Dancing on Ice

For the most recent series, see Dancing on Ice (series 8).

Dancing on Ice
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Created by	ITV
Directed by	Richard Valentine
Creative directors	Karen Barber Christopher Dean Jayne Torvill
Presented by	Phillip Schofield Holly Willoughby (2006–11) Christine Bleakley (2012–)
Judges	Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner (2006–11, 2013–) Karen Barber (2006–10, 2013–) Nicky Slater (2006–10) Karen Kresge (2006) Natalia Bestemianova (2007) Ruthie Henshall (2008–09) Emma Bunton (2010–11) Louie Spence (2012) Katarina Witt (2012) Ashley Roberts (2013–)
Narrated by	Tony Gubba (2006–13) Simon Reed (2013–)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	70 (as of 26 February 2012)
Production
Executive producers	Jane Beacon Katie Rawcliffe
Producer	ITV Studios
Production locations	Elstree Studios (2006–10, 2012–) Shepperton Studios (2011)
Running time	60–120 minutes
Production company	LWT
Original release
Network	ITV, STV, UTV
Release	14 January 2006 (2006-01-14) – present

Dancing on Ice is a British television show presented by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different countries, including Italy and Chile. In Australia, where it was titled Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, it was axed after just one series owing to production costs.

Originally titled Skating with Celebrities, the show was renamed following the failure of ITV's celebrity oriented 2005 summer schedule. Dancing on Ice is frequently compared to the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC aired a Strictly Come Dancing special entitled Strictly Ice Dancing at Christmas in 2004 which was won by England goalkeeper David Seaman (who was a contestant in Series 1).

ITV's show was given a January premier amidst network doubts about its viability but became a surprise hit in Britain, where it became the third highest rated television show of 2006. It attained an impressive thirteen million viewers for the final in March. Britain's best-known ice-skating duo and former Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean help to train the aspiring dancers, and also appear throughout the show with comments and advice. Head Coach Karen Barber also trains the skaters for the live show. Since the beginning Torvill and Dean have opened every episode with a performance, with the exception of the second, third and fourth shows of the fourth series, when Torvill performed alone due to Dean's recovery from a shoulder operation. In 2012 they performed less regularly.

Schofield previously presented with Holly Willoughby, with commentary from Tony Gubba and voiceovers done by John Sachs. The members of The Ice Panel were originally Karen Barber, Jason Gardiner, Nicky Slater and Robin Cousins, and the fifth judge varied from series to series: Karen Kresge in the first series, Natalia Bestemianova in the second, Ruthie Henshall in the third and fourth and Emma Bunton in the fifth. In series 6, there were only three judges: Gardiner, Cousins and Bunton.

During the shows first two series it ran two supplementary programmes - Dancing on Ice Defrosted presented by Stephen Mulhern, and Dancing on Ice Exclusive (or Dancing on Ice Extra during its first series) hosted by Andi Peters alongside Andrea McLean in series one and Ben Shephard in series two. In mid-2007, it was announced that both shows would not return to accompany the third series as the audience attracted is out of ITV2's target range.

As part of ITV's new revamped schedule at the start of 2008, from the third series, the show aired on a Sunday night and featured updated music and new titles as well as redesigned graphics. The third series finale was a massive draw for ITV pulling an average 11.7 million viewers (up from 9.6 million the previous year) peaking at 12.6 million viewers over the two-hour slot, up over a million from season two.

The seventh series began on 8 January 2012, with Torvill and Dean as coaches for which they will be paid £250,000 each series. Christine Bleakley was announced as the new co-host of the show replacing Holly Willoughby, whilst Katarina Witt and Louie Spence replaced Emma Bunton and Jason Gardiner on the judging panel.

On 20 November 2012, it was announced that Gardiner was to return to the panel for the 2013 series, replacing Spence. The full judging panel for the 2013 series was revealed on 28 December 2012, with former Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts joining and Karen Barber returning to the panel after acting as head coach on the show the previous two years; they joined Gardiner and head judge Robin Cousins on the panel.

On 21 May 2013, Torvill and Dean announced that they would leave the series after it's ninth series in 2014, leading to speculation that the whole show would be axed. On 24 June 2013 it was rumoured that Dancing on Ice may continue after they have left with new coaches, however, on 22 October 2013 it was confirmed that the show will be axed after its ninth series in 2014.

