When I'm in a tough spot, Tom is my guiding light

DANCING ON ICE'S SIVA

- KATIE BEGLEY

Siva Kaneswaran is determined to make the final of Dancing on Ice so he can honour his late bandmate Tom Parker in front of his widow and their children.

The Wanted singer says Tom, who was only 33 when he died of a brain tumour last year, is his "guiding light" who he turns to when times are tough as he feels his constant presence.

The Irishman admits he has needed his mate more than ever after battling back from illness to survive the skate-off last weekend on the ITV1 show.

"When I get into a tough situation, I'm really down, or I'm in a difficult spot, I'll be like, 'What would Tom do?" he confesses. "I get the answer I need. I use that as my guiding light.

So what advice would Tom be giving him to boost his confidence ahead of tomorrow night's show?

"He would just be like, 'Go for it, get on with it and do your best. All you can do is your best and leave it to fate'. I'm putting in blood, sweat and tears this week.

Tom passed away on March 30 last year, less than two years after he was diagnosed with the inoperable tumour.