Dancing On Ice star Christopher Dean has been rushed to hospital after a nasty accident.
The judge on the ITV show and legendary skater had to get checked over after breaking his finger, just days away from the start of the new series. Christopher sits on the ice panel alongside his skating partner Jayne Torvill as well as Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo.
The programme is back for a brand new series on ITV with Darren Harriott, The Vivienne, Mollie Gallagher, John Fashanu, Carley Stenson, Michelle Heaton, Nile Wilson, Joey Essex, Ekin-Su and Siva Kaneswaran all taking to the ice.
Sharing a snap of his bandaged finger, he wrote: "We were trying the Iron Lotus, but ended up doing a Half Nelson [referencing a fictional move in Blades of Glory] or did I just fall over a suitcase in the middle of the night."
Fans and friends rushed to social media to send their well wishes to Christopher, who will be back on our screens on Sunday night.
"I would go with the iron lotus story. Makes it look more heroic," one wrote, as another offered their advice to the skating star and added: "Not sure these days but treatment for a finger fracture used to be strapping the fractured one alongside the one next to it to 'splint' it. Might be more comfortable and help it to heal."
Ahead of the new series, Christopher is convinced The Vivienne could be one to look out for.
He said: "We want to be wowed, we want to be excited. Sometimes your expectation on somebody, you think they’ll be great but in actual fact it can be a role reversal and you get really surprised by some people who take it on and just become good at it.
"This year I have a feeling about The Vivienne and that she’ll surprise people."
The pair have been offering some advice to the upcoming stars of the show.
Jayne said: "The same as every year - put the hours in with all the basic training. But also enjoy it! If you enjoy it then you’ll want to do more and you’ll want to work harder. It’s about having fun at the same time as working hard."
Whilst Chris added: "It’s the enjoyment factor. I don’t want to make it sound like a job but everyone takes it on very personally - it’s their Olympics in a sense! You get into this bubble and everybody is trying to do the best they can and they want to survive each week and get to the final. We always used to say that when we leave the ice we want to feel like we’ve achieved something."
