Brian McFadden will be taking part in Sunday night's edition of Dancing On Ice, despite suffering a serious injury in rehearsals.
The former Westlife star, 38, took a tumble on the rink on Saturday while perfecting his routine with pro partner Alex Murphy, ahead of his Sunday night debut.
But while it was touch-and-go whether doctors would give him the green light to skate, MailOnline can reveal he will be pushing on through.
The show must go on! Brian McFadden will be taking part in Sunday night's edition of Dancing On Ice, despite suffering an injury in rehearsals
A Dancing On Ice insider revealed: 'Brian is focused and ready to go and smash it tonight in his performance, with Alex.
'He has been having physio today and, with Alex’s guidance and support, they are both ready to go out and give a fabulous performance on their first week in the competition.'
This comes after Brian said, via ITV, how 'frustrated' he was, but that it was 'out of his hands'.
Earlier on Sunday, the singer said: 'This is really frustrating for me because for weeks I’ve been nervous about getting here and nervous about just doing my first dress rehearsal in the studio.
Soldiering on: A Dancing On Ice insider revealed that 'Brian is focused and ready to go and smash it tonight in his performance, with Alex. He has been having physio today and, with Alex’s guidance and support, they are both ready to go out and give a fabulous performance'
Ouch! Brian's injury involved a partially dislocated shoulder and a damaged rotator cuff
'I do it and I love it and I was so happy, so relaxed, ready to go and this stupid shoulder has literally put me right back to the start again. But now I’m nervous and I don’t know what’s gonna happen.'
He went on: 'It’s so annoying cause all the work I’ve put in to get here and I felt so good after the dress rehearsal I was like, "yes I’m ready to go", and then now to possibly not even being able to do the show because of an injury. So annoying. So frustrating. And such a
