Dancing on Ice series 3

Dancing on Ice
Series 3
Presented byPhillip Schofield
Holly Willoughby
JudgesNicky Slater
Ruthie Henshall
Jason Gardiner
Karen Barber
Robin Cousins
Celebrity winnerSuzanne Shaw
Professional winnerMatt Evers
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkITV
Original release13 January (2008-01-13) –
16 March 2008 (2008-03-16)
Series chronology
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The third series of Dancing on Ice aired from 13 January to 16 March 2008 on ITV. The show moved from Saturday nights to Sunday nights, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returning as hosts. Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, and Robin Cousins returned to the "Ice Panel", with Ruthie Henshall joining as a replacement for Natalia Bestemianova. The commissioning of the series was first confirmed by Schofield at the 2007 BAFTA Awards.

Judges and hosts

It was announced that Natalia Bestemianova[when?] would depart the series. Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, and Jason Gardiner announced their returns, with Ruthie Henshall joining the show as a replacement judge. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby announced their returns and coaches Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean also returned as mentors.

Contestants

The contestants for the third series were revealed on 7 January 2008:[1] The contestants for the third series were:

Celebrity Notability Professional partner Status
Sarah Greene Television presenter Fred Palascak Eliminated 1st
on 13 January 2008
Natalie Pinkham Sports television presenter Andrei Lipanov Eliminated 2nd
on 20 January 2008
Michael Underwood Television presenter Melanie Lambert Withdrew
on 24 January 2008
Samantha Mumba Singer-songwriter Pavel Aubrecht Eliminated 3rd
on 27 January 2008
Aggie MacKenzie How Clean Is Your House? co-presenter Sergey Malyshev Eliminated 4th
on 3 February 2008
Tim Vincent Television presenter Victoria Borzenkova Eliminated 5th
on 10 February 2008
Steve Backley Olympic javelin thrower Susie Lipanova Eliminated 6th
on 17 February 2008
Linda Lusardi Model & Emmerdale actress Daniel Whiston Eliminated 7th
on 24 February 2008
Greg Rusedski Professional tennis player Kristina Lenko Eliminated 8th
on 2 March 2008
Gareth Gates Singer-songwriter Maria Filippov Eliminated 9th
on 9 March 2008
Zaraah Abrahams Coronation Street actress Fred Palascak Third place
on 16 March 2008
Chris Fountain Hollyoaks actor Frankie Poultney Runners-up
on 16 March 2008
Suzanne Shaw Hear'Say singer Matt Evers Winners
on 16 March 2008

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

  Winners
  Runners-up
  Third place
  Bottom two
  Withdrew from competition
  Eliminated
Dancing on Ice (series 3) - Weekly scores
Couple Pl. Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Suzanne & Matt 1 19.0 20.5† 20.5 22.0 24.5 23.5 27.5† 24.0 27.5 30.0+30.0=60.0†[a]
Chris & Frankie 2 20.0† 20.0 23.5† 25.0† 27.0† 24.5† 27.0 27.0† 29.0† 25.5+29.0=54.5[b]
Zaraah & Fred 3 [c] 18.5 19.0 22.5 22.0[d] 18.5[d] 24.5[d] 27.0[d] 26.0+26.5=52.5‡[e]
Gareth & Maria 4 17.5 19.5 19.5 20.5 20.0 23.0 23.0 25.5 24.5‡[f]
Greg & Kristina 5 13.0 11.5 15.5 13.0 16.5 16.0‡ 17.0‡ 20.5‡[f]
Linda & Daniel 6 16.5 16.5 16.5 17.0 15.5 19.0 19.0[f]
Steve & Susie 7 15.0 15.0 14.5[d] 14.5[d] 17.0[d] 18.0[f]
Tim & Victoria 8 13.5 16.0[d] 16.5 16.0 12.5‡[f]
Aggie & Sergey 9 10.5‡ 10.0‡ 12.5‡ 10.0‡[f]
Samantha & Pavel 10 15.5[d] 16.0 16.0[f]
Michael & Melanie 11 16.5 16.5 [g]
Natalie & Andrei 12 15.0 14.0[f]
Sarah & Fred 13 11.5[f]
Notes
  1. ^ This couple finished in first place.
  2. ^ This couple finished in second place.
  3. ^ Zaraah & Fred did not join the competition until week 3.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
  5. ^ This couple finished in third place.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i This couple was eliminated.
  7. ^ This couple withdrew from the competition.

