Former Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan managed to shrug off an apparent injury sustained during rehearsals to dazzle the Dancing on Ice judges and the voting viewers.

James, who lives near Maidstone with wife and dance partner Ola, was filmed nursing an elbow injury by co-star Brain Mcfadden in behind-the-scenes footage shot just hours before he was due to perform.

The former Medway schoolboy earlier admitted to being incredibly nervous about tonight's show and said: "I'm loving this whole experience and hope you enjoy my performance this evening."

Tonight's episode saw Jordan, who is partnered with Alexandra Schauman, skate through to the next round to Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes.

He was awarded 9.0 marks across the board - which wasn't enough to pass Love Island rival Wes Nelson who secured 9.5 from each of the four judges.

Last week he was told to stop playing it safe by the judges, which include Olympic Gold Medallists Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

The latest injury comes after James previously suffered a nasty hip injury during training.

He has already admitted to suffering terrible nerves in the run-up to performing on the popular prime-time TV show hosted by Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

The ITV show earlier tweeted Westlife singer McFadden and skating professional Hamish Gaman re-arranging Jordan's neat and tidy dressing room as a prank.

Jordan appeared on BBC1's Strictly for seven years until 2013. Dance and real-life parter Ola continued on the show for another series before quitting.

She later injured her leg on Channel 4's The Jump when she took part in 2014.