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Dancing on Ice starts on ITV this Sunday

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Sparklefizz Sat 13-Jan-24 10:14:14

Dancing on Ice begins this Sunday 14th with almost no fanfare compared to Strictly, but almost as enjoyable I find.

I'm looking forward to it.... will you join me? smile

gillgran Sun 21-Jan-24 20:14:22

Great to watch Jane & Chris on the ice, I still enjoy & admire them.
We did have a couple of very short power cuts during DOI, but I didn't miss much, (one was in the adverts!!)

gillgran Sun 21-Jan-24 20:03:33

The right decision, Ricky was graceful in defeat. smile

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 19:56:17

Oh dear, Ricky hasn't improved at all, bless him.

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 19:53:46

Seeing Adele in the lineup, she looks so small and frail. My heart goes out to her.

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 19:52:24

I admire Eddie. He has no fear. I remember him skiing in the Olympics and I've seen the film about him. I also remember him in Splash, the diving competition, when he learnt to dive off the top board which looked pretty terrifying to me.

I think he'll go far.

gillgran Sun 21-Jan-24 19:45:27

I think Eddie surprised the judges (as well as me!) at how good he was.
Wonder who will be in the skate off with Ricky Hatton?

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 19:34:08

Yay! Go Eddie!!

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 19:01:45

Ooh! Mark fell over! It must be worrying when your pro partner falls over and then he's doing lifts.

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 18:57:16

I love Dan too.

gillgran Sun 21-Jan-24 18:54:27

Good to see the professionals opening the show. I was delighted to see Dan W. performing. He has always been a favourite of mine.

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 18:53:20

Well, I thought Clare was marked pretty high, but Miles was terrific for his first skate. He's one to watch.

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 18:34:50

Oh my goodness, Clare is taking a lot of falls and she hasn't even got started yet! Ouch!

DanniRae Sun 21-Jan-24 17:54:40

Yes I will be ready ....... doing dinner early so I can sit and enjoy it and not be cooking!

Sparklefizz Sun 21-Jan-24 16:04:18

Are we ready for the 2nd Dancing on Ice and to find out who will be going home? Starts at 6.30 pm

Sparklefizz Mon 15-Jan-24 18:32:31

What did you think of Ricky’s hefty punch?

Charleygirl5 Mon 15-Jan-24 16:42:01

With luck there will be no semi-professional skater next week.

I felt sorry for Ricky Hatton as he had never put a foot on ice previously. I did not enjoy the choreography for him and when upright I thought he did well.

Also there is no messing around like Strictly, wasting time.

I agree it would have been better to have had a new female presenter as well as a male replacement and start afresh.

gillgran Sun 14-Jan-24 20:05:23

Great performance by the professionals.

Also, I've just realized who should have been performing, "whatshisname" from "Gogglebox"!

Louella12 Sun 14-Jan-24 20:01:52

Sparklefizz

I agree gill - no stupid pretense like Strictly.

We were just discussing that. Strictly drags it out so much. This is much better.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 14-Jan-24 20:01:21

Right decision

Sparklefizz Sun 14-Jan-24 19:53:04

I agree gill - no stupid pretense like Strictly.

gillgran Sun 14-Jan-24 19:51:46

Yes, very entertaining! Good that we get the voting results on the same evening.

Sparklefizz Sun 14-Jan-24 19:47:28

Some very entertaining skating for week 1.

Sparklefizz Sun 14-Jan-24 19:45:36

Surprised to find we get 5 free votes when there were only 6 contestants this week.

Smileless2012 Sun 14-Jan-24 19:44:24

Ryan did brilliantly and all credit to Amani for having such confidence in him.

Sparklefizz Sun 14-Jan-24 19:41:47

... and then said it affected his confidence!!! Poor Amani!