Dancing On Ice unveiled the first couple to be sent home from the show tonight (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
The first celebrity was eliminated from ITV reality show Dancing On Ice tonight.
Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey, 36, became emotional as Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern announced she was going home.
Struggling to hold back the tears, Chelsee turned to her partner Andy Buchanan and said: ‘I feel, personally, there’s been a lot going on with me that I’ve been struggling with, so I couldn’t completely focus.
‘I’m just really grateful, I’ve had the best time.’
On X, the soap star’s fans were devastated by her departure with @tvreality93 complaining: ‘No way Chelsea deserves to go first ugh #dancingonice.’
@wildpartydude wrote: ‘Poor Chelsee Healey being first to get voted off how dare you viewers.#DancingOnIce.’
Chelsee and Andy became the first couple to be eliminated (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
They landed at the bottom of the leaderboard during their performance last week (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
Echoing their sentiment, @hollyoaks26 wrote: ‘Chelsee did not deserve to go already #DancingOnIce.’
@HausofDylan95 added: ‘My interest in the series now Chelsee has gone. Abysmal show #DancingOnIce.’
Chelsee and Andy ended up at the bottom of the leaderboard last week with a score of 22 after the first batch of contestants had performed.
After the remaining celebrities competed on Sunday, she found herself in the bottom two against comedian Josh, who picked up a score of 20.5 earlier in the night for his routine.
EastEnders star Charlie opened the show with partner Eric (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
Mollie wowed the judges and secured an impressive score (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/Shutterstock)
The judges and audiences votes for each dance were combined, leaving Healey with the lowest score and as a result, she became the first to leave the competition.
Tonight, EastEnders star Charlie Brooks opened the show and transformed into a dancing queen as she made her Dancing On Ice debut.
The 43-year-old skated to Abba classic Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) alongside professional Eric Radford, performing a rotating lift in stag position in a bid to impress the judges.
Charlie was followed by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave, 62, and The Traitors star Mollie Pearce, 22, who scored an impressive 29.5 out of 40 despite missing four weeks of training after suffering an injury in rehearsals.
Fourth on the rink was stand-up comedian Josh Jones, 32, while Towie star Dan Edgar, 34, who skated to Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits concluded the competitors’ performances.
Last week, Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan, reality TV star Ferne McCann, Coronation Street actor Sam Aston, Love Island star Chris Taylor and soap actress Chelsee took to the rink.
Dancing On Ice continues on Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV.
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