Dancing On Ice has got off to a tumultuous start with two unforeseen exits and two replacements drafted in.
The latest from the ITV skating competition is that despite getting off to a promising start, Rufus Hound has had to leave the competition due to a positive coronavirus test.
The actor and comedian's exit comes just after Denise Van Outen was forced to quit after a fall which left her with three bone fractures in her shoulder as well as a partial dislocation.
Denise's replacement, Olympic gymnast Amy Tinker, already made her debut last week but the new couple replacing Rufus will be Matt Richardson and his pro-skater partner Vicky Ogden.
And he very nearly didn't make it on the show at all.
He told ITV's Lorraine Kelly on Friday: "I was nearly at the end of my being a stand-in, and I had gotten ready to finish, so it is a bit of a surprise.
"I have done exactly the same amount of training as everyone else, I was just doing it off-camera and not doing the show on a Sunday so I started in October, five days a week since then."
He added: "I think actually for me it is the best thing that they have bounced me in, I haven't had much time to think about it, I have just got to go for it without too much trepidation and hopefully it will go alright.
"Ultimately if it goes horribly, I am a comedian, so it was very much on purpose."
And he's already been injured during the process and says he blames DOI judge Christopher Dean.
"I was injured. It was entirely Christopher Dean’s fault, I think even he knows that deep down," Matt said.
"On the masterclass day, I went to skate and I was terrible and they said the problem was my limbs, which isn't ideal.
"He gave me a pole to skate with to stop my arms moving and as I was skating with the pole, I caught the front of my blade and went over the front of the pole and because I was holding something I couldn't put my hands out to stop myself so my face took all of the fall.
"I ended up being sent home with concussion and a black eye."
