Dancing On Ice enthusiasts certainly noticed something irksome with hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern during Sunday, 19 January’s episode – and they weren’t impressed. The programme made a return to our screens on Sunday and viewers watched as the the remaining five contestants showcase their icy routines for the first time. During the episode, celebs including EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks and Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave graced the rink, alongside Mollie Pearce, Dan Edgar, and Josh Jones. But while these celebs were gliding on ice, the audience seemed more focused on Holly and Stephen’s repetitive mentions of being live.
Some viewers claimed Holly and Stephen kept repeating that the show was live
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Over on X, some fans questioned why the hosts kept repeating the particular aspect of the show. “Why do they keep on mentioning that they are live? ! Lmao,” remarked one viewer. Another chimed in: “We know bits are live others are not. Why keep mentioning it?,” and someone else expressed: “Why do they keep reiterating that it’s live WE KNOW! It’s annoying.” In a twist this season, there’s no more safety of a skate-off for the contestants with the least amount of votes – now the contestant with the lowest score immediately gets the boot, reports the Mirror. Viewers at home didn’t take kindly to this change, calling it totally unfair. “Getting rid of the dance-off is completely unfair because it puts one group at a disadvantage to the other,” commented a disappointed fan. Another viewer penned: “I do think the other skating couple should be given an extra week to skate , not really fair on them being voted out so quickly when it was their first week skating.” Meanwhile, a second person chimed in: “I don’t agree with this but that’s what’s happening.”
It comes as the first celebrity of the series was eliminated from the show
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It comes after Dancing On Ice contestant Ferne McCann spoke to OK! about taking part in the competition, admitting she has learned to trust the process after initially struggling to skate. “I couldn’t skate to start off with, so I found it really frustrating. I was just trying to trust the process,” she said. “I can’t wait until I just fully immerse myself into this whole experience and transform into different characters – kind of like I have today by wearing these amazing outfits. It feels like I’m a new character!” She added: “I fell on my first day of training and it really knocked my confidence. As an adult, learning a new skill, especially ice-skating, is super scary. Children have no fear, but skating on frozen water on a thin blade is hard! A few weeks in, I thought, ‘What have I let myself in for?’.”
