Dancing on Ice series 3 explained

Series Number:3
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Network:ITV
Num Episodes:19

The third series of Dancing on Ice aired from 13 January to 16 March 2008 on ITV. The show moved from Saturday nights to Sunday nights, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returning as hosts. Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, and Robin Cousins returned to the "Ice Panel", with Ruthie Henshall joining as a replacement for Natalia Bestemianova. The commissioning of the series was first confirmed by Schofield at the 2007 BAFTA Awards.

Judges and hosts

It was announced that Natalia Bestemianova would depart the series. Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, and Jason Gardiner announced their returns, with Ruthie Henshall joining the show as a replacement judge. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby announced their returns and coaches Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean also returned as mentors.

Contestants

The contestants for the third series were revealed on 7 January 2008:[1] The contestants for the third series were:

CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
Television presenterEliminated 1st
on 13 January 2008
Sports television presenterEliminated 2nd
on 20 January 2008
Television presenterWithdrew
on 24 January 2008
Singer-songwriterEliminated 3rd
on 27 January 2008
How Clean Is Your House? co-presenterEliminated 4th
on 3 February 2008
Television presenter Eliminated 5th
Olympic javelin throwerEliminated 6th
on 17 February 2008
Model & Emmerdale actressEliminated 7th
on 24 February 2008
Professional tennis playerEliminated 8th
on 2 March 2008
Singer-songwriterEliminated 9th
on 9 March 2008
Coronation Street actressThird place
on 16 March 2008
Hollyoaks actorRunners-up
on 16 March 2008
Hear'Say singerWinners
on 16 March 2008

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger, while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger .

Color key:

Couple! scope="col" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"
Week
12345678910
Suzanne & Matt119.020.522.024.523.524.027.5 bgcolor=gold 30.0+30.0=
Chris & Frankie220.027.0 bgcolor=silver 25.5+29.0=54.5
Zaraah & Fred318.519.022.5bgcolor=lightblue 22.0bgcolor=lightblue 18.5bgcolor=lightblue 24.5bgcolor=lightblue 27.0 bgcolor=tan 26.0+26.5=
Gareth & Maria417.519.519.520.520.023.023.025.5style=background:darkgrey
Greg & Kristina513.011.515.513.016.5style=background:darkgrey colspan="2"
Linda & Daniel616.516.516.517.015.519.019.0style=background:darkgrey colspan="3"
Steve & Susie715.015.0bgcolor=lightblue 14.5bgcolor=lightblue 14.5bgcolor=lightblue 17.018.0style=background:darkgrey colspan="4"
Tim & Victoria813.5bgcolor=lightblue 16.016.516.0style=background:darkgrey colspan="5"
Aggie & Sergey9style=background:darkgrey colspan="6"
10bgcolor=lightblue 15.516.016.0style=background:darkgrey colspan="7"
1116.516.5style=background:lightgreenstyle=background:darkgrey colspan=7
Natalie & Andrei1215.014.0style=background:darkgrey colspan="8"
Sarah & Fred1311.5style=background:darkgrey colspan="9"
Notes

Weekly scores

Week 1 (13 January)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Greg & Kristina 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 13.0 10.97%5914Safe
Suzanne & Matt 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 19.0 24.01%111223Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.5 10.5 8.78%3811Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 13.5 6.82%6713Safe
Natalie & Andrei 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.03.0 15.0 3.00%7310Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 15.0 4.03%7512Safe
Sarah & Fred 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 11.5 2.17%426Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 20.0 14.90%121123Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.0 3.5 2.5 3.5 3.0 15.5 2.10%819bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Michael & Melanie 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 16.5 3.76%9413Safe
Linda & Daniel 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 16.5 6.90%9615Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 17.5 12.56%101020Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 2 (20 January)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 16.5 5.57%8614Safe
Chris & Frankie 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 20.0 17.96%10919Safe
Natalie & Andrei 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 14.0 3.98%527Eliminated
Greg & Kristina 3.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 11.5 7.76%4812Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 10.0 5.93%3710Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.5 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 16.0 2.38%718bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 20.5 24.58%111122Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 15.0 5.34%6511Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.5 3.5 2.0 3.5 3.5 16.0 4.12%7310Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 19.5 18.10%91019Safe
Michael & Melanie 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 16.5 4.28%8412Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 3 (27 January)

On 24 January 2008, Michael Underwood & Melanie Lambert had to withdraw due to an ankle injury to Underwood.[2]

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Gareth & Maria 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 19.5 6.81%8513Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 16.5 9.09%6713Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.0 3.30%516Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 23.5 19.20%10919Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 2.0 3.5 2.5 12.5 5.00%246Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 14.5 4.68%325bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 15.5 12.90%4812Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 18.5 7.88%7613Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.5 4.76%639Safe
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 20.5 "Somethin' Stupid" — Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman23.39%91019Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 4 (3 February)

