An ITV spokesperson said: "Alex Murphy will not be appearing in the next series and we wish her all the best for the future...
Each series the Dancing On Ice team looks at our existing lineup and explores opportunities to potentially introduce some new faces to the skating professional team.She had previously appeared in the Dutch version of DOI, alongside Disney on Ice productions and travelling the world as a cruise ship performer.It was during a 2012 cruise that Alex suffered a stroke as the ship sailed near the Canary Islands.She spent a week in a hospital in Tenerife, and then a week in a hospital in Miami.Alex said of the terrifying ordeal: "They couldn’t find out just what it was in the Canary Islands after a week.“I had a headache.
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