Dancing on Ice series 4 explained

Series Number:4
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Network:ITV
Num Episodes:21

The fourth series of Dancing on Ice aired from 11 January to 22 March 2009 on ITV. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returned as main presenters, while Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Ruthie Henshall and Robin Cousins returned to the "Ice Panel".

The final took place on Sunday 22 March 2009 and was won by Ray Quinn.

Judges and hosts

It was announced that Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Ruthie Henshall, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins would all return for the fourth series, and Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield returned as hosts while Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to train.

Couples

The line-up was revealed on 5 January 2009 with thirteen couples competing, including Michael Underwood, who returned to compete after pulling out the previous year due to injury.[1] The celebrities and their partners were:

CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
England & Chelsea footballerEliminated 1st
on 11 January 2009
EastEnders & Hollyoaks actressEliminated 2nd
on 18 January 2009
Holby City actorEliminated 3rd
on 25 January 2009
Television presenterEliminated 4th
on 1 February 2009
Stage & screen actorEliminated 5th
on 8 February 2009
England rugby playerEliminated 6th
Glamour model & television presenterEliminated 7th
on 22 February 2009
Emmerdale actressEliminated 8th
on 1 March 2009
Blue Peter presenterEliminated 9th
on 8 March 2009
Singer & Loose Women panellistEliminated 10th
on 15 March 2009
Liberty X singerThird place
on 22 March 2009
Investigative journalistRunners-up
on 22 March 2009
Actor & The X Factor runner-upWinners
on 22 March 2009

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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7891011
Ray & Maria1 bgcolor=gold30.0+30.0=
Donal & Florentine213.515.016.017.018.517.023.022.022.5 bgcolor=silver23.5+25.5=
Jessica & Pavel320.521.522.023.524.523.526.026.5 bgcolor=tan25.5+26.0=51.5
Coleen & Stuart417.016.015.5
Zoe & Matt518.516.520.022.022.023.525.523.5
615.018.017.016.516.019.021.0
Melinda & Fred715.519.016.516.517.518.5
Ellery & Frankie817.516.016.015.015.5
Todd & Susie9
1015.017.018.5
Jeremy & Darya1115.016.0
Gemma & Andrei1213.0
1314.5
Notes

Weekly scores

Week 1 (11 January 2009)

Only the male celebrities skated this week. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote[2]
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Jeremy & Darya 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.0 3.0 15.0 3.23%5 1 6 Safe
Donal & Florentine 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 3.5 13.5 7.69%2 3 5 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Todd & Susie 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 7.5 18.15%1 6 7 Safe
Ellery & Frankie 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 17.5 9.51%6 4 10 Safe
Ray & Maria 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 23.5 42.65%7 7 14 Safe
Graeme & Kristina 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 14.5 "I've Got You Under My Skin" — Frank Sinatra5.88%3 2 5 Eliminated
Michael & Melanie 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.5 3.5 15.0 12.86%5 5 10 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 2 (18 January 2009)

Only the female celebrities skated this week. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Roxanne & Daniel 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 15.0 13.56%3 5 8 Safe
Melinda & Fred 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 3.5 15.5 "Love Song" — Sara Bareilles2.92%4 1 5 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Coleen & Stuart 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 12.5 61.80%1 6 7 Safe
Zoe & Matt 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.54.0 18.5 7.59%5 3 8 Safe
Gemma & Andrei 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 13.0 3.90%2 2 4 Eliminated
Jessica & Pavel 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 21.0 10.22%6 4 10 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 3 (25 January 2009)

Required element: Toe step sequence

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Ellery & Frankie 4.0 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 16.0 2.11%5 3 8 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Jessica & Pavel 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.5 20.5 2.24%10 4 14 Safe
Donal & Florentine 3.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 15.0 3.67%4 7 11 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 4.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 17.0 24.12%7 10 17 Safe
Jeremy & Darya 4.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 16.0 1.21%5 1 6 Eliminated
Melinda & Fred 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 19.0 3.25%9 5 14 Safe
Ray & Maria 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 25.0 16.17%11 9 20 Safe
Michael & Melanie 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 17.0 1.86%7 2 9 Safe
Zoe & Matt 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.0 16.5 3.39%6 6 12 Safe
Todd & Susie 2.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 9.5 33.96%3 11 14 Safe
Roxanne & Daniel 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 18.0 7.96%8 8 16 Safe
Judges' votes to save:

