Dancing on Ice Week 3
Pre show ramblings
Hmmmm, bit of a comedown for Robin - he’s been commenting on Europeans all week. He’ll have to lower his standards tonight; I don’t think even Ray can manage a quadruple axle…
Sneaky, no adverts between football and Dancing on Ice. Had to leg it upstairs to hit record.
I’m worried about Michael and Melanie already - they apparently have a fast routine and in two series have yet to have a clean skate!
Intros
No opening routine. Didn’t really expect one though after two in a row. And they have a lot to pack in tonight.
Why is Holly wearing a weird toga-like thing? And seemingly no bra. :o/
Yay, curly haired Frankie!
Pavlov in white trousers!
Oh Coleen, that’s not a nice outfit.
If lime green is the curse, Jeremy will be out tonight.
Oh dear, no white trousers for Fred.
Oh no Ray, don’t wink!
Mel in shorts!!! :oD
Matt’s not in white trousers either.
Why is Susie wearing a small child’s dressing up clothes?
Ooooh, Jayne looks nice.
Yay, Chris is mended!
Required element (I forgot about those!): Toe step sequence.
Oh glam Ruthie. I like!
Ellery and Frankie - Five Years’ Time (Noah and the Whale)
[T] He’s so big next to teensy Frankie!
“I’m loving your work!” hehe
Hullo Mr Wobbly dog!
[S] *cracks up* the skating is good, the dancing leaves something to be desired!
Good required element!
Roll up!
That was fun! He’s gonna get comments about his dancing, but it was fun! Maybe more Kyran comparisons?
[J][16] Knew Jason would give low scores.
I think Frankie’s comments when training are one of the best bits of the shows so far!
Jessica and Pavel - Heaven (DJ Sammy)
[T] Penguin t shirt!
I like the white dress.
[S]Oh, GOOD toe steps!
Weird twisty move looked awkward
Random ending pose!!!
That was lovely and graceful, but with a couple of weird moves! I liked it though.
[J][20.5] Crazy hair! I hope that’s a hairpiece cos if it’s backcombed it will take forever to calm down!
Yes, Pavlov’s gonna beat Jason up!
Donal and Florentine - (Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
[T] Hehe, ballet.
[S] He needs to stand more upright.
Oh, a wobble. And stumbly toesteps.
Florentine’s brave to do that lift! Upsidedown!
Nothing really wrong with it; just wasn’t anything special.
[J][15] Oh Nicky, the phrase ‘give it large’ doesn’t suit you!
Hmmm, I think there should maybe be more than one point between Ellery and Donal. Not a lot more, but more.
Coleen and Stuart - Islands in the Stream (Bee Gees?)
[T] She’s so lovely. I like the new attitude.
OW!
Don’t play the age thing, there are others of a similar age (Todd, Donal…)
[S] Wheee, spin.
There was some difficult footwork there.
Ooof, he didn’t set her down very gently!
[J][17] Awww, nice Nicky.
Jeremy and Darya - Faith (George Michael)
[T] Hehe, human etch-a-sketch!
Ow.
Darya always looks so sweet!
[S] I like the dancey bit near the start.
Toe steps aren’t great.
Wheeeeeeee!
Hmmm, the rest wasn’t as good as the dancey bit.
[J][16] Ewww Tony Gubba, stop perving on Darya.
Karen and Nicky marked too high. That was no more than a 3.5
See, even Karen isn’t sure!
Yes, I totally agree with Ruthie!
Kyran!! But ugh, also Gemma.
Melinda and Fred - Both Sides Now (Not Joni… who? Hayley Westenra?)
[T] That’s too much make up for training!
Ugh, Mohawk.
That’s Slough! Damn, no Meesh lurking!
[S] A couple of wobbles, REALLY good tabletop/plateau lift and blinding sparkles!
[J][19] Excellent! Ugh, Jason is marking low tonight.
Ray and Maria - You Make It Real (James Morrison)
[T] He’s gonna kill them with his blades!
Oooh, Jayne does pretty spins.
[S] Another pretty white dress.
