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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Suzanne Shaw eliminated from Dancing On Ice after judges unanimously vote to save Kyran Bracken

'Mistakes are costly': Suzanne Shaw eliminated from Dancing On Ice after judges unanimously vote to save Kyran Bracken

PUBLISHED: 21:18, 16 February 2014 | UPDATED: 21:33, 16 February 2014

Suzanne Shaw became the latest celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice: All Stars on Sunday, narrowly missing out on the quarter final.

Despite finding herself in joint second place earlier in the evening, the singer and actress failed to impress the ice panel after going head-to-head with Kyran Bracken in the skate-off.

She was told she had made too many costly mistakes in her routine to Madonna's Music, and was unanimously voted out by the four judges.

Time to say goodbye: Suzanne Shaw became the latest celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice: All Stars on Sunday, narrowly missing out on the quarter final

Not enough: Despite finding herself in joint second place earlier in the evening, the actress failed to impress the ice panel after going head-to-head with Kyran Bracken

She told host Philip Schofield afterwards: 'I've never experienced a skate-off before and it's scary. It wasn't easy. I love this competition, and I am glad we went out on one of our best skates.'

After admitting she has been frustrated by her past scores earlier on, Suzanne had wowed the judges alongside partner Matt Evers to Alannah Myles' Black Velvet.

Rewarding the 32-year-old for her technically difficult routine, Karen Barber had given her a perfect 10 to go with three nines, which put her temporarily at the top of the leaderboard.

Jason Gardiner said the performance had put her back in the race, before adding that she had a slightly 'unsightly' landing, however the same wasn't to be said about her final routine.

Unanimous: She was told she had made too many costly mistakes in her routine to Madonna's Music, and was voted out by the four judges

It's slippy out there: After admitting she has been frustrated by her past scores, Suzanne had wowed the judges with her latest number with Matt Evers earlier in the evening

Sultry: Rewarding her for her technically difficult routine, Karen gave her a perfect 10 to go with nines from the other three judges, putting her temporarily at the top of the leaderboard

She tweeted after the show to say: 'All I can say is thank you to all the votes, support and amazing comments. It's been a great experience thank you @TheMattEvers love you xx'.

Beth Tweddle had been the first star to take to the ice earlier in the evening, who was in no way slowed down by her voluminous brown wig, complete with oversized bow.

The Olympic gymnast, 28, performed a series of lifts alongside her partner Łukasz Różycki and was awarded an impressive 34, including two nines from judges Karen and Ashley Roberts.

However Nicky Slater said he was in a 'massive quandary' as the medal-winning athlete could skate brilliantly solo but wasn't presenting herself as well as some of the other contestants.

Exuberant: Beth Tweddle dazzled in pink as she danced with her partner ¿ukasz Ró¿ycki, while sporting a voluminous wig complete with bow

Your raise me up: Despite being up first the pair impressed the judges, scoring nines from both Karen Barber and Ashley Roberts

Next up was Hayley Tamaddon who was determined to top the leaderboard this week with her 'tear-jerker' dance, after falling into second place behind Ray Quinn on Sunday.

The actress, 37, performed to Sam Bailey's Skyscraper with partner Dan Whiston, which started with a love letter before the emotional moves kicked in.

They achieved a score of 34.5, with hard-to-please Jason commenting: 'Incredibly expressive, very emotive and you kept that all the way through. However, I would have liked to have seen more unfurling of the arms and upper body'.

'Tear-jerker': Hayley Tamaddon was determined to top the leaderboard this week with her moving routine

'Expressive': The actress performed to Sam Bailey's Skyscraper with Dan Whiston, which scored 34.5 points

Skating to Macklemore and Ryal Lewis' Can't Hold Us, Kryran made a confident start before partner Nina Ulanova suffered a minor slip.

Dressed in striking silver costumes, the former rugby player, 39, was given 33 points, which included a nine from Nicky.

He said he had loved the routine and added that it would have been worth an extra half point if there had been no mistakes.

