Dancing On Ice fans have been left furious during tonight’s show as they called the judges out on their “tactical marking”.
James Jordan opened the show and scored a huge 34 points with 8.5’s across the board with his beautiful routine.
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But the judges said he needed to push himself harder, and Jason Gardiner called him out for his poor spiral given he’s a dancer.
Melody Thornton came onto the ice a few skaters later and performed a great routine to Frank and Nancy Sinatra, that viewers at home loved.
But despite the judges heaping praise on her, they scored her 33 which was a point less than James.
Given fans thought her routine was much better and she’s a talented skater, they think the judges have decided they want James to win and Melody is suffering in the scoring because of it.
https://twitter.com/mayneebee/status/1094670484468391937
What is wrong with the #DancingOnIce judges!! Tactical marks as they clearly like James. Melody is leagues ahead of him, and much more likeable
— Carys Lloyd (@mummycarys2010) February 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/MissAsh_7/status/1094670588298358784
#DOI Melody deserved more than James. #Dancingonice
— My View Point (@MyVPoint) February 10, 2019
#DancingOnIce How the hell did Melody not score more highly than James?
— Anna Barnes (@AnnaBarnes) February 10, 2019
#dancingonice Melody was under-marked!!!! She should have been higher scored, she outperformed James
— Gareth (@gareth_931) February 10, 2019
Looking for any reason to take points off melody they are just so James stays top….sorry but she was miles miles better #DancingOnIce
— Joanne Oliver (@Joeyo1990) February 10, 2019
Jayne and Chris giving Melody an 8 just to keep James on top of the leaderboard it's quite obvious. (It can't be all in my head) #DancingOnIce
— M/T (@megamouth_88) February 10, 2019
It got even worse after Wes Nelson performed and stumbled a few times, yet at 33.5, he still got better marks than Melody.
Fans were even more fuming.
https://twitter.com/MissAsh_7/status/1094677009949753344
Melody was way better than wes what the hell #DancingOnIce
— Chynna (@chynnadoll24_yt) February 10, 2019
Elsewhere, Brian McFadden stumbled and dropped his partner, yet scored higher than Jane Danson, who completed a clean routine.
And Saara Alto performed a slow and emotional routine, a huge part of which she skated solo, yet only scored 31 points – and fans were also not happy about that, insisting she’d been under-marked.
Only 7.5 from Ashley Banjo and Jayne Torvill for that beautiful routine? Really? I guess if she stood on ice like Gemma Collins it would have been higher… #DancingOnIce
— Sean the Mondasian Cyberman (@WhoPotterVian) February 10, 2019
Scoring seems so wrong tonight on DOI I think Saara deserved higher score she started off on her own. That deserved a 9.0!! #dancingonice
— Chantelle (@chantelle_26x) February 10, 2019
She was under marked imo..😳☹️#DancingOnIce #Saara
— Teena Massam 💙🌷🌼 (@teenamassam) February 10, 2019
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