Format

Each week the celebrities and their partners perform a live ice dance routine. The four (as of series 8) judges (commonly known as the Ice Panel) judge each performance and give a mark between 0.0 and 10.0 (0.0 to 6.0 between series 1 and 5), depending on the performance. These total scores then create a leaderboard which combines with the public vote in order to determine the two lowest placed couples. As this is the case, the pair with the lowest score from the judges can avoid being in the bottom two if the public vote for them.

Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that week's show, the two/three couples at the bottom compete in a final showdown known as the "Skate Off", where they perform their routine again. Once the couples have performed their routines for the judging panel, the judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes, based on their second performance. The couple with the most votes from the judges receives a place in the following week's show, while the couple with the fewest votes leaves the competition. One couple leaves each week, but in series 7, two couples left in one week, due to numbering issues.

Series overview

To date eight series have been broadcast, as summarised below.

Series	Start	Finish	Winning celebrity	Winning professional	Hosts	Ice panel	Guest judges
One	14 January 2006	4 March 2006	Gaynor Faye	Daniel Whiston	Philip Schofield Holly Willoughby	Karen Barber Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Karen Kresge Nicky Slater	—
Two	20 January 2007	17 March 2007	Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert		Karen Barber Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Nicky Slater Natalia Bestemianova
Three	13 January 2008	16 March 2008	Suzanne Shaw	Matt Evers		Karen Barber Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Nicky Slater Ruthie Henshall
Four	11 January 2009	22 March 2009	Ray Quinn	Maria Filippov
Five	10 January 2010	28 March 2010	Hayley Tamaddon	Daniel Whiston		Karen Barber Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Nicky Slater Emma Bunton	Michael Ball (week 6) Angela Rippon (week 7)
Six	9 January 2011	27 March 2011	Sam Attwater	Brianne Delcourt		Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Emma Bunton	—
Seven	8 January 2012	25 March 2012	Matthew Wolfenden	Nina Ulanova	Philip Schofield Christine Bleakley	Robin Cousins Louie Spence Katarina Witt
Eight	6 January 2013	10 March 2013	Beth Tweddle	Daniel Whiston		Robin Cousins Karen Barber Jason Gardiner Ashley Roberts

Professionals

Main article: List of Dancing on Ice professional skaters

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Third place

  Eliminated

  Withdrew

  Participating

Professional	Series 1	Series 2	Series 3	Series 4	Series 5	Series 6	Series 7	Series 8
Pavel Aubrecht		Ulrika Jonsson	Samantha Mumba	Jessica Taylor	Sharron Davies
Andrew Buchanan								Anthea Turner
Victoria Borzenkova			Tim Vincent
Brooke Castile							Corey Feldman
Brianne Delcourt					Kieron Richardson	Sam Attwater	Sébastien Foucan	Matt Lapinskas
Matt Evers	Bonnie Langford	Lisa Scott-Lee	Suzanne Shaw	Zoë Salmon	Heather Mills	Denise Welch	Jorgie Porter	Pamela Anderson
Maria Filippov		Duncan James	Gareth Gates	Ray Quinn	Gary Lucy	Craig McLachlan	Andy Akinwolere	Shayne Ward
Isabelle Gauthier						Jeff Brazier
Matthew Gonzalez					Danniella Westbrook		Charlene Tilton
Mark Hanretty						Nadia Sawalha	Rosemary Conley	Oona King
Jodeyne Higgins						Johnson Beharry	Chico
Florentine Houdinière				Donal MacIntyre
Marika Humphreys	Sean Wilson
Robin Johnstone								Gareth Thomas
Melanie Lambert		Kyran Bracken	Michael Underwood	Michael Underwood	Mikey Graham
Kristina Lenko	Stefan Booth	Stephen Gately	Greg Rusedski	Graeme Le Saux
Andrei Lipanov		Clare Buckfield	Natalie Pinkham	Gemma Bissix	Sinitta		Heidi Range
Susie Lipanova			Steve Backley	Todd Carty	Jeremy Sheffield
Sylvain Longchambon						Jennifer Metcalfe		Samia Ghadie
Sergey Malyshev	Tamara Beckwith		Aggie MacKenzie
Molly Moenkhoff					Bobby Davro
Darya Nucci				Jeremy Edwards
Pam O'Connor	David Seaman	Neil Fox
Vicky Ogden							Andy Whyment	Joe Pasquale
Fred Palascak		Kay Burley	Sarah Greene	Melinda Messenger	Emily Atack
			Zaraah Abrahams
Natalia Pestova		Phil Gayle
Frankie Poultney		Lee Sharpe	Chris Fountain	Ellery Hanley	Danny Young	Comedy Dave	Mark Rhodes
Colin Ratushniak						Laura Hamilton
Sean Rice						Angela Rippon	Chemmy Alcott
Łukasz Różycki						Elen Rivas	Laila Morse
Todd Sand	Kelly Holmes
Alexandra Schauman					Dr. Hilary Jones	Dominic Cork	Sam Nixon
Tamara Sharp	Andi Peters
Olga Sharutenko	John Barrowman							Keith Chegwin
Jenna Smith								Luke Campbell
Katie Stainsby						Vanilla Ice
Nina Ulanova						Steven Arnold	Matthew Wolfenden
Doug Webster	Andrea McLean
Daniel Whiston	Gaynor Faye	Emily Symons	Linda Lusardi	Roxanne Pallett	Hayley Tamaddon	Kerry Katona	Jennifer Ellison	Beth Tweddle
Stuart

