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Victoria Johns

ITV's Dancing On Ice in new fix claims as fans fume wrong contestant went home

ITV's Dancing On Ice is at the centre of a new fix claim after fans fumed the wrong contestant was sent home on Sunday.

In dramatic scenes, judges chose to vote off Paralympian Stef Reid, who ended up in the skate off with Kye Whyte.

It had been hoped that Stef, 37, would become the first disabled contestant to win the show, particularly as she was still recovering from a injury brought on by the death-defying headbanger.

However judges Ashley Banjo, Oti Mabuse and Christopher Dean thought Olympic BMX racer Kye, 22, deserved a place in the semi-finals.

The decision didn't go down well with viewers with many of them taking to Twitter to complain.

Dancing On Ice viewers thought the judges should have kept Stef (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

One raged: "#dancingonice what a flipping fix. No way should Stef been voted off. I thought she was amazing."

Another said: "Very unfair for Stef, thought she be the first disabled person to ever win #DancingOnIce. Total fix from the #JudgingPanel."

While a third added: "I'm so sorry, that result was a fix."

As she left the competition, Stef said: "I have absolutely loved every moment of this show.

Kye Whyte is still in the competition (ITV)

"It's just not something I ever thought I would be able to do."

At the other end of the scale Brendan Cole, Regan Gascoigne and Kimberley Wyatt all scored perfect tens for their performances.

The dancing trio have found themselves at the centre of fix rumours after fans claimed their background gave them an unfair advantage.

Regan, 26, who is one of the favourites to lift the Dancing On Ice trophy, is one of the celebrities who has been targeted, as fans reckon he's got an unfair advantage because he’s been professionally dancing for years.

The 26-year-old, who is the son of former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, enrolled in the Hammond Ballet School when he was younger as well as studying musical theatre at the Tring Park School for Performing Arts.

However Regan fired back at fans' criticism, telling Mirror Online skating was “different to dancing”.

“You're holding your core in a totally different way to how you would be dancing. Lifting people is totally different, it is a completely different skill. The ice is a completely different element,” he explained.

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Brendan has also come under fire from the show's viewers.

When his former colleague Arlene Phillips gave him a perfect 10, one fan fumed: “The night Dancing on Ice becomes Fix on Ice! Brendan gets his mate on the judges panel and she gives him a 10 while marking others up to 2 points lower than the other judges!”

Dancing On Ice is on ITV on Sunday at 6.30pm

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