The odd's could be against him at the moment. First of Christopher Dean was furious with him last night and Karen wasn't too pleased either and the last time someone angered Chris they were axed. Also at the minute he is getting a lot of hate on twitter and if ITV see it they could believe that he is the reason why the show has lost millions of views.

Whats your thoughts.

I hope not as I think he's great . he's there to give his opinions and it would defeat the object if he's sacked just because his opinion doesn't toe the party line

T&D's choreography has become repetitive and boring and the criticism for Jorgie's choreography and the prop allocated came more from Robin and Katarina than Louie who's comments were more about the performance than the choreography so if Chris is to be annoyed at anyone it should be Robin and Katarina . perhaps they shoudl get the sack too


personally I like this year's panel ... there may be people criticising Louie on twitter but there are also those who like him ..... I certainly wouldn't hold him responsible for a drop in viewing figures ... cutting the number of ad's for a start would stop some people from giving up on the show


It's ridiculous to think that just because "princess Jorgie" got a low mark that Louie should be sacked

Sacking Louis or anybody else isn't going to fix the shows problems.

The main criticisms that I see people complaining about are the amount of adverts and the show being too long in general. Also i've seen lots of complaints about T and D's routines for the contestants are not being as good or creative as they used to be. Those are the issues the shows producers should be looking at.

I think Chris was angry at them all and embarrased with himself. As for Louis the only reason why he's getting hate on Twitter is because of what he did to Jorgie.

I really like Louis actually, and I'd much rather have him over the revolting Jason.

Karen is just a sour faced wench.

And since when is it a god given right for a good skater to get high marks, Jorgie's performance was dull and just because she's used to getting better marks doesn't mean she's immune from criticism.

nd by the way who does Bleakley think sh is sticking her nose in, she's a persenter not a judge FFS, she should learn to zip her lip

My appreciation of Louie has risen tenfold because of last night`s show

yes she hasn't exactly been a great addition to the show

I think its so sad that just because he has dared to give a low mark everyone is crying out for him to be sacked. He has more than favoured her over the last few weeks so tough she wasn't as good this week and I agree with him and she deserved the lower mark.

Had he given that mark to Matthew or Chico I'm sure there would barely have been a complaint on here.

Louie is more than qualified to judge the performance and if that doesn't meet the standard that he expects then he is entitled to mark down regardless of what T&D or Karen think and if he did get sacked simply because he didn't agree with them it shows them in a worse light than Louie IMO

Pleased I`m not on Twitter if they start hating on someone for such a pathetic reason !!

Well he is not bringing in the ratings and ratings are elementary to ITV, I think ITV are annoyed that they have employed him and trying to get him to be the pantomime villan is not working for em.

Surely the same could be said about everyone who works on the show. Its not just Louis' fault that the ratings are down.

As has been said above, the ratings reflect boredom with the amount of adverts, the same old routines choreographed by T and D as well as the length of the early programmes. Louie is not responsible for any of that!

Exactly .... you also have another 2 new additions to the show .. Katarina and Christine so why on earth would a drop in viewing figures be the sole responsibility of Louie?

He is doing his job, and his scores will sometimes be different, as he goes by performance. I thought he marked a bit low myself. I do like Louis, he will be back if he wants to return.

I don't think Christopher Dean has much say as to who gets hired and fired, if that were the case why was Jason kept on the show when he upset nearly everyone who crossed his path!

I thought Louis' mark was very fair, and certainly no reason to fire him. Jorgie skated around with no enthusiasm just holding a stick in the air as high as she could and very little movement. Her expression was one of boredom.

Lou is on the judging panel to give his opinion he is a dancer and knows about performance, lou marks on that he has had a lot of experiance on that side.

Jorgie is good at skating but that was not her best routine not as entertaining as she usually is.

You can't state that as a fact, though - that's only what you think (and probably anyone else who doesn't like Louie) so it's hardly evidence.

DS is by no means an accurate reflection of the feelings of all viewers of DOI, but they are the only views from which I can extrapolate some theories.

The overwhelming consensus seems to be that the adverts, and over-long shows with too much 'filler', not enough skating and, possibly, the calibre of the celebrities (or lack thereof!) are the prime reason why viewing figures are so low.

It's rarely as simple as one person being solely responsible for a show losing viewers. Let's be honest, lots of people turned off after the mid-season Jason debacle last year and some of them haven't returned (the show having lost them by not acting soon enough to get rid of someone who turned into a parody of a panto villain but without the humour). On the other hand, some haven't returned BECAUSE Jason hasn't returned! Many others don't like Christine Bleakley, either as a presenter or as a personality, and some find her accent (which she can't help, obviously) a bit like nails down a blackboard (I'm one of them, I'm afraid ). Others miss Holly Willoughyby and her 'assets', some find Philip Schofield too smug and 'shouty' for his own good, whilst others are bored with T an D's choreography and dislike the current crop of pros. They are all personality issues, but none of them on their own are repsonsible for the drop in viewers.

But probably all of them put together aren't as off-putting for viewers as what the programme format has become - that is, too many adverts and too much filler. If people can't be bothered to sit through the show to start with then it doesn't matter two hoots who is on it! IMHO of course!

I think Louie is great, much better than the bitchy guy before him. At least he tries to to give positive feedback to the contestants.

I bloody hope not - I think he's really good on the show! His critique of Jorgie was entirely fair, as indeed she herself acknwoledged. Last night reminded me of the Emporer's New Clothes story; it was like everyone was supposed to be in awe of this beautiful performance from Jorgie, then Louie came along and spoke the truth.

I disagree. Jorgie skated the routine she was given with the prop she was given beautifully. I have never known Christopher Dean to openly disagree with a judge's mark. Thankfully the GBP also disagreed with him also as did many of the audience

of cours Christopher Dean would disagree with the mark seeing as it (and the rest of the judges' comments) reflected badly on his choreography ...let's not single Louie out in this as both Robin and Katarina criticised the prop and the choreography

just because some of the audience and the GBP disagreed with Louie's mark it doesn't mean that there weren't people who agreed with him

4 words....why should he be???

He may have got a warning by ITV and next week we will just have to wait and see on that.

What for. All he did was mark a contestant.