Required elements

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
• Flying above the ice, suspended by a harness
• A one footed spin
• Shadow steps
• Classic moves of Torvill and Dean, sometimes with a choice between them
• Cross rolls
• Toe step sequences
• Pair spin
• One unique move
• Solo skate
• Change of edge

Main series results

Series 1 (2006)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 1)

The first series began on Saturday 14 January 2006 and ended on Saturday 4 March 2006, including ten celebrity skaters.

The contestants for the first season were:

Celebrity	Known for	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 weather presenter	Doug Webster	Eliminated 3rd
John Barrowman	Doctor Who actor and singer	Olga Sharutenko	Eliminated 4th
Sean Wilson	Coronation Street actor	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

Series 2 (2007)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 2)

The second series began on Saturday 20 January 2007. In it, 11 celebrities competed, compared to ten in the first series. The final was held on Saturday 17 March 2007.

The contestants for the second series were:

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Neil Fox	Radio presenter and talent show judge	Pam O'Connor	Eliminated 1st
Phil Gayle	Breakfast newsreader	Natalia Pestova	Eliminated 2nd
Ulrika Jonsson	Television presenter	Pavel Aubrecht	Eliminated 3rd
Stephen Gately	Boyzone singer	Kristina Lenko	Eliminated 4th
Kay Burley	Sky newscaster	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 5th
Lisa Scott-Lee	Steps singer	Matt Evers	Eliminated 6th
Lee Sharpe	England footballer	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 7th
Emily Symons	Home And Away and Emmerdale actress	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 8th
Duncan James	Television presenter and member of Blue	Maria Filippov	Third place
Clare Buckfield	Actress	Andrei Lipanov	Second place
Kyran Bracken	Rugby union player	Melanie Lambert	Winner

Series 3 (2008)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 3)

The commissioning of the third series of Dancing on Ice was first confirmed by Phillip Schofield at the BAFTA awards. The third series began on 13 January 2008, moving to Sunday nights in the process and ended on 16 March 2008, when Suzanne Shaw was crowned as the winner. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returned to present.

The contestants for the third series were:

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Sarah Greene	Television presenter	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 1st
Natalie Pinkham	Sports television presenter	Andrei Lipanov	Eliminated 2nd
Michael Underwood	Television presenter	Melanie Lambert	Withdrew
Samantha Mumba	Singer	Pavel Aubrecht	Eliminated 3rd
Aggie MacKenzie	How Clean Is Your House? co-presenter	Sergey Malyshev	Eliminated 4th
Tim Vincent	Actor and television presenter	Victoria Borzenkova	Eliminated 5th
Steve Backley	Javelin thrower, Olympic medallist	Susie Lipanova	Eliminated 6th
Linda Lusardi	Page 3 model and Emmerdale actress	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 7th
Greg Rusedski	Professional tennis player	Kristina Lenko	Eliminated 8th
Gareth Gates	Singer	Maria Filippov	Eliminated 9th
Zaraah Abrahams	Coronation Street actress	Fred Palascak	Third place
Chris Fountain	Hollyoaks actor	Frankie Poultney	Runner-up
Suzanne Shaw	Hear'say singer and West End star	Matt Evers	Winner

Series 4 (2009)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 4)

The fourth series started on 11 January 2009 and ended on 22 March 2009. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returned to present as well as Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to mentor the celebs.

