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Old 18-01-2012, 17:03
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According to ITV, there's a twist coming up for Dancing on Ice on Sunday 29th January:
Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley are back to chase away the winter blues with Dancing on Ice on ITV. This week sees a brand new twist, and for the 12 remaining celebrities, everything changes. The competition is hotting up and skating legends Torvill and Dean have given our celebrities their toughest challenge yet. At the end of the show lines open for you to vote to save your favourite celebrity from the skate off.
What's interesting is that the performance show that night will be shown between 18.45-20.30, which is way shorter than the 18.10 start time it's having this week even though there's only one fewer contestant. I'm thinking the twist is they're gonna make the 12 celebrities skate in pairs, so there's going to be 6 routines that night! Has that ever happened before?!

Heres the link to the quote above: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/danci...5/default.html
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Old 18-01-2012, 17:08
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will be interesting to see what the twist is
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Old 18-01-2012, 17:21
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maybe theyd be swapping partners? I thought the pairing this year werent brilliant to be honest .. eg nina and matt :/
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Old 18-01-2012, 18:27
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ITV twists are terrible, not looking forward to that.
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Old 18-01-2012, 19:04
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I'd rather they didn't bother with twists.
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Old 18-01-2012, 19:26
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Oh, Lord. Well, I certainly hope the twists are better than last year's, which were pretty awful.
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Old 18-01-2012, 19:28
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I'd rather they didn't bother with twists.
Same here!
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Old 18-01-2012, 19:53
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Far too many twists last year.
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Old 18-01-2012, 19:54
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Twist is couples are voting off each other like last year....bye strand, I mean Corey!!
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Old 18-01-2012, 20:57
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Twist is couples are voting off each other like last year....bye strand, I mean Corey!!
Is this a definite, and if so how do you know?

I had really hoped that there would be no more silly twists this year, seems like wishful thinking though. If those timings are correct I'm struggling to see how they will fit 12 couples in, unless the twist is something to do with that. Surely they won't do what SamuelW thinks?
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Old 18-01-2012, 21:58
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Sigh, I thought we were done with the twists. I hope they aren't going to ruin what's shaping up to be a great series.

Did they learn nothing from the epic failure that was the "Ice Pick"?
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Old 18-01-2012, 23:07
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Well depends what the twist is - if its a skating based one it could be good but if it's a voting twist like the Ice Pick then that's not so good. TBH I would be surprised if it's that again at this stage and the Press Release indicates that it's a brand new twist. I think if they are going to use that one again it's more likely to be used later in the competition.

I wonder if they may do a vote for your least favourite either next week or at some point later in the series though. Don't think I'd like that - a bit too Big Brother for me.
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Old 18-01-2012, 23:24
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Sigh, I thought we were done with the twists. I hope they aren't going to ruin what's shaping up to be a great series.

Did they learn nothing from the epic failure that was the "Ice Pick"?
it wasn't actually a failure though?
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Old 19-01-2012, 00:28
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it wasn't actually a failure though?
It was hardly a rip roaring success. It was plainly devised to increase tension and the hope that people would vote off rivals. But at that stage of the competition (as is often the case) it was a bit of a no brainer and turned into an anti climax - that's why if they do it again they're more likely to do it later in the competition.

However, people on these shows are savvy nowadays. Had the twist been used last year when Laura & Vanilla Ice were in the skate off I seriously doubt anyone would have voted to save Vanilla Ice over Laura. They would know that it would make them look bad in the eyes of the public and likely scupper any chances they had of winning.
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Old 19-01-2012, 07:04
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Christine Bleakley is taking to the ice with Holly coming back to present
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Old 19-01-2012, 10:58
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Yesterday, I said the twists were a bad thing but I looked back at last year and the series went like this:
Weeks 1 & 2:
These were supposedly qualifier rounds and half the couples skated each week and both weeks 2 couples were eliminated before getting to the competition stage. Basically, it was a fancy way of saying 4 couples were eliminated in the first 2 weeks and making those couples feel even worse about being the first out. Thankfully, they didn't do that again this year because it was just silly.

Week 3:
All the couples skated in the same show for the first time. There was no time for anything fancy that week.

Week 4:
The first twist, known stupidly as the "ice pick" where the contestants had to choose who would be eliminated after the skate-off.

Week 5:
Return of the required elements, now known as "skills." This week, a step sequence.

Week 6:
Second skill. This week, the jump.

Week 7:
Third skills. This week a spin with a minimum of 2 revolutions on one foot. This week also comprised the "skills test" with all 3 skills being incorporated in the routine. Up to 2 points were available for each skill and a score of 0 was possible if the celebs messed up. (The judges' scores were still out of 6 last year.)

Week 8:
Theme week.

Week 9:
Team Challenge. The remaining couples were split into 2 teams, picked after the previous week's show by the team leaders, who were the two celebs at the top of the leader board. After each couple had skated, each team then skated a group routine. The judges decided which team was the "winner" and the members of that team will had their scores on the leaderboard doubled. That twist was actually ok.

Week 10:
Theme week.

Week 11:
Semi-final. Each couple skated and then each celeb had to skate a complete solo routine. (In previous years, they just had to start the routine solo.) Also a decent twist, as weaker celebs couldn't hide by being carried around the ice by their pro partners.

