Dancing On Ice 2019/2020

[Cleoriff]

The new series of Dancing On Ice officially starts in January 2020, although there will be a Christmas Special in 2019.

Last year a few people posted on the thread including @Glory1 so we will see how we go this year.

The main news is Jason Gardiner has left the show and John Barrowman will replace him. So no more nasty comments (shame)

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28795098/dancing-on-ice-2020-cast-lineup-start-date-celebr... 

The contestants are....

Maura Higgins (from Love Island)

Michael Barrymore.

Joe Swash (ex Eastenders now TV Presenter)

H From Steps. He will make history as the first contestant to dance with a same sex partner.

(Not sure how that will work but let's wait and see)....

Perri Kiely (Dancer from Diversity) Let's see how Ashley Banjo marks him!!)

Lisa George (Who plays Beth Tinker in Coronation Street)

Libby Clegg (Registered Blind Paralympian)

Trisha Goddard (Talk show host/TV Presenter)

Lucrezia Millarini (ITV news presenter)

Kevin Kilbane (Former Footballer and TV Pundit)

Ben Hanlin. Magician (best known for TV show Tricked)

Caprice Bourret (Model, Actress Blah blah blah )

And that's it. I've counted and there seems to be more contestants this year?

It will be presented as usual by Phil and Holly.

Looking forward to it.

[Cleoriff]

Phil opened the interview by congratulating Joe and Alex, then went on to ask...'How does it feel to beat the best skater we've ever seen on DOI?'

Says it all really

[Cleoriff]

Heres the result in percentages. God it WAS close for the final. Less than 1%

[jonsie]

Are those 'official' percentages?

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

Are those 'official' percentages?

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They are from the DOI app @jonsie so I can only presume thye are correct.

Also appears that Joe was ahead all the way through!

[jonsie]

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”
― Mark Twain

[Mi-Amigo]

The stats make interesting reading and show how close the voting was.

A closer look shows:

Third place:

Joe & Alex         - 43.20%

Perri & Vanessa - 41.48%

difference of     - 01.72%

Winner:

Joe & Alex         - 50.53%

Perri & Vanessa - 49.47%

difference of     - 01.06%

so, looking at that, shows Perri & Vanessa narrowed the gap in the final skate.

Cold comfort, I know, but this suggests that the public thought Perri & Vanessa`s skate of Bolera was better and gave them more votes.

#just saying#

[Cleoriff]

As Libby only got 15% of the vote, you would get her supporters then voting for Joe or Perri.

I have found on the DOI forum I belong to, that people supported Joe because he had the most improved journey.

Also a lot of 'old fogeys' (excluding myself) did not get Perri's showdance. They obviously have no knowledge of the dance off's which take place between street dancing teams on a regular basis.

The same old fogeys who preferred Joe's Bolero to Perri's. They felt Perri did not keep to the theme.

Whereas I thought it was about time this 1984 dance was brought up to date.

Chris and Jayne got it and both said it was the best ever version of Bolero that they had ever seen.

[Cleoriff]

PS it amused me on This Morning when Joe said openly that Perri was the one person he went to first to ask him how to do certain moves. Mmmmmm...

[Mi-Amigo]

@Cleoriff

Interesting comments from the "old foggies".

I`ll throw my twopennyworth into the mix.

I preferred Joe`s opening skate - the Charlie Chaplin one. It did play to his "cheeky chappy" persona, but, in my opinion, was a good skate.

But, and a very big but, Perri`s Bolera was in a different league. Without an app, I made one vote and it was for Perri for that.  

[Cleoriff]

 I agree @Mi-Amigo . Joe's showdance was a masterpiece. I loved it and it played to his strengths.