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Mariah Carey attends a press conference at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel on October 13, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images)

Mariah Carey was left red-faced on Monday night when she tripped and almost lost her balance on TV.

The Hero hitmaker appeared on The Jay Leno Show and showed off her curves in a low cut black dress and strappy high heels.

But her big entrance almost ended in disaster when she lost her footing and stumbled before composing herself.

Carey managed to laugh off the misstep, telling talk show presenter Jay Leno, "You know when I tripped, I had choreographed that earlier!"

After the interview, Leno helped the R&B superstar avoid any more mishaps by escorting her off stage.