Paralympian Stef Reid eliminated from 'Dancing On Ice'

Julia Hunt
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Stef Reid was eliminated from 'Dancing On Ice'. (ITV)
Stef Reid was eliminated from 'Dancing On Ice'. (ITV)

Paralympian Stef Reid said she never thought skating was something she'd be able to do as she was eliminated from Dancing On Ice.

The Paralympic athlete – who lost her right lower leg and foot in a boating accident when she was 15 – received her marching orders from the ITV competition on Sunday (6 March) after a skate-off against Kye Whyte.

Both stars had ended up in the bottom two after the public vote and judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse voted to send Reid home, saying BMX racer Whyte gave the stronger performance.

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Looking emotional, Reid thanked her pro partner Andy Buchanan for making it such an amazing experience.

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Stef Reid said she'd loved every moment. (ITV)

"I have absolutely loved every moment," she told the panel and hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

"This is not something that I ever thought I would be able to do.

"And just learning to skate and getting to learn about performance and dance, I can't thank you enough."

Reid had made a splash in the competition and was a favourite with the judges and viewers.

She was labelled an "inspiration" earlier in the series when she pulled off the dangerous headbanger move despite having a prosthetic leg.

Delivering his verdict on Sunday's show, judge Dean said that in most series of Dancing On Ice, both Reid and Whyte would have been worthy of places in the final.

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"But this season, the standard is so high," he explained.

Stef Reid lost her right lower leg and foot in an accident. (ITV)
Stef Reid lost her right lower leg and foot in an accident. (ITV)

Whyte, Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, former Strictly star Brendan Cole, The Vamps' Connor Ball and dancer Regan Gascoigne remain in the competition.

Wyatt, Cole and Gascoigne all scored perfect marks - 40 out of 40 - on Sunday's show.

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Schofield told the remaining contestants that next week would see a double elimination, with two of the celebs leaving the programme.

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