Skating on Thin Ice

This evening I was forced to watch Dancing on Ice by my beloved family. For those reading that live outside the UK, it's basically a TV show where z-list 'celebrities' take on the challenge of performing ice skating routines over a number of weeks. Each week one is voted off until the finale and then the viewers get to vote for the winner.

I can kind of see the appeal. You get to see these ex-pop stars or ex-soap stars try to do something else. Will they succeed? Will they fail? And you get your panel of judges that we are so used to seeing by now on all these other reality shows. If your into that kind of thin you would probably love it. I don't however and so hated it.

The winner (Suzanne Shaw of Hearsay fame) in the end had performed well I guess. I'm assuming that none of the contestants could ice-skate before starting on this show so I guess that's a new skill learnt for all. However I did think that the voting of the judges was rigged, the winner got perfect scores twice in the one show. I'm sure because it was the last show and they felt nice, come on she's not Olympic standard...

I was surprised by how hooked my family was on this show. My sister's howls of disbelief that Chris Fountain from Holloaks lost out were almost too painful to hear. It's only a TV show and yet people are so intent on one person winning. Maybe if I had watched it from the beginning it would be different... But that's something I very much doubt.