Dancing on Ice has been axed - was anyone watching anyway?

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Feel a bit sorry for Holly Willoughby, her life has done a firm one 180 in the past few years

But I haven't watched this show since Gemma Collins was on it 😬

Is anyone surprised by the axing? I can think of a few more shows that itv should axe as well tbh

The last series was pretty dull. Rushed and it felt poorly planned. I’m not surprised.

I didn't even know that it was on!

I think that the presenting team on This Morning will have a shuffle too, surely no-one is enjoying ben and cat deeley

I've always been a fan of the show but could see it was coming to an end and rightly so with the main stars T & D quite obviously unable to impress. Mid 60's isn't old but their bones are 😁

They seemed lacking in joy to be there but no doubt paid well 🙄

A shame that the final show produced probably the worst winner 🏆 in Sam/Chesney. Nice lad and all that but 🫤⛸️

No - I wish they would axe Strictly, BGT, I'm a Celeb and these other shows they wheel out year after year instead of thinking of anything new!!

I got bored season 3!

Its clearly a very difficult skill to master and potentially dangerous. It had become so samey, with the girls being lifted to keep them safe and looking good, and the male celebrities had the hardest job in my view. They were taking quite a risk for pretty boring performances.

The headbanger was a really tricky move but it was wheeled out so often with such drama it became boring and "yeah whatever" not a fair reflection but a Peter and the Wolf situation.

Same old bolero finale.

Over the years there have been one or two outstanding performances in my view and they were from VERY competitive males who, I suspect, went straight out practising once they got wind they may one day.be on it. Can't blame them to be honest!

I think it's well past its sell by date. I suspect if they struggle to get a sponsor or advertising, that's what calls the tune on ITV

Not Strictly! It gets me through the dark autumn Saturday nights until Christmas.

Honestly, I have been bored with it for a few years now. Last series I enjoyed was when Gemma Collins was in it (2019?)

"Don't sell stories on me to the papers, don't talk about me in the papers, don't slag me off in the papers, stop selling stories on me though, stop selling stories on me though. stop talking about me though..."

😂

"AM I bovvered?" 😬

Gemma (and her face plant onto the ice) was great TV!

DOI needs to be binned now. (IMO)

i watched a bit of it. It just doesn’t work well. You never get to know the dancers very well, the judges dont have the same aura as Craig R-H and Anton etc, and Holly and Stephen are just a bit fake and awkward.
it’s a shame, but I also think the actual dancing doesn’t have enough variety, on strictly there are a large number of very individual dance styles, ice skating is just one type so it doesn’t grip you. Good on ITV for getting rid!

I wish they'd axe The One Show. I actively grab for the remote when I hear the first bar of intro music.

Well past its sell by date. Torvill and Dean are personality-free frumps and for Willoughby surely it’s karma. Good riddance to the lot of it

Same. Pointless

coincidentally, Britain wins its first figure skating medals since Torville and Dean. Well done Lilah and Lewis.

Agreed, the One Show is awful. Stiff, awkward, fake, who watches it!?

I used to love DoI, but when it came back after a break, it just didn't feel the same.

I didn't watch this last series, although I had it on series link.

Yesterday, I finally watched it. Literally just the skating, and fast forwarded through everything else.

I think it probably went on a few series too long

And with Torvill and Dean ot skating any more, the show has lost its main appeal

Me too!!!! That opening music is awful 🙄

I used to watch and then gave up during the covid year when it would randomly have a week or two off due to outbreaks if I’m remembering right? Either way, I never bothered watching the rest to the final and never returned to watch subsequent series either.

Fantastic! The figure skating is a world away from ice dancing and I'm in sheer awe watching it ⛸️😮

I used to quite like it at the very start but now it is so crap. It doesn’t need to be on every night!!

I always really look forward to Strictly but end up getting bored about half way through and stop watching.

I haven’t watched in years but it’s a lot better than Strictly. Far more skill involved

They need to rest a lot of these shows for a few years until they can actually persuade some genuinely recognisable celebrities to take part.

About 3 times I have watched it - ever. No idea how it keeps going.

Oddly though, I do like Alex Jones.

Agree with all of the above, except for Strictly - though I do miss Giovanni 💔 , and Kevin.

I hoped this would be a good show to watch with my pre-teen who skates, but there was very little skating and the adverts (which we couldn’t skip) were pornified ones (can’t quite remember but it was something similar to ‘need more money - why not try only fans’ and women in revealing undies). We didn’t make it through 1 episode. 🙈

😄 same