Dancing On Ice star Kye Whyte addresses professional scores ‘fix’ row

Dancing On Ice's Kye Whyte has spoken out on claims the ITV show is fixed for professional dancers.

Kye Whyte is not known for his dancing unlike his four competitors in the Dancing On Ice semi final.

The Olympic BMX silver medallist is up against former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, ex-Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole, The Vamps guitarist Connor Ball and trained dancer Regan Gascoigne, in Sunday's semi final.

But the star isn’t worried about his fellow co-stars who have a performing background and shut down any speculation from viewers that the show was fixed in favour of the pro dancers.

Heading into Sunday’s showdown, the 22-year-old told The Sun: “I love being the underdog, I love it so much.

"I’m just trying to live up to all their standards.

“It makes me enjoy skating more, knowing my scores ain’t too far away from them guys — even though I reckon if they could get higher than a ten, they probably would be.”

He continued: “All I can do is just skate to the best of my ability and it’s in the judges’ hands and in the public’s hands.

“But when it comes to the skate-off, the person who stays is down to the judges and I’ve been the one they picked. So I’m grateful for that.”

Kye went on to admit how he is taking the competition just as seriously as when he tried for the Olympics.

He began riding a BMX aged three and went on to win a silver medal in the European Championships at 19 and another at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

But he did admit that training for the Olympics was “super hard”, and while dancing on the ice is proving to be difficult some weeks, he’s enjoying it because it doesn’t affect his day to day life.

Kye says: “Training for the Olympics was super hard because that’s the biggest