Week 4 (1 February 2009)

Required element: Pair spiral

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Melinda & Fred 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 16.5 2.58%5 2 7 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Ray & Maria 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 24.0 14.61%10 8 18 Safe
Zoe & Matt 4.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.0 20.0 3.31%8 3 11 Safe
Ellery & Frankie 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 16.0 3.67%4 4 8 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.0 25.58%4 10 14 Safe
Donal & Florentine 3.5 4.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 16.0 11.38%4 7 11 Safe
Michael & Melanie 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 18.5 2.46%7 1 8 Eliminated
Roxanne & Daniel 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 17.0 9.01%6 6 12 Safe
Todd & Susie 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 7.5 23.47%3 9 12 Safe
Jessica & Pavel 4.5 5.0 4.0 3.5 4.5 21.5 3.90%9 5 14 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 5 (8 February 2009)

Required element: Change of edge

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Jessica & Pavel 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.5 22.0 2.08%8 1 9 Safe
Donal & Florentine 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 17.0 6.43%6 5 11 Safe
Roxanne & Daniel 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 16.5 14.23%5 6 11 Safe
Ellery & Frankie 3.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 15.0 2.71%2 2 4 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Zoe & Matt 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.0 4.38%8 3 11 Safe
Todd & Susie 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 8.5 16.15%1 7 8 Eliminated
Melinda & Fred 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.5 4.94%5 4 9 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 15.5 27.47%3 9 12 Safe
Ray & Maria 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 26.5 21.57%9 8 17 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 6 (15 February 2009)

Theme: 80's Night
Required element: Shadow spin

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Roxanne & Daniel 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.0 14.08%3 6 9 Safe
Donal & Florentine 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 18.5 7.24%5 5 10 Safe
Jessica & Pavel 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 23.5 3.30%7 1 8 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 14.5 32.95%1 8 9 Safe
Ellery & Frankie 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 15.5 6.74%2 4 6 Eliminated
Melinda & Fred 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 17.5 3.80%4 2 6 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Ray & Maria 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 30.0 26.61%8 7 15 Safe
Zoe & Matt 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 22.0 5.24%6 3 9 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 7 (22 February 2009)

Required element: Step sequence (including a spiral, lunge, cross roll, and one-footed stop)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Zoe & Matt 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 23.5 4.02%5 2 7 Safe
Melinda & Fred 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 18.5 7.52%3 3 6 Eliminated
Donal & Florentine 3.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 17.0 17.02%2 5 7 Safe
Roxanne & Daniel 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 19.0 14.31%4 4 8 Safe
Jessica & Pavel 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 3.71%6 1 7 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Ray & Maria 6.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 29.5 21.90%7 6 13 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.5 31.50%1 7 8 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 8 (1 March 2009)

Theme: Prop Week

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPropPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Roxanne & Daniel 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 21.0 Chair17.41%2 3 5 Eliminated
Ray & Maria 5.5 5.0 4.5 5.5 5.5 26.0 Hat20.48%6 4 10 Safe
Jessica & Pavel 5.0 4.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 23.5 Umbrella9.16%4 2 6 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 4.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 16.5 Feather boa21.84%1 5 6 Safe
Donal & Florentine 4.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 23.0 Broom22.63%3 6 9 Safe
Zoe & Matt 5.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 5.0 25.5 Cane8.45%5 1 6 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Judges' votes to save

Week 9 (8 March 2009)

Required element: Unassisted jump

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Jessica and Pavel 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.0 26.0 10.82%4 1 5 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Donal & Florentine 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.0 21.06%2 3 5 Safe
Zoe & Matt 5.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 4.5 23.5 11.72%3 2 5 Eliminated
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 18.5 25.44%1 4 5 Safe
Ray & Maria 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.5 28.0 30.93%5 5 10 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 10: Semifinals (15 March 2009)

