DOI’s Jayne Torvill defends ‘harsh’ scores and says celebs ‘need to improve’

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Jayne Torvill found herself being booed on more than one occasion during last weekend’s Dancing on Ice, but the skating champion clearly isn’t too bothered about it.

In fact, the 63-year-old star stands by her scores – which were branded “harsh” and too low by many viewers watching at home.

Fans of the ITV show were particularly shocked when she gave Jason Donovan just 5.5 for his latest performance with professional skating partner Alexandra Schauman.

But Torvill doesn’t great any of the scores and said there’s still a long way to go in this year’s competition.

Speaking to The Mirror, she said: “I know some of my marks were lower than the others, which is unusual, but it was just my personal feeling.



Dancing on Ice judge Jayne Torvill said that celebrities 'need to earn' decent scores
Dancing on Ice judge Jayne Torvill said that celebrities ‘need to earn’ decent scores

“We’ve got a long way to go in the competition so there’s a lot of improving to be done going forward.

“So you can’t give too much of a higher mark to everybody because they need to earn it,” Torvill added.

Asked what they thought about the backlash regarding Graham Bell being sent home in the skate off, fellow judge Christopher Dean was quick to defend their decision.



Dancing on Ice viewers felt that Jason Donovan's most recent score was 'harsh'
Dancing on Ice viewers felt that Jason Donovan’s most recent score was ‘harsh’

“I would like to say we’ve skated all our lives, we’ve got a couple of medals behind us and we’ve done a lot of Dancing on Ice, and that was our opinion,” he said.

“And so if you wanted an expert opinion, that was an expert’s opinion!”

Torvill added that they were shocked to see WAG Rebekah Vardy in the bottom two last weekend.



Dancing on Ice judging panel
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean judge the contestants alongside Ashley Banjo and John Barrowman

“I’m surprised she was in the skate off really as she’s showing steady improvement every week,” Torvill said of the 38-year-old.

But despite how good some of the celebs are, Torvill and Dean admitted that they’re still on the edge of their seats most weeks.

“Thank goodness the cameras aren’t on us all the time! We squeeze the desk quite hard at sometimes and tense up!” Dean revealed.



Dancing on Ice judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Torvill and Dean admitted that they’re still on the edge of their seats most weeks

“I have to say, as fun as it is and as exciting as it is, it’s dangerous at the same time too.

“The ice is pretty unforgiving once you start to get it wrong, especially if somebody’s up in a high lift. We take all the precautions, but it is ice.”

*Dancing On Ice returns Sunday at 6pm on ITV

Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/dancing-ices-jayne-torvill-defends-23447133

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