They later danced to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean in all-black outfits for the skate-off, which Jason labelled as one of his best skates ever and therefore saving him from elimination.

Reach for the stars: Kryran Bracken made a confident start skating to Can't Hold Us with partner Nina Ulanova

Headbanger: Dressed in striking silver costumes, the former rugby player was given 33 points, which included a nine from Nicky

Show favourite Ray Quinn was the next to take to the ice and he scored another perfect 40 with his routine to Ed Sheeran's Lego House.

Skating alongside Maria Filippov, the actor moved Karen to tears with his emotional performance before adding that the pair now skated as 'equals'.

Jason told the 25-year-old: 'That, my boy, is dancing on ice', before Nicky added that he thought he had 'the whole package. Really soft and really strong.'

Favourite: Ray Quinn scored another perfect 40 with his routine to Ed Sheeran's Lego House

Like a professional: The actor moved Karen to tears with his emotional performance

Elegant: Jason told the 25-year-old: 'That, my boy, is dancing on ice', before Nicky added that he thought he had 'the whole package'

Last to take to the ice was Sam Attwater alongside pro skater Vicky Ogden, who found themselves in the bottom two last Sunday and were tipped to leave.

After being awarded with 37 points, Karen told the 28-year-old she was happy to see he had his confidence back with Nicky adding that he is a 'high quality' skater.

However Jason criticised saying: 'If you're going to do some crowd-pleasing, air-pumping choreography it's got to come from a real place.'

Despite all the couples having already taken to the ice, the stars had to perform once again but this time it was girls versus the boys.

The female contestants did their piece to Walk Like An Egyptian before the boys changed into casual looks for Uptown Girl. The boys were then unanimously crowned the winners, which sees their points doubled, leaving Beth in last place.

Fun in red: Last to take to the ice was Sam Attwater alongside pro skater Vicky Ogden, who found themselves in the bottom two last Sunday

Quality: After being awarded 37 points, Karen told the 28-year-old she was happy to see he had his confidence back

Walk Like An Egyptian: The girls donned their best Cleopatra-inspired looks as they went up against the boys to try and double their points

Dressing down: Before the boys are crowned the winners with their routine to Billy Joel's Uptown Girl

Sunday, 2 February 2014

FEMAIL gets an exclusive peek behind the scenes at Dancing on Ice

£350,000 crystal-encrusted dresses, 200 cans of hairspray and glittery make-up galore: FEMAIL gets an exclusive peek behind the scenes at Dancing on Ice

FEMAIL went behind the scenes on location at Elstree Studios
Mingled with stars, including Suzanne Shaw and Kyran Bracken
Met the experts who make the weekly dose of glamour happen

By RUTH STYLES

PUBLISHED: 16:25, 31 January 2014 | UPDATED: 18:16, 31 January 2014

'When anybody says "street" to me, that is like a red rag to a bull because I cannot bear that word! What does that mean? Would you like Borehamwood High Street or Sloane Square? What would you like?!'

We're tucked away in a portakabin behind Elstree Studios and Stephen Adnitt, ITV's resident king of bling - and Dancing on Ice's chief costume designer - is explaining why urban just won't cut the mustard.

'If you ask people to define it, they really don't know what they mean,' he exclaims. 'To me, it means a pair of jeans, a hoodie... I find that boring!'

King of bling: Dancing on Ice costume designer Stephen Adnitt shows off one of his jewel-encrusted creations

Sparkling: A member of the wardrobe team puts the finishing touches to a skating costume

Glitzy: Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle takes to the ice in one of Stephen's gem-encrusted ensembles

Luckily for Stephen, urban is not something he's asked for very often. ITV's flagship dancing show, now in its ninth and final series, is better known for sparkle, bling and lashings of glitter.

'The perfect costume is one that's dripping in jewels from head to toe,' he adds, pointing to the gem-encrusted creations hanging from a forest of rails lining the tiny room.