The contestants for the fourth series were:

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Graeme Le Saux	Former England and Chelsea player	Kristina Lenko	Eliminated 1st (Men's round)
Gemma Bissix	Former EastEnders and Hollyoaks actress	Andrei Lipanov	Eliminated 2nd (Women's round)
Jeremy Edwards	Former Holby City actor	Darya Nucci	Eliminated 3rd
Michael Underwood	Television presenter	Melanie Lambert	Eliminated 4th
Todd Carty	Former EastEnders and The Bill actor	Susie Lipanova	Eliminated 5th
Ellery Hanley	Rugby League player	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 6th
Melinda Messenger	Glamour model and television presenter	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 7th
Roxanne Pallett	Emmerdale actress	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 8th
Zöe Salmon	Former Blue Peter presenter	Matt Evers	Eliminated 9th
Coleen Nolan	Loose Women panellist and singer	Stuart Widdall	Eliminated 10th
Jessica Taylor	Singer, member of Liberty X	Pavel Aubrecht	Third place
Donal MacIntyre	Investigative journalist	Florentine Houdinière	Runner-up
Ray Quinn	Former Brookside actor and The X Factor runner-up	Maria Filippov	Winner

Series 5 (2010)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 5)

The fifth series began on 10 January 2010 and ended on 28 March 2010. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to train the celebrities, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returning as hosts. Karen Barber, Robin Cousins, Nicky Slater and Jason Gardiner returned to the judging panel, with singer Emma Bunton replacing West End star Ruthie Henshall.

In addition to the main show, there was also a new spin-off show called Dancing on Ice Friday which gives viewers the insight to the training of the celebrities. It was hosted by Ben Shephard and former contestant Coleen Nolan and broadcast from 8 pm to 8.30 pm on Friday evenings on ITV.

Robin Cousins did not appear as a judge for 2 weeks from 14 February due to commentary commitments for the Winter Olympics, so Karen Barber was in charge of the panel during Robin's absence. Michael Ball covered for him for 14 February and Angela Rippon covered him on 21 February 2010.

The contestants for the fifth series were:

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Sinitta	Singer and aide to Simon Cowell	Andrei Lipanov	Eliminated 1st (Women's round)
Bobby Davro	Former EastEnders actor and comedian	Molly Moenkhoff	Eliminated 2nd (Men's round)
Jeremy Sheffield	Former Holby City actor	Susie Lipanova	Eliminated 3rd
Tana Ramsay	Cookbook author and wife of chef Gordon Ramsay	Stuart Widdall	Eliminated 4th
Heather Mills	Charity campaigner	Matt Evers	Eliminated 5th
Hilary Jones	Daybreak doctor	Alexandra Schauman	Eliminated 6th
Sharron Davies	Former Olympic swimmer	Pavel Aubrecht	Eliminated 7th
Emily Atack	Inbetweeners actress	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 8th
Mikey Graham	Boyzone singer	Melanie Lambert	Eliminated 9th
Danny Young	Former Coronation Street actor	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 10th
Danniella Westbrook	EastEnders actress	Matthew Gonzalez	Eliminated 11th
Kieron Richardson	Hollyoaks actor	Brianne Delcourt	Third place
Gary Lucy	Former The Bill actor	Maria Filippov	Second place
Hayley Tamaddon	Former Emmerdale actress	Daniel Whiston	Winner

Series 6 (2011)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 6)

The sixth series started on 9 January 2011 and ended on 27 March 2011 with the following 16 celebrities taking part. Although 16 celebrities are confirmed to take part, in a shocking twist, the first two episodes were qualifying rounds, in each of which eight couples skated and two were eliminated, so that only 12 couples reached the competition proper. For the first time, viewers in the Republic of Ireland were able to vote via the TV3 Ireland website.

The contestants for the sixth series are:

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Angela Rippon	Former newsreader and television presenter	Sean Rice	Did not qualify (Qualifying round 1)
Nadia Sawalha	Actress and television presenter	Mark Hanretty	Did not qualify (Qualifying round 1)
Craig McLachlan	Former Neighbours and Home And Away actor	Maria Filippov	Did not qualify (Qualifying round 2)
Elen Rivas	Model	Łukasz Różycki	Did not qualify (Qualifying round 2)
Steven Arnold	Former Coronation Street actor	Nina Ulanova	Eliminated 1st
Dominic Cork	Cricketer	Alexandra Schauman	Eliminated 2nd
Jennifer Metcalfe	Hollyoaks actress	Sylvain Longchambon	Eliminated 3rd
'Comedy' Dave Vitty	Radio 1 presenter	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 4th
Kerry Katona	Former reality TV star	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 5th
Vanilla Ice	American rapper and reality TV star	Katie Stainsby	Eliminated 6th
Denise Welch	Actress and Loose Women panelist	Matt Evers	Eliminated 7th
Jeff Brazier	Television presenter and reality TV star	Isabelle Gauthier	Eliminated 8th
Johnson Beharry	Victoria Cross recipient soldier	Jodeyne Higgins	Eliminated 9th
Chloe Madeley	Daughter of Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan	Michael Zenezini	Third place
Laura Hamilton	Children's television presenter	Colin Ratushniak	Second place
Sam Attwater	Former EastEnders actor	Brianne Delcourt	Winner

