One of the Dancing On Ice professional skaters just fell over (Picture: ITV)
Dancing On Ice took an unexpected turn tonight when professional skater Mark Hanretty stacked it during the live show performance.
We might expect this from one of the Bambi-esque celebrities, but viewers were in bits when skating pro Mark took to the ice with radio star Adele Roberts and he slipped, falling over mid-routine.
Adele, 44, and Mark were dancing to I Can See Clearly Now, and as they spun around unfortunately the professional skater slipped, falling onto his knees before recovering quickly for the next move.
Judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo didn’t let the moment pass without commenting on it and poking a little bit of fun.
Chris made the pair collapse into laughter when he awarded Adele seven points, and joked he could only give Mark six.
Elsewhere, Ashley scored them a solid six and a half, with Oti and Jayne agreeing with the strong seven, leaving the pair with the best mark in the series so far.
Adele Roberts and Mark Hanretty gave a beautiful performance (Picture: ITV)
Apart from this slightly hairy moment… (Picture: ITV)
But fans were quick to notice the slip up as they took to social media to share their surprise.
‘Mark the pro fell over?’ @rogernook asked on X, formerly Twitter, while @djrustynail also said: ‘Wait a pro skater slipped up?’
Meanwhile @blhtrixya joked: ‘Not the pro stacking it and Adele just standing there looking at him like wtf u doing down there mate.’
‘As if he fell over and he’s meant to be the professional,’ @Joshlovesit87 added.
Judges were seriously impressed with Adele’s emotional performance though, as she braved an ambitious lift requiring lots of core strength, and seemed to glide gracefully over the ice.
The DJ is the first ever Dancing on Ice contestant to have a stoma bag, which she carries after being diagnosed with stage 2 bowel cancer in October 2021.
It’s all about the recovery, Mark (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
They were awarded the best marks of the series so far despite the tumble (Picture: ITV)
Thankfully, the star – who was also on I’m A Celebrity – got the all-clear in June 2022.
Tonight, the first celebrity to be eliminated was revealed to be professional boxer Ricky Hatton, who said he was ‘gutted’ as the disappointing result.
Last weekend saw the first six contestants bust out their moves on the ice, which included S Club star Hannah Spearritt, actor Ryan Thomas and Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford.
This week, the next six famous faces took to the ice, including Made In Chelsea’s Miles Nazaire, Claire Sweeney, former EastEnders actor Ricky Norwood, and comedian Lou Sanders.
This series sees Holly Willoughby returning to our screens after months-long hiatus from ITV after she left This Morning in October.
She is hosting the show alongside Stephen Mulhern, who is Philip Schofield’s replacement after he resigned from ITV in full last year.
Dancing On Ice airs every Saturday on ITV1 and ITVX.
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