This series could have been a great way for DOI way to go out. However, with the news that the duel is back they are ruining it again with these ridiculous twists. This should have been the series that took the show back to it's roots with skills tests and the required elements. You can bet the team challenge will be in the next few weeks

Agree - there is no need for it. Just means we are more likely to lose another great skater.

I agree - we really need some sort of skills element too. Tonight's routines may have been crowd pleasing but too many of them featured too much static dancing on the ice with little flow across the ice. For Me that was why Ray & Beth's routines were easily the best as they had a great combination of skating & dancing.

Its notable that Bonnie, Kyran, Sam and Zaraah have all had better skate off routines based on previous routines than what they have been allowed to show on the main show so far.

Embarassing too that Robin actually pointed out tonight that Zaraah and Kyran had more difficult moves than seen yet. Beth's dancing is coming on significantly even if she's not matching her most difficult moves yet. Hayley's Charleston is probably the only other routine so far thats matched anyone's past best - though Suzanne's first routine was probably her second best.

How is this duel thing going to work. I assume its going to be male against male and female against female, or could they possibly put one male against one female.

Regardless.... it seems to me that NO ONE is going to want to be put with Ray.....they may as well not even bother training for the week, just be told they have been matched with him and gracefully bow out there and then.

The whole thing is also an easy way for producers to get rid of who they don't want instantly by the choice of match up.

Actually does it mean that if one person from each team is saved and one is not, half the remaining skaters are out next week, or just one !! confused.com.

Four are 'immune' for one week and the other four will be up for the public vote