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Dancing on Ice's Perri Kiely sparks 'fix' claims from angry viewers

It's a show that has never been too far away from controversy during its time on screen and the new series of Dancing on Ice has already sparked fix accusations from angry viewers.

And it's largely down to Diversity star Perri Kiely who is a contestant on this year's show and was one of the first to take to the ice on Sunday.

Being a member of BGT winners Diversity, Perri is of course rather skilled when it comes to dancing and, in a reaction similar to when last year's Dancing on Ice winner and former Strictly pro James Jordan took to the rink last year, viewers are claiming he has an unfair advantage.

One tweeted "Not even worth watching Dancing On Ice. Perri is winning it."

Another angry viewer claims the real issue is that Perri's Diversity pal Ashley Banjo is one of the judges, ranting "I’d like to contact Ofcom regarding dancing group Diversity’s Ashley Banjo judging dancing group Diversity’s Perri Kiely on Dancing on Ice."

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Echoing those sentiments, another sceptical viewer tweeted "Ashley Banjo already showing a biased side towards Perri," and a third reacted " hope #ashleybanjo isn't deliberately giving lower points so his mate wins. Very unfair that Perrie should be allowed to compete when Ashley is a judge.

However, in support of Perri, another viewer hit back, writing "Perri was great although he is a dancer its completely different to dancing on ice please remember this for all those of you that are complaining that he's a pro dancer!!

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