The former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer was heads and shoulders above the rest of the celebrities with a mark of 30.5 from the judges.
He even got a score of eight from notorious Mr Nasty Jason Gardner.
Jayne Torvil was blown away, telling James: "That has to be one of the best performances we've ever seen in show one, James."
Jason gushed after his score of eight telling him: "Finally we have hope! James and Alexandra, that was absolutely beautiful. It was debonair, suave and sophsitskated. There is transference from your dance background into your skating once you've mastered the skating."
Ashley Banjo added: "I can't believe I'm watching this on week one. Yes you have certain advantages that you take from week one, but that's a different story on ice."
Christopher added: "You've mastered it, you've found the glide."
Viewers flocked to Twitter to blast the show pointing out James' professional dance experience has given him a massive advantage.
One furious fan wrote: "Absolute fix! James Jordan is a pro dancer for ffs all he had to do is learn to skate & he’s got a high score. You know whose won this already!!!! #dancingonice"
Another tweeted: "James Jordan should never have been on this…. he’s already a professional dancer…. #fix #dancingonice"
Six celebrities took to the ice on tonight's launch show.
Towie legend and diva Gemma Collins and partner Matt Evers did not perform to the Venga Boys as original planned but instead to Crazy in Love by Beyonce and Jay-Z.
X Factor runner-up Saara Alto and partner Hamish Gaman performed their routine to Lady Gaga's inspiring worldwide hit Born This Way
Coronation Street's Jane Danson also strapped up her skates with her friend and ice partner Sylvain Longchambon to Dean Martin's On The Street Where You Live.
Former Strictly professional James Jordan and partner Alexandra Schauman performed to I Won't Dance by Jane Monheit and Michael Buble.
Grease legend Didi Conn and Lukasz Rzycki took on Grease's own We Go Together for their debut performance.
Australian actor Mark Little and Brianne Delcourt skated to Men At Work by Down Under.
As ever Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield took up hosting duties for the evening which saw the public vote on the six celebrities performing.
The bottom one with both public votes and judges' scores combined will face the bottom celeb of the second group of stars performing next weekend.
Next Sunday Pussycat Dolls star Melody Thornton, Loose Woman Saira Khan and former Westlife singer Brian McFadden will compete against former cricketer Ryan Sidebottom, EastEnders Richard Blackwood and Love Island's Wes Nelson.
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