Goodbye Greg - Ice skating down the Yellow Brick Road
Despite a small hula mishap, it was Zaraah and Fred’s skate-off performance that impressed the judges, which meant that Greg’s luck on the ice finally ran out tonight. The tennis star put up a brave performance with his broom to Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, but unfortunately it wasn’t good enough to secure the skating star a place in the semi-final. And despite a surprising save from Nicky in his favour, the other four judges voted unanimously for Zaraah to stay in the show.
Greg received his goodbye flowers with his usual grace, but soon handed the bouquet back to Jane and Chris, whilst he took to the ice for one last time amid thunderous applause to perform the 'death jump' in his lap of honour. Hurrah!
Greg’s crazy jumps and good-natured grin will be missed!
Week eight scores
Bowler hats, canes, umbrellas … suitcases and tables!! Yes it was props week. But how did the judges mark our celeb skaters?
Suzanne Shaw and Matt Evers skated to Don’t Rain On My Parade (Barbara Streisand) scoring 24 points. Jason said "Usually you give it all. You come out and give it everything. I know you have an injury, but there was a marked difference in your performance tonight."
Zaraah Abrahams and Fred Palascak skated to That Don’t Impress Me Much (Shania Twain) scoring 24.5 points. Robin said “Shania might not have been impressed but I definitely am. The props allowed you to relax your feet and you gave your best performance so far".
Gareth Gates and Maria Filippov skated to Try A Little Tenderness (Andrew Strong) scoring 25.5 points. Ruthie said "It was wonderful. It’s so hard to dance with hat and a cane and managed to do both and make them work together. It was incredible. You have gone from here to here in this competition."
Chris Fountain and Frankie Poulteney skated to Stuck In the Middle With You (Stealers Wheel) scoring 27 points. Nicky said "There’s a lot of power in your skating and being able to use the props was impressive. But I’d like to see more of you dancing with Frankie on the ice and making eye contact.”
Greg Rusedski and Kristina Lenko skated to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) scoring 17 points. Jason said “You weren’t the most thing out on the ice, you had a table and a broom for competition. You injected a bit of personality into it tonight and it looked like you were having fun. It was your best score yet.”
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