9 March 2010

Dancing On Ice Update – Week 9

In homage to the Oscars it was movie night on Dancing On Ice, with the celebrity skaters donning outfits that transformed them in to their movie heroes and heroines.

Proving she’s nothing if consistent, Hayley Tamaddon wowed the judges with her Bollywood inspired ice dance to the track  Jai Ho from the film Slumdog Millionaire. So impressed were the judges with hers and partner Daniel Whiston’s performance that not only did she get a standing ovation but the Emmerdale resident made DOI history by sweeping the board and scoring the maximum points, 30! Tricky moves the pair incorporated in to their routine included an overhead boxer, a floating genie, and a rotating stag! The fiery performance seemed to melt even Jason Gardiner’s normally frosty demeanour and he exclaimed: “From the minute you stepped out onto that ice you were so in the zone I just knew it was going to be electrifying and it was. I want to thank you tonight for coming out there and giving us probably one of the best performances we have ever seen on the show.”

Dancing to the theme from the film Rocky, a bare-chested Danny Young also impressed the judges, especially Emma who appeared to enjoy the dance a lot and said she felt Danny was now a ‘contender’.

Whilst appearing on This Morning with Boyzone Phil and Holly revealed that Mikey would be skating to his bandmate Ronan Keating’s song When You Say Nothing At All from the film Notting Hill. Busy promoting Boyzone’s new single, Mikey was left with just two days to practice with his partner Mel and this perhaps contributed to the pair exiting the competition. Despite this, Mikey said he felt that he was leaving the show on a high. “This has been such an adventure, and publicly and also personally this has given me a magnificent feeling. I want to thank Stephen up there and all my bandmates”.

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