Singer Sinitta is the first to slip off the ice – in a ripping performance

Singer Sinitta was the first celebrity to be voted off Dancing on Ice last night after a costly mistake in the skate-off.

The So Macho pop star, 41, ripped her ice skating partner Andrei Lipanov’s trousers when a lift went wrong.

After being told she was leaving the TV show, a shocked Sinitta said : “I had such high hopes for this.

“I was starting to love it. I can hardly speak.”

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The first live show in the new series had seen the seven female celebrities attempt to impress the judges.

Next week, it will be the turn of the seven men taking part.

Sinitta, wearing a bright pink outfit, took to the rink for the skate-off after being told she was in the bottom two after the judges’ scores were combined with the public vote.

Joining her in the bid to avoid elimination was Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies.

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But as Sinitta came to the end of her routine, the blade of her skate cut through her partner’s trousers, leaving a hole in the material.

He was not hurt, but Sinitta was crying as she left the floor to speak to hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

Skating star Jayne Torvill, who with Christopher Dean, trains the celebrities, said the performance had been going “beautifully” up to that point.

Fighting back tears, Sinitta said she was “gutted”.