She was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing then all of a sudden a few years ago she Become a judge on the show I never said anything all this time but it's occured to me what does she really know about Dancing and Professional Ice Skating it just baffles me

I ask this questions because some of her comments about Face pulling etc really annoyed me tonight

WHho's made the decsion to give her the job of being the judge in the first place,is it tv execs who think it cool to have Celebs on Judging panels

Sod all and we really don't need TWO judges talking about performance.

Does Emma tell us anything we can't see for ourselves?

She's there because she's a big name.

Erm, wasn't this question asked 12 months ago?

yep, and she is still bloody there

yep, and again next year

Last year it was more acceptable as therfe were three skaters! Karen sat on the end doesn 't work!

Does Robin have any commentary commitments this year as we could end up with three non skaters on the panel!

I agree..and am always up for anti-Bunton threads!! Credibility for judging on this show??????????

It was Olympics last year - which is why he was away for 2 weeks in Vancouver working for the Beeb. He can do the worlds and euros from a studio in London - I doubt he will bother going to Japan for the worlds to do 2 days commentating.

Also how did Angela Rippon get to be a judge on Dancing on Ice a few years back, when she was eliminated in week 1. Bit of a joke really.

Think they should put Karen Barber should be back on the judging panel from week 3 - and go to viewers vote if there is a tie like X-Factor - or do it like Strictly and give the head judge the casting vote if the other 3 don't reach a majority.

I'm really hoping that when the 'real' show starts that Karen will be reinstated as a judge. I hate the fact that the non-skating judges outnumber poor Robin.

I was thinking the same thing while watching the show. Strange why she's there.

I was unfortunate enough to see her hosting 'Lorraine' on 'Daybreak'. The 'we love Twitter' etc drivel made me cringe. I doubt she needs the money and evidently knows nothing..........:sleep:

She talks like she knows what she is talking about but it is just the same old garbled stuff over and over again. There are far more qualified people that could do the judging, like one of the many ice dancers out there!

It troubles me how we have to have celebs judging on all these types of programs rather than talented people in their rightful field of expertise.

If they have to go with a 'celebrity' at least pick one who can skate like one of the ex contestants like Chris, Ray or Suzanne. I'd much prefer a professional ice dancer or coach as a judge though; someone who knows the technical stuff the way a judge should.

I quite like her as a person, and didn't mind her last year, but losing two skating judges, her lack of technical knowledge is horrific.

I know he's unpopular with many, but Jason is a good judge IMO, despite not being a skating expert. He knows much more about dancing and performance and technique than the likes of Emma, and while he concentrates on performance, he doesn't seem to neglect skating altogether as some of the other "performance" judges do. He's not going to care about the finer details of good skating technique, but he cares if they are wobbly and will mark down people who are too slow over the ice etc.

Emma Bunting needs to go.

Thanks Marty, as you can see I know eff all about winter sports!

At least I have somethin in common with Emma Bunton!

wasn't there 5 judges last year?whats happened to that nicky bloke

Emma Bunton knows as much about ice dancing as she does about tv presenting, being a disc jockey on Heart and oh! yes singing with the Spice Girls which in my book is zilch!

On the plus side, thank God we have someone there to point out when someone's got a nice torso or has lovely hair etc.

I hope the RNIB appreciate her for that.

Complete waste of space. I agree that five judges was too many, and I think it's fine that Karen's focus is now as a trainer, but the obvious person to keep was Nicky - a skating expert - rather than Bunton who knows nothing about it and whose "performance" insight is more than adequately covered by Jason. I think the reason she is there instead of Nicky is for gender balance: the producers thought that dumping both the women and keeping three men would look bad. Unfortunately they didn't consider how bad it looks to dump two out of of the three judges who actually know what they're talking about.

Victoria Beckham had an open air skating rink (Rockefeller Centre I think)and skaters in the backdrop of the video for 2 Become 1. I assume Emma was on the set for the video shoot so that more than qualifies her?

Having Karen sitting among the skaters like a mum at a Nativity play REALLY doesn't work, and how is it fair when the judges' marks affects the results to have two non-skaters?

Jason was back to his usual waffle last night, giving low marks and then making up some b*llox to justify it, and Emma was even more 'Oooh I like your pecs' than normal.

Grrrrrrrrrr.

At least she's better than the obnoxious Jason.