Sorry - Johnson was quite well known. And is famous for what he has done - not because of what his parents used to do!

I didn't realise that 'she was laughed at on the forums'

I stand corrected.

I didn't realise being a nice person meant you were false and too aware of the cameras and before you say something else, I like both Chloe and Laura, it's Sam I can't abide.

It is a lot of a fun, not a bit of fun but the fun factor is lowered when a real or legitimate celeb is not utilised by the powers that be.

I remember her presenting, badly, on Big Brother's Big Mouth but never ever has she been a real and legitimate presenter who holds down a show.

Laura is happy.

A better celeb would have made more of a programme.

If I wanted to see stroppy kids then I'd watch Super Nanny.

She only gets high marks because her mum and dad have connections in the media - it's the way the world works.

Skating doesn't make you legitimate, being a celebrity does. Are you saying that some random nobody from some random town should be allowed on the show? It's about celebrities and it's not called random nobodies on ice. If it was then I would accept that Chloe should be there.

Johnson is a hero who saved our men and fought for our country. He is a real hero and a real role model that is sorely needed in this country. His position on this show and in the media is important as socially he plays a huge part as he is practically and legitimately earned his place in the public eye.

Chloe has thrown strops and failed miserably at carving out a career in the media. Considering her parents were king and queen of daytime TV, just shows how untalented she is and shouldn't have been on the show.

Celebrities need to earn their money and somebody out there missed out on saving their career.

She is neither.

Which show does she hold down to be a presenter? What story has she found to be a journalist?

I think she word you are looking for is stand-in not presenter.

And as for journalist, being a face for a random column somewhere does not make you a journalist!!!

Her Brother did a decent job. She fluffed her lines and couldn't read the autocue.

Yea? OK then, I'm a good skater so why wasn't I invited to take part?

Firstly, because you're probably too good for the show if you can already skate.

Secondly because you're probably not know to the producers and so won't be invited to audition, whereas Chloe was.

In all honesty I can't see that she would have been put in the programme just because she was Richard and Judy's daughter - they are no longer TV stars as frequent references on here to them trying to get air time on DOI demonstrates.

She may have got an audition because someone knew who she was, but she's hardly unique in that.

Chloe Madely is famous because she's following in her parents footsteps, not just because they are her parents. Would you knock Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas or Charlie Sheen because they got their breaks into acting because they were from acting families? It's life, that's all. The only ones I knew this year were Denise, Vanilla Ice, Kerry, Chloe and Jeff. I'd never seen any of the others before.

Jeff Bridges has talent
Michael Douglas has talent
Charlie Sheen has talent

Please, tell me why? Why did you compare Chloe Maddeley to those three? Why? It just doesn't compare.

I would say Richard and Judy have talent but Chloe. Come on, let's be serious and just face facts that she's been really embarrassing to herself on that show. Anybody who feels they can behave like that and be deemed appropriate deserved a good shake of the head and a surprised look.

All this bile and vitriol aimed at Chloe wouldn't have anything to do with her topping the leader board this week, would it?

Not to mention performing one of the best routines this series.

The remaining contestants have as much right as each other to call themselves "celebs". An actor who was axed from Eastenders, a cable TV kids presenter and a war hero. Not exactly A-List, are they?

Just be grateful you're watching good skating. Sheesh!

Haters gonna hate...

(And just for the record Laura is my fave)

Jeff Bridges has an oscar
Michael Douglas has been given the all-clear
Charlie Sheen has blown it

None of those on DOI are what I would consider to be "celebrities". Well, maybe Denise Welsch as she is still acting (of sorts).

Sam was a shortlived two-bit character on EastEnders. Vanilla Ice had one hit song over 20 years ago. Jeff is mostly known for fathering Jade Goody's children.

None of the "celebrities" have won an Oscar, a Grammy, a BAFTA, etc. I probably wouldn't recognise any of them if I passed them in the street.

What qualifies somebody as a "legitimate celeb"? For the purposes of a programme like DOI it is probably more to do with column inches in mags like Heat and OK than with talent.

Elen and Jeff only have any fame because of their ex-partners.
Kerry was the non singer in a girl group that split years ago whose private life offers car crash fly-on-the-wall TV
Vanilla Ice released "that" song in 1989
Laura presents on a digital channel targeting kids - I'd never heard of her before DOI
Sam played a one dimensional, forgettable character on Eastenders for around 7 months - if appearing on Eastenders makes you a celebrity, then let's line up Tracy the barmaid for the next series as she's been on the show for 26 years!

I do have a degree of sympathy for people like Chloe as - even if she turned out to be a fantastic presenter, people would always say she is only working because of her family connections. It happens everywhere, not just in TV, so while I'm sure she IS there because of Mum and Dad, it's just part of life. If she isn't a good presenter (and I have no idea) then she won't get the big breaks. Part of me is hugely envious of the success of people like Jeff Bridges and Michael Douglas mentioned above (Charlie Sheen maybe not so much right now!!!) but have to say there is no part of me that wishes I was presenting a show like OMG with Peaches Geldof.

but Chloe can't skate and it has nothing at all with her topping the leaderboard. She's always throwing a strop and behaving all spoilt. It's really cringeworthy TV.

and they're not supposed to be A list. Do you expect to see Natalie Portman on there???

She's pointless and utterly embarrassing to watch.

for you maybe but obviously a lot of other people like watching her .. otherwise she would have been out in the qualifiers

How ridiculous!

So you say Chloe cant skate you watching the right person??
To say she cant skate is totally pointless as it is obvious that she can skate.
She throws a strop because she is a perfectionist and gets frustrated when things dont always work first time she is so hardworking on this show and course they ALL get frustrated and have strops its just they tend to always show Chloes strops for some reason, considering they film them training ALL week and then only show a couple of mins of very heavily edited film then it hardlt as if shes being stroppy 24/7 now is it?

I think you are definetely watching this show blindfolded then if you are saying Chloe can't skate while I can't skate I have followed professional skating all my life and can say without a doubt Chloe can skate. If she couldn't skate she wouldn't be able to even go round the ice would she yet funnily enough she is able to do that plus pretty much everything else that has been thrown at her.

You talk about Chloe throwing strops when your posts sound exactly like a spoilt child throwing their rattle out of the pram because they aren't getting their own way. Having a hissy because your favourite hasn't done so well? Given the tone of your posts it seems very hypocritcal to accuse Chloe of being spoilt and stroppy.

If Chloe couldn't skate her marks would not be progressively increasing each week the judges this year have not exactly been conservative with their comments and she has come in for her fair share of criticism. However Robin is a SKATING judge and has praised her skating does that mean you think his opinion doesn't count.

Yes, Robin is a skating judge but only this week he chose to give Sam only 1 more point than Johnson, this is ridiculous imo.