I've always had a soft spot for Chico, so was thrilled when he was so excellent lsat night. Considering he only trained for 7 days with Jodeyne, that's an incredible achievement.

Well done to Chico, although I don't think I will be joining his fan club anytime soon....

Back in his X factor days my young kids dragged me to the tour and he was absolutely fantastic after the show. The only contestant who hung around outside, gave my son a big hug and generally looked out for the fans - especially the kids.

Despite his real cheesiness I think there is a genuineness about him too and I love his positive attitude to life which is somehow so infectious.

Hope he does really well. The crowd seemed to really be cheering for him last night.

Really enjoyed his performance and enthusiasm. Agree with Louie about lowering the cheese quotient a little in future (although coming from him that's priceless!)

Chico was fantastic and agree with the other do nuts here about the divine Donal and how he came from nothing to doing well and Chico I feel will be the same. I never minded him but didn't think he would come up with the goods.

He isn't short on enthusiasm for anything he does and I was pleasantly surprised at how well he skated. His partnership impressed me most over the first two weeks.

I wish they'd drop the 'Chico time' references at any and every opportunity though. I'm already tired of it and it will put me off him eventually. Fickle? Me?

Chico was my biggest surprise of the night and it was a toss-up between him and Sam as to who was my favourite.

Seems like all the old Donuts are feeling the Chico love...can we get ourselves a fanclub name? Carrying on the food theme, how about 'Chiclets'?

I kind of see what the judges meant (was it Louie or Robin, I forget) about the cheesy beginning though. I worry that Chico won't be able to repress his natural rather cheesy persona to perform a credible romantic routine. But fingers crossed he's more Donal McIntyre than Mikey Graham!

Yes, he's married and has a son and daughter. There's a beautiful photo of Chico with his boy on his twitter profile:

https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images...me_and_Zac.jpg


If I stuck by Corin, you're sticking by Chico


Chiclets is fine so long as every member wears a pink or blue badge so Sid isn't confused

~Waves @ Sid~

He is generally a bit too ebullient for me but fair is fair, he seems to have calmed down a little although he is still very strong on the cheese factor.

What a lovely picture Sid.

Chico's broad smile and excited reaction to the judges assessments of his performance was probably the highlight of the evening for me. You could tell that the marks and comments were totally unexpected.

xxx

*slaps on pink 'Committed Chiclet' badge*

He has a wife and two kids in tow now

More about Chico here

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/new...Its-Chico-Time

Matthews score is the highest this series so far, but it's not record breaking Ray scored 23.5 for his first skate, and I think Sams first score last year was 21.0

I don't know if anyone else can top that as I only watched series 1. Too far back to remember any scores

Yeah but you have to take into account that we have two fewer judges than when Ray was on, who are able to award more marks, so now they score out of 10 rather than out of 6.

I realise that means both marks are out of 30 but there's clearly a skewing that means you are likely to get more marks when there are more judges, plus they're working against a different frame of reference so can award marks on a broader basis.

Yes it might affect it (three judges instead of five), but Sam still scored 21.0 with three judges