Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice logo
Presented by	Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	18
Production
Producer(s)	LWT Part of ITV Productions
Running time	60 to 90 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original run	14 January 2006 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Dancing on Ice is a British television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners dance on ice in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT, has been a prime-time hit in 8 different countries including Australia (where it is titled Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice and was axed after just one series), Germany, Italy and Belgium. // In Argentina, the show was broadcasted on Channel 13 as a segment inside the television program Showmatch, hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. ... Hosts of Dancing on Ice Jamie Durie and Sami Lukis Torvill and Deans Dancing on Ice is an Australian television show which premiered on the Nine Network on Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 7:30pm. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Phillip Schofield (born on April 1, 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and occasional actor and singer. ... Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981) is a British television presenter, born in Bolney near Horsham in Sussex, UK. She was educated at Burgess Hill School in the town of Burgess Hill. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Granada Productions is one of Europes leading commercial television production and distribution companies. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... The 16:9 aspect ratio (also known as widescreen) is an aspect ratio that is 16/9 or 1. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Hosts of Dancing on Ice Jamie Durie and Sami Lukis Torvill and Deans Dancing on Ice is an Australian television show which premiered on the Nine Network on Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 7:30pm. ...

Despite network doubts about its viability, the show became a surprise hit in Britain, where it became the 3rd highest rated television show of 2006. It attained an impressive 13 million viewers for the final in March.

Britain's best-known ice-skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean help to train the aspiring dancers, and also appear throughout the show with comments and advice. Karen Barber also trains the skaters for the live show. They also open every episode with a performance. The show is presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, with commentary from Tony Gubba. Two supplementary programmes also air - Dancing On Ice Defrosted, presented by Stephen Mulhern, and Dancing on Ice Exclusive, fronted by ex-contestant Andi Peters and Ben Shephard. Jayne Torvill (born October 7, 1957, Nottingham, United Kingdom) is a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. ... Christopher Colin Dean (born July 22, 1958 in Nottingham, Great Britain) is a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. ... Karen Barber is a British ice dancer. ... Phillip Schofield (born on April 1, 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and occasional actor and singer. ... Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981) is a British television presenter, born in Bolney near Horsham in Sussex, UK. She was educated at Burgess Hill School in the town of Burgess Hill. ... Tony Gubba Tony Gubba (born September 23, 1943, Manchester, England) is a journalist and sports commentator working for the media of the United Kingdom. ... Stephen Mulhern born 4 April 1977 is a British childrens TV presenter and entertainer. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (Benny Boy) (born 11 December 1974 in Essex) is an English television presenter. ...

As well as returning for a third series in early 2008, Dancing on Ice will once again go on tour after the ITV1 show has finished.

Format

Each week all the celebrities will perform a dance routine with a professional skating partner. The judges (commonly known as the Ice Panel) rate the performance using the ice dancing judging system, each giving a score of between 0.0 and 6.0. The scores create a leaderboard which forms 50% of the final version, the other half of it comes from the public vote.

Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that week's show, the two couples at the bottom (said to be "on thin ice") compete in a final showdown known as the "Skate Off", where they perform their routine again. Once both couples have performed their routines for the judging panel, the five judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes. The couple with the most votes from the judges receives a place in the following week's show, while the couple with the least votes leaves the competition.

In each show, there is an element that the skaters are required to perform as part of their routines. These required elements have included:

• Assisted and unassisted jumps
• Use of a prop
• Forming a spiral position, facing each other with interlocked hands
• Flying above the ice, suspended by strings

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Spin-offs

Like many other reality TV shows, Dancing on Ice has 2 different spin-off shows. The first one, presented by Stephen Mulhern is called Dancing on Ice Defrosted and airs on ITV2 after the main show then again after the results show. Five weeks into series 1, the defection of Paul O'Grady from ITV to Channel 4 meant that there was no 5 O'Clock show. The format of Dancing on Ice Defrosted was taken and a new daily show was made called Dancing on Ice Extra. The format was twisted to match every day and was aired with eliminated contestants Andi Peters and Andrea McLean presenting. In 2007, Andrea was on maternity leave so Ben Shephard was brought in, and the show was renamed Dancing on Ice Exclusive bringing exclusives every day unlike what they did the previous year. Also, Ben is the anchor presenter and Andi is a roving reporter around the studio. Stephen Mulhern born 4 April 1977 is a British childrens TV presenter and entertainer. ... ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... This article is about the British television station. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Andrea McLean (born 5 October 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish weather forecaster and television presenter. ... Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (Benny Boy) (born 11 December 1974 in Essex) is an English television presenter. ...

Kyran Bracken will be a skater in Holiday on Ice's production of Romanza in early 2008.

