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Originally Posted by Liam-

Joey Essex is still intolerable I see, can’t stand the bloke

At last, someone else who doesn't like him!

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I'm shocked Joey Essex is so good at skating , I really expected another Todd Carty = Bambie on ice lol.

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Originally Posted by Kate!

At last, someone else who doesn't like him!

I cant stand him....but unfortunately it looks like he might go far.

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Originally Posted by rusticgal

I cant stand him....but unfortunately it looks like he might go far.

He's a natural.

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Originally Posted by Vanessa

He's a natural.

He is fearless which gives him an edge....but dont tell me he has never danced on the ice before..

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Originally Posted by rusticgal

He is fearless which gives him an edge....but dont tell me he has never danced on the ice before..

He was falling down all the time when he first started.
So I'm not sure he knew how to skate.
I'm enjoying the partnership with Vanessa.

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Originally Posted by Vanessa

He was falling down all the time when he first started.
So I'm not sure he knew how to skate.
I'm enjoying the partnership with Vanessa.

He was deliberately falling down most of the time…it was blatantly obvious he was trying to convince everyone how useless he was on the ice. To be able to skate the way he did last week when he was making out he was at the same level as the others convinced me he was no novice..
He wouldn’t be on the show if it was going to make him look stupid…he is too self conscious of his image

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Originally Posted by rusticgal

He was deliberately falling down most of the time…it was blatantly obvious he was trying to convince everyone how useless he was on the ice. To be able to skate the way he did last week when he was making out he was at the same level as the others convinced me he was no novice..
He wouldn’t be on the show if it was going to make him look stupid…he is too self conscious of his image

What I want to know is ,why do certain people get stick on strictly for having ' dance experience ' ( wrongly so imo) . Yet people can go on dancing on ice with bags of ice skating experience...and it seems perfectly "ok" .

I think it's cheating if anyone has previously been on the ice prior to DOI ...think how many people have never set foot on the ice ,yet others take the Mickey as they glide through effortlessly.

I remember Chris Fountain saying he had ice hockey experience or something... How ridiculous , and look how good he did on the ice . I remember thinking how DOI wasn't a level playing field.

I agree... Joey has 100% skated before. There's no way he'd be that good without some experience. I also think the Olympian in this series,I forgot his name .....has a definite advantage.