Dancing On Ice star's 'place on show hangs in the balance after they suffered painful knee injury which may leave them unable to skate'

Claire Sweeney's place on Dancing On Ice this week is reportedly hanging in the balance after she suffered a nasty injury during rehearsals. Dancing On Ice viewers branded Ricky Hatton 'the new Todd Carty' as the retired boxer took to the rink during the series opener on Sunday Ricky's routine left fans comparing him to former EastEnders star Todd Carty, who competed on the show in 2009 and became known for his extensive mishaps Taking to Twitter, one person wrote: 'It's taken a fair few years. During his time on the show, Todd hurtled off the rink and straight out of the studio as he fought to stop himself falling to the ground Skating alongside his partner Susie Lipanova, suddenly the former EastEnders actor lost his balance and flew down the tunnel and off stage, while Susie completed the routine alone Ricky and his professional partner Robin are facing the first skate-off in next week's Dancing On Ice He received 12.5 points from judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse, leaving them placed at bottom of the leaderboard And another viewer joked: 'Going to vote for Ricky Hatton just to mess it up.' Hannah Spearritt took to the ice with her professional partner Andy Buchanan, performing to Break Free by Ariane Grande Hannah became emotional as she talked about her time as a singer in S Club 7 and said she'd had an extremely tough year following the death of her former bandmate Paul Cattermole Love Island winner and West End star Amber Davies received praise for a 'beautiful' performance as the show returned on Sunday. Former Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas and partner Amani Fancy topped the leaderboard with 26.5 points from the judges Ryan gave fans a glimpse at his preparations for Sunday's Dancing On Ice as he got a spray tan ahead of the show Love Island winner and West End star Amber Davies received praise for a 'beautiful' performance as the show returned on Sunday Olympian Greg Rutherford was seen jumping across the rink as he skated to Queen's Don't Stop Me Now along with professional Vanessa James.