Dancing on Ice viewers left furious over first elimination after ‘unfair’ voting change
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Angry viewers are accusing series of ‘royally setting’ up first celebrity to be voted off. Dancing on Ice viewers have been left “shocked” by the first elimination of the 2025 series. This year’s contestants includeTOWIE star Ferne McCann, presenter Michaela Strachan, Traitors contestant Mollie Pearace and Olympian Steve Redgrave.
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On Sunday (19 January), the second raft of stars taking part in the ITV skating competition performed one week after the first took to the rink. Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey was the first to leave this year’s show after finding herself in the bottom two with comedian Josh Jones.
However, in a twist that’s been branded “unfair” by viewers, there was no skate off, with Healey automatically being voted off as she was at the bottom of the scoreboard. Host Holly Willoughby told Healey after the result was announced: “I think everyone is shocked actually to see you in this position.”.
Healey revealed that “personally there’s been a lot going on with me that I’ve been struggling with so I couldn’t focus”, but added: “I’m just really grateful.”. Viewers hit out at the switch up to the voting format, with one writing on X/Twitter: “How can there not be a skate off? What if more people voted last week or this week? Surely that would potentially mean someone would unfairly have less votes?”.
