IT’S finally happened. Reality TV has eaten itself.
As if the whole genre wasn’t already churning out enough leftovers, Dancing on Ice is now regurgitating its previous contestants and serving them up as a new dish.
For the final instalment of the skating show, producers have invited back their favourites for a weird sort of greatest hits compilation.
So that’s six winners, two runners- up and Todd Carty donning the sequins and taking to the ice.
Poor old Todd. The former EastEnder may have provided the most memorable moment in the history of the series, but it was when he flew off the ice and collapsed in the corner.
And Joe Pasquale’s not much better.
I’m not entirely sure how they’ll get on against someone like Hayley Tamaddon, whose flawless routine earned her the show’s first ever score of 30 back in 2010.
Hosts Philip Schofield and Christine Bleakley could have their work cut out trying to make Dancing on Ice go out with a bang.
Still at least it means these will be the last reject soap stars breaking their ankles and the last time Pip is able to rant about the dangers of the ice.
I would say this will be the last time Z-list celebs are served up in unforgiving Lycra. But, whatever they dream up next, it will almost certainly involve sequins, lycra, food – or all three.
Bon Appetit viewers.
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