Weekly scores

Week 1 (13 January)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Greg & Kristina 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 13.0 "I Got You Babe" — Sonny & Cher 10.97% 5 9 14 Safe
Suzanne & Matt 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 19.0 "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira 24.01% 11 12 23 Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.5 10.5 "Build Me Up Buttercup" — The Foundations 8.78% 3 8 11 Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 13.5 "She's a Lady" — Tom Jones 6.82% 6 7 13 Safe
Natalie & Andrei 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 15.0 "About You Now" — Sugababes 3.00% 7 3 10 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 15.0 "For Once in My Life" — Stevie Wonder 4.03% 7 5 12 Safe
Sarah & Fred 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 11.5 "Downtown" — Petula Clark 2.17% 4 2 6 Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 20.0 "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" — Arctic Monkeys 14.90% 12 11 23 Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.0 3.5 2.5 3.5 3.0 15.5 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" — Amy Winehouse 2.10% 8 1 9 Bottom two
Michael & Melanie 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 16.5 "Walking on Sunshine" — Katrina and the Waves 3.76% 9 4 13 Safe
Linda & Daniel 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 16.5 "She's the One" — Robbie Williams 6.90% 9 6 15 Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 17.5 "Beautiful Day" — U2 12.56% 10 10 20 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Samantha & Pavel
  • Slater: Samantha & Pavel
  • Gardiner: Samantha & Pavel
  • Henshall: Samantha & Pavel
  • Cousins: Samantha & Pavel

Week 2 (20 January)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 16.5 "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" — Tina Charles 5.57% 8 6 14 Safe
Chris & Frankie 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 20.0 "Hey There Delilah" — Plain White T's 17.96% 10 9 19 Safe
Natalie & Andrei 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 14.0 "Bleeding Love" — Leona Lewis 3.98% 5 2 7 Eliminated
Greg & Kristina 3.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 11.5 "Dance the Night Away" — The Mavericks 7.76% 4 8 12 Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 10.0 "I'm a Woman" — Bette Midler 5.93% 3 7 10 Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.5 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 16.0 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" — The Police 2.38% 7 1 8 Bottom two
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 20.5 "When You're Gone" — Avril Lavigne 24.58% 11 11 22 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 15.0 "Stand by Me" — Ben E. King 5.34% 6 5 11 Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.5 3.5 2.0 3.5 3.5 16.0 "What's Love Got to Do with It" — Tina Turner 4.12% 7 3 10 Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 19.5 "Hard to Handle" — Otis Redding 18.10% 9 10 19 Safe
Michael & Melanie 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 16.5 "Wonderful Tonight" — Eric Clapton 4.28% 8 4 12 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Natalie & Andrei
  • Slater: Tim & Victoria
  • Gardiner: Tim & Victoria
  • Henshall: Tim & Victoria
  • Cousins: Natalie & Andrei

Week 3 (27 January)

On 24 January 2008, Michael Underwood & Melanie Lambert had to withdraw due to an ankle injury to Underwood.[2]

