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Dancing on Ice starts on Sunday

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Sparklefizz Sat 15-Jan-22 11:12:06

Hooray! I like this as a 2nd best to Strictly. Don't like Holly & Phil but have to tolerate them to enjoy the skating.

TillyTrotter Sun 23-Jan-22 20:17:54

I missed it Sparklefizz , although I know who left the show.
I’ll try and watch the show on catch-up TV tomorrow.
I don’t know who Connor or Regan are (feeling old!!).

Sparklefizz Sun 23-Jan-22 20:13:13

Anyone watch tonight?

Steph's fall during rehearsals looked awful. She was brave to carry on.

Connor was good, I thought, and Regan was excellent.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 19-Jan-22 10:36:08

lemsip

Rachel Stevens pulled out now due to injury. can the show go on?

It carried on last year whilst people had two weeks out isolating due to Covid along with resting injuries.

TillyTrotter Wed 19-Jan-22 10:30:37

Oh I’ve just read she will rest and return (hopefully).

TillyTrotter Wed 19-Jan-22 10:28:21

There will be someone to step in for poor Rachel I’m sure.

Sparklefizz Wed 19-Jan-22 10:21:10

Oh no! I won't miss Bez but poor Rachel .....

lemsip Wed 19-Jan-22 09:53:57

Rachel Stevens pulled out now due to injury. can the show go on?

Zoejory Mon 17-Jan-22 22:56:02

Bez testing positive will probably not cause too much trouble.

Only 5 days for isolating and he's not due to skate this coming Sunday

Of course he'll miss some practicing but I doubt that will affect him

lemsip Mon 17-Jan-22 22:20:24

Bez has tested positive for covid so things will be disrupted

lemsip Mon 17-Jan-22 13:20:56

sally dynevor from corrie done very well. she is 58 too.

Zoejory Mon 17-Jan-22 12:11:25

DoI is not just about getting novices to be able to skate, it's also an entertainment programme. And a personality programme. I'm sure Bez will be in for a few weeks yet. He was funny. People like him. They voted for him.

Not many people know Ria. She certainly didn't deserve to be in the skate off but she just isn't as well known a celebrity

Grandmadinosaur Mon 17-Jan-22 12:02:15

There is an audience in this series vickymeldrew but I get DOI isn’t for everyone.
Being a Strictly fan it has a bit of interest in with Brendan who was brilliant. Also interesting seeing Oti on the other side as a judge. Having said that I can just dip in and out watching the bits of interest. Yes the skate off result was a strange one!

Kim19 Mon 17-Jan-22 03:01:27

Yep, Bez was indeed the comic act and I appreciated him in that role. However to vote him in over Ria is utterly ridiculous and hurtful to her. I'm off.

vickymeldrew Sun 16-Jan-22 22:29:25

Can’t warm to this programme at all I’m afraid. No live music, just tracks. Constant cheering and clapping which is obviously dubbed in afterwards. No audience either - the only people in the seats are friends of contestants and other skaters.
All fake.

Hellogirl1 Sun 16-Jan-22 22:04:09

That voting result was ridiculous!

lavendermine Sun 16-Jan-22 21:12:11

Good show. Brendan was excellent.
Ria should not be in the skate off!

Sweetpeasue Sun 16-Jan-22 20:23:41

I'll be honest, I was disappointed.
However I did think Brendan did extremely well for a first dance and seemed very confident on the ice.
It must be much harder for a male beginner as they have the job of lifting the female skater around.
I look forward to seeing the next lot
Think I'll be recording it though as it stretches out far too long with the ads. .

EllanVannin Sun 16-Jan-22 20:13:05

I enjoyed it and didn't Brendon do well ? As did the others really but I can't understand the skate-off so early in the series.

Bobbysgirl19 Sun 16-Jan-22 20:05:37

Just watched it and shocked that she has landed in the
skate off!

Sparklefizz Sun 16-Jan-22 20:04:48

Great dancing from the pro skaters, especially the opening one.

Ria does NOT deserve to be in the skate-off. I thought she was great.

I didn't get the judges' votes for Kye. To me he didn't seem that good, but then I know nothing. sad

I thought it was a very enjoyable show. Do you think Holly puts on a cardi in the breaks? She must be frozen.

gillgran Sun 16-Jan-22 19:59:31

Another one of my favourite programmes.
I'm a great fan of Jane Torville & Christopher Dean, ( also like Ashley Banjo, & Oti M.,).

As on Strictly, the pro skaters work really hard. ( I've just watched & enjoyed.)

Ohhh, Bez!! Shame for the girl in the skate off.

Sweetpeasue Sun 16-Jan-22 16:43:15

This will be a welcome distraction for me. I will definitely be watching. Sounds like at least 3 celebs with dancing experience. I absolutely love professional ice dancing but it's so much more difficult for most of the celebs to achieve anything that can resemble a high standard, compared to Strictly. It will be interesting to see what Brendan Cole can achieve.

EllanVannin Sun 16-Jan-22 14:58:01

I only know that Sally and Bez are performing, don't know any others in the line-up.

Charleygirl5 Sun 16-Jan-22 14:27:15

I am looking forward to watching it but I doubt if I will "know" more than Brendan Cole and Sally from Corrie.

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 16-Jan-22 14:24:55

Never watched it. Probably never will. But for those who haven’t heard of Bez, he was a member of the Happy Mondays, a Manchester Band discovered by Tony Wilson. Bez danced at the front and played maracas.