Dancing On Ice- Johnson is knocked out of the final

Johnson surrendered his place in the competition last night even before he skated for survival.

The former soldier found himself in the bottom two with Chloe, who in her first routine took a tumble. Before the pair skated in front of the judges, Johnson knew his time was up and proceeded to thank his skating partner and the trainers.

The three judges chose to save Chloe for her more capable skating abilities, putting her in next week’s final with Sam and Laura, while Johnson skated his last lap on the ice.

Last night’s show proved to be the celeb skater’s toughest challenge yet, having to perform a solo, a first on DOI, and two routines with their partners.

Sam shown he was back on form by topping the judge’s leaderboard with a total of 55.5/60. His solo skate, which incorporated a notoriously hard hydro glide and break-dancing, blew the judges away, with Robin calling it a ‘clean and controlled skate with speed.’

His two routines with partner Brianne also scored him top marks, having successfully attempted the most dangerous move on ice, the head banger.

Laura also had the same move in her routine, which Jason branded as a ‘semi-finalist performance.’ The children’s TV presenter pulled out all the stops for her American style solo, Jason’s reaction ‘you amaze me.’

Chloe came in third position with 41/60. her first performance when her and partner Michael took a tumble may have affected their score but Ms Madeley didn’t let it get her down and made sure in her other two routines her skates didn’t leave the ice.

Johnson, on the other hand was not quite so lucky with his scores. The feedback from Jason on his first performance as that he lacked ‘pazzazz’. ‘If anyone was sleep deprived before they wouldn’t be know after watching your routine’ the judge said. Johnson’s solo also failed to impress him, with Jason telling him he was’ very exposed, awkward, unsteady on his feet and not on par with the other semi-finalists.’ ‘Six years ago he couldn’t walk’, said the former soldier’s skating partner.

In next week’s final, Sam, Laura and Chloe will perform a modern bolero and attempt to fly.