Ben Foden's wife slams Dancing on Ice as 'unfair and pointless' after he's voted out first

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Dancing on Ice after being in the skate off with TV presenter Ria Hebden. Ben's wife, Jackie Belanoff-Smith has taken to Instagram to slam the ice skating show as a "popularity competition", calling the show "unfair" and "pointless".The rugby star and his professional partner Robin Johnstone were the first couple to be eliminated from this year's Dancing On Ice.They faced off against presenter Ria Hebden, 39, and her professional skating partner Łukasz Różycki last night on ITV.Judges Ashley Banjo, Oti Mabuse, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean unfortunately voted unanimously to save Ria.Jackie took to her Instagram story to slate the show in view of her 10,200 followers.She penned: "What's the point of saying it's a skate competition when it's really just a popularity competition?"Why divide the skaters into two weeks, groups of your choosing, and why not judge all their scores together after the two weeks?"What's the point of getting a bunch of people together and then not judging them together afterwards?"Continuing to hit out at the show, she went on: "And what's the point of having a judging panel when it's all down to a public vote."That's not a skate competition, it's a popularity competition.