ITV Dancing On Ice halt show for 'sad' announcement minutes into episode
ITV Dancing On Ice halt show for 'sad' announcement minutes into episode
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Dancing On Ice made an announcement minutes into Sunday's episode. It was announced earlier on Sunday, 26 January, that contestant Josh Jones had withdrawn from the ITV skating competition due to sustaining an injury during rehearsals. Dancing On Ice announced in a statement: "Josh Jones sustained an injury during rehearsals and has had to withdraw from Dancing On Ice. Josh and Tippy's partnership will be greatly missed. We will be helping to support Josh and wish him well with his recovery.".
Addressing the news on Sunday's show, hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern shared their well-wishes to comedian Josh, 32, admitting that the news was sad and he wouldn't be performing on the show. Holly, 43, said: "Now, you may have noticed Josh and Tippy are not with the others tonight" to which the audience shared their disappointed reactions. Holly continued: "I know, sadly Josh sustained an injury in training this week which means he is out of the competition we all can't quite believe it!".
Later in the episode, the show caught up with Josh, who revealed he had hurt his ankle by going over it in rehearsals, as the audience applauded the contestant for his journey on the show. It comes as Josh found himself in the bottom two on last week's show with Chelsee Healey. The Hollyoaks actress, 36, and her professional skating partner Andy Buchanan ended up at the bottom of the leaderboard on week one with a score of 22 after the first batch of contestants had performed.
