Hair today: The previously bald Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner revealed the results of his £12,000 hair transplant live on the show's grand final tonight It's a secret he'd literally been keeping under his hat - but tonight Dancing On Ice's acid-tongued judge Jason Gardiner unveiled his new hair transplant live during the grand final.
The 39-year-old Australian was so bowled over by children's TV presenter Laura Hamilton's performance on the rink that he doffed his trilby to her - and revealed the layer of dark brown growth on his previously shiny pate.
Jason flashed the fuzz after Laura and partner Colin Ratushniak landed straight 10s from all three judges for their routine to the Pointer Sisters' I'm So Excited.
Hats off: The judge decided to literally take his hat off in salute to Laura Hamilton's perfect 10s after her routine in the grand final to The Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited As he shocked the crowd with his unveiling, he said: 'Laura I have to say I take my hat off to you - incredible! You have just proven why you are in this competition. You just took it to another level.'
Surprised co-host Holly Willoughby gasped afterwards: 'I'm almost sepeechless about what was under the hat!' It's understood Jason spent £12,000 on the procedure where follicles are taken from the back of the head on embedded into the crown.
It had been rumoured before the final that the judge would be unveiling his thatch on the show, but that was denied by host Phillip Schofield at the start.
As he and Holly addressed the viewers, he said that instead Jason would be debuting his new do on tomorrow's This Morning - however, he was soon proved wrong to the delight of the studio audience.
Jason had been enthusing about his new thatch on his official Twitter page earlier in the day - and revealed he was already preparing to have a second operation.
He told his 60,000 followers: 'I will have a second one in order to get back all the hair I lost. The medical technology these days is just remarkable!
'It is quite miraculous what they can do these days. Dr Ziering is a genius! x Thank you I'm very happy with the results.'
Mail Online can reveal that the Dr Ziering in question has more than 19 years of experience as a hair transplant surgeon based in Southern California, at Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, and in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It's not known exactly when and which clinic Jason had the operation in however.
Chloe Madeley meanwhile denied that she had needed a rink-side psychothearapist to overcome her nerves ahead of the final.
The show's announcer revealed: 'She said that the only shrink she needs is bubble wrap around her bruises.'
Hair we go: Jason Gardiner was so impressed with Laura that he revealed his new hair transplant in her honour - but the public voted for Sam Chloe's father Richard Madeley, who was sat in the audience with wife Judy Finnegan, also heckled the judges at one point after he felt they marked her too low for her routine to (I've Had) The Time Of My Life from Dirty Dancing.
Richard's heckling wasn't enough to save his daughter however, and after the first public vote, she was off the show, meaning she landed first place on the show.
The remaining two couples, Sam Attwater and Brianne Delcourt and Laura and Colin were then left to battle it out and skate the routine made famous by the show's chief coaches, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean - the legendary Bolero.
Judges votes no longer counted - and it was solely down to the public to decided who would be the Dancing On Ice 2011 champion - and they decided on Sam, despite Laura's perfect 10s.
Jason Gardiner's life changing Hair Transplant
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