'Dancing On Ice' Top 5 moments of 2011

This year's Dancing On Ice has been the most controversial and thrilling in its history. After six years on air, it would have been easy to rest on its laurels, but the producers found a shiny, icy new home and pulled the best lineup ever out of the bag (we may have been swayed by Vanilla Ice). Also, out of nowhere, we have a genuinely too-close-to-call final - a rarity in recent years. Sam Attwater, Laura Hamilton and Chloe Madeley are all potential winners on Sunday night and we wouldn't rule any result out. Ahead of the Sunday night showdown, we've compiled a list of our favourite moments from the series. All together now... "Ice, Ice baby..."

Tim Healy-gate
How many people sat in the Dancing On Ice audience have wanted to get up and give Jason Gardiner a good going over? We're fairly certain there's a few of you sat at your computer screen with your hands up right now. Well this year it finally happened. Jason 'why use one insult when you can use three' Gardiner finally met his match when he sniped away at Denise Welch one too many times. Welch's husband, the no-nonsense Tim Healy, wasn't standing for any of the Aussie's blather, so he stormed the ice and went all Auf Wiedersehen Pet on him. Not even Gardiner's childish 'bad breath' comeback could stop the nation from cheering Healy on.

Jason Gardiner vs Karen Barber
Gardiner vs Healy had an element of humour about it. Gardiner vs Karen Barber was a totally different matter all together. Some have suggested that the pair's very public row was staged, but the insults felt very real and the tension between the pair has been noticeable for years. Barber's new position as 'mentor' to the celebrities had undermined her authority on the show, so for Gardiner to pick that up and throw it back in her face was about as cutting as it gets. ITV was probably rubbing its hands with glee as it all kicked off rink-side and the tabloids had a field day. Us lucky viewers at home just got to sit and watch as two work colleagues settled their differences on national television!

Chloe Madeley skates to the top
Every contestant wheels out the 'I thought I was going to go in week one' cliché, but Chloe Madeley had more reason than most to feel pessimistic. She openly admits that her primary claim to fame is her parents and with no real fanbase to call upon it looked like she might struggle in the early rounds. Combine that pressure with Sunday afternoon panic attacks and some seriously shredded nerves and it makes it all the more incredible that Miss M has skated her way to the final, and even on one occasion topped the judges' scoreboard. We take our hat off to the girl.

Sam loves Brianne?
Reality TV romances are ten a penny these days. Long gone are the days when we believed these things would last and we cared enough to pick up the OK mag exclusive. However, this year's DOI love-in had a bit of a twist. After one week of naughty interviews about their sex lives, Sam Attwater and Brianne Delcourt were accused of being fakes. The tabloids' proof? Sam was photographed kissing another girl. The pair have both denied that they were fibbing, but did end their relationship pretty swiftly. We'll leave it up to you guys to decide the real story.

Laura Hamilton shows us her headbanger
Nickelodeon presenter Laura Hamilton relied on the judges saving her in week one, but she never let that dampen her spirits, and her enthusiasm for the challenges - and dangers - of Dancing On Ice have made her a joy to watch. The best performer on the ice and also the bravest, she wowed us all last weekend when she finally pulled off the most dangerous move on the show - the headbanger. With her partner Colin swinging her by her ankles, seemingly without a care in the word, she came literally within a single hair's width of a disastrous, painful and bloody end to her Dancing On Ice journey. Will she dare to do it all again in the final?

The Dancing On Ice final airs on Sunday at 7.40pm on ITV1.

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