Week 12:
Final. Three couples. In previous years this comprised a flying routine, a reprise of each couple's favourite routine then an elimination and the final couple skated their version of Bolero. Last year the flying was replaced by a showcase dance, where each celeb had to choose the music, staging and costumes and they had to choreograph the routine themselves. They could have up to 4 other pros to help them in the routine.
Having reviewed last year's twists, it was only the ice pick and calling the first two rounds "qualifiers" that I didn't like. The other changes (the team challenge, the solo skate, the showcase dance and the skills test) were all actually for the better.
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Old 19-01-2012, 12:52
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Perhaps it's THE twist. On ice. Let's see them mark for use of blades and speed across the ice on that one!
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Old 19-01-2012, 18:42
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I'm sure scores were out of 10.0 last year - we only had Jason, Emma and Robin

The week they did the three skills, didn't Sam concentrate on the headbanger instead to try and pull ahead again

Brianne held her arm out to save her head hitting the ice
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Old 19-01-2012, 19:32
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Yesterday, I said the twists were a bad thing but I looked back at last year and the series went like this:
Weeks 1 & 2:
These were supposedly qualifier rounds and half the couples skated each week and both weeks 2 couples were eliminated before getting to the competition stage. Basically, it was a fancy way of saying 4 couples were eliminated in the first 2 weeks and making those couples feel even worse about being the first out. Thankfully, they didn't do that again this year because it was just silly.

Week 3:
All the couples skated in the same show for the first time. There was no time for anything fancy that week.

Week 4:
The first twist, known stupidly as the "ice pick" where the contestants had to choose who would be eliminated after the skate-off.

Week 5:
Return of the required elements, now known as "skills." This week, a step sequence.

Week 6:
Second skill. This week, the jump.

Week 7:
Third skills. This week a spin with a minimum of 2 revolutions on one foot. This week also comprised the "skills test" with all 3 skills being incorporated in the routine. Up to 2 points were available for each skill and a score of 0 was possible if the celebs messed up. (The judges' scores were still out of 6 last year.)

Week 8:
Theme week.

Week 9:
Team Challenge. The remaining couples were split into 2 teams, picked after the previous week's show by the team leaders, who were the two celebs at the top of the leader board. After each couple had skated, each team then skated a group routine. The judges decided which team was the "winner" and the members of that team will had their scores on the leaderboard doubled. That twist was actually ok.

Week 10:
Theme week.

Week 11:
Semi-final. Each couple skated and then each celeb had to skate a complete solo routine. (In previous years, they just had to start the routine solo.) Also a decent twist, as weaker celebs couldn't hide by being carried around the ice by their pro partners.

Week 12:
Final. Three couples. In previous years this comprised a flying routine, a reprise of each couple's favourite routine then an elimination and the final couple skated their version of Bolero. Last year the flying was replaced by a showcase dance, where each celeb had to choose the music, staging and costumes and they had to choreograph the routine themselves. They could have up to 4 other pros to help them in the routine.
Having reviewed last year's twists, it was only the ice pick and calling the first two rounds "qualifiers" that I didn't like. The other changes (the team challenge, the solo skate, the showcase dance and the skills test) were all actually for the better.
Great summary Memmh. I agree that actually quite a few of the twists last year were good. As I've said before if it's based on the skating then it generally works, silly stuff on the voting doesn't.

I liked the team challenge and enjoyed watching the routines - hopefully they'll do it again but just mark each routine out of 10 instead of doubling the scores.
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Old 20-01-2012, 20:40
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The twist is Philip Schofield will only talk about twitter for the whole duration of the show and there will be no skating as the skating just gets in the way of all the hyesterically funny twitter anecdotes
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Old 20-01-2012, 22:26
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They just scrap the whole thing.
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Old 21-01-2012, 17:53
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I'd rather they didn't bother with twists.
i agree there always dreadful.
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Old 21-01-2012, 19:18
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so is the twist tomorrow?
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Old 24-01-2012, 00:08
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My guess was right!

The twist that Phillip Schofield mentioned on Sunday night’s Dancing on Ice has today been revealed.

Named ‘The Dual’, the twist will see the remaining twelve celebrities paired up – based on their place on the leader board this past week.

Each pair will skate onto the ice together with their professional partners, then each celebrity will perform a routine. Both celebrities will skate to the same song, and will then skate over to the judges.

Judges; Louie Spence, Robin Cousins and Katarina Witt will then choose which of the two celebrities they would like to send through to next week’s show and which they’ll be putting up for the public vote.

After all six pairs have skated, six celebrities will be immune and six up for the public vote. The two celebrities with the lowest votes will perform again in the skate-off, and the judges will decide who will be leaving the show and who will remain.

The pairs are as follows:

Matthew Wolfenden and Jorgie Porter, Andy Whyment and Rosemanry Conley, Heidi Range and Charlene Tilton, Jennifer Ellison and Sébastian Foucan, Chico and Sam Nixon and Corey Feldman and Chemmey Alcott.
http://www.imediamonkey.com/dancing-...wist-revealed/
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Old 24-01-2012, 08:42
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Heaven help us with the camera work if they have 2 pairs skating at once!
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