...Jason's absence, or Holly's absence, or both ? Or some other factor ?

Maybe people have just become bored - tonight I tuned out quite a few times, I just couldn't last out the marathon long show.

Jasons absence. I don't miss Holly at all, thought I would but then couldn't remember anything she brought to the show. However, Jason made alot of controversial comments and had face to face run ins with Karen and Denise Welsh's husband. He also made some controversial comments so yeah Jason. Anyway. I enjoyed tonights show, I think it is getting better as the series goes on.

Bored crapless by it

Too many ad breaks, too many VTs, too much waffle, no Holly and no shocks from Jason

I record it, FF and just watch the performances

You've hit the nail on the head. Jason is sadly missed and no matter how many people defend Christine, she just doesn't have anywhere near the charisma or talent of Holly
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I'm watching now Jason isn't there but I can't really do much with Christine Bleakley. Holly was brilliant as she has a certain charm. I really can't connect with Christine Bleakley. These people must have agents that will bend over backwards for them.

Probably both but mostly Jason's.

Phillip's presence

You are talking about Holly Willoughby? The most boring presenter since Tim Vincent?

Good try

Couldn`t bear him on the show either - Christine or Holly are just there for furbishing purposes only.

Tim who?

He was wrong in every way. He made everything so bitter and nasty. At least Strictly do it tongue in cheek but his rants were becoming very serious.

True !!

Was he pushed or did he jump ? Have seen reports saying he jumped but would love to think he was pushed!

He wasn't pushed. If he doesn't agree to come back, this might be the last Dancing on Ice.

Karen and Dan have just bought a Subway store ,perhaps they know something we don't . Still its got to be more interesting for Karen than hanging about like a spare part , I don't see the point of her being on the show !!!

The low ratings are down to Jason and Holly's departure, but also people are getting bored.

The format of the show is the same, theirs nothing new or exciting, you get 2/3 decent skaters whilst the rest are plain cheesy and rubbish!

On top of all that you get so many adverts, that last for 5 minutes at a time, It's enough to put people off.

One celeb dances, then theirs like a long advert and that format continues!

I think it's probably down to Jason not being on the panel, and also the routines have become samey each week which is a bit boring. I'm not as gripped on DOI as I used to be.

I think they have messed about with it too much, the first couple of series were great, it was a genuinely good show but now they are always trying to do something different and bring in twists all the time. Jason was a pain and very rude but at least he was honest and like Craig on Strictly, at least when you got top marks you knew you deserved it. Holly was nice and girly and I think a lot of people tuned in to see what she was wearing whereas Christine looks like a guy in drag a lot of the time and just isn't in the least bit sexy no matter how much she tries. Nothing against the woman but she is built like a terminator! I don't mind Louis in small doses but he irritates the hell out of me on that panel and the VTs are far too long and tedious. I don't really care how many times they fell over midweek or how they are possibly going to be fit in time for the show on Saturday due to the bad fall they had, I don't want to hear how they have never got the move right all week in training so it could be 'an interesting night' when we all know that they are going to be fine. What I'd like is to start the show at 6.15, have a team performance, introductions, a quick VT of all of them in training which lasts no longer than 5 minutes followed by an ad break, then they come on one after the other with an ad break after every 3 performances, first show finishes at around 7:15 - 7:30 with the results show just 15 minutes long at around 9:00pm. At the moment I record it then whizz through just watching the performances and I'm done in about half hour max!

Lots of those reasons and more .

I didn't like Jason, felt he crossed the line too many times but I think he did entice the GBP to tune in and now he has gone the show lacks a character. For ice-dance purists the current judging line up may well be better with decent comments, explanations and advice rather than vacuous comments or rudeness for contraversy but the line up is missing some pizz-az and in terms of being an entertainment show the judges need some character and oomph, probably an additional judge too

I find Christine very inoffensive and don't mind her but can see she comes across as a bit meh

I am tired of seeing the same old lifts and moves each week often several times in the same programme. The choreography needs a shake up, instead we get the same moves each week in a different order. Lifts that once upon a time wowed and now passe. We rely on 'themed-music weeks' or 'twists' to inject interest but I want to see something different on the ice. My favorite week last year was the dances around the world which did show different styles of dancing

I compare it to SCD which despite the cheesy VTs has somehow managed to keep fresh. The fact that the contestants do dances that are generally distinct each week with the stamp of the choreography of the individual pro keeps things fresher.

I think its because its up against Midwives on the beeb, most people record to skip through the adverts,

Don't you also think the judges are getting too long to comment? Even Katerina ran out of things to say last night! Because we have to hear from all 3 EVERY time it really drags it out - and Robin and Katerina rarely differ in their comments. That, the endless ad breaks and the overlong VTs... I honestly don't know why anyone wouldn't Sky + and fast forward the dross.

Why do people think that 7.5 million viewers for a 2.5 hour show is a bad thing?

I don't miss Jason one iota! I couldn't stand him and the constant booing whenever he spoke.

Some people like a pantomime villian type on these shows rather than the nicey, nicey approach and Jason Gardiner, even though often rude and obnoxious in his critique, was one of the attractions.

The show itself is becoming a bit tired and as some mentioned a bit boring due to the same format. Trying something different or bringing in the odd twists is not such a bad thing and will bring something interesting and fresh to the show.