Dancing On Ice shock as show favourite becomes the fourth star to be eliminated as tense skate off returns

Love Island star Chris Taylor has been eliminated from Dancing On Ice, becoming the fourth star sent home.

The shock result came as the skate off returned for the first time this series.

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Chris Taylor has been axed from Dancing On Ice
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He faced Anton Ferdinand in the skate off
Chris Taylor and Robin Johnstone ice skating on Dancing on Ice.
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It was a tense wait for the stars to find out who was through to next week

The head to head battle was brought back after fans slammed the show for dropping it.

The first couple that were safe were Charlie Brooks and Brendyn Hatfield, who has stepped in to cover after the soap star's partner Eric Radford was injured and had to miss a week.

Next to learn they were safe were Dan Edgar and Vanessa James, who got top scores after bravely trying the headbanger tonight.

Joining them were Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty, as well as Corrie favourite Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan.

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The final couple going straight through were Traitors star Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton

That left Anton Ferdinand and Chris Taylor to fight for their lives in the skate off, alongside their pro partners Annette Dytrt and Robin Johnstone.

Then it came down to the judges to decide who got sent packing.

Ashley Banjo chose to save Anton and Annette, with Oti Mabuse agreeing.

Chris also saved Anton and Annette, sealing Chris's fate.

Jane would have had the deciding vote if it was a tie, although on this occasion her vote didn't change the result.

She revealed, however, that she also would have saved Anton and Annette.

Being axed topped off a rough couple of weeks for Chris.

He was forced to change partners on the show when pro skater Vanessa Bauer was forced to quite after sustaining an injury.

He was then paired with Robin at the last minute, with the pair skating together for the first time on last week's show.

They had just 24 hours before that live show to train together.