Dunc: Aggie is like an ostrich
AGGIE MacKENZIE has been dubbed an “ostrich on ice” by former Dancing On Ice finalist Duncan James.
Dunc was in the audience on Sunday as Aggie stumbled through her performance in a bizarre peach-coloured costume — watched by 10.3million viewers.
The star of C4’s How Clean Is Your House? sobbed during her tough rehearsals and had to be helped off the ice by skating partner Sergey Malyshev.
And her anguish was reflected when she got the lowest judges’ score of the night.
Former Blue singer Duncan told TV Biz: “I met Aggie backstage and she was lovely.
“However, she did say, ‘I don’t know how long my body will hold out for’, as she has been pushed to the limit with the training. And I don’t think Aggie’s outfit was very flattering. She looked like an ostrich on ice!”
Duncan, 29, also revealed there was a backstage barney as the judges and pro skaters clashed after Natalie Pinkham was voted out — and rival Tim Vincent stayed.
Duncan said: “One of the professional skaters told me it was wrong for the panel to save Tim.
“Ruthie (Henshall) and Jason (Gardiner) saved Tim because they are looking at the performance, but the feeling was that Nicky (Slater) should have saved Natalie as he is looking at the skating talent.”
Karen Barber, a judge and coach on the ITV1 show, yesterday agreed that Natalie should not have got the skating boot.
source: UDJFC