Dancing On Ice viewers were left unimpressed during Sunday’s episode of the show as they insisted the judges were favouring some celebrity contestants over others.
Taking to social media, fans claimed the panellists – Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo – were ‘over-marking’ stars including Adele Roberts, Amber Davies and Miles Nazaire, while Ricky Norwood was ‘stitched up’.
Radio DJ Adele, 44, and her professional partner Mark Hanretty opened Dancing On Ice with a speedy Charleston to Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles.
She scored 30 out of 40 possible points, with judge Oti saying it was a ‘brilliant way to open the show’.
Christopher said he was impressed with the volume and speed of the steps, while Ashley said he was a ‘huge fan of how much you jam-packed into the routine’.
Dancing On Ice viewers were left unimpressed during Sunday’s episode of the show as they insisted the judges were favouring some celebrity contestants over others (Adele Roberts and her professional partner Mark Hanretty pictured)
Fans claimed the panellists – Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo – were ‘over-marking’ stars including Adele Roberts, Amber Davies and Miles Nazaire (Miles pictured with his professional partner Vanessa Bauer)
Former Love Island contestant Amber, 27, performed a cha cha cha to Michael Buble’s Sway with partner Simon Proulx-Senecal.
She scored 34, the highest score of the series, beating Miles – who held that record for just a few minutes this week.
Asked about the risks she took with the bold routine, Amber said: ‘I am a bit of a daredevil, my mum and dad had a nightmare with me when I was younger.’
Made In Chelsea star Miles, 28, performed a ballet-inspired routine with partner Vanessa Bauer.
He scored 31.5 points, with judge Ashley hailing his ‘massive improvement’, while Jayne said his skating was ‘very silent and beautiful’.
Christopher said: ‘Who knew there was a (Rudolf) Nureyev lurking inside you?’
However, not all viewers agreed with the high scores – while some offered favourable views, others insisted the stars were ‘over-marked’.
One person wrote on Twitter: ‘Adele is good but tonight she slipped in that performance and was carried a lot in lifts. Judges ignored the mistakes. Overmarked tonight.’
Former Love Island contestant Amber performed a cha cha cha to Michael Buble’s Sway with partner Simon Proulx-Senecal
Amber scored 34, the highest score of the series, beating Miles – who held that record for just a few minutes this week
While someone else wrote: ‘Amber and Simon very good but no dancing on her own and gets 8.5 jeez….one rule for one!!’
Comparing Adele to fellow contestant Lou Sanders, another viewer commented: ‘Lou is a far stronger skater than Adele, these marks are very unfair again.’
And someone else remarked: ‘So Adele nearly fell when landing out of a lift, and she’s gets high scores and Lou doesn’t make any mistake and still gets low marks, what earth are they watching because we see totally something different.’
‘Adele should have only got 6.5 to be honest she was not staking fast enough or smooth enough for the moves that she was doing,’ offered another viewer.
Someone else posted: ‘I really love Amber & that was a great performance, but I’m struggling to understand how they can score her that high when she didn’t let go of Simon’s hand the entire time? Surely she needs to be skating a bit on her own.’
While another audience member at home wrote: ‘It’s crazy how Amber is at the top of the score board with 34.0. She didn’t skate once on her own and the others were way better than her routine. She’s from an ITV show why am I not surprised?’
Another viewer posted: ‘I thought Miles & Vanessa were overmarked, yes it was good, but not that good. Worth 7s.’
And someone else shared: ‘Of course Miles gets the highest score of the series coz his partner is Vanessa.’
Not all viewers agreed with the high scores – while some offered favourable views, others insisted the stars were ‘over-marked’
Comparing Miles to Ryan Thomas, another viewer shared: ‘I prefer Ryan to Miles. Miles is as bland as hell in comparison.’
While someone else wrote: ‘I give Miles and Vanessa 6.5. Really beautiful skating Miles, very expressive, but nowhere near enough ballet elements for me from you Miles, considering Vanessa’s beautiful ballet figures.’
Dancing On Ice fans jumped to Ricky Norwood’s defence during Sunday’s episode, complaining he’d been ‘stitched up’ with his routine.
The former EastEnders actor, 40, was said to have stormed out of training this week after just 15 minutes having had a furious argument with his professional skating partner Annette Dytrt on Thursday.
Viewers said they were not surprised Ricky was miffed as they took to social media during the show, after the former soap star performed in Lederhosen to, what Ricky described as, ‘a German folk remix’ of the song YMCA by Village People.
Shouting ‘oh, come on’ as he was awarded his points by the judges, Ricky seemed disappointed despite achieving 24 out of a possible 40 overall, his highest score of the series so far.
He was given a score of six by both Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse, 6.5 by Jayne Torvill and 5.5 by Christopher Dean, with Christopher telling him: ‘You had the flavour of the Bavarian dance,’ while Ashley said he was dressed as a ‘style icon’.