Theme: Broadway Night

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicBroadway musicalPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Tim & Victoria 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.0 "You're The One That I Want" Grease3.78%426Safe
Linda & Daniel 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 17.0 "I Know Him So Well" Chess9.33%5510Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 14.5 "Hello Dolly" Hello Dolly2.30%314Bottom two
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 22.0 "Fame" Fame25.92%8917Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.0 2.0 1.5 2.5 2.0 10.0 "I Feel Pretty" West Side Story5.02%134Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 25.0 "Time Warp" The Rocky Horror Show19.69%9817Safe
Greg & Kristina 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 13.5 "Any Dream Will Do" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat14.27%279Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 4.0 19.0 "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" Evita12.85%6612Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 20.5 "Razzle Dazzle" Chicago6.83%7411Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 5 (10 February)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.5 14.88%369Safe
Suzanne & Matt 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 20.16%7714Safe
Tim & Victoria 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 12.5 4.30%112Eliminated
Gareth & Maria 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 20.0 6.46%538Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.5 9.08%6410Safe
Steve & Susie 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 17.0 4.88%426bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 15.5 9.22%257Safe
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.0 31.03%8816Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 6 (17 February)

Theme: 60's Night

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Gareth & Maria 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 23.0 "I Get Around" — The Beach Boys11.84%5 3 8 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.0 3.30%4 1 5 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Chris & Frankie 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 35.33%7 7 14 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 18.0 8.33%2 2 4 Eliminated
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 4.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 23.5 15.41%6 6 12 Safe
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 16.0 13.32%1 5 6 Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 19.0 12.47%3 4 7 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 7 (24 February)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Zaraah & Fred 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 18.5 7.87%2 1 3 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Greg & Kristina 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 17.0 13.12%1 4 5 Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 23.0 12.45%4 3 7 Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 19.0 10.08%3 2 5 Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 27.0 17.09%5 5 10 Safe
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.5 39.39%6 6 12 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 8 (2 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Suzanne & Matt 5.0 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 24.0 37.33%2 5 7 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 10.68%3 1 4 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Gareth & Maria 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 25.5 11.47%4 2 6 Safe
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.5 27.0 27.52%5 4 9 Safe
Greg & Kristina 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 20.5 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" — Elton John13.00%1 3 4 Eliminated
Judges' votes to save

Week 9 (9 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Gareth & Maria 5.0 5.5 4.5 5.0 4.5 24.5 13.97%123Eliminated
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.5 50.47%347Safe
Zaraah & Fred 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.0 8.60%213bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Chris & Frankie 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 29.0 26.97%437Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 10: Finale (16 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
BoléroResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall Cousins
Zaraah & Fred5.55.05.05.05.552.5 "One Day I'll Fly Away" — Randy Crawford7.43% Third place
5.55.0 5.5 5.0 5.5 "Diamonds and Pearls" — Prince
Chris & Frankie5.55.54.54.55.554.5 "Fly Me to the Moon" — Frank Sinatra23.87% 27.59% Runners-up
6.05.5 5.5 6.06.0 "Cry Me a River" — Justin Timberlake
Suzanne & Matt6.06.06.06.06.060.0 "Time to Say Goodbye" — Sarah Brightman68.70% 72.42% Winners
6.06.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 "Music" — Madonna

Ratings

Ratings sourced from BARB.

ShowDateOfficial ITV1 rating
(millions)[3]
Weekly rankShare
Live show 1 13 January 9.34 6 36.0%[4]
Results 1 8.02 12 28.0%
Live show 2 20 January 9.33 6 37.0%[5]
Results 2 8.34 11 30.0%
Live show 3 27 January 8.83 6 36.0%[6]
Results 3 8.22 8 29.1%[7]
Live show 4 3 February 9.28 6 36.0%[8]
Results 4 8.87 7 31.0%
Live show 5 10 February 8.45 7 35.6%[9]
Results 5 8.05 9 29.0%
Live show 6 17 February 9.13 638.4%[10]
Results 6 8.47 7 29.6%
Live show 7 24 February 8.44 9 34.0%[11]
Results 7 8.51830.0%
Live show 8 2 March 9.44 6 41.0%[12]
Results 8 8.797 31.0%[13]
Semifinals 9 March 9.146 36.1%[14]
Semifinals results 8.91 7 30.0%
Finale 16 March 12.08 1 44.1%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Full 'Dancing on Ice' lineup revealed. . 7 January 2008.
  2. News: Michael Underwood out of Dancing On Ice. Julie. McCaffrey. Daily Mirror. 25 January 2008. 7 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Weekly Top 30 Programmes. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. 18 June 2011.
  4. Web site: TV ratings, January 13: Dancing on Ice skates off with honours. Leigh. Holmwood. 14 January 2008. The Guardian.
  5. Web site: TV overnights: January 20 – Soap-free ITV scrubs up well. Leigh. Holmwood. 21 January 2008. The Guardian.
  6. Web site: TV ratings – January 27: ITV skates off with ratings honours. Leigh. Holmwood. 28 January 2008. The Guardian.
  7. Web site: ITV1 puts the opposition on ice.
  8. Web site: TV ratings – February 3: Warm welcome for Lost's return. Leigh. Holmwood. 4 February 2008. The Guardian.
  9. Web site: Viewers fail to be dazzled by Baftas.
  10. Web site: ITV1's sees off BBC1's Enemy.
  11. Web site: TV ratings – February 24: To see you nice, say Brucie's 6.5 million. Leigh. Holmwood. 25 February 2008. The Guardian.
  12. Web site: TV ratings – March 2: Lewis beats BBC enemy. Maria. Esposito. 3 March 2008. The Guardian.
  13. Web site: Ratings Thread – Page 326. March 2008 .
  14. Web site: BBC1's Enemy within.