Zaraah Abrahams was stepped in as a replacement.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Gareth & Maria 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 19.5 "Wake Me Up When September Ends" — Green Day 6.81% 8 5 13 Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 16.5 "Candyman" — Christina Aguilera 9.09% 6 7 13 Safe
Samantha & Pavel 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 16.0 "You Can't Hurry Love" — The Supremes 3.30% 5 1 6 Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 23.5 "Rule the World" — Take That 19.20% 10 9 19 Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.5 2.0 2.0 3.5 2.5 12.5 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" — Bonnie Tyler 5.00% 2 4 6 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 14.5 "Mony Mony" — Billy Idol 4.68% 3 2 5 Bottom two
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 15.5 "Licence to Kill" — Gladys Knight 12.90% 4 8 12 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 18.5 "Take a Chance on Me" — ABBA 7.88% 7 6 13 Safe
Tim & Victoria 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.5 "Under Pressure" — Queen 4.76% 6 3 9 Safe
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 20.5 "Somethin' Stupid" — Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman 23.39% 9 10 19 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Steve & Susie
  • Slater: Steve & Susie
  • Gardiner: Steve & Susie
  • Henshall: Steve & Susie
  • Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 4 (3 February)

Theme: Broadway Night

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Broadway musical Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Tim & Victoria 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.0 "You're The One That I Want" Grease 3.78% 4 2 6 Safe
Linda & Daniel 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 17.0 "I Know Him So Well" Chess 9.33% 5 5 10 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 14.5 "Hello Dolly" Hello Dolly 2.30% 3 1 4 Bottom two
Suzanne & Matt 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 22.0 "Fame" Fame 25.92% 8 9 17 Safe
Aggie & Sergey 2.0 2.0 1.5 2.5 2.0 10.0 "I Feel Pretty" West Side Story 5.02% 1 3 4 Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 25.0 "Time Warp" The Rocky Horror Show 19.69% 9 8 17 Safe
Greg & Kristina 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 13.5 "Any Dream Will Do" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 14.27% 2 7 9 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 4.0 19.0 "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" Evita 12.85% 6 6 12 Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 20.5 "Razzle Dazzle" Chicago 6.83% 7 4 11 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Steve & Susie
  • Slater: Steve & Susie
  • Gardiner: Steve & Susie
  • Henshall: Steve & Susie
  • Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 5 (10 February)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 16.5 "She's So Lovely" — Scouting for Girls 14.88% 3 6 9 Safe
Suzanne & Matt 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" — Jet 20.16% 7 7 14 Safe
Tim & Victoria 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 12.5 "Love Today" — Mika 4.30% 1 1 2 Eliminated
Gareth & Maria 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 20.0 "Blame It on the Boogie" — The Jacksons 6.46% 5 3 8 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.5 "Diamonds and Pearls" — Prince 9.08% 6 4 10 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 17.0 "Uptown Girl" — Westlife 4.88% 4 2 6 Bottom two
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 15.5 "Mickey" — Toni Basil 9.22% 2 5 7 Safe
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.0 "Cry Me a River" — Justin Timberlake 31.03% 8 8 16 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Steve & Susie
  • Slater: Steve & Susie
  • Gardiner: Steve & Susie
  • Henshall: Steve & Susie
  • Cousins: Steve & Susie

Week 6 (17 February)

