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Fuming Dancing On Ice fans accuse judges of ‘tactical marking’

James scored higher than Melody and viewers aren't happy about it

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Dancing On Ice fans have been left furious during tonight’s show as they called the judges out on their “tactical marking”.

James Jordan opened the show and scored a huge 34 points with 8.5’s across the board with his beautiful routine.

Alexandra and James performed a gorgeous routine (Credit: ITV)

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But the judges said he needed to push himself harder, and Jason Gardiner called him out for his poor spiral given he’s a dancer.

Melody Thornton came onto the ice a few skaters later and performed a great routine to Frank and Nancy Sinatra, that viewers at home loved.

James’s performance scored 34 points (Credit: ITV)

But despite the judges heaping praise on her, they scored her 33 which was a point less than James.

Melody’s routine was stunning (Credit: ITV)

Given fans thought her routine was much better and she’s a talented skater, they think the judges have decided they want James to win and Melody is suffering in the scoring because of it.

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It got even worse after Wes Nelson performed and stumbled a few times, yet at 33.5, he still got better marks than Melody.

Fans were even more fuming.

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Elsewhere, Brian McFadden stumbled and dropped his partner, yet scored higher than Jane Danson, who completed a clean routine.

And Saara Alto performed a slow and emotional routine, a huge part of which she skated solo, yet only scored 31 points – and fans were also not happy about that, insisting she’d been under-marked.

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Carena Crawford
Associate Editor (Soaps)

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