Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill of Dancing On Ice will be remembered for their breathtaking and historic Bolero performance, but the former admits he hesitated watching it back.
The ice skating couple received a full house of 6.0 artistic impression marks with their Bolero at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, becoming the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single performance.
Today, some 40 years later, the couple may be seen as judges and regular performers on the final few weeks of the 2023 season of Dancing On Ice.
On Tuesday’s Lorraine, the TV host spoke with Christopher, 64, and Jayne, 65, about the competition so far, before showing video of their most famous dance.
While Lorraine Kelly, 63, voiced her astonishment at the show, Christopher said, ‘At one point, I never wanted to see it again.’
When asked how that could be, he explained that he views it with a “critical eye,” and so is inclined to criticise his performance, despite the fact that it has received continuing critical praise.
Nonetheless, he added that ‘age has mellowed’ him, so now he’s able to watch it again.
‘I watch it for what it is now,’ he said. ‘It opened so many doors for us. We’re still here skating 40 years on because of the Bolero.’
Christopher and Jayne first started performing together in 1975, after being paired by skating coach Janet Sawbridge.
They won their first trophy the following year, before switching their coach to be under the tutelage of Betty Callaway by the end of the decade.
During their first go at the Winter Olympics, the duo finished in fifth place, but they were both still working other jobs at the time.
So, they gave up their non-skating careers so that they could focus on ice skating full time.
After that, the pair enjoyed a gold rush of wins until 1994, when they achieved bronze at the Winter Olympics.
The couple retired from professional skating in 1998 following their final performance on the Canadian Stars ice tour, before coming out of retirement to take part in Dancing On Ice.
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV.
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