Brian McFadden faces out of Dancing On Ice after failing to recover from injury

This has been the most dramatic series of Dancing On Ice to date, with contestants competing with judges, candidate girlfriends and dance partners, and now a potential retirement due to injury.

The former Westlife singer, Brian McFadden, was injured in a shoulder while he was training on the ice with professional skater Alex Murphy. He still has to deal with the pain.

Speaking immediately after the incident, Brian said, "We will probably have to sort some things out because I'm lifting it over my head, so we're going to have to change the routine of the shoulder . " the morning."

Brian was left "very worried" by the fall, said his partner Alex.

"We had a fall, it was really serious," she said.

"He was really worried after that, but I told him not to worry and I hope it comes out of his system."

But 12 days later, Brian, 38, who has partially dislocated his shoulder and damaged the rotator cuff, plans to abandon the competition, according to an article in The Sun.

Dan Whiston, Artistic Director of Dancing On Ice, told the newspaper "Brian suffers a lot from his shoulder injury, but he does not let her get discouraged or slow down.

"He has a lot of physio and continues his training, knowing that he can not afford to lose ice time."

In Sunday's live broadcast, Brian almost gave up on his partner Alex and was reprimanded by the judges.

Jayne Torvill told him, "Brian, when you lift your partner, you have to make sure that she lands before you let go of her.

Brian tried to laugh at the card and said, "Before we went out, we practiced at the rink and kicked my nose, I was bleeding from the nose just before I went out. from her this time ".

But Jason Gardiner did not see the fun side, reminiscent of Jayne's feeling: "You never stay away from an elevator before it's landed, ever." so something to keep in mind. "

Brian and Alex received 22 points out of a maximum of 40 for their efforts.