Perri Shakes-Drayton has been booted from ‘Dancing On Ice’.
The 29-year-old track and field athlete has become the third celebrity to leave the ITV ice-skating competition during Sunday’s (28.01.18) live show, after her skate-off routine against singer Lemar failed to impress the judging panel.
Speaking to show hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, Perri said: "I’m going home. I was enjoying it, I wasn’t ready to go home. But unfortunately, Lemar was the better skater today and unfortunately the journey ends."
And her professional partner Hamish Gaman was equally as upset to be leaving the competition, which no doubt came as a shock as their first routine scored them 19.5 out of 40, placing them seventh on the leaderboard out of all 10 stars.
He added: "It’s disappointing to go because it’s such a fun experience and it’s just great being every week with Perri, building up a routine and just going through and learning everything is just so much fun. So the saddest thing is not being able to continue that with Perri."
Meanwhile, Lemar – who scored 19.0 for his routine with professional skater Melody Le Moal – has had incredible luck after finding himself in all three of the skate-offs so far, and having been saved by the judging panel.
This week, all four judges – legendary skating duo Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean, Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo, and choreographer Jason Gardiner – voted to save Lemar, meaning Perri found herself being sent home.
Elsewhere in the competition, ‘Love Island’s Kem Cetinay and former ‘X Factor’ star Jake Quickenden found themselves joint top of the leaderboard, having scored an impressive 27.5 points each.
And after suffering a lift which went wrong during last week’s performance, and an injury during training for this week’s routine, rugby star Max Evans and his partner Ale Izquierdo managed to improve on their previous score of 19.0, with a respectable 22.5.
Perri Shakes-Drayton leaves Dancing on Ice