Series 7 (2012)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 7)

The seventh series started on 8 January 2012. The celebrities were revealed on 3 January 2012.

The contestants for the seventh series are as follows. Singer Chesney Hawkes was originally part of the line-up, but withdrew after sustaining an injury. He was replaced by The X Factor contestant Chico Slimani.

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Andy Akinwolere	Former Blue Peter presenter	Maria Filippov	Eliminated 1st
Laila Morse	EastEnders actress	Łukasz Różycki	Eliminated 2nd
Mark Rhodes	Children's TV presenter and singer	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 3rd
Corey Feldman	Hollywood actor	Brooke Castile	Eliminated 4th
Charlene Tilton	Dallas actress	Matthew Gonzalez	Eliminated 5th
Rosemary Conley	Diet and fitness guru	Mark Hanretty	Eliminated 6th
Sébastien Foucan	Founder of freerunning	Brianne Delcourt	Eliminated 7th
Heidi Range	Sugababes singer	Andrei Lipanov
Sam Nixon	Children's TV presenter and singer	Alexandra Schauman	Eliminated 9th
Andy Whyment	Coronation Street actor	Vicky Ogden	Eliminated 10th
Chemmy Alcott	Professional skier	Sean Rice	Eliminated 11th
Jennifer Ellison	Actress	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 12th
Chico	Pop singer	Jodeyne Higgins	Third place
Jorgie Porter	Hollyoaks actress	Matt Evers	Second place
Matthew Wolfenden	Emmerdale actor	Nina Ulanova	Winner

Series 8 (2013)

Main article: Dancing on Ice (series 8)

The eighth series started on 6 January 2013.

The line-up was officially announced on 18 December 2012. Consisting of twelve couples series eight will be the shortest series of series to air, and will have the lowest number of couples since series three in 2008.

Celebrity	Known for	Professional partner	Status
Pamela Anderson	Actress & Ex-Playboy model	Matt Evers	Eliminated 1st
Lauren Goodger	Former TOWIE star	Michael Zenezini	Eliminated 2nd
Oona King	Labour Party politician	Mark Hanretty	Eliminated 3rd
Anthea Turner	Television presenter	Andrew Buchanan	Eliminated 4th
Shayne Ward	Singer and The X Factor winner	Maria Filippov	Eliminated 5th
Joe Pasquale	Comedian	Vicky Ogden	Eliminated 6th
Keith Chegwin	Television presenter and actor	Olga Sharutenko	Eliminated 7th
Samia Ghadie	Coronation Street actress	Sylvain Longchambon	Eliminated 8th
Gareth Thomas	Former Wales rugby player	Robin Johnstone	Withdrew
Luke Campbell	Olympic amateur boxer	Jenna Smith	Third place
Matt Lapinskas	Former EastEnders actor	Brianne Delcourt	Second Place
Beth Tweddle	Olympic artistic gymnast	Daniel Whiston	Winner

Series 9 (2014)

As announced by Phillip Schofield in the final of series 8, Dancing on Ice will return for another series in 2014. It was announced on 21 May 2013 by Torvill and Dean that it would be their last as coaches, and ITV's Director of Television, Peter Fincham, confirmed that the programme would be cancelled after this. On 24 June 2013, it was reported that Dancing on Ice could continue with new coaches, however, on 22 October 2013 it was confirmed that this series will be the shows last.

