Dancing on Ice fans rage that Lou Sanders was 'robbed' and 'under-marked' - leaving her in the dreaded skate off

Dancing on Ice fans have slammed the judges for ‘under-marking’ Lou Sanders, who ended up in Sunday’s dreaded skate off.

Comedian and writer Lou, 38, competed against former boxer Ricky Hatton in the first skate off of the series – after scoring 19.5 in her first performance.

Judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo chose to save Lou after her second performance of the night.

But fans of the comedian fumed at the scoring and said Lou shouldn’t have been in the dance off to begin with. 

‘Lou was in the skate off completely unfairly which makes my BLOOD BOIL but on the plus side it seems the entire #DancingOnIce hashtag is filled with people saying she was robbed and that she’s brilliant,’ one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter. ‘JUSTICE FOR LOOOOOU.’

Dancing on Ice fans have slammed the judges for ‘under-marking’ Lou Sanders after she ended up in the dance off

‘Lou was in the skate off completely unfairly which makes my BLOOD BOIL but on the plus side it seems the entire #DancingOnIce hashtag is filled with people saying she was robbed and that she’s brilliant,’ one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter

Another wrote: ”#Lousanders in the skate off are you joking #dancingonice I’m gonna flip some tables.’

Referencing a picture of Lou doing an upside down lift, one fan said: ‘4.5 for #lousanders is a joke – she literally did this week one.’

And slamming Olympic skater and judge Christopher, another exclaimed: ‘Chris just listed like 7 different things she did successfully by HERSELF and still gave her a 5? 

‘They want her gone, they know she’s a threat to beat miles.’

Someone else claimed the judging was unfair, writing: ‘Wait… so Lou gets that score for doing independent skating and doing half jumps etc… but Claire gets a high score for being carried around! Can’t figure it out I tell ya!’

Another fan agreed, adding: ‘Anybody else thinking Lou and Brendyn were really under marked?’

‘JUSTICE FOR LOU SANDERS,’ said another. 

Last week, Ricky, 45, and his partner Robyn Johnstone landed bottom of the leaderboard after he was scored 12.5 points, while Lou and her partner Brendyn Hatfield were awarded a higher 19.5 during Sunday’s show. 

Judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo chose to save Lou after she danced her second performance of the night

‘JUSTICE FOR LOU SANDERS,’ said one fan, as people fumed at her scoring and ending up in the skate off

Lou and her partner Brendyn Hatfield were awarded a higher 19.5 during Sunday’s show (pictured during first performance)

And coming out trumps with her second performance of the night, the judges chose to save Lou instead of Ricky

After Lou’s first performance before she faced the skate off, Oti said: ‘One thing I really wanted you to work on is your core. Sometimes you were wobbling so If you work on activating that and strengthening your body, it will be brilliant.’

Chris added: ‘But you done the most solo skating out of everyone. All good things, but like Oti said it is like the core.’

Meanwhile, Adele Roberts, 44, and Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, 59, topped the leaderboard after scoring an incredible 27.5 points each.

Holly Willoughby once again hosted alongside co-host Stephen Mulhern for the second week running.

Holly recently shared a poignant post about ‘blossoming in dark times’ after making her TV comeback the ITV show.

She had been absent from screens for more than two months before returning to co-host the ITV skating competition alongside Stephen.

After her TV comeback, Holly’s lifestyle brand Wylde Moon shared an Instagram post about ‘resilience, strength’ and ‘blossoming in dark times’.

Posting a picture of a moonflower on their Stories, the caption read: ‘The moonflower has become a symbol of blossoming in dark times.

Ricky Hatton, 45, is the first celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice 2024 on Sunday after facing the dreaded skate off with Lou Saunders (pictured with his partner Robyn Johnstone)

After Lou’s first performance before she faced the skate off, Oti said: ‘One thing I really wanted you to work on is your core. Sometimes you were wobbling so If you work on activating that and strengthening your body, it will be brilliant.’

Adele received an impressive 27.5 points for her uplifting routine alongside her partner Mark Hanretty – despite Mark’s tumble on the ice

Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards received 27.5 for his ‘unexpected’ routine alongside partner Vicky Ogden

‘These fragrant, white flowers have evolved over millions of years to open only at night and their ethereal, nocturnal beauty is a powerful symbol of how resilience, strength and growth can flourish during the darkest and most challenging moments.’

According to The Sun, Holly re-shared the post to her own Instagram Stories, alongside the words: ‘Even in the dark… she grows… nature is beautiful.’

Holly returned to TV screens for the Dancing On Ice launch show on Sunday as she made her debut with her new co-host Stephen, who has replaced Phillip Schofield.

She had been absent from screens for nearly three months, ever since she left This Morning in October after 14 years on the sofa.

She quit the show after an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her emerged, which followed Phillip Schofield leaving ITV after his affair with a younger show runner came to light.

As she returned to TV last week, an expert told The Sun she appeared ‘more grown up’ and could ‘relaunch her career’ with a move to her own solo show in the future.