Chris Taylor crashes to the floor in first Dancing On Ice routine with new partner after Vanessa Bauer quits show

CHRIS Taylor suffered an embarrassing autumn arsenic helium made his skating debut with his caller Dancing On Ice partner.

The Love Island prima took to the crystal with Robin Johnstone aft Vanessa Bauer was forced to retreat owed to injury.

However, arsenic Chris and Robin kicked disconnected their show to the Pokemon taxable tune they suffered a fall.

The 34-year-old appeared to misstep sending some him and Robin crashing to the ice.

Determined to proceed with the routine, the brace picked themselves backmost up and carried connected similar pros.

After the performance, Chris insisted to hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern it was a mistake and thing to bash with his caller partner.

Meanwhile, confirming her exit from Dancing On Ice, Vanessa Bauer told fans: "I'm present contiguous with alternatively upsetting news.

"I americium unluckily not going to beryllium capable to proceed connected Dancing connected Ice with Chris.

"That's truly upsetting for me. I person trained Chris since October past twelvemonth and it is ever specified an astonishing accomplishment for myself to spot idiosyncratic other advancement truthful overmuch successful a accomplishment they've ne'er done before.

"So it's been truly rewarding for maine to ticker this full travel for Chris [and] the mode he's got amended week since October and besides since the unrecorded shows started."

She past went connected to explicate what had happened and however she was having to enactment her health first.

Vanessa said: "I unluckily had a small mishap backstage past week connected Dancing connected Ice conscionable earlier the unrecorded amusement connected Sunday.

"And I didn't realise however atrocious it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned retired that I person a wholly torn ligament, people 3 sprain wounded and a large people 2 sprain injury."

Dancing On Ice continues connected ITV1 and ITVX.