But why did ITV cut them off so quickly???? They could have cut out the padding and given a bit more time at the end.

Great sohw and some great performances. How you could split Clare and Kyran after their Bolero performances I don't know.

Yeah both were brilliant but I'm glad Kyran won

Yep, they both skated beautifully. But I'm as pleased as punch that Kyran won.

woo hooo go kyran

I've liked Kyran all the way through, but to be fair and honest, on tonight's performance Clare should have won. Yet again, I feel that, just like all the celebrity shows on tv in the past year, the hype took over and the bookees favorite won as a result. I have to admit Kyran has been great all the way through, but I judged the winner solely on tonight's performance alone, and whilst I was impressed with Kyran tonight over all particularly his Bolero, I was no more impressed than usual. However, I considered Clare pulled out all the stops, addressed the criticisms from you guys who have criticised her right the way through, and did as much skating tonight as she did being in the air. Her skating was in fact technically more complicated and foot perfect than Kyran's, that's why the judges gave her highest marks. Her Bolero was absolutely breathtaking, I was mesmerised as I was when Torvill and Dean did it originally, and she was without doubt the real winner tonight.

Kyran is just a better skater that is always on the ice and not lifted, apart from his flying routine obviously, so therefore we can see that he is the better skater.

I also judge each performance on the night, tonight for me Clare was much better than Kyran, she should have won! Kyrans performance tonight wasn't as polished as he has been in previous weeks, Clares on the other hand was perfect, all 3 skates, so although Kyran won on the public vote,Clare is the winner for me

I have not really posted on this forum as I'm a true SCD fan, but I have been watching Kyran the last few weeks and I'm really pleased he won. I think the flying should be eliminated from the show as it does favour the female participants. Kyran and Mel have been fantastic throughout the last few weeks and I'm pleased they won.

flying does not count as one of the skates surely! i think Kyran's Bolero was better.

Unfortunately, comments like this are the reason Kyran won. I wish people would simply understand Kyran is the MAN Clare is the WOMAN therefore their skating performances have to be different. What the heck did you guys want, Clare to lift Andrei in the air and spin him above her? Clearly, a fair judgment was in no way made tonight. Kyran was not as good as he has been and Clare's Bolero was undoubtedly superior as it flowed non-stop and was full of amazing technical skating skills and lifts.

In the same way, the weekly skates ALWAYS favour the male skaters as they have to lift and not be lifted. Simple. Maybe viewers should simply learn to discern the differences and judge them differently. After all, which of us is going to state whether Dean is the better skater than Torvill. Not me for one, but Chris skates more as Jayne gets lifted. Pure and simple.

I don't know whether you really answered to my post. I don't disagree that the female celebreties are very brave and must have some fantastic skill to pull of the skating, but I still think that the male celebreties do have to do a lot more work to make their lifts work. I did not enjoy Bonnie Langford's routine's last because she spent more time in the air than on the ice.

And yet ,when they were wining everything in sight , there was virtually no lifting at all .
I think what we have been watching has been far more akin to Pairs skating than ice dancing .

It was nothing to do with the amount of time she spent on the ice, it was the look of terror in her eyes every time she was on the ice and serious lack of skill that was the problem.

Of course Clare doesn't spend so much time on the ice as the guys, but she manages wonderfully when she is on the ice. Her Belero was filled with ice time and technically difficult ice time, the spin they executed was amazing.

I didn't see Bonnie's terror, but I was impressed that she was able to do it (excuse me here) despite her age. Claire was fantastic, I'm not doubting that at all. I have never done any ice-dancing and I'm sure the lifts are really difficult. However, I still maintain that a male celebrety has a harder time of it.

I should probably mention, that I would have been happy with any of them winning tonight.

on her performance with the Bolreo she should have won, gutted she didn't, the last spin was amazing, shame she came second, thought she was far better than Kyran tonight, but he was bookies favourite, so result was for gone conclusion, at leat she got more 6's than Kyran ever got!!!!!!

Clare was not as technically good as Kyran with her skates, but I thought her perofrmances overall WERE better (although both Bolero's were very good)

I think it would be better if they either got rid of the flying OR made both skaters fly (as Jane and Chris did)

I suspect Andrei would look as clumsy doing that as Kyran. And to be fair those wires were only about 2/3 the width of his body!

The right person won. Kyran has proved week after week just what an amazing and entertaining skater he is. It would have been a travesty if he hadn't won. Well done, Kyran!

I agree - Clare's Bolero was absolutely brilliant and imo much more moving than Kyran's - on tonights performances she should have one. Maybe she can win champion of champions next week

If you're going to look at it like that then I'm much more impressed with what Kay achieved than what Bonnie managed. Bonnie is a dancer and super fit, and because of that had a big advantage despite her age. She did do amazingly in the air, but only ever leaned enough skating to get from one lift to the next, and even then she just didn't look graceful on the ice.


I think all of them were great this evening, and any of them would have been worthy winners. I do think Clare pulled out everything this evening though.

I'm not sure if it is easier for the men or the women, both have different parts to play and different skills are required from each of them. Honestly though, it's something that I don't need to get hung up on. I'm aware of the fact that the girls are going to be able to manage more breathtaking lifts because their partner is a pro, and I'm able to take that into consideration when I decide which performance I prefer.

The male celebs have managed three different types of lift during the series:
Stationary Lifts – not a lot of skating skill required.
Straight line skating / large curve skating – need balance, but technically not impossible skating.
Two Foot Spins – more skill involved in the skating, but once they've mastered spinning on two feet not really that much harder.

... now I couldn't do any of those things, but I'm not really sure that you can say the actual skating involved is that hard in comparison to the other stuff that goes into the routines. The lifts look good because of the way the lift is achieved and that's down to the celebs strength and the pro's ability to look good in the air.

Yes I do admit that when the celeb's skating is poor it's easier for the girls to produce a good looking routine, but once they are past a certain skating ability both the male and female celebs routines are on a par even though the men technically spend more time in contact with the ice.

I was thinking of the pair spin in the Bolero ... I don't skate, but I believe there was quite a lot of skill involved in doing that! ... the end spin was really fantastic though, I just don't understand how Andrei manages to balance her like that! ... so pleased she managed all those sixes, she definitely deserved them!

I have my *fingers crossed* ... are they repeating a routine, or is it all going to be new? ... either way, can't wait!

I don't agree with that, bookies favourite's don't always win

As for Bolero, they were both excellent although Kyran's was more solid, Clare seemed a bit wobbly when she was on the ice and there was one bit where I thought she'd missed a bit or done her bit too early as Andrei was still dancing about and Clare was upright and looked over at Andrei. It was just after the bit where they were bent down then did a few quick steps, it just didn't seem to flow coming out of that sequence

Kyran has been consistently good over the weeks and it would have been unfair for anyone else to win based on one week's performance

I agree. The guys can easily push the girls into a spectacular spin, but the girls can't do that to the guys. One of them tried it, and the difference in the effect was obvious.

Awww congrats