DANCING on Ice has been embroiled in a fix row after Brendan Cole’s first performance.
Fans took to Twitter to label the show a fix as Strictly professional Brendan won huge first week scores.
The professional dancer was the first celebrity to take to the ice, scoring a huge 30.5 with “serial finalist” skating partner Vanessa Bauer.
The 45-year-old was close to tears after he finished the performance to Black Betty by Ram Jam adding: “There was a lot of pressure coming in opening the show, I could feel my heart.
“I thought you could hear it through my microphone.”
Head judge Christopher Dean, who scored him a 7.5, said: “That is the best first dance I have seen by a contestant in 14 series.”
New judge Oti Mabuse, who gave her fellow ex-Strictly dancer an 8, said: “You were explosive, passionate and the two of you had chemistry.”
Panellist Ashley Banjo added: “If that is where you are starting… I know you are going to be trouble.”
Cole was a professional on Strictly Come Dancing for 15 years and has since appeared as a judge on New Zealand’s Dancing With The Stars and as a guest judge on Britain’s Next Top Model.
And viewers say it has given him an unfair advantage.
One wrote: “1st Performance on #DancingOnIce…Fix Already, there should be NO professional Dancers as contestants!!”
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A second said: “Bit of a fix that Oti gives Brendan the highest score considering she works with him on strictly #dancingonice”
Another added: “Shock professional dancer gets high score. FIX!”
The expert judging panel includes former Olympic ice dancing champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, alongside Diversity choreographer Ashley Banjo and professional dancer Oti Mabuse, who is the newest addition.