Dancing on Ice star Dominic Cork will be cheered on this weekend by England Ashes legend Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff. Cork who survived the tense skate-off last weekend will be looking to improve from last week and having the support of Flintoff will certainly spur him on.

Cork who has been a consistent performer in the competition so far, was disappointed at being in the bottom 2 last weekend,

“I felt that I had skated well enough to go through to this week’s show so finding out I was in the bottom two was devastating’

The 39-year-old continued,

“Unfortunately for Steven Arnold he left the show but it is up to me to make sure I am not in the bottom two this week”

Cork who featured for England an impressive 37 times taking 131 wickets played with Flintoff in the England set-up and at county level with Lancashire. The pair have remained close friends ever since.

Cork will be hoping that the added bonus of having his friend Freddie there will spur him on,

“Having Freddie there will make a huge difference, knowing that your friends are in the audience routing for you can help give you get that extra bit of motivation on the night”

“He is a real legend of English cricket and although he has been giving me some stick for the costumes I have been wearing he really wants me to succeed”

Flintoff has already been to visit Dominic in training this week and is excited for his former team mate, he said,

“Corky is a great bloke and I really want him to go all the way in the competition, I think it was a little unfair that he ended up in the bottom two last week”

“If he stays in the competition it means I get to give him some more stick for the costumes he wears, but I have to give him credit, it looks incredibly difficult- they make it seem so easy on televison!”

“I just want to urge everyone that watches on Sunday night to vote for Corky- he’s a legend!”