And it's a look that doesn't come cheap. 'I'd hate to add it up,' he admits. 'I imagine, over the nine years we've been doing this, it would come to millions upon millions upon millions.

'You can spend £350,000 or so on one costume. Just millions and millions! It's the crystals really - the stones are very expensive.'

Sparkling though they might be, jewel-studded ensembles are just one part of the industrial strength dose of glamour doled out each Sunday.

The show, currently starring actress Suzanne Shaw, former England rugby star Kyran Bracken and X-Factor runner-up Ray Quinn, boasts a phalanx of hair and make-up experts employed to whip skaters and celebrities alike into sparkling shape.

Among them is Rene Metcalfe, a cheerful Australian airbrush expert who heads the make-up team and confesses to having a horror of lipstick airkisses.

'Lipstick on the side of the face - that's the worst nightmare,' she reveals. 'In between the commercial breaks, we run in and will be powdering them down and getting rid of the lipstick on the cheek.'

But her job involves much more than removing stray smears of pigment. Along with holding the keys to cupboards crammed with false eyelashes and marshalling the other make-up artists, Rene also masterminds the beauty looks - all of which have to pass muster on HD TV.

Ready for her close-up: Suzanne Shaw waits for Rene to stop talking to FEMAIL and finish her make-up

Looking good: Kyran Bracken, apparently a fan of glitter, gets some attention from one of the make-up team

Pass me the falsies! The team at Dancing On Ice go through 'hundreds of packets' of false eyelashes

'Because it's on HD, there's no room for fault,' she explains. 'Because it's on live telly, there's no room for retouching - this is it.

'We have to camera check it in the morning [before the show goes out] and then we go we need to add here, take off there to make it perfect.'

As she chats, Suzanne Shaw breezes in, her hair pinned into an elegant roll, but still dressed in her black spandex practice gear.

The make-up room hums with activity, celebrities and make-up artists rushing back and forth as showtime approaches.

Rene doesn't bat an eyelid and carries on talking while dabbing pink glitter onto Shaw's eyelids.

'We start with HD ready treatments the day before, and on the day, we airbrush the make-up on so it's really smooth and flawless,' she continues.

'We use Mistair because it's a really velvety looking on camera. You've got all the lights so you have to compensate and you're on ice, so the ice blows out all the colour which is a challenge.

Lipstick patrol: One of the make-up team gives judge Ashley Roberts a touch-up during a commercial break

Slick: Last week's top scoring performer Ray Quinn gets bronzed up ahead of his appearance on the ice

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'You've got to take all that into consideration but it is good fun.' She pauses, before smiling and admitting: 'It's the most fun show I've worked on!'

Someone else who's having fun is Suzanne Shaw, who waxes lyrical about the make-up and reveals that she loves getting to wear false lashes - so much so, she's even sported them during trips to Tesco.

'With acting, especially in Emmerdale, you're meant to have the girl next door look,' she explains. 'Your character isn't meant to know how to do great make-up like this, so there's never anything you would do on a show like that.

'Theatre, you've got to go heavy and you can't really do anything but be heavy, so it's always thick lashes, eyes and lips.

'And then with Hear'Say, it wouldn't be bling or anything like that. This is a bit of an adventure and that's what I love about the show. You're doing stuff that you wouldn't otherwise do!'

Behind her, rugby star Kyran is chuckling away, so quick as a flash, Rene pipes up: 'Kyran demands the most crystals and the most lashes every week!'

'Something like that,' he chortles. 'Nails, tan... You can't go without the Dancing On Ice orange,' says Rene mischievously.

'Everyone's in that beautiful golden colour,' she amends. 'Sunkissed!'

Kyran, now sporting an artificial glow, is also there when we sit down with hairstylist extraordinaire, Paul Haskell.

The man behind the glamorous 'do's that have become a Dancing on Ice staple, Paul gets excited when you mention beehives but says a swishy ponytail should be the style of choice for aspiring figure skaters.

