ITV Dancing On Ice hit with 'sickness' complaints as viewers had to 'turn off' performance

24.01.2022 - 11:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Dancing On Ice fans ended up complaining of sickness during the second episode of the competition.

The ITV skating show was back on Sunday night with five more celebrities taking to the ice for their debut.

Liberty Poole, Regan Gascoigne, Ben Foden, and Stef Reid all performed for the first time after the other half of the line-up gave it their all in their week one performance last weekend.

Six stars would have been performing, however, Rachel Stevens suffered an injury that saw her miss her first performance and given a pass through to Movie Week.

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And it was former England rugby player Ben who became the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice.

The 36-year-old faced ITV Lorraine showbiz reporter Ria Hebden in a tense skate-off after failing to receive enough votes from the public.

The judging panel – Oti Mabuse, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, and Ashley Banjo – unanimously chose to save Ria and her skating partner Lukasz Różycki.

However, it was a special performance from skating legends Torvill and Dean ahead of the results that got Dancing On Ice viewers talking.

The pair took to the ice for their first performance of the series and pulled off another show first.

They hoped to wow viewers with the unique performance to The Beatles track Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds that was filmed entirely in one shot by a drone.

But not everyone enjoyed the performance - and had to switch off.

@sharb300 said: "Sorry. Made me feel dizzy, couldn’t watch more than a few seconds."

"Please please please don't use that drone again. I love watching torvill and dean skate but couldn't watch them this time. The filming made