Dancing On Ice's injured Rachel Stevens' 'tough' return to rink after six weeks off

Rachel Stevens has shared all on her big return to Dancing On Ice, and the 'challenge' ahead as she makes her ITV show debut.

The former S Club 7 singer injured her wrist in December, and was unable to return to the ice for six weeks.

While the show airs its third week this coming Sunday, this is Rachel's first time performing with her skating pro Brendyn Hatfield.

He discussed the biggest "challenge" for her getting back to it after an injury, after a number of nasty falls during training late last year left her with a fractured wrist before the launch.

Dancing On Ice 2022 star Rachel Stevens will finally make her debut this weekend (ITV)

Rachel fell on the same wrist a number of times, before the final time left her with a panful fracture that ruled her out of being on the ice.

While she has managed to rehearse her routine, she has only been back on the ice since Monday, and hadn't been allowed on the rink for six weeks to allow her injury to heal.

Now that all is well, she and Brendyn are ready to face their debut on the ice this weekend, while she revealed getting back on track has been "tough".

Speaking on This Morning on Friday, Rachel told hosts Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond how she was doing, and how she was preparing for her first performance live to the nation.

Rachel fell on the same wrist a number of times, before the final time left her with a panful injury (ITV)

She said: "It's been eventful, that's for sure. We have been doing a lot of training off ice in the lead-up to the show," revealing it was Monday that she was finally able to skate.

Brendyn added: "It was good, we did a lot of training off the ice and that translated the best it could when we got back on."

Rachel said of appearing on the show last weekend, but not going on the ice: "I was so nervous, I thought what is going on? I'm not even skating, but the frustration was the not being able to get on the ice.

Rachel Stevens has shared all on her big return to Dancing On Ice (ITV)

"We've had six weeks or more away from it, so getting back on Monday and having to learn the routine has been a bit of pressure."

Brendyn shared the difficulty of being away for so long, saying Rachel had to effectively learn to skate again before they could dance.

He added: "We had moments that were tough but we just communicated and hit it hard again."

Dancing On Ice 2022 continues Sundays at 6:30pm on ITV.