Why is gareth thomas out of dancing on ice

The former rugby player withdrew from the hit ITV show last night after he could only perform one of his two planned routines with partner Robin Johnstone, forcing bosses to scrap the usual viewers' vote. This Morning host Phillip Schofield said Thomas was too ill to make a planned appearance on today's show. He said: "We hoped, obviously, that he'd be here this morning, but he has gone to see his doctor so he can't be here. Off to the doctors' so he's feeling better today I think, but what a shocker.

Schofield, who also presents Dancing on Ice, said: "You can tell when you look at someone and think 'he's on the brink of fainting' or that certainly something is not right, and as I said before, he's a big guy, if he was to go down none of us would be able to stop him hitting the deck. Viewers wanting a refund for their phone vote were told to check the Dancing On Ice website for details. Thomas, bursting out of his lycra dancing costume, scored And last night Thomas could only perform one of his two planned routines with partner Robin Johnstone.

Viewers wanting a refund for their phone vote were told to check the Dancing On Ice website today for details. Thomas, bursting out of his lycra dancing costume, scored Despite feeling sick, the Welshman finished his first dance, to Coldplay's Viva La Vida, and won praise from judge Ashley Roberts, the former Pussycat Doll, with her applauding his "transformation" during the course of the show.

He saw a doctor, and supported by his mother, the decision was taken to withdraw him from the competition. They then equalled that with their final dance, to Michael Jackson's Bad, which brought a full top marks from Jason Gardiner, the notoriously hard-to-please judge. ES Money. Literally having to lower the harness so that he could vomit in a bin on the ice during training, Gareth went on to struggle through his first live performance and then, following medical advice, was unable to perform his aerial act.

While Gareth immediately suffered with nausea from being elevated above the rink, it was a week of triumphs for Matt, as he stormed to the head of the leader board with two top-scoring performances. Two scores of 39 out of 40 for both their flying and regular performances earned them top spot on the leader board again. But, as the only female performing the aerial act, as well being the only celebrity skater not to have been in a skate-off, Beth pulled it out the bag in her second performance to Angels.