Theme: 60's Night

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Gareth & Maria 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 23.0 "I Get Around" — The Beach Boys 11.84% 5 3 8 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.0 "The Locomotion" — Little Eva 3.30% 4 1 5 Bottom two
Chris & Frankie 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 "My Generation" — The Who 35.33% 7 7 14 Safe
Steve & Susie 3.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 18.0 "My Girl" — The Temptations 8.33% 2 2 4 Eliminated
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 4.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 23.5 "Walk on By" — Dionne Warwick 15.41% 6 6 12 Safe
Greg & Kristina 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 16.0 "Hey Jude" — The Beatles 13.32% 1 5 6 Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 19.0 "Son of a Preacher Man" — Dusty Springfield 12.47% 3 4 7 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Zaraah & Fred
  • Slater: Zaraah & Fred
  • Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
  • Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
  • Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 7 (24 February)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Zaraah & Fred 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 18.5 "Jump (For My Love)" — Girls Aloud 7.87% 2 1 3 Bottom two
Greg & Kristina 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 17.0 "Alright" — Supergrass 13.12% 1 4 5 Safe
Gareth & Maria 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 23.0 "Sweet Talkin' Woman" — Electric Light Orchestra 12.45% 4 3 7 Safe
Linda & Daniel 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 19.0 "Suddenly I See" — KT Tunstall 10.08% 3 2 5 Eliminated
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 27.0 "Ain't No Sunshine" — Bill Withers 17.09% 5 5 10 Safe
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.5 "Music" — Madonna 39.39% 6 6 12 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Zaraah & Fred
  • Slater: Zaraah & Fred
  • Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
  • Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
  • Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 8 (2 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Suzanne & Matt 5.0 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 24.0 "Don't Rain on My Parade" — Barbra Streisand 37.33% 2 5 7 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 24.5 "That Don't Impress Me Much" — Shania Twain 10.68% 3 1 4 Bottom two
Gareth & Maria 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 25.5 "Try a Little Tenderness" — Otis Redding 11.47% 4 2 6 Safe
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.5 27.0 "Stuck in the Middle with You" — Stealers Wheel 27.52% 5 4 9 Safe
Greg & Kristina 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 20.5 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" — Elton John 13.00% 1 3 4 Eliminated
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Zaraah & Fred
  • Slater: Greg & Kristina
  • Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
  • Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
  • Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 9 (9 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Points Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins Judges Public Total
Gareth & Maria 5.0 5.5 4.5 5.0 4.5 24.5 "Livin' on a Prayer" — Bon Jovi 13.97% 1 2 3 Eliminated
Suzanne & Matt 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.5 "Eternal Flame" — The Bangles 50.47% 3 4 7 Safe
Zaraah & Fred 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 27.0 "One" — U2 8.60% 2 1 3 Bottom two
Chris & Frankie 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 29.0 "Livin' La Vida Loca" — Ricky Martin 26.97% 4 3 7 Safe
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Zaraah & Fred
  • Slater: Zaraah & Fred
  • Gardiner: Zaraah & Fred
  • Henshall: Zaraah & Fred
  • Cousins: Zaraah & Fred

Week 10: Finale (16 March)

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote 		Boléro Result
Barber Slater Gardiner Henshall Cousins
Zaraah & Fred 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 52.5 "One Day I'll Fly Away" — Randy Crawford 7.43% Third place
5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.5 "Diamonds and Pearls" — Prince
Chris & Frankie 5.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 5.5 54.5 "Fly Me to the Moon" — Frank Sinatra 23.87% 27.59% Runners-up
6.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 "Cry Me a River" — Justin Timberlake
Suzanne & Matt 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 60.0 "Time to Say Goodbye" — Sarah Brightman 68.70% 72.42% Winners
6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 "Music" — Madonna

Ratings

Ratings sourced from BARB.

Show Date Official ITV1 rating
(millions)[3] 		Weekly rank[3] Share
Live show 1 13 January 9.34 6 36.0%[4]
Results 1 8.02 12 28.0%[4]
Live show 2 20 January 9.33 6 37.0%[5]
Results 2 8.34 11 30.0%[5]
Live show 3 27 January 8.83 6 36.0%[6]
Results 3 8.22 8 29.1%[7]
Live show 4 3 February 9.28 6 36.0%[8]
Results 4 8.87 7 31.0%[8]
Live show 5 10 February 8.45 7 35.6%[9]
Results 5 8.05 9 29.0%[9]
Live show 6 17 February 9.13 6 38.4%[10]
Results 6 8.47 7 29.6%[10]
Live show 7 24 February 8.44 9 34.0%[11]
Results 7 8.51 8 30.0%[11]
Live show 8 2 March 9.44 6 41.0%[12]
Results 8 8.79 7 31.0%[13]
Semifinals 9 March 9.14 6 36.1%[14]
Semifinals results 8.91 7 30.0%[14]
Finale 16 March 12.08 1 44.1%[7]

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