CHRIS Taylor suffered an embarrassing fall as he made his skating debut with his new Dancing On Ice partner.

The Love Island star took to the ice with Robin Johnstone after Vanessa Bauer was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Ice skaters performing on a rink. One skater is dressed as Pikachu.

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Chris Taylor and his new partner suffered an unfortunate fall during their first performanceCredit: ITV

Screenshot of a dance performance on ice.

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The Love Island hunk was sent crashing to the ice along with Robin JohnstoneCredit: ITV
However, as Chris and Robin kicked off their performance to the Pokemon theme tune they suffered a fall.

The 34-year-old appeared to misstep sending both him and Robin crashing to the ice.

Determined to continue with the routine, the pair picked themselves back up and carried on like pros.

After the performance, Chris insisted to hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern it was a mistake and nothing to do with his new partner.

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Meanwhile, confirming her exit from Dancing On Ice, Vanessa Bauer told fans: “I’m here today with rather upsetting news.

“I am unfortunately not going to be able to continue on Dancing on Ice with Chris.

“That’s really upsetting for me. I have trained Chris since October last year and it is always such an amazing achievement for myself to see someone else progress so much in a skill they’ve never done before.

“So it’s been really rewarding for me to watch this whole journey for Chris [and] the way he’s got better week since October and also since the live shows started.”

She then went on to explain what had happened and how she was having to put her health first.

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Vanessa said: “I unfortunately had a little accident backstage last week on Dancing on Ice just before the live show on Sunday.

“And I didn’t realise how bad it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned out that I have a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.”

Dancing On Ice continues on ITV1 and ITVX.

 

Dancing On Ice 2025 pairings

 

Here’s the 12 celebs taking part in 2025 – along with their professional partner.

Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford

Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer

Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton

Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty

Dan Edgar and Vanessa James

Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden

Anton Ferdinand and Annette Dytrt

Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan

Josh Jones and Tippy Packard

Here’s who has left the show so far:

Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan

Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield

Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024. The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.