“Dancing on Ice” and Feeling Good!

Another week, another dazzling array of dances on ice starting off with Jane Torville and Christopher Dean dancing to Michael Buble’s “Feeling Good” – reminiscent of both Jim & Nicky and Mikey’s routines! Less hip cracking and wriggling though – shame!!!

With only five days to rehearse their routines, the pressure was on for our 11 couples. Here's how they fared with our frosty panel of judges:
Linda Lusardi (lovely in white) and Dan Whiston skated to I Love to Love by Tina Charles scoring 16.5. Nicky Slater accidentally gave Linda a ‘6’, but the points were taken away as he only meant to give her 3.5! Jason said “I bet you’re a real goer on the dance-floor!”
Chris Fountain (in slinky black) and Frankie Poulteney skated to Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T’s scoring 20 Ruthie said “You are comfortable up there and as contrast to last week it’s great but more going on in your face please. Look alive”
Natalie Pinkham (in the Pink) and Andrei Lipanov skated to Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis scoring 14. Jason remarked “It looks like someone has Velcro-ed you onto him!”
Greg Rusedski (grinning all the way) and Kristina Lenko skated to Dance the Night Away by The Mavericks scoring 11.5 points. Robin said “There is a lot of work to be done but it doesn’t feel comfortable and natural. Kristina, he is meant to be leading you round the rink. You need to step back.”
Aggie Mackenzie (wearing a feather duster around the bottom of her skating skirt!) and Sergey Malyshev skated to I’m a Woman by Bette Midler scoring 10 points Jason said “It was an improvement on last week as you weren’t so catatonic out there. I’m going to be straight with you. You’re not very good … I don’t think you are going to last very long in this competition.”
Tim Vincent (in blue) and Victoria Borzenkova skated to Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by The Police scoring 16 points. Robin said “A completely different person. The charisma was the only thing you had last week. This week the skating is so much better and the charisma is there but there must be focus. “
Suzanne Shaw (In bright pink so Matt can spot her when she is on the floor – he cut her head with his blades in training) and Matt Evers skated to When You’re Gone by Avril Lavigne scoring 20.5 points. Nicky said “I’m really excited by your grace out there on the ice. There were a couple of little stutters but by the end you were doing a death spiral is amazing.”
Steve Backley (tall and sparkly) and Susie Lipanova skated to Stand by Me by Ben E King scoring 15 points. Jason said “I wanted to stand by and give you a shove, You were that slow into everything. Lifts are supposed to impress us and be magic. You need to move your performance on a bit more. It’s just all at one level. Its safe but its dull.”
Samantha Mumba and Pavel Aubrecht (on first looks were they wearing anything!) skated to What’s Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner scoring 16 points. Karen said “I think the skate off last week was a bit of a shock and it’s made you work hard this week. You do need a bit more trust and you need to believe us when we say you can do these things.”
Gareth Gates and Maria Filippov (both in flaming red) skated to Hard To Handle by Otis Redding scoring 19.5 points. Robin said “I don’t think any of us expected this. It was a completely different person. Very strong, convincing, Timing was on, the ending was perfectly controlled.”
Michael Underwood (resplendent in braces which got caught and cut by Melanie's blades!) and Melanie Lambert skated to Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton scoring 16.5 points. Nicky said “Well the start, it was all going wrong and you pulled yourself back together again. It’s a quality to have that. Your edges need to flow a bit more but I love the entertainment value.”