James, 40, has the best score record with the Dancing On Ice judges at present, with a combined total of 125.5 for his first five performances.
Coming from a background on Strictly Come Dancing, James has had the leading advantage over his fellow competitors which was shown when he scored the best opening routine the ITV show had ever seen in week one.
However, James’ closest competitor Wes Nelson, 20, has always been hot on his tail, beating him for the top position on the judges leaderboard for several weeks.
Though the Love Island star may be the least of the professional dancer's worries as the professional dancer faces another hurdle which could see him lose out on the crown in several weeks time.
Felt a bit like James Jordan this week
Brain McFadden
Ahead of tonight’s sixth live show, James and his fellow Dancing On Ice competitor Brain McFadden, 38, took a break from rehearsals to speak on This Morning on Sunday.
As well as discussing tonight’s performances, the amateur skaters poked fun at one another with Brain revealing there could be one reason James doesn’t win.
With Brian suffering from a back injury during training this week, Ruth Langford, 58, quizzed the Westlife star about his fears for taking to the ice and whether he knew the routine.
Brain said: “I kind of felt a bit like James Jordan this week. I felt like really old, so everyone’s skating on the ice and I’m trying to get off the bench,” with James laughing at his remark.
“I agree, I do,” James replied, before we was going on to revel how he was feeling as the weeks went on but was interrupted by Ruth.
“You might be over James but you smashed
