Dancing On Ice professional skater Dan Whiston has defended the revamped show’s judging format after last week’s episode sparked backlash on social media.
Some viewers weren’t happy when Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown was sent home on Sunday night, despite two judges voting to save her and two voting to save Lemar.
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Because that week’s head judge Christopher Torvill had the deciding vote and he wanted to save Lemar, that meant goodbye to Candice, despite it being a 2-2 split tied vote.
Some fans felt that was unfair on Candice and it should have reverted to the public vote, with whoever had the least public votes going home.
Others were just confused about what was going on!
Now, professional skater Dan – who is paired with Cheryl Baker – has addressed the backlash in his OK! Online column.
He said: “People were a little confused about the skate-off rules in the event of a tie-breaker. I think in that moment in time, the head judge should have the final say. That’”
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