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DANCING On Ice's Saara Aalto bashed her head during a last minute rehearsal last night - leaving pro skater Hamish Gaman in tears.

Ex DOI contestant Kem Cetinay told how the 31-year-old singer fell head first between her partner's legs and shared an unseen clip of the terrifying fall on This Morning today.

 Hamish Damon attends to Saara Aalto after she flips and bangs her head on the ice
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Hamish Damon attends to Saara Aalto after she flips and bangs her head on the iceCredit: ITV

As they watched the footage, DOI host Holly Willoughby screeched: "Oh I haven't seen this but oh god, oh no.
"We knew it had happened because we looked at her shoulder, and her whole shoulder was all grazed."

And Kem replied: "I was there and I saw it, all the medics ran out.

"I caught up with Hamish afterwards and he was so emotional, he was crying.

 The Finnish singer looks shaken as she's escorted off the rink and medical staff clean her wounds
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The Finnish singer looks shaken as she's escorted off the rink and medical staff clean her woundsCredit: ITV
 Kem Cetinay an Bobby Norris chatted to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about Sunday's live show
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Kem Cetinay an Bobby Norris chatted to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about Sunday's live showCredit: ITV

"He said, 'It was just before we  went out, 30 seconds, we were just practising, she slipped, face straight on the ice.'

In the video, Saara faces Hamish and flips into her partner but fail to complete the full spin and smashes her head.

Medical staff rush over to check the star and a member of staff cleans her wound at the sidelines before she goes back on to perform in the live show.

 Saara Aalto and Hamish Damon impressed fans with their fantasy performance, dressed as a pair of puppets
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 Saara Aalto and Hamish Damon impressed fans with their fantasy performance, dressed as a pair of puppetsCredit: ITV

Seconds later the pair, dressed as puppets, performed a flawless routine and completed the dangerous move without a hitch.

Despite the thud, Saara and Hamish found themselves top of the leader board and sailed through to the next week.

Saira Khan was sent home and Gemma Collins also survived, but was at the centre of another 'fix' row.

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Meanwhile, Saara recently asked her girlfriend Meri to marry her.

There is no word on when their wedding will be yet - though Saara has said it will "hopefully" happen later this year.

They certainly won't need a wedding singer with Saara - who can sing the Frozen soundtrack in 16 different languages - around.


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