Ekin-Su is just as sassy on ice as she is on terrace floors (Picture: Rex Features)
Ekin-Su Culculoglu just made her debut on Dancing On Ice and it’s already iconic with the reality star recreating her famous crawl, well, on the ice.
The Love Island star has been partnered with American professional skater Brendyn Hatfield and hit the ice running with her routine choreographed to Britney Spears’ hit Toxic.
It was full of all the sass with Ekin-Su, 28, opening the set flanked by a group of male dancers before gliding, pouting and twirling across the ice with the help of Brendyn, 36.
However, it was the moment that she crawled across the ice towards the camera that will remain burned in her fans’ memories. Of course, it was a nod to the iconic moment Ekin-Su crawled across the terrace towards Jay Younger for a sneaky kiss despite her romance with Davide Sanclimenti, her now-boyfriend.
Reacting to the routine, one viewer tweeted: ‘Ekin recreating her crawl im screaming an icon.’
‘Not them putting Ekin’s Love Island crawl into the routine,’ another laughed.
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‘Obsessed with Ekin Su doing THAT crawl,’ one viewer said.
One weighed in: ‘DID EKIN SU JUST CRAWL ON ICE i love her.’
Ekin-Su was supported in the audience by boyfriend Davide, who adorably cheered her on at any given moment, as well as her brother and mother.
Speaking to the judges after her performance, which received a score of 21.5, the Turkish actress said: ‘I always find the ice is like electricity, it’s the best place to feel free,’ adding that she’s also able to ‘de-stress’ on the ice.
Ekin-Su is partnered up with American professional skater Brendyn Hatfield (Picture: Rex Features)
The duo received a score of 21.5 (Picture: Rex Features)
Ekin-Su skated to Britney Spears’ Toxic and it was everything (Picture: Rex Features)
Sharing her verdict, Oti Mabuse praised: ‘I loved it, I thought it was hot from the outfit to the hair.
‘You have something that can’t be taught, you’re a performer and turn into someone else when performing.’
Jayne Torvill agreed: ‘It was a very sexy performance and you looked very comfortable out there,’ but said she ‘wants more skating’.
Ashley Banjo shared a similar sentiment but offered some pointers, saying: That performance was like fire, that’s what I expect from you.
‘Now I want to see what you can do without holding onto Brendyn.’
Christopher Dean said: ‘If you didn’t have the skates on it would have been a 10.’
This year’s Dancing On Ice got off to an electric start with Towie star Joey Essex admitting his crush on ‘beautiful’ partner Vanessa Baeur, after they flirted during rehearsals, and judge Chris hilariously making an accidental racy joke about co-judge Jayne.
On more of a poignant note, The Wanted singer Siva Kaneswaran revealed he is ‘still grieving’ the death of his late bandmate Tom Parker, who died from cancer last year.
Dancing On Ice airs Sundays at 6:30pm on ITV1.
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The reality star made her sassy debut on the ice.
