09-02-2025
ITV Dancing on Ice fans issue same complaint and say 'it's ridiculous'
ITV Dancing on Ice fans issued the same complaint during Sunday's (February 9) show as the judges gave their first set of scores of the evening.
The ice skating contest, hosted by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern was back on TV screens and this week the dreaded Dance Off returns, which will see the two lowest-scoring celebrities battling it out to win a place in next week's show.
Each week the celebrities must learn an ice skating routine to impress judges Oti Mabuse, Ashley Banjo, Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean.
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First up to perform this evening was former football Anton Ferdinand with his partner Annette Dytrt. They performed to Ricky Martin's Livin' la vida loca.
They received a total score of 34 from the judges, with each one awarding them 8.5.
But viewers felt that the judges were too generous with their scores and took to X to voice their complaints. @i71Sheriff wrote: 'This show really needs a judge who really tells it like it is, everything is so overmarked'
@xxncisaddictxx added: 'Oti calls Anton stiff but still scores him high' @NoirLox said: 'The scores seems so high this year. I'm not seeing what the judges are seeing.'
@DavidBedwell said: 'Anton getting an 8.5 for that is ridiculous. They've clearly scored too high too early in the series. That was pretty basic. Slow transitions' @IndeedItsMark added: '8.5. Overmarked there IMHO. Yes lots of lifts but actual dancing I thought was minimal'
@fansvfavourites wrote: 'overmarked again! but who's surprised….' and @dollynoocat added: 'well overmarked'
Some viewers felt that Anton performed well, but still felt that he was overmarked. @xxncisaddictxx said: 'It wasn't bad but that was not an 8.5 it looked like he struggled in the lifts.' @rogernook added: 'Good start strong lifts and confident skating Anton 7.0 from me'
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