Dancing On Ice finalist Colin Jackson calls himself a ‘perfectionist’ as he battles Faye Brookes and Sonny Jay for crown
DANCING On Ice finalist Colin Jackson has confessed that he is a "perfectionist" as he battles Faye Brookes and Sonny Jay for the crown.
The Olympic champ will go head to head with Corrie's Faye and Capital Radio's Sonny in tonight's grand final of the ITV show.
Colin, who at 54 is the oldest contestant in the competition, told The Sun: "Everyone says I'm competitive which I am, and I'm a perfectionist.
"Nothing wrong with that. The line-up, there are so many people with strengths that are in this show.
"I wouldn't be able to call who the favourites to win are because so many different people are bringing different skills.
"It's a lovely little family, we try and encourage each other as much as we can. We have a WhatsApp group and we’re always talking."
Meanwhile Colin said he feared breaking his "ribs and hip" after five stars have been forced out of this year's show with nasty injuries.
Bosses have been forced to end the series early after a spate of injuries and Covid-19 dropouts.
Producers took the decision to bring the ITV show’s final forward to March 14, rather than March 21, due to a lack of celebrities.
In an exclusive chat with The Sun, Colin, who is one of the final five contestants in the 13th series of Dancing on Ice, said: "I absolutely love it.
"I'm not going to lie, it's absolutely one of the toughest challenges I've done.
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"Because of the fear factor, so fear one, that I'm not in my 20s. So you have the sense of, 'Oh my God, suppose I end up on the floor. I'm going to break my ribs. I'm gonna break my hip', so that's in your mind.
"In my mind, I feel like I'm in my 20s, so I feel like I can do box splits and jumps and everything."
He added: "But when you start to do things your body just aches a little bit more than it should do. So you kind of get used to that as well.
"But what has happened is I'm learning to be a skilled first skater, which is more important. So I'll act my age and not my shoe size. To borrow the phrase from Prince."