Sugababe Heidi Range talks about her Dancing On Ice departure, the live tour and heading home to Liverpool

• by Tina Miles, Liverpool Echo
• Feb 21 2012

 

Heidi Range and Andrei Lipanov perform during a dress rehearsal of Dancing On Ice

SUGABABE Heidi Range said today she won’t be hanging up her skates just yet despite being voted off Dancing On Ice.
The Liverpool star admitted she was “gutted” her time on the ITV1 show had come to an end after losing a solo skate-off against skier Chemmy Alcott.
But her time in the rink is far from over as she gets ready to join skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at Liverpool’s ECHO arena in May.
She also told the ECHO she was looking forward to heading straight back to Liverpool for cups of tea and hot baths at her mum’s house.
Heidi, from Aintree, said: “I’m really going to miss it but I had to go at some point. I’ve loved every minute of doing Dancing On Ice. It’s been such a special experience.

“It’s hard to explain but everyone on the show says the same thing, it takes over your life. So I won’t know what to do with myself this week.
“I’m going to come home for a few days and chill at my mum’s for a little bit. But I’m going back this weekend to support Jen [Ellison].”
Heidi vowed to continue practising so she doesn’t disappoint her Liverpool fans who will watch her at the same venue where she performed with her Sugababes bandmates.
X Factor singer Chico and reigning Dancing on Ice champion Sam Attwater will also go on tour.

She said: “I can’t wait. It’s going to be amazing. I’m so excited the tour is coming to Liverpool, that will be the highlight for me.
“Even when I perform with the band it’s always special performing at home. The crowds up north go for it more. In London they tend to play it a bit cool.”
Heidi and her partner Andrei Lipanov danced to her band’s hit Push The Button on Sunday. The couple scored 17.5, which was the lowest of the night.
Heidi and freerunning founder Sébastien Foucan were voted off by head judge Robin Cousins after the three celebrities with the fewest public votes had to perform a solo routine comprising 23 skills.
The 28-year-old said: “The fans have been brilliant. It’s an achievement to stay in for this long when you’ve been bottom of the leaderboard.
“There was pressure because that was one of our biggest songs. Jade [Ewen] was there so I wanted to a good performance for my bandmates and for our fans.”
Heidi also joked she may have to rethink her more conservative Sugababe outfits after her costumes during the show included a red cropped top and hotpants and gold catsuit.
Dancing On Ice is in the city on May 1 and May 2.

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Heidi Range's icy blast at judge on Dancing On Ice

Heidi Range's icy blast at judge after coming close to tears on Dancing On Ice exit

Heidi, 27, was axed from the contest after Katarina Witt gave her skating a final blast following weeks of barbed comments

Heidi Range was booted off Dancing On Ice yesterday evening

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Dancing On Ice contestant Heidi Range has hit back at German judge Katarina Witt after her cutting comments almost drove the Sugababe to tears on Sunday’s show.
Heidi, 27, was axed from the contest after the former Olympic champ gave her skating a final blast following weeks of barbed comments.
Katarina, a former Olympic champion, accused Heidi of relying on her professional partner Andrei to carry her around the rink in a series of lifts to hide her lack of skating ability.
The Sugababes singer was clearly hurt by the remarks, choking back tears as she faced flak from the judges, but yesterday hit back labelling the remarks “unfair”.
She told The Mirror: “It was just a point that she made every week - and I thought it was unfair because it was never made with any of the other girls.
“She never said to them, oh your partner just puts in you in the lift - with the other girls it was always acknowledged what they’d done to hold themselves and get into that lift.
“But with mine she seemed to just dismiss how much effort I’d put into them. You have got to go for it, you’ve got to hold yourself - and it is terrifying.
"It was never said to any of the other girls, he does that for you.
“So I took it quite personally, because it was a point she kept making every single week.”
Heidi received a low score of five from the German for her performance to Sugababes hit Push The Button, and found herself out of the show in a tense skate-off with skater Chemmy Alcott.
Asked why she had been singled out, Heidi added: “I don’t know why, because they are tough those lifts, and I think it’s something the audience at home want to see as well - they like the big lifts and they’re a bit part of the show.
“Me and Andre would go and practice for an hour a day off the ice so that we could get used to it and put those big elements into the routine.
“So I had worked really hard on them, and she was just like, ‘oh he just put you there’.
“If it was said to all the other girls then fine, but it wasn’t - if they fulfilled a lift then they were praised for it.
“I don’t think she’s done lifts - she’s an amazing, absolutely incredible skater, but it did get to me.
“You know yourself what effort you’ve put in.”

* Heidi will appear on the Dancing On Ice 2012 live tour, with tickets currently on sale.