The primary superstar was eradicated from ITV actuality present Dancing On Ice tonight.
Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey, 36, turned emotional as Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern introduced she was going residence.
In a brutal twist, Chelsee was instantly despatched packing fairly than performing in a skate-off as per earlier years.
The format change was launched reportedly to ease the pressure off the celebrities who would have ready a separate routine for the showdown.
Struggling to carry again the tears, Chelsee turned to her associate Andy Buchanan and stated: ‘I really feel, personally, there’s been quite a bit occurring with me that I’ve been fighting, so I couldn’t fully focus.
‘I’m simply actually grateful, I’ve had the most effective time.’
On X, the cleaning soap star’s followers had been devastated by her departure with @tvreality93 complaining: ‘No means Chelsea deserves to go first ugh #dancingonice.’
@wildpartydude wrote: ‘Poor Chelsee Healey being first to get voted off how dare you viewers.#DancingOnIce.’
Echoing their sentiment, @hollyoaks26 wrote: ‘Chelsee didn’t should go already #DancingOnIce.’
@HausofDylan95 added: ‘My curiosity within the collection now Chelsee has gone. Abysmal present #DancingOnIce.’
Chelsee and Andy ended up on the backside of the leaderboard final week with a rating of twenty-two after the primary batch of contestants had carried out.
After the remaining celebrities competed on Sunday, she discovered herself within the backside two in opposition to comic Josh, who picked up a rating of 20.5 earlier within the night time for his routine.
As an alternative of a skate-off, the judges and audiences votes for every dance had been mixed, leaving Chelsee with the bottom rating and in consequence, she turned the primary to go away the competitors.
A supply beforehand defined the choice to The Sun: ‘On Dancing on Ice, up to now all of the {couples} needed to put together a particular skate-off dance which might be prepared in case they had been voted into the underside two.
‘However that meant on high of studying their primary routine, any group dances – and generally extra – the pairs had been normally having to be taught a dance that went to waste.
‘Bosses have rethought the plan shifting forwards and {couples} within the backside two will now be requested to easily repeat the identical dance that they carried out on the primary present.
‘Responsibility of care was additionally paramount on DOI however the brand new strategy will cut back the calls for on everybody and makes probably the most sense when it comes to coaching schedules and effectivity.’
After the announcement, Chelsee additionally praised Andy for being ‘wonderful’ and stated she ‘couldn’t have executed it with out him.’
Tonight, EastEnders star Charlie Brooks opened the present and reworked right into a dancing queen as she made her Dancing On Ice debut.
The 43-year-old skated to Abba traditional Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) alongside skilled Eric Radford, performing a rotating carry in stag place in a bid to impress the judges.
Charlie was adopted by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave, 62, and The Traitors star Mollie Pearce, 22, who scored a formidable 29.5 out of 40 regardless of lacking 4 weeks of coaching after struggling an damage in rehearsals.
Fourth on the rink was slapstick comedian Josh Jones, 32, whereas Towie star Dan Edgar, 34, who skated to Ed Sheeran’s Dangerous Habits concluded the opponents’ performances.
Final week, Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan, actuality TV star Ferne McCann, Coronation Avenue actor Sam Aston, Love Island star Chris Taylor and cleaning soap actress Chelsee took to the rink.
Dancing On Ice continues on Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV.
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