Dancing On Ice 2011

[alan45]

Steven Arnold aka the late Ashley Peacock voted off tonights Dancing on Ice

Steven Arnold has become the fifth celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice.

The former Coronation Street actor finished in the bottom two alongside cricketer Dominic Cork after viewers' votes were combined with the judges' scores from earlier tonight.

The 36-year-old, who received the lowest total of the week from the panel after missing a training session, failed to convince Jason Gardiner, Emma Bunton and Robin Cousins that he should be spared, as they unanimously voted to keep Cork in the competition.

When making his decision, Gardiner declared, "It's a shame it's not a double eviction," while Cousins insisted that there would be more to come from Cork, but had no such words of encouragement for Arnold.

When asked to sum up his Dancing On Ice experience, the former Weatherfield resident stated: "It's all a blur when you're out there on the ice. I've really enjoyed it, it's just a superb buzz with the audience so I've enjoyed every moment I've been here."

Turning to his professional partner Nina Ulanova, he added: "Do you know what, I'm not a natural skater, but I put my heart and soul into this, and Nina for the last three months has been like a big sister to me."

With Arnold eliminated, show hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield teased a mysterious "never before seen" twist to be unveiled next week, which Christopher Dean stated "could change the whole direction of the competition".

[Siobhan]

I am glad his is gone.. I think we did all that comedy caper with Todd Carty 2 years ago... really enjoying the skating this year...

[alan45]

Ice Twist


A special ITV promo will premiere during the NTA’s this Wednesday which will trail the ‘ice twist’ and also the celebrities reactions – this will then run on air leading into Sunday’s show.


The show format will be the same as normal during the performance show with judges/public vote counting for 50/50.


During the results show, the bottom two will be announced by Phillip and they will take part in the skate-off.


After they’ve skated, we’ll then cut to the celebrities (as opposed to judges) and each celebrity will have to pick one of the two bottom two to be axed and give their reason why.


Will they pick someone they don’t like? Someone who is their competition? Or someone they feel didn’t skate the best?

[Perdita]

A little bit more info from DS:


ITV has announced that this weekend's Dancing On Ice will see the contestants vote on who gets eliminated from the competition.

The bottom two on Sunday night's results show will be decided by the usual combination of judges' scores and viewer votes, but in a twist, the remaining celebrities will have to vote one-by-one on which of the two they want to leave the show, giving reasons for their choices.

The pair who receive the highest number of votes after the skate-off will be knocked out of the competition.

The 11 remaining contestants were said to be stunned when details of the twist were broken to them yesterday. Kerry Katona and Denise Welch even refused to participate in the format change when it was initially revealed, according to The Sun.

An insider said: "This has really put the cat amongst the pigeons. They have all quietly been keeping their thoughts about their rivals to themselves. Now they will be forced to say what they think and look them in the eye while they're doing it.

"We've told them they can't mince their words and they have to give an honest opinion. Hopefully, some of the simmering tension that we've all been feeling will rise to the surface and they will get really bitchy.

"We know that some of them have strong feelings about each other as we've heard them all bitching behind the scenes. On camera they like to give the impression that it's all one big happy family - but that could not be further from the truth."

A first-look at the celebrities' reactions will air in a Dancing On Ice promo during ITV's coverage of the National Television Awards on Wednesday.

[Ruffed_lemur]

Ice Twist


A special ITV promo will premiere during the NTA’s this Wednesday which will trail the ‘ice twist’ and also the celebrities reactions – this will then run on air leading into Sunday’s show.


The show format will be the same as normal during the performance show with judges/public vote counting for 50/50.


During the results show, the bottom two will be announced by Phillip and they will take part in the skate-off.


After they’ve skated, we’ll then cut to the celebrities (as opposed to judges) and each celebrity will have to pick one of the two bottom two to be axed and give their reason why.


Will they pick someone they don’t like? Someone who is their competition? Or someone they feel didn’t skate the best?

Doesn't sound fair. Why can't they just stick with the judges?

[Ruffed_lemur]

the number of ad breaks in DOI is ridiculous, there's one after every single dance!

That's just ITV for you, and this show is on at peak time. I love the show and will watch no matter what.

[Siobhan]

That's just ITV for you, and this show is on at peak time. I love the show and will watch no matter what.

yeah the ads annoy me but I keep watching.. I am now getting use to see one or two dances and go on a break...

[alan45]

Dominic Cork is the latest Zeleb to be voted off Dancing on Ice

Dominic Cork has been voted out of Dancing On Ice by his fellow contestants in a shocking skate-off twist.

The Hampshire cricketer finished in the bottom two alongside Jeff Brazier after judges' scores for their original performances earlier tonight were combined with viewer votes.

Following confirmation of the results and a final showdown between the unlucky duo on the rink, the surviving nine celebrities were then instructed to take part in the "ice pick", which involved each of them making a conscious decision to save either Cork or Brazier.

Called out onto the ice one at a time and asked to skate over to their preferred choice, only Johnson Beharry, Denise Welch and 'Comedy' Dave Vitty opted to spare Cork, while the majority sided with Brazier and allowed him to remain in the competition.

Brazier was variously described by the stars as having "passion" and "spark", while Cork's votes from Welch and Vitty appeared to have been based on personal preferences. Only Vanilla Ice chose to surrender his vote - for Brazier - to chance with a "diplomatic, classy" coin toss.

Speaking after the ballot, Cork assured his former skating colleagues that they should not worry about tonight's vote.

He gushed: "I have loved [the show] and one reason is because of this lady here, [partner] Alexandra Schauman, she is a top professional. I hope she's back here cos whoever gets her is a lucky man... I have loved it."

Schauman concluded Cork's Dancing On Ice experience by stating that the sportsman had managed to "inspire her" during his short time on the show.

[Tuareet]

They should do this every week and they could then dispense with the judges. I cannot stand jason Gardiner, although sometimes what he says is right, most times the comments he makes are just rude, insulting and totally uncalled for.

[Siobhan]

They should do this every week and they could then dispense with the judges. I cannot stand jason Gardiner, although sometimes what he says is right, most times the comments he makes are just rude, insulting and totally uncalled for.

I like Jason.. he basically says what I am thinking... sometimes they are rude but you can't keep pandering to celebs..they get enough of that and if they are ****, say so.. don't mince the words