Dancing on Ice 2014

Dancing on Ice has long graced our screens and transformed average celebrities into figure skating celebrities.  However, all good things have to come to an end and this is applies to Dancing on Ice as well.  This year is the last year that the show will be on our screens as far as we know.  To make this season even more exciting than previous ones Dancing on Ice is going to have an All Star line up. 

Yes, there are going to be some of the best contestants from all the seasons competing this year.  This should be very good as there are a number of winners and a whole bunch of runners up.  The line up has been announced in anticipation of the return of the show on Sunday. 

The Line Up:

Suzanne Shaw – Suzanne was the winner of season 3 in 2008.  She is partnered with professional Matt Evers.

Sam Attwater – Sam was the winner of season 6 in 2011.  He is partnered with professional Vicky Ogden.

Todd Carty – While Todd is not one of the best on the ice as he finished at number 9 in season 4 in 2009 he is the most entertaining.  He is partnered with professional skater Alexandra Schauman.

Gareth Gates – Gareth finished at number 4 in season 3 in 2008.  He is partnered with professional Brianne Delcourt.

Bonnie Langford – Bonnie finished in third place in the first season of the show in 2006.  She is partnered with Andrei Lipanov.

Ray Quinn – Ray won the fourth season of the show in 2009.  He has been partnered with professional skater Maria Filippov.

Kyran Bracken – Kyran won the second season of Dancing on Ice in 2007.  He has been partnered with Nina Ulanova.

Beth Tweddle – Beth won last year’s competition which was season 8.  She has been paired with professional Lukasz Rozycki.

Zaraah Abrahams – Zaraah came third in the third season of the show in 2008.  She has been partnered with Andy Buchanan.

Jorgie Porter – Jorgie came second in the seventh season in 2012.  She has been paired with professional Sylvain Longchambon.

Gary Lucy – Gary was runner up in season five in 2010.  He has been partnered with professional Katie Stainsby.

Hayley Tamaddon – Hayley was the winner of season 5 in 2010.  She has been partnered with professional Daniel Whiston.

David Seaman – David was in fourth place in the first season of the show.  He is paired up with professional Frankie Poultney.

The last season of Dancing on Ice will start at 6:15pm on Sunday on ITV.  

Red or Black - A Review of the Show

So Saturday night was the first episode of Red or Black and I have to say I may be hooked.  At first I was a bit unsure about the whole thing but as the show went on and the tension rose I couldn’t look away.

So what is this show and how does it work?  We start off with 1000 contestants and get them down to one who gets to spin the wheel for 1 million pounds.  So how do they get rid of 999 people?  Well it’s all a question of red or black?

Through a range of scenarios the contestants have to decide whether it is red or black.  Some of the games they will be able to pick the colour while others they don’t have a choice at all.  The common thing through all of the games is that the answer will be red or black.

How when I first saw the ads for this show I thought they all the games would be where the contestants have to pick a colour.  That is not actually the case as the sometimes just have to pick an object that may turn out to be red or black and hope for the best.  This puts the show into that category of dumb luck for me because you have no real say in some of the games.

Anyway when the contestants are down to 8 they go into the studio to play for the 1 million pounds.  At this point I would like to state that I thought there would be a winner every night.  The fact is that there will be nights when no-one wins.  The reason for this is that the last contestant spins a giant roulette board and has a 50/50 chance of getting the money.  

While there were a few things done differently to what I thought I believe that the show is quite a good one.  Of course some of the contestants really annoy me.  Okay so some of the people on the show really need the money while others don’t need it at all.  

Just thinking about the first night we had Angel from Big Brother 2009 on and she wanted the money so she can make a movie with her in it.  There was also this lady who wanted the money to buy shoes.  Then you get the ones who need it like the woman who wants to buy a bigger house for her family.  It annoys me that people who don’t need the money go on shows like this.

Anyway all in all Red or Black is a good show that will run until the end of the week.  Seriously they can’t really run it for longer with the amount of money they could give away.  I would definitely recommend watching this show.  Plus Ant and Dec present it and I love them!