the song, sparking anger from fans on Twitter.
Lindsay Thomas - @L_TEE726 - wrote: 'This Shakira performance is terrible. She shouldn't be able to lip sync on a show that is about live singing talent.’
And Carrie Bradshaw - @harleymoran - added: 'How ironic that Shakira is lip syncing on a show called The Voice.’
Erika Gay - @ErikaGay - said: 'Isn't it a bit of a double standard that @shakira sings to a track on @NBCTheVoice but the contestants are judged by every breath they take?’
Passionate performance: Shakira held her hair while delivering her hit song
Meanwhile Blake Shelton joined his team - Sisaundra Lewis, Jake Worthington, Audra McLaughlin - to sing Travis Tritt’s Put Some Drive In Your Country.
And the episode also saw Shakira taking her team to a local Los Angeles elementary school as they teamed up with Starbucks for the coffee giant’s global month of service, where volunteers joined forces with the kids to paint the educational facility.
And Shakira took a 'selfie’ with the pupils, who were delighted to see her.
Country song: Blake joined Sisaundra Lewis and his other singers for a performance during the live show
Helping hands: Shakira and her singers helped paint a Los Angeles school and she took a selfie with the students
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