Series 1

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• Comedian Arabella Weir was due to take part but after she broke her wrist, she was replaced by Bonnie Langford.
• Former butler Paul Burrell was also part of the original line-up, but was replaced by David Seaman just 8 days before the first live show, due to concerns over his skating ability.

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The Ice Panel

The judges were:

• Nicky Slater
• Karen Kresge
• Jason Gardiner
• Karen Barber
• Robin Cousins

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Series 2

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• Then ITV sports presenter Gabby Logan was expected to take part, but reportedly refused to do so as a retaliation for being refused permission to take part in rival BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
• Sarah Greene (Blue Peter Presenter) was expected to take part, but dropped out for personal reasons.

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The Ice Panel

The judges are:

• Nicky Slater
• Natalia Bestemianova
• Jason Gardiner
• Karen Barber
• Robin Cousins

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Judges' scoring summary

Key
Bold indicates the week's highest score
Italics indicates the week's lowest score

Series 3

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The commissioning of the third series was first confirmed by Phillip Schofield at the BAFTA awards.^[1]

Celebrity Speculation

Phillip also stated that he would want actress/comedienne Catherine Tate to participate, but as she will be filming the fourth series of Doctor Who up until March, this is highly unlikely to happen. This article is about the actress. ... This article is about the television series. ...

The Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday 31st October that former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent, former Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw, How Clean Is Your House presenter Aggie MacKenzie and Prince Harry's friend Natalie Pinkham would be taking part in the show. Former British tennis player, Greg Rusedski, has confirmed his part in the third series, in early November.

Another celebrity who has been added to the list of celeb skaters is Kevin McDaid formaly of ex boyband "V" who had some hits back in 2004 with "Blood Sweat and Tears" and a cover of the "Jackson 5" classic "Can you feel it".Kevin is mostly well known for dating Westlife star Mark Feehily who came out as gay in August 2005. The pair have been an item for over two years now and have bought a place together in Mark's hometown Sligo in Ireland. Kevin is currently doing photography and has taken many of Westlife's official pictures for DVD covers and inside album pictures. Kevin said he enjoyed the last series and even though it looked tough,"he'd love the challenge and is looking forward to getting on that ice!" He also stated"He won't be doing a crazy Duncan James "Straw" hair do, forget that!"

Other celebs mentioned have been, Big Brother 6 winner Anthony Hutton, Isabella Hervey, Tina Barrett from pop group "S Club 7" who is a professional dancer, radio DJ Scott Mills and former Coronation Street actress Nikki Sanderson.

The Ice Panel

As in previous years it is expected that the four returning judges will once again precide over the competition. It is not known who the fifth judge will be.

More information about the show will be known closer to broadcast.

Champion of Champions

This took place on Saturday 24 March 2007 and featured finalists from both Series 1 and Series 2. All six celebrities did one routine each, scored by the judges, and then voted on by the public. The two with the highest combined score performed again (same routine) for the public's vote alone, in the skate-off. The skaters listed below in positions three to six were announced during the show "in no particular order", so the positioning may not be meaningful. is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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Dancing on Ice: The Tour

Following the Champions of Champions special, 31 March 2007 - 6 May 2007, Torvill and Dean went on a UK tour, performing at all the arenas with a selection of the Dancing on Ice stars from two British series and one Australian series.^[2] The format of the tour was very similar to the TV programme, with all the celebrities performing, with the last two performing Bolero of which the winner is announced. The tour is hosted by Andi Peters, who was originally set to skate but will not due to him breaking his ankle during Dancing on Ice Exclusive, practising for a special routine with Kristina Lenko. The Ice Panel is made up of Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins, with a guest judge for each show, these were BBC Radio 1 DJ Letitia, ex-Steps member and Celebrity Big Brother 2007 contestant Ian "H" Watkins and former Dancing On Ice contestant Stephen Gately. is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Nicholas Slater is a British ice dancer. ... Jason Gardiner born 06 November 1971 is a choreographer, singer and theatre producer currently best known as a judge on the top rated ITV1 show, Dancing On Ice and has recently undergone hair cosmetic surgery. ... Karen Barber is a British ice dancer. ... Robin Cousins was a British figure skater who won a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... Steps was a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001. ... This article is about the actor and singer from Steps. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The line-up was:

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Merchandise

• A DVD, featuring highlights, and a CD, containing music from the show from Series 1 were released shortly after it ended. A DVD for Series 2 was released on April 2, 2007

• All performances on the tour have been recorded for the tour DVD,which will be released on Monday 19th November 2007. Also the tour was shown on ITV1 on 21st October 2007.

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Notes and references