Dancing On Ice** judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have stood by their controversial decision to send home Stephanie Waring**
Dancing On Ice fans were in uproar over last Sunday's decision to send Stephanie Waring home over Lemar.
Stephanie, who was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon, was voted out by the judges over Lemar, who had also appeared in the previous week's skate-off.
GALLERY: How many of these previous Dancing On Ice winners do you remember?
Dancing On Ice Winners - Stacked
1 of 13Gaynor Faye - 2006
Emmerdale actress Gaynor Faye won the first ever series of Dancing On Ice alongside her professional ice skating partner Daniel Whiston, under the watchful eye of judges Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner and Karen Kresge.
2 of 13Kyran Bracken - 2007
Rugby player Kyran Bracken won the show - and the hearts of viewers - in the second series. Beating Clare Buckfield in the final showdown, Kyran won with his professional partner Melanie Lambert.
3 of 13Suzanne Shaw - 2008
Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw won the 2008 series with professional ice skater Matt Evers. Both of their final performances scored a perfect 30/30, which was the first time that had happened on the show, beating runner-up Chris Fountain.
4 of 13Ray Quinn - 2009 & 2014
X Factor star-turned-Broadway star Ray Quinn won the show in 2009 alongside his professional partner Maria Filippov. The couple beat journalist Donal MacIntyre and his partner Florentine Houdinière with their final performance. He also won the returners' series in 2014.
5 of 13Hayley Tamaddon - 2010
Corrie and_**_ Emmerdale actress Hayley won with second-time winner Daniel Whiston, beating Hollyoaks star Gary Lucy to the top spot. She also made it to the final of the returners' show in 2014, finishing second to Ray Quinn.
6 of 13Sam Attwater - 2011
EastEnders actor Sam Attwater won the coveted prize of first place in 2011 wth his partner Brianne Delcourt, beating TV presenter Laura Hamilton. The pair also returned for the 2014 series, but finished fourth.
7 of 13Matthew Wolfenden - 2012
Emmerdale actor Matthew Wolfenden won the 2012 series with his professional ice skating partner Nina Ulanova, beating fellow soap star Jorgie Porter to the top. This was also the year that Louie Spence joined the judging panel, if you remember...
8 of 13Beth Tweddle - 2013
Olympic champion gymnast Beth Tweddle won the 2013 series alongside her partner Daniel Whiston in his THIRD win on the show. She beat EastEnders actor Matt Lapinskas and his partner Brianne Delcourt, and came third in the 2014 returners' series with Łukasz Różycki.
9 of 13Jake Quickenden - 2018
Former The X Factor star Jake Quickenden was the clear winner for the revived series of Dancing On Ice in 2018, winning the show with his partner Vanessa Bauer.
10 of 13James Jordan - 2019
Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan swapped the ballroom for the ice in 2019, and he showed off his amazing moves alongside skating partner Alexandra Schauman. James beat Love Island star Wes Nelson and former X Factor contestant Saara Aalto in the final.
11 of 13Joe Swash - 2020
Perhaps the most surprising result in Dancing On Ice history! Joe Swash and his pro partner Alex Murphy were crowned the 2020 winners beating Diversity star Perri Kiely in the final.
12 of 13Sonny Jay - 2021
After the most chaotic series in Dancing On Ice history, which saw five celebs have to quit the show, Sonny Jay was crowned the winner ahead of Colin Jackson and Corrie actress Faye Brookes.
13 of 13Regan Gascoigne
Paul Gascoigne's son Regan Gascoigne was crowned the 2022 winner of Dancing On Ice, in perhaps the most competitive final in history! Regan and his pro partner Karina Manta were up against Brendan Cole and Kimberley Wyatt in the final.
But Torvill and Dean have today stood by their decision to favour Lemar over Stephanie, even going so far as to say it "wasn't a hard decision."
Speaking to Lorraine, Jayne said: "It wasn't a hard decision for us because it is a skating competition and, stumbling aside, Lemar did more skating, and certainly on his own as well."
Ooh er!
WATCH: Torvill and Dean say it "wasn't a hard decision" to send Stephanie Waring home
Chris backed her up, adding: "When you look at the overall picture, Lemar could stand up by himself, he could propel himself, he could skate faster over the ice, forwards and backwards.
"He had a stumble, but when you look at the quality overall it was still greater.
"We're here to promote the skating side of it, and so we want to see a good skater."
Well - they are literally the most qualified people, so we trust their decisions...!
This comes after Stephanie herself appeared on Lorraine earlier in the week, saying that she'd been "very confused" by her knock-out from the competition.
She said: "The way I always thought Dancing on Ice was was that the skate-off is just based on that skate and everyone has the chance to improve. You go on to improve.
"I wanted the opportunity to improve on my last skate and grow in the competition just as Lemar does as well. So I was like, we can’t make a mistake, it all rests on this one skate."
Discussing Lemar's performance, she then added: "So I was very confused when there was a trip and yet I’m the one to go home. It is a lot of hard work just down the toilet, really."
Since then, Stephanie has continued to stir up rumours that the show is fixed, after tweeting to say that people had had problems voting for her on the app on Sunday.
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