Series averages

All information in this table comes from BARB. including figures from ITV+1 and ITV HD channels

Series	Day	# Ep.	Premiere		Final		Aired	Viewers (in millions)
			Date	Premiere Viewers (in millions)	Date	Finale Viewers (in millions)
1	Saturdays	16	14 January 2006	9.83	4 March 2006	11.68	2006	9.12
2		18	20 January 2007	9.08	17 March 2007	9.14	2007	8.00
3	Sundays	20	13 January 2008	9.34	16 March 2008	12.08	2008	8.93
4		22	11 January 2009	8.83	22 March 2009	11.31	2009	8.86
5		23	10 January 2010	9.64	28 March 2010	9.42	2010	8.28
6			9 January 2011	10.23	27 March 2011	9.35	2011	8.15
7			8 January 2012	8.42	25 March 2012	7.01	2012	6.63
8		19	6 January 2013	7.49	10 March 2013	7.36	2013	6.32

Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result	Reference(s)
2006	National Television Awards	Most Popular Entertainment Programme	Nominated
2007	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated
2008	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated
2008	TV Quick Awards	Best Talent Show	Nominated
2009	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated
2009	TV Quick Awards	Best Talent Show	Nominated
2009	RTS Craft & Design Award	Best Costume Design	Won
2009	RTS Craft & Design Award	Best Multicamera Work	Nominated
2010	RTS Craft & Design Award	Best Costume Design	Nominated
2011	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated
2011	RTS Craft & Design Award	Best Costume Design	Nominated
2012	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated
2013	National Television Awards	Most Popular Talent Show	Nominated

Statistics

Top weekly scores

It must be mentioned that judges were considerably more generous with their marks in series one and two than in later series especially during the early weeks of the competition. A decision was made before series three began that marks in the early stages would begin far lower than previous years to show progression more effectively. In series 6 the scoring system changed to three judges and a mark out of 10. This must also be taken into account when comparing the average marks received by each skater over the course of the six series.

Record scores

Highest scores

• 40.0:

Matt Lapinskas & Brianne Delcourt, Series 8, Final

• 39.0:

Matt Lapinskas & Brianne Delcourt, Series 8 Semi Final

38.0 Beth Twedle& Daniel Whiston Series 8 Final

37.5 Beth Twedle& Daniel Whiston series 8 Final

36.5 Beth Twedle& Dan Whiston Series 8 week 9

Lowest scores

• 7.0:

Steven Arnold & Nina Ulanova, Series 6, Qualifier 1 & Week 1

• 7.5:

Todd Carty & Susie Lipanova, Series 4, Week 1 and Week 4

Hilary Jones & Alexandra Schauman, Series 5, Week 3

• 8.0:

Mark Rhodes & Frankie Poultney, Series 7, Week 1

Corey Feldman & Brooke Castile, Series 7, Week 3

• 8.5:

Todd Carty & Susie Lipanova, Series 4, Week 5

• 9.0:

Nadia Sawalha & Mark Hanretty, Series 6, Week 1

Craig McLachlan & Maria Filippov, Series 6, Qualifier 2

Denise Welch & Matt Evers, Series 6, Week 1

Kerry Katona & Daniel Whiston, Series 6, Week 5

Guest singers

• Series 2 - Week 6 - Take That with "Shine" & "Patience"
• Series 3 - Week 3 - Westlife with "World of Our Own" & "Us Against The World"
• Series 3 - Week 9 - Leona Lewis with "Footprints in the Sand" & "Better in Time"
• Series 4 - Week 5 - Bette Midler with "From a Distance"
• Series 4 - Week 7 - Will Young with "Let It Go"
• Series 4 - Week 10 - Girls Aloud with "Untouchable"
• Series 5 - Week 2 - The Saturdays with "Ego"
• Series 5 - Week 5 - Mumford & Sons with "The Cave"
• Series 5 - Week 5 - Pixie Lott with "Use Somebody" & "Cry Me Out"
• Series 5 - Week 8 - Katherine Jenkins and Andrew Lloyd Webber with "Love Never Dies"
• Series 5 - Week 11 - Alexandra Burke with "All Night Long"
• Series 6 - Qualifying Week 2 - Ellie Goulding with "Your Song"
• Series 6 - Week 5 - Rumer with "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
• Series 6 - Week 7 - Nicole Scherzinger with "Don't Hold Your Breath"
• Series 6 - Week 8 & 10 - The Overtones (house band for week 10)
• Series 7 - Week 2 - Pixie Lott with "Kiss the Stars"
• Series 7 - Week 4 - Christina Perri with "Jar of Hearts"
• Series 7 - Week 5 - One Direction with "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing"
• Series 7 - Week 10 - Marcus Collins with "Seven Nation Army"
• Series 8 - Week 3 - Little Mix with "Change Your Life"
• Series 8 - Week 7 - Olly Murs with "Army of Two"
• Series 8 - Week 8 - Jools Holland and Rumer

Spin-offs

Like many other reality TV shows, Dancing on Ice has had a number of supplementary shows. The first was Dancing on Ice Defrosted. It was presented by Stephen Mulhern and aired on ITV2 immediately after the main ITV show and again after the results show. The show featured opinions from celebrity guests and past contestants as well as from Torvill and Dean, the judges, hosts and competitors. Judge Nicky Slater also offered in-depth analysis of various performances using the latest video technology that the judges use to judge performances.

