I am sure we can think of a few more if we really try

no no Gareths child would always be smiling like him, lol

But Zaraah simply held one (admittedly pretty) upright position through the whole routine no matter what Fred did to her. Ok she may have gone horizontal a bit but the legs did not move - no forward and back tumbles like Chris did or upside downs and when he picked Frankie up that was great.

Some of Chris's was bit clumsy but at least he did something rather than just hang there.

Neither of them were a patch on Suzanne's but I just wouldnt' have had Chris below Zaraah on the basis that I don't think just hanging there prettily is very deserving. She landed once only (from a very gentle rock by Fred at the start) and then never touched the ice again.

I think Suzanne and Clare were equally as brave. Some of the lifts Clare did were incredible.

Kyran did a half axel last year, but he had a personality on the ice and a connection with his pro that Chris never had.

I know Zarrah was practising as long as the others but I'm sure it was to the same intensity. Had she started she would've had longer with Fred they would have had time more time to get better, she may have got up to Suzanne's level.

A half axel?????? 3 quarters of a turn???

I thought he just did a 3 jump which is a third of an axel.

Was it just me who found it weird that the phone lines to vote for the Bolero performances opened before either couple had skated their Boleros

Phillip Schofield definitely made the announcement that the lines were open before the performances.

They didnt' have much choice really as they left themselves no time to get votes in after the Boleros. That meant a lot of people would vote on what they had seen already and the Boleros probaby had less of an effect on the voting.

I'm only going on what the great Gubba said!

Ah - I think he makes names up. I've watched skating for years and have never heard of half the stuff he comes out with. There's definitely no such thing as a half axel. A half loop and a half flip and even a half lutz you can have, but no half axels (unless it's gone very wrong I guess!)

I tend to agree with these comments

but Chris and Frankies Bolero just edged it for me

I'll bow to your greater knowledge.

My point remains the same Chris may be technically better but he doesn't seem to have the same joy Kyran had and Kyran had a better connetion with his partner.

I don't get all this talk about Zaraah. She actually was only in the competition TWO weeks less than all the others and she'd been practicing as long as the rest of them. She may have been doing the lifts come the end due to her confidence in Fred, but other than that I don't think her actual skating on the ice, or her connection with Fred was any better than Linda's was when she went out, after competing less weeks overall than Zaraah.

I agree with you, Zaraah could pull of the lifts but not with the style Suzanne did but Zaraah could not skate smoothly alone, in fact her 2 feet were welded to the ground.

She started practicing with all the others in November and just missed the 1st 2 shows so I cant see any disavantage to her there. In fact she is a qualified dance teacher so had an edge on lines and grace in dance.

Also in that particular skate off Linda did the required element which Zaraah didn't so she was given an advantage in that she was allowed through without doing what was required of her.

I agree suzanne was better on the night but his flying was good as he was doing actual skating too and not just flying.

Thank you! These bosses choose and edit footage and influence the judges any way they want to, and once again Britain falls for it. Obviously the guy had the Hollyoaks fanbase, and Suzanne had the mum fanbase...poor Zaraah had to rely on talent alone.

Plus after watching all their performances, I felt that Suzanne's was better than the rest. Not her and her partner, but the routine itself e.g. the spinning bit at the end. I think it would only be fair if they'd all done the exact same routine, like they do with the final song in the X Factor, that way you can compare.

But Zarraah wasn't capable of doing what Suzanne did otherwise for sure she'd have done it. The choreography had to work with what the skaters could do. And they couldn't really ask everyone to do an axel for example in a routine since the others were still learning the first jumps that Chris could already do. You'd have to have a routine geared to the weakest skater. But then why shouldnt' those who can do more have an opportunity to show it?

Songs are different in that everyone can attempt even a difficult song and you can instantly see who is best but in skating different people have different strengths and the choreography is there to make the best of what they can do.