Dancing On Ice in new fix row as fans claim judges overmarked two contestants
DANCING On Ice fans have claimed that the judges overmarked two contestants on Sunday night.
Last week saw the remaining celebrities in the competition show off their best dance moves for Movie Week.
Many weren’t happy with Ashley Banjo, Oti Mabuse and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s scoring and took to Twitter to complain.
One viewer wrote: “Kimberley was definitely overmarked. Both Brendan’s routine and Regan’s routine were much better #DancingOnIce
Another said: “No way should Kimberly be top of the leaderboard! Her and the Zebra are the most overmarked routines I’ve ever seen on this show. #dancingonice.”
“All the women were overmarked, kimberley was good but not top of the leader board good especially when several of the guys were better & skated solo,” a third chimed in.
A fourth added: “we need some new judges, totally overmarked.”
Pussycat Doll star Kimberly Wyatt, 39, and partner Mark Hanretty topped the leaderboard with an impressive 34 out of 40.
Meanwhile Liberty Poole, 22 – who was dressed as a zebra while dancing to I Like To Move It from Madagascar – scored 27 out of a possible 40.
Others also pointed out how the Love Island favourite had a “wobble” on the ice, and should have been sent home instead of Ria Hebden, 38.
One fan tweeted: “They keep mentioning Ria’s wobble, so why did the judges not mention Liberty’s wobble? I thought Ria did a lot on her own and deserved a better score.”
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While another said: “Liberty wasn’t great this week. Which is a shame,”
Another commented: “Quite surprised at the #DancingOnIce result tonight. Both Ria and Rachel skated really well. Bez and Sally or Bez and Liberty should have been bottom 2.”
This isn’t the first time viewers have been left unhappy with the scores.
Last month they claimed that Stef Reid was also undermarked by the judges after the second instalment of the ITV show.
The track and field Paralympian took to the ice for the first time on 23 January alongside professional skating partner Andy Buchanan.
She wowed viewers at home as she performed her first routine to KC and the Sunshine Band’s hit Give It Up using a specially-designed prosthetic leg.
But sadly they only received sixes across the board.
One viewer at home labelled the score “harsh”.
“I definitely agree with the studio audience that you deserved higher marks,” another fan said on Twitter.
Ria Hebden found herself at the bottom of the leaderboard for the second week running on Sunday, after she survived the skate-off against rugby player Ben Foden the weekend before.
But despite her best efforts it was second time unlucky for the TV presenter as the judges unanimously decided to save Rachel Stevens.
The duo found themselves in the skate-off despite the fact that Bez came bottom of the leaderboard.
The celebs still in the competition are Kimberly Wyatt, The Vamps star Connor Bell, BMX Olympic hero Kye Whyte, Strictly’s Brendan Cole, Rachel Stevens – Liberty Poole, son of legendary footballer Paul Gascoigne Regan Gascoigne, Paralympic medallist Stef Reid, Happy Mondays legend Bez and Sally Dynevor.