Chris Taylor suffers major ITV Dancing on Ice blunder as he FALLS during routine with new partner after Vanessa Bauer exit
Love Island star Chris Taylor had to dance through an embarrassing fall during his ITV Dancing on Ice routine on Sunday night.
The 34-year-old muddled his way through the weekend performance as his pro partner Vanessa Bauer was forced to abandon the competition through injury.
Bauer watched on from the sidelines as Taylor and Johnstone performed the Pokémon themed routine.
Earlier in the show, Taylor admitted he had “never been so stressed” ahead of the performance and his worst fears unfortunately came true.
During an attempted lift and spin Taylor slipped sending he and his new partner tumbling to the ice.
However, they quickly recovered and completed the routine – with the judges praising Taylor’s ability to adapt to his new partner so quickly.
Despite this, the panel dealt the pair a disappointing 28.5 out of a possible 40 which placed them second from bottom of the Week Three leaderboard.
Taylor became emotional as he told audiences he had “learned so much” from Bauer.
“We’ve been together since October and its been amazing,” she told him as they shared a hug.
Earlier that day, Bauer had told fans about her injury on social media: “I’m here today with rather upsetting news. I am unfortunately not going to be able to continue on Dancing on Ice with Chris.
“I have trained Chris since October last year and it is always such an amazing achievement for myself to see someone else progress so much in a skill they’ve never done before.
“So it’s been really rewarding for me to watch this whole journey for Chris [and] the way he’s got better week since October and also since the live shows started,” she continued.
However, she also revealed the sad news that “I unfortunately had a little accident backstage last week on Dancing on Ice just before the live show on Sunday”.
Bauer added: “I didn’t realise how bad it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned out that I have a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.
“I shouldn’t be skating on an injury like that and so I’m taking all of the advice from the medical professionals here, I am in very good hands.”
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Officially announcing the news, the official Dancing on Ice account wrote: “Unfortunately, Vanessa Bauer sustained an injury whilst backstage and following medical advice, will not be able to skate for the remainder of the series.”
“We want to thank Vanessa for all her hard work on Dancing on Ice, and wish her speedy recovery!”