Sinitta: 'My children think I won Dancing On Ice'

Dancing On Ice reject Sinitta plans to keep her children in the dark about her exit from the show.

The 80s pop singer, who helps Simon Cowell mentor his contestants on The X Factor, revealed that four-year-old daughter Magdalena and three-year-old son Zac think she won ITV's ice-skating competition.

The youngsters were confused when they saw their mother being presented with a consolation bouquet from ITV1's This Morning after her exit from the show.

She said: "They think I won, actually, with the fact I got to skate again and be skated off with flowers, so they're quite happy - I don't think it's necessary to tell them otherwise. Maybe when they're old enough to take it.

Out: But Sinitta's children are being kept in the dark

"It's quite funny. They accepted my flowers from This Morning, and told me 'Yay mummy, you're the champion'."

Sinitta - real name Sinitta Malone - and partner Andrei Lipanov were voted off by the judges after a skate-off with Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, following a disastrous turn on the frog lift.

The 41-year-old now backs actress Hayley Tamaddon to walk away with the crown.

She said her former fiance Cowell had been in touch.

"He called me last night from Los Angeles directly afterwards, and he told me not to worry, and said 'You've still got your job with me on The X Factor, and you don't need to skate to do that'," she said.

"He was a bit relieved that at least I hadn't got hurt or stayed long enough to do anything where I could have got hurt."

She would have liked to stay in the competition but knew others were stronger skaters.

"I feel a sense of loss, because I was looking forward to being involved and hopefully for a while, and I had made an emotional, mental and physical commitment for the next couple of months at least," she said.

"I didn't expect to win it because I know there are much stronger skaters than me but I knew I had room for a lot of improvement because I started from scratch."

She added: "I want to keep this fitness level for as long as I can, and maybe it'll be a useful skill to have for the future. Maybe I'll skate on Simon's swimming pool for the judges."