Torvill and Dean's Dancing On Ice Tour
Torvill And Dean's Dancing On Ice Live
MEN Arena
April 22, 2010
You're assured of glitz, glamour and a night of camp entertainment with the live tour of hit TV show Dancing On Ice. But what has always given this celebrity show a real edge has been that tantalising prospect of a fair few thrills and spills on the slippery ice setting at the MEN Arena.
And on this, the fourth tour featuring stars and their professional ice dance partners from the ITV series, we have the most competitive line-up yet.
We have three series winners in the form of reigning champion Hayley Tamaddon, last year’s winner Ray Quinn and the first series champ, ex-Corrie star Gaynor Faye to do battle on the ice.
Add to that some of the best runners-up from previous shows too, like ex-Hollyoaks hunk Chris Fountain and actress Claire Buckfield, it means there’s simply no room for a comedy turn like Todd Carty who entertained us last year.
But clearly it’s pushing our competitive celebs to the limits – and on the opening night at the M.E.N. Arena, Scouser Ray has to withdraw from the competition after his sizzling show opener dancing to I Gotta Feeling after suffering a back spasm.
Overseeing it all are the talismanic ringmasters of the show, Olympic heroes Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
So it’s rather fitting that they open the show with a circus-themed extravaganza, with the gold-medallists making a simply spectacular entrance swinging in on a giant trapeze as they lead a stunning skate-off to The Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams.
It sets the standard for the contest ahead – in which the celebrities once again do battle and aim to win audience text votes at each performance to make it through to a final “skate-off” to Torvill and Dean’s infamous Bolero.
On the opening night in Manchester, it is returning skater Chris Fountain who is in the most sizzling form with new ice partner Brianne Delcourt.
Their high speed performance to Michael Jackson’s The Way You Make Me Feel was so good, the panel of five judges – ITV regulars Nicky Slater and Karen Barber, former winner Kyran Bracken alongside entertainer Christopher Biggins and guest judge, Granada’s Caroline Hacking, have no other option but to award the perfect “6.0” score.
Reigning ice queen Hayley Tamaddon just misses out on a similarly high score with her sparkling Jai Ho routine from the recent series when Nicky – who is clearly taking over the Jason Gardiner “Mr Nasty” role on this panel – insists on marking her down despite the rest of the panel dishing out the 6.0s.
It still helps Hayley to win through to the final with Chris – but it is the Hollyoaks heart-throb who is crowned the worthy winner on the night after his breathtaking Bolero routine.
It crowns a glitzy two and a half hours of laughter, drama and death spirals at the arena.
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