Dancing on Ice

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For the Australian version of the show, please see Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice is a British reality television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners dance on ice in front of a panel of judges. It first aired on ITV1, in January 2006 and has a similar format to that of the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. Coincidentally, the US equivalent Dancing with the Stars, inspired a similar show, Skating with Celebrities.

Each week one couple was eliminated from the competition, until a winner was chosen from the final three contestants. Britain's best-known ice-skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean helped train the aspiring dancers. The show was a ratings success for ITV with 10 million viewers in its first week of broadcast.

It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and the supplementary ITV2 programme, Dancing on Ice Defrosted, was presented by Stephen Mulhern. Half way through the series a weekday ITV1 show was introduced called Dancing on Ice Extra; this was presented by eliminated contestants Andi Peters and Andrea McLean.

The first series ended on Saturday 4 March 2006. A second series is scheduled for January 2007.

Celebrities

• Gaynor Faye (Actress) & Daniel Whiston - Winner
• Stefan Booth (Actor, The Bill) & Kristina Cousins - 2nd Place
• Bonnie Langford (Actress and dancer) & Matt Evers - 3rd Place
• David Seaman(football player (goalkeeper) & Pam O'Conner -February 25, 2006 4th Place
• Dame Kelly Holmes (runner) & Todd Sand - February 18, 2006 - 5th Place
• Sean Wilson (Former actor) & Marika Humphreys - February 11, 2006 - 6th Place
• John Barrowman (Actor) & Olga Sharutenko - February 4, 2006 - 7th Place
• Andrea McLean (Weather presenter - GMTV) & Doug Webster - January 28, 2006 - 8th Place
• Andi Peters (TV presenter and producer) & Tamara Sharp - January 21, 2006 - 9th Place
• Tamara Beckwith (Former "It Girl") & Sergey Malyshev - January 14, 2006 - 10th Place

The Ice Panel

The Ice Panel were the judges.

They were:

• Karen Barber - also in the Australian Version
• Robin Cousins
• Jason Gardiner - also a judge on BBC Television's Strictly Dance Fever and the Australian version
• Karen Kresge
• Nicky Slater

Trivia

• 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.

• David Seaman was the first person not to face elimination and go straight through to the next round without competing, after his partner Pam slipped on the ice while coming out of a lift. She was taken to hospital and needed her chin gluing, she also hurt her left shoulder.

• David Seaman won the BBC's Strictly Ice Dancing special in 2004 dancing with Zoia Birmingham. His inclusion was also at short notice, after former footballer Paul Gascoigne pulled out with an injury.

• The theme music to the show was composed by Paul Farrer who also composed the music to The Weakest Link.

External links

• [itv.com - Dancing on Ice]
• [Australian Dancing on Ice]
• [Music composed by Paul Farrer - Official Site]
• [Unreality TV - News and gossip on Dancing On Ice and other reality TV shows]
• [Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.com A fun fan site and forum for Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and the TV show Dancing On Ice]

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