'I like a really thick ponytail,' he reveals. 'I know it sounds simple but it looks great when they move.

'On the ice it whips around and when you see them do the headbanger, it looks great because the hair is touching the ice. A quiff and a ponytail is always my favourite.'

Finishing touch: Head hair stylist Paul Askell gives Ray Quinn's quiff a final spritz of hairspray

Glamorous: Hungarian figure skater Maria Filippov is given an elegant waved up-do by Paul and his team

Favourite: Paul loves working with Torvill and Dean and always does their hair personally

As with make-up and costumes, hair looks are designed to work with each dancer's choice of music and, despite being tricky to create, are done on the day with no rehearsal.

'That's the stressful part because on a live show day, we've got an hour to do it and the team don't get a chance to rehearse the looks,' explains Paul.

'I give them a brief and they have to nail it in an hour.'

He adds: 'I wouldn't design something that isn't doable and I know what my team is capable of doing so I tend to try and match up the celebrity with the hairdresser that can create that look.

'My team is made up of a mix of hairdressers who've come from a theatre background, so they're very strong on period looks, wigs and that kind of thing, and then I have hairdressers who come from a more high fashion background so they do the more modern looks.

'Personally, I like good old-school Hollywood glamour. I like the 50s and 60s looks. They're hard to create and they just look really glamorous - perfect for light entertainment really. It's pure escapism!'

Back in the portakabin, Stephen is mulling over the costumes that will appear on the show in two weeks time, and wrestling with the thorny problem of making the male contestants look glamorous - whether they like it or not.

'We've had people that come in and they really don't want the sparkle,' he says. 'Kieran, David [Seaman], Donal [MacIntyre], Dr Hilary... but by about show three, they're like "can I have some more sparkle?" and they really get into it.

Then there's colour. 'A lot of them say they don't like pink or there's a big long face when you say "you've got pink this week" so last time, I got a cutting from the newspaper with a headline that said "Real Men Wear Pink" and stuck it on the wall. It made absolutely no difference whatsoever.'

All set! One of the wardrobe team shows off one of the gem-encrusted belt used to bling up the boys' outfits

Delicate work: A member of the wardrobe team stitches a Swarovski crystal onto one of the dresses

They might not like it but as Stephen points out, glitz and glamour are all part of the appeal when it comes to Dancing on Ice.

'It's almost like doing light entertainment in the 80s, all that sparkle and all that glamour,' he muses.

'It's like turning the clock back and bringing all that glamour back. You've got this [Dancing on Ice] and you've got Strictly but there's not that many more [TV shows] that have all the sparkle and showbiz of this sort of thing.

'I think people do watch it to look at the costumes and the make-up,' he concludes, before pausing and adding: 'I really hope they do!'

Dancing on Ice, Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV

Friday, 3 January 2014

Dancing On Ice judge Ashley Roberts reveals sideboob in electric blue dress

Save the revealing costumes for the show! Dancing On Ice judge Ashley Roberts reveals sideboob in electric blue dress

By FELICITY THISTLETHWAITE

PUBLISHED: 11:45, 2 January 2014 | UPDATED: 16:38, 2 January 2014

Saucy Dancing On Ice host Ashley Roberts stole the show during Thursday’s press conference wearing a rather revealing blue dress, showing off her best asset.

The former Pussycat Doll singer chose a dress that meant all eyes were on her as the final year’s contestants and judges hit the red carpet in a precursor to the show.

With just two strips of material covering her ample bosom the star kept the rest of her outfit simple wearing strappy black stilettos and her hair in a straight bob.

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All eyes on Ashely: Former Pussycat Doll singer Ashley Roberts flaunted her curvy figure in a skin-tight revealing blue dress at the Dancing On Ice press conference on Thursday

Laughter: The singer laughed as she realised her dress was revealing a little more than she first intended

The singer is set to be a judge on the panel of Dancing On Ice for the final time this year, as the show’s producers have invited the best and most entertaining contestants from previous years back to the ice for the programme’s swansong.