Required element: 20-second solo dance

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
PointsResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall CousinsJudgesPublicTotal
Donal & Florentine 4.5 4.5 3.5 5.0 5.0 22.5 21.62%2 2 4 bgcolor=lightblue Bottom two
Ray & Maria 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 28.0 33.51%4 4 8 Safe
Coleen & Stuart 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.5 13.18%1 1 2 Eliminated
Jessica & Pavel 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 26.5 31.67%3 3 6 Safe
Judges' votes to save

Week 11: Finale (22 March 2009)

Required element: Flying

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

CoupleJudges' scoresTotal
score
MusicPublic
vote
BoléroResult
BarberSlater Gardiner Henshall Cousins
Donal & Florentine5.04.53.06.05.049.0"Rocket Man" — Elton John20.79%24.97%Runners-up
5.05.05.05.55.0"Everybody Hurts" — R.E.M
Jessica & Pavel5.55.04.55.05.551.5"One Moment in Time" — Whitney Houston15.36%Third place
5.55.55.05.05.0"Mercy" — Duffy
Ray & Maria6.06.06.06.06.060.0"Greatest Day" — Take That63.83%75.02%Winners
6.06.06.06.06.0"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" — Starship

Ratings

ShowDateOfficial ITV1 rating
(millions)[3]
Weekly rankShare
Live show 1 11 January 8.83 6 32.4%[4]
Results 1 7.19 13 24.9%
Live show 2 18 January 9.62 634.3%[5]
Results 2 7.20 13 26.1%
Live show 3 25 January 8.58 6 33.2%[6]
Results 3 6.98 12 25.9%
Live show 4 1 February 10.01 4 35.7%[7]
Results 4 8.17 8 30.5%
Live show 5 8 February 9.43 633.7%[8]
Results 5 7.6911 27.9%
Live show 6 15 February 9.64 535.8%[9]
Results 6 8.937 31.5%
Live show 7 22 February 9.59 6 35.5%[10]
Results 7 8.76 7 31.2%
Live show 8 1 March 9.47 4 35.9%[11]
Results 8 8.38 6 31.4%
Live show 9 8 March 9.74 4 35.4%[12]
Results 9 8.92 731.4%
Semifinals 15 March 9.65 3 36.7%[13]
Semifinals results 8.427 31.5%
Live finale 22 March 11.31 1 43.2%[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Latest Dancing on Ice News & Gossip – What's on TV. 5 January 2009.
  2. Web site: Reality – Dancing on Ice – Vote breakdown – ITV Entertainment . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326050013/http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/reality/dancingonice/Votebreakdown/default.html . 26 March 2009.
  3. Web site: Weekly Top 30 Programmes. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. 18 June 2011.
  4. Web site: 'Dancing on Ice' returns with 8.4m. Digital Spy. 12 January 2009.
  5. Web site: 5.4m seek out BBC's 'Hunter'. Digital Spy. 19 January 2009.
  6. Web site: Strong ratings for 'Lost', 'Being Human'. Digital Spy. 26 January 2009.
  7. Web site: Latest 'Dancing on Ice' draws 9.6m. Digital Spy. 2 February 2009.
  8. Web site: BAFTAs attendance up 1.4 million. Digital Spy. 9 February 2009.
  9. Web site: Paxman's 'Victorians' interest 4.3m. Digital Spy. 16 February 2009.
  10. Web site: 'Lost' winning Sunday night ratings battle. Digital Spy. 23 February 2009.
  11. Web site: 'Being Human' ends run with 822,000. Digital Spy. 2 March 2009.
  12. Web site: Piers Morgan show boosted by Katie Price. Digital Spy. 9 March 2009.
  13. Web site: 'Detective Agency' opens with 5.2m. Digital Spy. 16 March 2009.
  14. Web site: 'Dancing on Ice' final draws 10.8m. Digital Spy. 23 March 2009.