HOLLY Willoughby was forced to step in as one of the judges made a huge blunder on Dancing On Ice.
Christopher Dean seemingly made an error in his scoring as the show was plagued with a technical difficulty.
Coronation Street actor Sam Aston and his partner Molly Lanaghan took to the rink to perform in Musicals Night.
They impressed the judges with their Oliver Twist inspired routine as they received an electric round of applause from the studio audience.
Ashley Banjo and Jayne Torvill both gave a score of nine points, while Oti Mabuse gave a score of nine and a half.
However, when it came down to Christopher to enter his result, the wrong score appeared in front of him.
He insisted that meant to enter a score of nine and a half points, but instead he appeared to get slightly flustered.
The screen in front of him appeared to say that he entered a eight and a half points, a score of one point lower than he intended.
The former Olympian said: “This is gonna mess them up upstairs because it says 8.5 but I meant to put in 9.5”
Loud jeers could be heard from both the studio audience and fellow judge Oti as Holly was forced to interject.
“The score, we will add it up,” said the former This Morning star as she tried to reassure everyone.
It meant there was an awkward moment where the correct score he entered was not displayed in front of the judges desk.
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as Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern were forced to move to the remarks from the panel as the total score from all the judges seemed unclear.
This was before Holly stepped in to announce Sam’s full score to the competitor and the studio audience.
She later announced that he got a total score of 37 but only as the correct amount of points were displayed on the front of the desk.
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Here’s who has left the show so far:
Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton – couple were sixth to be booted off
Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford – EastEnders star loses out in the skate-off
Chris Taylor and Robin Johnstone – after Robin replaced injured pro Vanessa Bauer, the couple were the first to be eliminated after the return of the skate-off
Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden – third to be voted off
Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield – second pairing to be voted off
Josh Jones and Tippy Packard – quits show after injury during rehearsals
Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan – first to be eliminated
Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024. The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.
Viewers very much took note of the awkward blunder as they took to social media.
Writing on X – formerly known as Twitter – one viewer commented: “Good to see the popularity contest continues. Chris is a joke 8.5 I meant 9.5.”
A second stated: “Blimey Chris is a bit of tease. Keep at it and the marks will go up?.”
Dancing On Ice continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.