Budig the winner on Skating with the Stars

Following a close competition, Budig is who won “Skating with the Stars,” the celebrity ice skating competition show. Budig squared off with Bethenny Frankel in the finale. The show got horrible ratings, so it might skate off to the sunset.

‘Skating with the Stars’ winner announced

As a buffer in mid season between fall and spring runs of “Dancing with the Stars,” a new series called “Skating with the Stars” was cooked up. The announcement of the “Skating with the Stars” winner happened. CBS reports this. The two finalists were Rebecca Budig from the “All My Children” soap opera and Bethenny Frankel from “The Real Housewives of New York City” at the end. A perfect score was given from judges Dick Button, Johnny Weir and Laurieann Gibson to Budig and partner Fred Palascak after they skated to “Hot N Cold” by Katy Perry. Frankel and Ethan Burgess skated to “Right Round” by Flo Rida and Ke$ha, but failed to capture the win. Frankel was a favorite though. Fans loved it.

The anger from viewers

Despite the popularity of celebrity reality competition shows, such as “Dancing with the Stars,” the ice skating variant has not performed well in the ratings. The start to the show was sort of okay although the end wasn’t good at all. That is what the Hollywood Reporter explains. The show netted a 0.8 Nielsen rating, or 3.4 million viewers. By contrast, a “Glee” rerun had a rating of 1.3, or about 4 million viewers. There was the actress Sean Young and rocker Vince Neil on the show in the beginning. That apparently wasn’t enough to get more viewers interested in the show.

Show might continue

”Skating with the Stars” may not get renewed with the bad ratings it got this season. That said, low ratings in early seasons don’t always spell doom and gloom, and a solid second season could improve the show’s chances.

Citations

CBS News

cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20026387-10391698.html

The Hollywood Reporter

hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/skating-stars-finale-bombs-ratings-64935