Dancing On Ice fans jumped to Ricky Norwood’s defence during Sunday’s episode, complaining he’d been ‘stitched up’ with his routine
The former EastEnders actor, 40, was said to have stormed out of training after just 15 minutes having had a furious argument with his professional skating partner Annette Dytrt on Thursday
Shouting ‘oh, come on’ as he was awarded his points by the judges, Ricky seemed disappointed despite achieving 24 out of a possible 40 overall, his highest score of the series
Many viewers thought Ricky had been marked unfairly and took to social media to express their views.
One person wrote on Twitter: ‘Ricky is better than that – stitched up much.’
While someone else wrote: ‘They stitched Ricky up there! That was the strangest music they’ve ever had on there.’
Someone else wrote: ‘No wonder Ricky was losing it this week being given this dross to dance to.’
Another viewer posted: ‘Ricky deserved more, do they hate him, that version of YMCA…’
While another show can commented: ‘Ricky is a good sport with his attitude. Well done. Don’t let the judges pull you down! #DancingOnIce At least you can skate without holding on to your partner for dear life!’
‘I feel like they did Ricky dirty,’ wrote someone else, while another viewer remarked: ‘The routine wasn’t up to much and the music was awful but Ricky is doing his best to improve and he skates on his own.’
Comparing him to former Love Island star Amber Davies, someone else wrote: ‘Thought Ricky deserved higher score he did a lot of skating on his own – I appreciate lifts take some work but Amber barely skated in comparison.’
Many viewers thought Ricky had been marked unfairly and took to social media to express their view
Someone else wrote: ‘Poor Ricky and Lou get constantly under marked every week, Claire Sweeney gets dragged around the ice every performance and they’re excusing her rubbish routines.’
It comes after it was reported Ricky stormed out of rehearsals this week after an argument with his professional skating partner Annette.
A source told The Sun: ‘Ricky was trying to work on his posture but Annette was getting frustrated that he was not grasping it.
‘He felt that Annette was treating him like a kid and was clearly frustrated at her lack of patience.
‘Ricky stormed off the ice and threw his skates off in a rage while shouting “I’m done” and “f*** this”.
Ricky reportedly stormed out of Dancing On Ice training and threatened to quit the show this week
‘Annette is a perfectionist and wants to shine on the show, given that it is her first series.’
MailOnline contacted ITV for comment.
Ricky was axed from playing Arthur ‘Fatboy’ Chubb on EastEnders back in 2015, after five years on the soap.
Dancing On Ice continues on Sunday 11 February at 6.20pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
DANCING ON ICE: MEET THE 2024 CONTESTANTS
RICKY HATTON
AGE: 44
PROFESSION: Former pro boxer
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘If I can hold my nerve in the boxing ring I should be able to hold my nerve in the ice rink’
HANNAH SPEARRITT
AGE: 42
PROFESSION: SINGER
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I’m really excited about learning a new skill. It’s so easy to live your comfortable life and that aspect of mixing things up is very appealing’
GREG RUTHERFORD
AGE: 36
PROFESSION: Athlete
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘I like a challenge and I needed a reason to go out and do stuff again and here we are. I want to perform something that’s never been done before, that’s my aim.’
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards
AGE: 59
PROFESSION: OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘Dancing on Ice is a show I’ve always wanted to do. It’s a challenge I think I’m going to relish!’
RICKY NORWOOD
AGE: 40
PROFESSION: EastEnders star
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘It’s come at such a great time in life. I can’t skate at all! No rehearsals as yet, I’ve just had some physiotherapy to strengthen the body.’
RYAN THOMAS
AGE: 39
PROFESSION: Corrie star
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘Everyone keeps asking me, “are you doing it?” I’ve told everyone!’
CLAIRE SWEENEY
AGE: 52
PROFESSION: ACTRESS
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I am stepping into the unknown here. I don’t know how I will feel. But I am very excited.’
AMBER DAVIES
AGE: 26
PROFESSION: WEST END STAR
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I would definitely say that I’m an adrenaline junkie but I do get more nervous as I get older and I hope that I can contain them’
MILES NAZAIRE
AGE: 27
PROFESSION: REALITY STAR
WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘I’ve always loved to dance but it’s usually on a dance floor on a Saturday night and Dancing on Ice looks so difficult.’
LOU SANDERS
AGE: 37
PROFESSION: COMEDIAN
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I’m nervous about cracking my head open, or just bashing the old head. I can’t afford to lose any more brain cells.’
ADELE ROBERTS
AGE: 44
PROFESSION: RADIO PRESENTER
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘It’s ”bricking it on ice” for me! I think the hardest part is putting myself out there as I usually hide away’
ROXY SHAHIDI
AGE: 40
PROFESSION: Emmerdale star
WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I can’t ice-skate. I haven’t really said anything to anyone but mainly because I’m so nervous about it!’
