ITV Dancing on Ice viewers blast performance as they accuse panel of ‘PC’ judging: ‘Overmarking!’
Dancing on Ice viewers were “disappointed” minutes into Saturday’s episode as they labelled the judges’ generous scoring as being overly “PC”.
This round saw five new famous faces taking to the ice, with iconic EastEnders star Charlie Brooks kicking off the episode alongside partner Eric Radford.
Dancing on Ice continued on Sunday, with the hopeful celebrity skaters eager to impress in the second week of the competition.
Brooks, 43, performed a routine to ABBA favourite Gimme Gimme Gimme.
Judges Oti Mabuse, Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean all seemed to agree with each other on the skate, with each of them awarding the actress a score of 6.5
Their feedback varied, with former Strictly star Mabuse urging Brooks to try not to allow nerves to impact her performance.
On the other hand, Banjo argued he “couldn’t tell” if the actress was suffering from nerves.
All four applauded her debut routine, with viewers also sharing their thoughts on social media.
It became apparent minutes in though that many fans thought the judges had “overmarked” the pair, with some remarks accusing the panel of being too concerned with “political correctness (PC)”.
Taking to X, one penned: “Charlie will need to do some actual skating to progress #DancingOnIce.”
“Overmarked #dancingonice,” a second added, with a third echoing: “Here we go, judges over marking again #dancingonice.”
“So #dancingonice do like @CharlieBrooks0 but a little disappointed there !! Very little skating really!!” someone else shared.
Another viewer fumed: “Christ f*** off with the PC ‘can’t hurt people’s feelings’ scoring. Back in the day that would have gotten 3. #dancingonice.”
“Tad bit of overmarking there #DancingOnIce,” someone else agreed.
However, others were impressed by the Janine Butcher actress, with one fan writing: “Charlie’s performance was really good #dancingonice.” (sic)
Ahead of this week’s show, one contestant faced a brutal blow after data suggested their hopes of winning could be dahsed.
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According to BETMGM, Michaela Strachan is now the 5/2 favourite and soared up the betting odds board after beginning the competition at 10/1.
Coronation Street’s Sam Aston is 4/1 from 9/2 while the pre-show favourite, Pearce, has drifted down in the market from 7/2 out to 9/2.
UK Director at BetMGM, Sam Behar, commented on the blow to Pearce’s hopes, explaining: “Michaela Strachan wasn’t seen as a contender in the early betting for Dancing on Ice but her first performance has really caught the attention of punters.
“She’s moved into 5/2 favourite, having been as big as 10/1 just a few days ago, but it’s very early days and there are plenty who look like contenders.”