Mikey Graham voted off 'Dancing On Ice'

Mikey Graham has become the ninth celebrity to be voted off this series of Dancing On Ice.

The Boyzone star and his professional partner Melanie Lambert found themselves in the skate-off alongside Danniella Westbrook and Matthew Gonzalez when the judges' scores and the viewers' votes had been added together.

Both couples then had to repeat their routines in an attempt to convince judges Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Emma Bunton and Robin Cousins to keep them in the competition.

Barber began the voting by choosing to save Westbrook, but Slater went on to save Graham, claiming that the performance had "moved" him. Gardiner opted to keep Graham and Bunton chose Westbrook, meaning that Cousins had the final decision.

"One spin does not a performance make," he said. "I save Danniella."

His choice meant that Graham had to leave the competition. After hearing the decision, the singer said that he had had an "amazing" time and paid tribute to his late bandmate Stephen Gately, who competed on the show in 2007.

"You know, there comes a time at the end of every party when it's time to leave. I really have had the most amazing journey," he said.

"It's been such an adventure. Publicly and personally this has given me such an amazing feeling all through, and I want to thank Stephen up there and my family."

Dancing On Ice continues next Sunday at 7.10pm on ITV1.