From Deary Me! to Do-Re-Mi. Dancing On Ice’s Ekin-Su cleans up her act

LOVE Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu – whose risque outfit for her Dancing On Ice debut provoked a wave of complaints – does an about-turn tonight when she dresses primly as Maria von Trapp.

Miss Culculoglu wears a homely blouse with covering bodice in the manner of The Sound of Music nunturned governess in a performance of Do-Re-Mi.

She also hides her long dark hair under a wig to emulate the blonde crop of Julie Andrews who played Maria in the classic Sixties film.

The modest look is in stark contrast to the opening show when she wore a diamond-encrusted, nude body stocking – for a dance to Britney Spears song Toxic – that left many viewers shocked.

Miss Culculoglu was seen crawling along the ice alongside her dance partner Brendyn Hatfield, prompting 112 complaints to television regulator Ofcom.

Viewers insisted the catsuit was ‘too sexy’ to be worn before the watershed on a family show. The watchdog has not yet decided whether to investigate.

Miss Culculoglu, 28, who is dating Love Island co-star Davide Sanclimenti, said: ‘Whoever you see in the performance, whether I’m playing Britney Spears or Maria from The Sound of Music, I will be that person.

‘With Britney, I was having fun with it, I couldn’t have performed it better, in my opinion. I don’t regret it. This time I’ll be playing a character from The Sound of Music and I’ll be how she is supposed to be.

‘People forget I’m an actress. If I was asked to play Henry VIII on ice, I’d do it.’

Her first performance on Dancing On Ice also led to the star being ‘slut-shamed’ on social media. Miss Culculoglu had said after the routine: ‘You know what? If you have ’em, flaunt them. I mean if you’ve got a nice bum and you look sexy in a unitard, why not. Who cares?’

Last Sunday, she beat former footballer John Fashanu in the skate-off to stay in the contest.

Before the series began, the London-born actress of Turkish descent said she was ready for judges’ criticism. ‘They’re not all going to say that I’m great. If they say that I need to do better, that would make me work harder. I want them to criticise me. I’m ready for that.’