Dancing on Ice: Torvill and Dean's stunning performance at final
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have had a busy few days leading up to the final of Dancing On Ice 2021, which airs this weekend. The latter said the ice skating duo feel like they’ve been “through the wars,” after last minute changes were made to this year’s grand finale.
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Torvill and Dean, who have been skating together for several decades, had filmed a routine for the show’s final weeks in advance, but it had to be shown earlier than expected.
This left the programme without a number from the Olympic duo in the last episode.
Up for the challenge, the pair headed straight to the ice rink to create and rehearse a new routine.
However, Christopher admitted that there had been a few stumbles along the way.
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"Jayne and I were thrown a challenge - we have got four or five days to put a routine together so we can skate in the last show,” Dean said.
"We haven't been skating for the last eight weeks, nine weeks, and then it's suddenly all hands on deck and I feel like I've been through the wars a bit.
"We have just been lifting and skating for the last two days and it's been crazy,” the 62-year-old went on to say.
Jayne, 63, said they were happy to dance together again.
"The final routine was played already so we haven't got one for the final, so they said, 'If you could skate together in the last week, are you willing to do one?' and we said yes!"