The second spin-off show was originally called Dancing on Ice Extra and was presented by Andi Peters and Andrea McLean, both competitors in the first series. Midway through the first series Paul O'Grady left ITV to join Channel 4 meaning that ITV had no show to put on air at 5 pm. The format of Dancing on Ice Defrosted was modified so that it could be broadcast every weekday. Due to Andrea's maternity leave during the second series she did not return to present the show and therefore Ben Shephard joined the show as the anchor presenter, and, unlike during the previous, series Andi Peters was now a roving reporter around the studio. For its second run the show was renamed Dancing on Ice Exclusive.

Neither of these first two spin-off shows returned in 2008 nor 2009.

In 2010 it was announced that a new spin-off show would accompany Dancing on Ice, named Dancing on Ice Friday, hosted by Ben Shephard and Coleen Nolan.

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 couples finishing first after the public voted skated again in the skate off to decide the winner. The skaters that did not reach the skate off - 3rd to 6th - were announced "in no particular order", so ranks may not be accurate.

Place	Celebrity	Partner	Position on Dancing on Ice	Score
1st	Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert	Series 2 winner	6.0+6.0+5.5+6.0+6.0= 29.5
2nd	Clare Buckfield	Andrei Lipanov	Series 2 runner-up	5.5+5.5+4.5+5.0+5.5=26.0
3rd	Bonnie Langford	Matt Evers	Series 1 third place (final)	5.0+5.5+5.5+5.5+5.0=26.5
4th	Duncan James	Maria Filippov	Series 2 third place (final)	4.5+5.5+5.5+5.5+5.0=26.0
5th	Gaynor Faye	Daniel Whiston	Series 1 winner	5.0+5.5+5.0+5.0+5.0=25.5
6th	Stefan Booth	Kristina Lenko	Series 1 runner-up	4.5+5.0+4.0+4.5+4.5= 22.5

Dancing on Ice at Christmas (2008)

For Christmas 2008, Torvill and Dean went head to head with Jayne Torvill having a team of three female celebrities, and Christopher Dean having a team of three male celebrities. The judges were the usual line-up of Robin Cousins, Ruthie Henshall, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Nicky Slater. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield presented the 90-minute programme.

Place	Celebrity	Partner	Position on Dancing on Ice	Score
1st	Suzanne Shaw	Matt Evers	Series 3 winner	6.0+6.0+6.0+6.0+6.0= 30.0
2nd	Chris Fountain	Frankie Poultney	Series 3 runner-up	6.0+6.0+5.0+5.5+5.5=28.0
3rd	Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert	Series 2 winner	5.5+5.5+5.0+5.5+5.5=27.0
4th	Clare Buckfield	Pavel Aubrecht	Series 2 runner-up	5.5+5.5+4.5+5.0+5.5=26.0
5th	Duncan James	Maria Filippov	Series 2 third place	5.0+5.0+5.0+5.0+4.5=24.5
6th	Zaraah Abrahams	Fred Palascak	Series 3 third place	5.0+4.5+4.5+5.0+5.0= 24.0

Team Torvill scored 80 points to Team Dean's 79.5 and won the show by also receiving the majority of the audience votes.

Suzanne Shaw received the perfect score of 30 for the third time in a row. In her last two appearances on the show she has picked up the trophy.

Dancing on Ice: Make Me a Star

A 30-minute prime time spin-off to Dancing on Ice premiered on 26 January 2008 and ran for a few episodes, hosted solely by Holly Willoughby. This both showed some exclusive footage of the celebrities training for the Sunday night main show and followed Torvill and Dean on the search for a member of the public to perform on the Dancing on Ice final in 2009. Shows:

• Kyran Bracken skated with his new partner (they have been on Holiday on Ice)
• David Seaman and Melanie Lambert showed what to expect on the Tour
• Clare Buckfield and Andrei Lipanov did a new performance of "Reach"

Dancing on Ice: Ice Star

This was shown after the announcement of the bottom two had been made but before the skate off. It showed Torvill and Dean's search for an entertainment act on ice, with auditions from all kinds of ice skaters. The winner skated live on the Dancing on Ice 2009 final and join Torvill and Dean on tour.

