Dancing On Ice: Oti Mabuse DEFENDS Ekin-Su’s racy routine as star dresses as a nun at Musicals Week

Dancing On Ice’s Oti Mabuse jumped to the defense of Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu following his recent racy performance which garnered over 100 complaints from Ofcom.

After landing the dreaded skate-off last week, the 28-year-old Love Island star turned things around this week when she stepped on the ice as nun Maria von Trapp for a Music Week performance.

And when it came to scoring, Oti addressed the recent controversy surrounding Ekin’s old dance, telling her: ‘It’s not a bad thing to be sexy!’

However, viewers were quick to take to Twitter to complain that they thought the reality star was too scarred.

After a plausible performance dancing to The Sound Of Music’s Do-Re-Mi, Holly Willoughby commented on Ekin’s dramatic change from Britney Spears to Maria.

To which Ekin replied, “I mean, if it’s a character I can play, I can.”

And when it came to the assessment, Oti was quick to boost her confidence when she told the star to stay true to herself.

She said: ‘You should be very proud of yourself. I see you’re putting pressure on yourself.

‘I want you to stay true to yourself because you are such a beautiful young woman. Remember that, as if it weren’t bad to be sexy, it is a power that we women have.

Meanwhile, both Christopher Dean and Ashley Banjo commented on Ekin-Su’s improvement on the ice, though the head judge deducted a point when the TV personality “wobbled” during her routine.

However, even though Ekin scored a respectable 23 out of 40 points and improved her score, fans at home didn’t think she should have been rated high, especially when compared to fellow competitor Michelle Heaton.

On Twitter, one fan said, “It really is a popularity contest, Michelle was so much better than Ekin,” one fan commented.

While another shared: ‘There is no way Ekin deserves to stay, she was the worst!

A third tweeted: “There will be no justice if Michelle criticizes Ekin tonight, who clearly underperformed and made blatant mistakes.”

“Ekin su was too marked, Michelle skated more alone,” a fourth observer tweeted.

With another question: ‘did ekin su apparently score higher than michelle?

In the show’s first week, Ekin made her Dancing On Ice debut in a daring, sparkly sheer leotard for a Britney-inspired routine dubbed “sexiest ever.”

But it wasn’t so well received by everyone, with the show receiving over 100 complaints from Ofcom after the routine, with the Turkish beauty finding herself with the fewest public votes.

She certainly brought some fire to the runway, stepping out in a nude mesh jumpsuit with spectacularly embellished detail.

The actress dragged herself across the ice during the performance, an ode to the famous Love Island scene in which she dragged herself across the villa’s terrace to kiss compatriot Jay Younger behind her partner Davide Sanclimenti’s back.

The sultry routine also saw her lie on her back and be swept into the arms of her partner Brendyn, complete with plenty of animated facial expressions.

Ekin-Su and Brendyn were placed in the middle of the leaderboard by the judges, who gave a score of 21.5.

But while they agreed that the star certainly had sex appeal, they expected a bit more from the performance and she landed the skate off.