That was cool!! Twizzle thing. I wondered why the arms were awkward first!
I liked that. And yet still he isn’t making me like him more.
[J][25] Deserved. But he’s gonna have to plateau soon or he’ll be up to 30 by week 5.
Awww, bless Maria!
Hehe, told you Nicky was marking people too high - it’s causing issues!
Fred doesn’t look impressed with Jason!
Hmph, I still prefer Kyran and Suzanne. And even Chris.
Michael and Melanie - Fascination (Alphabeat)
[T] Hehe, comedy lifts. She’s tiny, she can’t be heavy!
Evil Melanie! ;o)
Helloooooooooooo gym shorts! Thank you ITV!
[S] Please please please pull this off!
OMG I think I held my breath the entire time. A couple of stumbles but I loved that! It had lots of previous Kyran and/or Michael elements in it and was fun and I love the song anyway and it had Mel in shorts. Win.
[J][17] Could have been slightly higher, but not bad.
Thank you Robin, the voice of reason.
Zoe and Matt - Rise (Gabrielle)
[T] Matt is looking SO good this week. Valkyrie premiere onwards he is looking gooooooood!
Oh no, she’s struggling.
[S] Ooof, Matt was VERY close to the edge there.
She pulled it off! A few uncertain moments and an almost fall but that was a nice routine.
[J][16.5] Okay this time higher from Ruthie and Jason and lower from the others! She must have good presentation but dodgy skating, so the opposite of almost everyone else.
Todd and Susie - Help! (The Beatles)
[T] Nasty outfits.
Please leave this week so we don’t lose someone good.
[S] Appropriate music.
Oh God it’s painful.
Still can’t do a sturdy spiral!
HAHAH! I assume he was meant to go off… but not quite like that.
Tony Gubba’s lost it.
[J][9.5] I predicted less than 10!
Poor, poor Susie. Patience of a saint.
I fear Jason may be right.
Roxanne and Daniel - Genie in a Bottle (Christina Aguilera)
[T] Please don’t decapitate Dan
[S] Nice toe steps
Ha, he FORCED her foot away from him! They must never have resolved that issue then.
I liked that routine!
[J][18] Good score.
15.5 points between top and bottom. LOL!
I still have the phone number memorised from last year. That’s bad, right?
Skate Off
I guess it’s too much to ask for a stress-free stake off this week? The skate off really is bad for my health.
Recap
Frankie can help kill Jason too - she was clearly unimpressed!
Oh too much make up Florentine!
*giggles* Coleen is so normal!
The spreadeagle (?) move is usually lovely. It just looked weird done by Jeremy.
Ray is better than Chris. We’ll be getting jumps soon.
Mel you HAVE to make it through this week!
How can Todd still not stop?!
Don’t speak too soon Dan - you might have to risk it again in the skate off.
Results
YES! Fred’s safe! He’ll be so relieved.
Of course Ray’s safe.
Yay, Matt’s safe!
Save my girls now please…
Pavlov lives on
Roxanne and Dan are safe.
PLEASE?
Donal and Florentine.
This isn’t looking good…
Coleen and Stuart are safe
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! That was close. Melanie’s safe.
Okay… please save Frankie now. Please?
Ewww, eye advert.
Jeremy vs Todd, please?
*holds breath*
NOOOOOOOOO! I knew Todd would be safe, but I still hoped he wouldn’t.
Ellery vs Jeremy
Ellery please do it well! Neither of them got great comments before and were equally scored.
Ellery&Frankie - Okay… just one real stumble and the required element was good. Awww, she looks so proud. Oh, and she just said she is, ha!
Jeremy&Darya - Stumble! And not as good as before. He had to do the spreadeagle in two parts, and looked knackered when he stopped towards the end.
Okay… Ellery got better and Jeremy got worse… please let the judges agree with me!
*crosses things*
Karen - Ellery! YES!
Nicky - YES!
Jason - YESSSSSSS!!!!!!
Ruthie - Yes, you! YES!!!
Robin - Clean sweep!!!
PHEW! *collapses*