Donal MacIntyre insisted today that winning was not his priority in the 'Dancing On Ice' final this weekend.
Contestants will perform a bolero, a new routine and a previous favourite in the showdown.
MacIntyre, 42, will go head to head with favourite Ray Quinn, 20, and singer Jessica Taylor, 28.
Speaking at a press conference in London, MacIntyre said: "I don't want to win. That's not my journey - for Ray and Jessica I think it probably is they want to win. For me it is only about enjoying the ride. I shouldn't be here.
"My motivation to be in the final is to be the best I can be... Trying to win is something that's outside your control."
The investigative journalist, who said he had not thought he stood a "chance in hell" of making the final, added: "If I don't get to do the bolero I won't be too disappointed because it requires me to throw myself on my bruised bum and hip at speed, in that classic ending."
Speaking about the amazing opportunity being the show gave him, MacIntyre said: "Christopher Dean is helping me skate forward. It's the equivalent of Michael Phelps helping my grandmother do the doggy paddle. It's a complete waste of their creative energies."
MacIntyre said he thought Dancing on Ice was the only celebrity show where there was no pampering.
He said: "I think you're probably treated better in the jungle.”
Comparing being in the show with going under cover, MacIntyre said he had covered himself with a spray tan, worn sequins and changed his body by losing 40lbs.
"Of course, there are no death threats afterwards," he joked.
He said he had initially been reluctant to do the show, but his children, aged six and two, love it.
