Dancing On Ice viewers were left divided after Olympic duo Torvill and Dean took to the ice on Sunday night.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who won gold at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984, announced last year that they would retire once their tour ended in the summer.
The skating duo closed the launch episode of the ITV show with a classic performance of Let The Good Times Roll.
And speaking to MailOnline ahead of Sunday’s launch, the skating duo revealed that their second performance later in the series would be their last on television.
But viewers’ opinions on their first penultimate skate broadcast on Sunday were divided, with some fans praising the performance and hailing Torvill and Dean as “superstars”.
Meanwhile, others were not as impressed, calling the skaters’ performance “boring.”
Dancing On Ice viewers were left divided after Olympic duo Torvill and Dean took to the ice on Sunday night.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who won gold at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984, announced last year that they would retire once their tour ended in the summer.
On X, formerly Twitter, fans of the couple wrote: ‘A brilliant performance from @torvillanddean as always’;
‘@torvillanddean continues to triumph… as brilliant as ever’; ‘T&D are superstars, as always!’;
‘I love watching Torvill and Dean skate ‘; ‘People unfairly hate Torvill and Dean, it’s a pleasure to watch them skate, that was a great routine’;
‘Torvill and Dean are still the best ‘; ‘Torvill and Dean are just amazing. Ahhhh almost 70’;
“Everyone complains about Torvill and Dean, they’re close to 60, to even be able to do this at their age, it’s still good, you can tell they’re struggling, so it makes sense for them to retire this year.”
However, unimpressed viewers noted: ‘I’ve got Torvill and Dean got gold and everything and they can still skate at their age, but God, they bore me’;
‘Can we expel Chris and Jayne?’; ‘Torville and Dean act in a loop. It’s ‘rinse and repeat’;
‘Do they just do the same dance to different music?’ No wonder they are retiring.
Speaking on Friday, Torvill and Dean revealed that their second performance of Dancing On Ice during the 2025 series will be their last time together on television, as they prepare for retirement.
The duo, known as Torvill and Dean, rose to fame when they won gold at the Olympic Games with their iconic skate to Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, which Dancing On Ice finalists replicate every year.


The skating duo closed the launch episode of the ITV show with a classic performance of Let The Good Times Roll.

But viewers’ opinions on their first penultimate skate broadcast on Sunday were divided, with some fans praising the performance and hailing Torvill and Dean as “superstars”.








On X, formerly Twitter, fans of the couple wrote: “A brilliant performance from @torvillanddean as always.”
The skating stars delight Dancing On Ice viewers every year as they take to the ice themselves, but have now confirmed they will no longer appear on the ITV show.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, the couple explained: ‘This is our last year so it’s important.
“We are going to do two performances during the series, but the second one will be the last on television.”
Assuring fans they will not be abandoning Dancing On Ice, they added: “We will still do the show, but we will no longer be skating, ending our tour in the summer.”
‘We’ve been with the show from the beginning, we developed it with ITV. “It’s hard to know what impact it will have and how we will feel.”
Speaking about their impending retirement, they said: ‘We knew that when we turned 50 we would hang up our skates.
“The idea of not having a schedule will be different.”
Chris added: “We thought this year was a good time to do it.” Now we both have a bus pass, it’s time.’

And speaking to MailOnline ahead of Sunday’s launch, the skating duo revealed that their second performance later in the series would be their last on television.




However, unimpressed viewers noted, “I get that Torvill and Dean got gold and everything and can still skate at their age, but God, they bore me.”
The British skating duo will embark on one final UK tour next year, which will be their swan song and mark 50 years since they formed their skating partnership in 1975.
Announcing their retirement in February, Dean said the couple had agreed it was the “right time” to stop skating because they “are no longer spring chicks” and want to leave while they can still do it “to some extent.” degree.’
“I think there comes a time when you know,” Dean said. “We’re not spring chicks anymore, but we can still do it to a certain extent and we feel good, but that will go away.”
“So, I think this is the right time for us to do that and go skating and do some of the old routines, be very nostalgic, but then do some fun, upbeat new dances with friends of ours from the skating world and from Dancing On Ice.