Dancing on Ice (series 1)

Dancing on Ice – Series 1 United Kingdom
The 10 couples from Series 1
Country	United Kingdom
Network	ITV1, TV3 Ireland
Original run	14 January 2006 – 4 March 2006
No. of episodes	8 (not including result shows)
Celebrity winner	Gaynor Faye
Professional winner	Daniel Whiston
Next series	Series 2

The first series of Dancing on Ice began on ITV1 on Saturday, January 14, 2006 presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and judged by 'The Ice Panel', consisting of Nicky Slater, Karen Kresge, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean helped to train the aspiring dancers, and also appeared throughout the show with comments and advice.

Couples

The 10 celebrities and professional ice skaters were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Tamara Beckwith	Reality TV star	Sergey Malyshev	Eliminated 1st
Andi Peters	Radio and television presenter	Tamara Sharp	Eliminated 2nd
Andrea McLean	Loose Women anchorwoman and weathergirl	Doug Webster	Eliminated 3rd
John Barrowman	Doctor Who Actor and Singer	Olga Sharutenko	Eliminated 4th
Sean Wilson	Coronation Street star	Marika Humphreys	Eliminated 5th
Kelly Holmes	Runner, Olympic gold medallist	Todd Sand	Eliminated 6th
David Seaman	England football goalkeeper	Pam O'Connor	Eliminated 7th
Bonnie Langford	Actress and dancer	Matt Evers	Third place
Stefan Booth	Actor	Kristina Lenko	Second place
Gaynor Faye	Actress	Daniel Whiston	Winner

• Comedian Arabella Weir was due to take part but when she broke her wrist she was forced to withdraw. She was later replaced by actress Bonnie Langford.

• Former butler Paul Burrell was also part of the original line-up, but was replaced by David Seaman just eight days before the first live show, due to concerns over his skating ability.

The Ice Panel

The judges were:

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

Bold indicates the couple at the top of the leader board.

Italics indicates the couple at the bottom of the leader board.

     indicates the couple that was in the skate off

     indicates the couple that was eliminated

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Placement
Gaynor & Daniel	15.5	17.5	20.5	23.5	20.0	23.5	26.5	25.0 + 27.0	Winner
Stefan & Kristina	17.5	17.5	18.0	18.0	20.0	25.5	23.5	25.5 + 25.0	Runner-Up
Bonnie & Matt	21.5	23.5	21.5	27.0	21.5	27.0	23.5	28.5 + 27.5	Third Place
David & Pam	16.0	20.5	17.5	16.0	22.5	Injury	21.5	Eliminated (Week 7)
Kelly & Todd	14.5	11.5	15.5	18.5	19.0	22.0	Eliminated (Week 6)
Sean & Marika	18.0	17.5	18.5	17.5	18.5	Eliminated (Week 5)
John & Olga	21.0	22.0	22.0	21.5	Eliminated (Week 4)
Andrea & Doug	16.5	14.5	18.0	Eliminated (Week 3)
Andi & Tamara	11.0	11.0	Eliminated (Week 2)
Tamara & Sergey	13.5	Eliminated (Week 1)

Required elements

• Week 1: None
• Week 2: Four cross rolls in sequence
• Week 3: Lunge sequence
• Week 4: Toe step sequence
• Week 5: Unassisted jump
• Week 6: Use of a prop
• Week 7: One footed spin
• Week 8: Flying

Skate-offs

• Week 1: Tamara vs. Gaynor
• Week 2: Andi vs. Stefan
• Week 3: Andrea vs. Stefan
• Week 4: John vs. Stefan
• Week 5: Kelly vs. Sean
• Week 6: Bonnie vs. Kelly
• Week 7: Bonnie vs. David
• Bolero skate-off: Stefan vs. Gaynor

Week	Nicky	Krez	Jason	Karen	Robin	Saved	Eliminated
1	Gaynor	Gaynor	Gaynor	Gaynor	Gaynor	Gaynor	Tamara
2	Stefan	Stefan	Stefan	Stefan	Stefan	Stefan	Andi
3	Stefan	Stefan	Andrea	Stefan	Stefan	Stefan	Andrea
4	Stefan	Stefan	John	John	Stefan	Stefan	John
5	Sean	Kelly	Kelly	Kelly	Kelly	Kelly	Sean
6	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Kelly
7	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	Bonnie	David

• Just before the final skate-off, Bonnie Langford was eliminated with the public vote alone.