With a matter of weeks to go, the competition in Dancing on Ice is really hotting up. And this weekend every household in the UK is being granted five – count ‘em FIVE – free votes in this year’s contest, courtesy of TalkTalk.

If you want to register for your free votes, you’ll need to visit www.talktalk.co.uk/freevotes and call the 0800 number listed. You’re then free to make merry with the leaderboard and even wipe the sneer off the faces of those acid-tongued judges once and for all.

2008 winner Chris Fountain said: “Offering five free votes to viewers is a great way to get the whole family involved and really encourage the public to get voting.

“People can’t always afford to pick up the phone and vote more than once so to have five votes for free should make a huge difference for all the contestants. There are some great characters this year so I’m encouraging viewers to get online for their free votes on the TalkTalk website.”