From a shortlist of 20 acts, Torvill and Dean invited only 4 back to give another performance in the Dancing on Ice studio. The final 4 were:

• Hannah and Daniel - Child pairs skaters
• Nick Rigby - Figure skater
• The Oxford Freestylers - Stunt and trick performers
• The Elody - Skating girlband

The best skater to slip through the net was Grimsby born Daniel Bennett who initially impressed Christopher Dean on his first audition. Controversially however Jane Torvil denied him entry after his cataclismic fall on the quarter finals just metres away from the legendary skating duo.

The Oxford Freestylers won and performed live on the Dancing on Ice 2009 final.

Dancing on Ice Goes Gold

An Olympic special aired on 22 July 2012, before the London 2012 Summer Olympics. It featured medal-winning Olympic athletes.

The one-off special featured the judges from series 7, with Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley returning as presenters. Torvill & Dean unveiled a new and specially-crafted performance. Head judge, Robin Cousins also performed a solo routine for first time in twelve years.

Olympian	Sport	Medals	Professional partner	Judges scores	Status
Steve Williams OBE	Rowing	Gold, Coxless Four (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008)	Katie Stainsby	9.5, 9.5, 10.0 = 29.0	Gold (Winner)
Olga Korbut	Gymnastics	4 Gold & 2 Silver (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976)	Matthew Gonzalez	10.0, 9.0, 9.5 = 28.5	Silver (2nd place)
Pippa Wilson MBE	Sailing	Gold, Yngling sailing (Beijing 2008)	Mark Hanretty	9.0, 9.5, 9.5 = 28.0	Bronze (3rd place)
Gail Emms MBE	Badminton	Silver, Mixed Doubles (Athens 2004)	Łukasz Różycki	9.0, 9.0, 9.5 = 27.5	Eliminated
Colin Jackson CBE	Hurdling, Sprinting	Silver, 110m Hurdles (Seoul Olympics 1988)	Frankie Poultney	9.0, 8.5, 9.0 = 26.5	Eliminated
Jamie Baulch	Sprinting	Silver, 4 x400m relay (Atlanta 1996)	Maria Filippov	8.5, 8.5, 9.0 = 26.0	Eliminated
Tessa Sanderson CBE	Javelin	Gold (LA 1984)	Yannick Bonheur	7.5, 7.5, 8.0 = 23.0	Eliminated

The judges scores were added to the studio audiences votes to decide the winner. No public vote took place, as the programme was recorded earlier in the year.

Dancing on Ice Friday

A brand new spin-off show for the 2010 series of Dancing On Ice appropriately called Dancing on Ice Friday will give viewers the insight to the training of the celebrities over the last week. It is hosted by television presenter Ben Shephard and former contestant and Loose Women star Coleen Nolan. The show is broadcast from 8 pm to 8.30 pm on Friday evenings on ITV throughout the duration of the main shows season.

Studio set and ice rink

The show has been based in the George Lucas Stage at Elstree Studios since it began in 2006, with the exception of 2011, when the show was broadcast from Shepperton Studios. The original set was axed in 2011 following the move to Shepperton Studios, it was replaced by a much more modern design. When the show moved back to Elstree the new set also moved, using the same set in a new layout. The ice rink measures 30 × 15 m. There are several areas of the studio; The Tunnel, this is to the left of the rink and is where the couples enter the rink. The Ice Cave, this is situated at the back of the rink and where Phillip stands to interview the couples and the Judges and Contestants Area, this to the right of the rink and is where the judging panel are based, and where Christine stands to speak to them and the couples.

Dancing on Ice: The Tour

Main article: Dancing on Ice: The Tour

Merchandise

• A DVD, featuring highlights from Series 1, and a CD, containing music from Series 1, were released shortly after it ended. A highlights DVD for Series 2 was released on 2 April 2007 and a Series 3 highlights DVD was released on 7 April 2008. There is a Series 4 DVD in The Series 1–5 Boxset; you can`t buy it by itself. The Series 5 Highlights DVD was released on 12 April 2010 and the Live Tour 2010 DVD was released on 29 November 2010. A compilation boxset of highlights of Series 1–5 has also been released.

• The Live Tours are also filmed at a different location each year by Live Nation UK Ltd who own the rights to the tours and released on DVD by Universal Media. The Live 25th Bolero Anniversary Tour DVD was released in November 2009.

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