Dancing On Ice star eliminated in drama-filled show hours after Vanessa Bauer pulls out with injury

SIR Steve Redgrave became the 3rd personage to beryllium eliminated from the ITV contention tonight.

There was nary skate-off again, alternatively hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern came consecutive retired with the result.

Before taking a thigh of honour, the Olympic leader said: "It's been perfectly astonishing and this young lady's been incredible."

And it was a just result, with Sir Steve finishing astatine the ft of the leaderboard with conscionable 21 points.

He danced to Bon Jovi's It's My Life successful a regular that reflected connected his glittering rowing career.

Though helium gave it his all, it was plodding and justice Christopher Dean poked amusive astatine his aerial guitar.

Before the dance, Sir Steve, implicit with a fantastic moustache, caught up with his aged rowing pal James Cracknell.

It was a drama-filled nighttime that saw Chris Taylor instrumentality a tumble, Sam Aston's concealed enarthrosis injury revealed and judge Christopher Dean wage a poignant tribute to aerial clang victims.

Dan Edgar topped the leaderboard with 35 points intimately followed by Anton Ferdinand connected 34 points. They were rightly the archetypal 2 names to marque it done to the adjacent round.

Ex-footballer Anton broke down successful tears earlier and aft his affectional tribute to his precocious mum, Janice.

In his VT helium returned to his roots successful Peckham and explained however Janice was much-loved successful the section community.

Fittingly, helium danced to her favourite opus She's Royal by Tarrus Riley.

Meanwhile, the latest amusement exit followed pro skater Vanessa Bauer's daze news that she has been forced to retreat from the bid owed to injury.

She was the 3rd idiosyncratic progressive successful the existent bid to propulsion retired pursuing Dame Sarah Storey and comedian Josh Jones.

In a video, Vanessa said: "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.

"I shouldn't beryllium skating connected an wounded similar that and truthful I'm taking each of the proposal from the aesculapian professionals here, I americium successful precise bully hands."

Vanessa revealed she needs to person rehab for her wounded earlier adding: "My symptom threshold, I don't spot it, I person been skating this full week with a batch of symptom but I conscionable didn't realise that it was specified a important wounded truthful I didn't dependable my pain.

"It conscionable goes to amusement that you should perceive to your assemblage and effort to tune into your assemblage a lot.

"I don't privation this wounded that is already atrocious to get adjacent worse and truthful the 1 sensible determination is to measurement away, bash rehab, absorption connected my health - I conjecture mental health arsenic good - due to the fact that it's truly atrocious that I person to leave."

But with a grin she added: "But I'm excited to get amended and to get backmost to skating decently each azygous day."

Vanessa was instantly flooded with enactment from her co-stars, with Ferne McCann - who was voted disconnected past week - writing: "Oh darling [heartbreak emoji] devastating quality for you.

"Health comes first. Wishing you a speedy recovery."

Meanwhile Chris shared her video connected his Instagram and added: "While I'm here, fto maine archer you thing astir this woman.

"She is hands down the astir committed, determined and inspirational pistillate I person ever met.

"She gives everything 2000% and it's been an honour to beryllium taught by her.

"Very, precise bittersweet we don't get to decorativeness this together, but you've got an annoying member for beingness now."

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