'Ice' judge: 'I might be sacked'

Dancing On Ice judge Nicky Slater has admitted that he could be sacked after sparking a row on last week's show.

It was reported earlier this week that the rest of the panel turned on Slater during a commercial break after he gave contestant Suzanne Shaw a low score for her routine.

Shaw and partner Matt Evers scored 23.5 points for their interpretation of Dionne Warwick's 'Walk On By', but the former champion said she had spent too little time with her skates on the ice.

He defended his decision during an appearance on GMTV, saying: "It's Dancing On Ice, not Lifting On Ice."

However, he admitted that his position on the panel could be in jeopardy as a result of the controversy.

He said: "There is a bit of an issue here. The skaters are given the choreography of what to do. So in a way, Suzanne is getting caught between me asking for something which is a balanced routine, and what she's been given.

"So I might get sacked actually, because I'm actually questioning the balance of the routine. So in a way, I should just talk about what is performed."

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