Dancing on Ice fans beg bosses to update the format after ‘boring’ finale
Dancing on Ice fans have begged bosses to update the format after the ‘boring’ finale.
Sunday night’s episode of the ITV show saw finalists Regan Gascoigne, Kimberly Wyatt and Brendan Cole battle it out for the top spot.
After it was revealed that Pussycat Doll Kimberly had placed third, the remaining two went on to perform the Bolero.
Judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics when skated to French composer Maurice Ravel’s orchestral piece Bolero.
Over the years, the finalists of the show have always been tasked with performing the iconic routine.
But last night viewers got a little fed up with seeing the same thing over and over again.
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One questioned on Twitter: “Is anyone else bored with bloody Bolero?”
A second tweeted: “I think it’s time to drop the #Bolero on #DancingOnIce it’s getting old now … We could do with something fresh.”
Another said: “I know they won the winter Olympics with it but surely even Torville and Dean must get a bit bored with the Bolero…”
A fourth added: “Bolero again same dance last 15 years or something, not even special now.”
However others loved it.
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A fifth wrote: “I will never tire of the #Bolero,” with lots of purple love heart emojis.
Another tweeted: “What a fabulous finale to #DancingOnIce this year. That Bolero music always gets me.”
Later on Regan was crowned winner of 14th series of Dancing on Ice.
The dancer romped to victory with professional partner Karina Manta.
Earlier on in the episode the three finalists sparked a fix row by all being professional dancers – and all achieving perfect scores.
Singer and dancer Regan Gascoigne opened the final with a perfect score of 40 for his performance to Step In Time by Mary Poppins Original London Cast.
The 26-year-old was told his performance could have been from a professional West End show.
Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt also received the maximum score of 40 for her routine to River by Joni Mitchell.
The 40-year-old struggled to hold back her tears following her performance with professional partner Mark Hanretty as it told the story of her childhood dream of wanting to be an ice-skater.
And Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole received a perfect score of 40 in the Dancing On Ice final for his performance to Carmen Medley by Georges Bizet.
The 45-year-old said it was an “honour” to skate a dance choreographed by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
All three finalists then skated again with their favourite dancers from the series.
And again all three scored full houses with 40 points each.
However the finale’s votes from the judges don’t matter – it’s the public vote that decided the top two and the eventual winner.
All the other eliminated celebrities from this year’s series returned for a brief appearance on the ice.