The road to the finals of the Dancing on ice show has not been a bed of roses for Jessica Taylor. At 28, she has faced many challenges and it has been more pronounced in the skating show. The Liberty X singer has been a great favourite of the controversial judge Jason Gardiner who has been known to make harsh remarks about the performances meted out by various celebrities on the show.

Jessica, who is married to cricketer Kevin Pieterson, made UK her home in the mid nineties after moving from South Africa. Pieterson, who recently lost his cricket captaincy title was all thrilled to watch Jessica on Dancing on Ice and perform so incredibly well. While Jessica is eagerly awaited the finale, she could not help but admit that Ray Quinn thoroughly deserved to win. And even though she finished third and in tears, she says she had a wonderful overall experience.

Both Donald and Quinn skated to Bolero, but it was the splendid performance by Quinn, that won the hearts of the viewers. Millions of viewers from across the UK, hopefully watching the splendid performance on something like the Samsung LE40A786 HDTV, cast their votes for Quinn who emerged the winner of the show. The first celebrity to leave the finals with the least number of votes was singer Jessica Taylor. She wept as she left the skating rink.

Torvill and Daen had performed Ravel’s Bolero at the Olympics in 1984 and had notched up maximum points to win the gold. The routine for the performance started off with both Quinn and his partner on their knees and ended with them lying on the ice just as Torvill and Dean did 25 years ago. Ray Quinn notched up astoundingly perfect scores of 30 for his brilliant performance.

The judges were stunned watching him perform. He floored them with his flying routine. Only days earlier during the practice sessions, he was provided with oxygen as he experienced motion sickness during the flying routine. Ray appeared very happy as he received the winner’s trophy. He added that he had always dreamt of this moment ever since he started on the show.

As the reality show moved on to its final episode, bookies had placed their bets on Verne Troyer to scoop all the prizes with Ladbrokes offering an odds-on of 2-7. More surprises and shocks unfolded when housemates and the crowd watching the show were left dumbfounded with the announcement made by Davina McCall about his intended departure from the show. Davina McCall the star of Austin Powers Movie who left the show amidst screams by fans asking he be put back.

The crowd opined that there was conspiracy in the exit of Verne Troyer. Perhaps, someone arranged to pay off Verne to exit and win big by betting on Ulrika. This is obviously a stretch, and betting on CBB has never been a good a reliable means to raise enough cash for a new giant LCD like the Samsung LE52A656A 52 incher. Former ex-weather girl Ulrika, the eventual winner, was also stunned at the sudden voluntarily exit of Verne. Davina McCall described Troyer as a star par excellence and that he was the bookies favourite contestant to win the title. Verne Troyer, on the other hand, remarks that though he was left feeling great with all these positive reactions of fans, he did not have any regrets. He was happy that he got to participate in such a great show.

However, despite the allegations and counter allegations the people behind the reality series, Channel 4 are really ecstatic at Ulrika’s victory. The promoters are under the impression that the drama and storm that followed Verne Troyer’s dismal forth place is good for the promotion and publicity of the series, and they firmly believe that script couldn’t have been better prepared.

A source close to Celebrity Big Brother reveals that it is always helpful to have a shock every now and then. Moreover, he added that it is always interesting when there is uncertainty surrounding the winner, unlike last year when the series was pretty much predictable. People are attracted towards things that take them unawares, and if the show can keep them constantly on the tenterhooks it would have done a great job. Of course, bookies cannot be too pleased with the unexpected results, but at least anyone who had the foresight to bet on long-shot Ulrika can now buy themselves a new deluxe 70 inch Samsung LE-70F96BD LCD TV. The enthusiasm shown by the producers however doesn’t reflect the fact the series is losing steam and popularity among the viewers and it can be seen as a last ditch effort by them to save face. A recent survey has revealed that a total of 3.8 million viewers watched the final lag of the series this year, which is a poor comparison to last year’s 5.8 million when Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty won the competition.

Your experience at the Big Brother house, we hope was a pleasant one. The result is also thrown out of the window all the calculations that the bookies have carried out claiming a male winner, especially Verne the diminutive maverick. We were made to believe that the completion is all but over, and that Verne will win hands down. And yes, going by the public perception Verne appeared to be the popular winner, but then a twist to the tale occurred when Ulrika surprised everybody, including herself, by having the last laugh.

Despite being in the top three almost throughout the completion, the victory is a sweet one for the mother of four, as she managed to shake off all the bitching, the homesickness, and of course Coolio. She also had to go some testing moments when fellow mum Mutya Buena walked out of the competition, and kept fighting refusing to throw the towel what come.

The biggest surprise however is, Verne Troyer, Mini-Me in Austin Powers, who was widely tipped to win the event came a lowly fourth.

Hearing the news that she has won the competition, Ulrika began to cry in disbelief, and said that it is the weirdest experience in her famously weird life. She also admitted she only entered the show for the money, and now, as the winner, she will clearly be able to buy a Sony Playstation 3 for her kids, perhaps a new flat screen LCD TV for her husband, and of course another luxury car for herself. Did we mention that she got an astonishing 57 per cent of the vote!