ITV Dancing on Ice viewers 'in absolute shock' as they say 'wrong person saved'
18.02.2024 - 21:23
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Many Dancing on Ice viewers were left disagreeing with the judges after another celebrity was voted off the ITV show. This week it was former Eastenders actor Ricky Norwood who left the series after Oti Mabuse, Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill and Johnny Weir all opted to save Amber Davies following the skate-off.
It came as the celebrity skaters were asked to perform a routine close to their hearts on Sunday night for personal week. Ricky and partner Annette Dytrt had earlier skated to Three Little Birds by Bob Marley And The Wailers, receiving 30 points, their highest Dancing On Ice score so far.
Norwood said after hearing the mark: “That’s amazing, honestly.”
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Former Love Island contestant Amber skated to Mama by the Spice Girls, along with professional Simon Proulx Senecal. Davies tearfully explained she picked the song as it was something she and her sister used to play for their mother. She received 33 points.
However many viewers watching at home disagreed with the decision to save Amber - saying Ricky was the better skater on the night.
@UKTVForever wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "I’m in absolute shock with the results tonight" while @LauraGarside wrote: "Ricky was the stronger skater on the night and definitely in the skate-off".
@francescajayne added: "Ricky has been robbed. Completely wrong decision. Amber has better technical ability??? She just held on to Simon the whole time while Ricky skated so much on his own? That is criminal" while @mztiller wrote: "Wrong person saved, #DancingOnIce didn’t skate solo".
Earlier in the evening former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas broke down in tears after his performance to Easy, sung by his late