Standing with the show’s other judges Karen Barber and Robin Cousins the former singer dazzled in her electric blue dress.

It wasn’t just the other judges that paled into insignificance when compared to glamorous Ashley, the other contestants tried but failed to make an everlasting impression.

Where to look: Ashley, who is a judge on the ice-skating programme, made sure everyone was talking about her in this revealing blue dress

Ashley's dress distracts from the judges interviews at DoI launch

Judging trio: Ashley shone brightly when she stood next to her fellow judges Karen Barber and Robin Cousins at the Thursday press conference

Could they win? Former winner Beth Tweddle and runner-up Jorgie Porter are back in the competition for another try for the much-coveted title

Susanne Shaw, 32, arrived on the red carpet in black boots, leggings and a long black smock that completely drowned her figure.

Posing with fellow contestant Sam Attwater the pair looked casual, with the former EastEnders actor rocking up in jeans and a tweed jacket for the red carpet event.

Olympic athlete Beth Tweddle looked sophisticated in blue lace but the star’s unpainted toe-nails and glitzy shoes let the outfit down.

Jorgie Porter, who celebrated leaving Hollyoaks on New Year’s Day, wore a leather-look green pencil skirt with a daring cropped polo top and patent black heels.

Woops: This year's contestants Suzanne Shaw and Sam Attwater look more casual than red carpet ready at the show's press conference

It suits you, Sir: Ray Quinn (left) looks dapper in a smart-casual outfit whereas Gary Lucy (right) gets it all wrong in a silk suit jacket

Picture perfect: Gareth Gates looked smart in a tuxedo style outfit and Bonnie Langford kept things simple in all-black

Todd Carty, who famously skated off the rink during one of his disastrous performances, looked smart in a black shirt and black suit jacket.

However, former X Factor contestant, and the man tipped for the top, Ray Quinn gave his fellow contestants a run for their money in the style stakes wearing a crisp white shirt and maroon-coloured chinos.

The star is currently the bookies' favourite to win the competition at 11/8. Liam Glynn, PR Executive at Boylesports, said: 'Ray Quinn won the competition in 2009 and is the warm favourite at 11/8 to win the final series but we have seen plenty of support for 2010 winner Hayley Tamaddon who is now 3/1 having been supported in from 9/2.'

Current EastEnders star Gary Lucy channelled his inner Hugh Hefner in a silk suit jacket and crepe suit trousers – looking more Footballer’s Wives than red carpet ready.

Hayley Tamaddon, 36, contrasted the red carpet in a bright pink dress with a black lace over-layer; the star wore her long black hair down and straight with a plaited band holding her fringe back.

They're back again: Sportsmen David Seaman and Kyran Bracken looked pleased to be taking part in the show

Clashing colours: Coronation Street newcomer Hayley Tamaddon wore a bright pink dress on the red carpet

Could they be winners? Ex-Corrie star Zaraah Abrahams and Bonnie Langford are both giving the ice skating show another try

Todd Carty remembers Dancing On Ice gaffe as stars reunite

David Seaman kept things simple in an all-black outfit including a black shirt, black suit and black jacket while Gareth Gates looked suave in a mini-tux without the bow tie.

Zaraah Abrahams looked sassy and stylish in her mono-chrome colour blocking outfit and smiled sweetly for the cameras and Bonnie Langford kept things simple an a black ensemble with a dash of red top showing beneath her black shirt.

Rugby star Kyran Bracken also wore jeans on the red carpet, but paired the casual trousers with a smart white shirt and a navy suit jacket.

Returning alongside Torvill and Dean on 5 January are presenters Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, as well as the judging panel.

All together: The stars appeared on Lorraine Live on Thursday morning to promote the show which begins on 5 January

Here they are: The stars all posed together on Lorraine's sofa for a class of 2014 picture

Show offs! Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean show the contestants how it's done on solid ground, but how will they fare on the ice?

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