John Fashanu and professional partner Alexandra Schauman have become the first couple to be voted off this year's Dancing on Ice after losing out in the skate-off on Sunday night, as viewers at home complained that the suspense was ruined by the loud audience in the studio.
There was controversy a week ago when Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, an early favourite to win Dancing on Ice this year, ended up in the bottom two, having got the lowest combined total after judges scores and public votes. Ekin-Su looked gutted by the outcome and, when spoken to during Sunday's show, she admitted to hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that she'd had a 'tough' few days and had been questioning why she didn't get the votes she needed.
Former footballer and Gladiators presenter John, 60, was in action as the second lot of skating celebs for this year made their debut on the ITV rink on Sunday. He and Alexandra finished bottom of the leaderboard after all the performances and scores, with a score of just 19 out of 40, although Christopher Dean did tell him he 'was the most improved' since the first skating bootcamp for the show last year.
