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Dancing on Ice
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| Dancing on Ice | |
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| Presenter(s) | Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 as of March 24 2007 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | ITV Productions |
| Running time | 60 to 90 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | January, 2006 – March, 2007 |
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| 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 ITV Productions, has been a prime-time hit in 8 different countries including Australia (where it is titled Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice), Germany and Belgium.
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.
Although unconfirmed at this stage, the show is rumoured to return for a third series, if so in 2008. It is though that the show will return as Phillip Schofield, Stephen Mulhern and Christopher Dean all mentioned 'next year' during the various Dancing On Ice shows and Phillip Schofield ended the show by announcing that Dancing On Ice will be back on ITV1 next year.
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Each week all the celebrities will perform a dance routine with a professional skating partner. The judges (more 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 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 the last place in the following week's show.
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.
The first series began on Saturday, 14 January 2006 and ended on Saturday, 4 March 2006.
| Place | Celebrity | Partner |
| 1st | Gaynor Faye (Actress) | Daniel Whiston |
| 2nd | Stefan Booth (Actor) | Kristina Lenko |
| 3rd | Bonnie Langford (Actress and Dancer) | Matt Evers |
| 4th | David Seaman (Ex-football player) | Pam O'Connor |
| 5th | Dame Kelly Holmes (Athlete) | Todd Sand |
| 6th | Sean Wilson (Actor) | Marika Humphreys |
| 7th | John Barrowman (Actor) | Olga Sharutenko |
| 8th | Andrea McLean (Weather forecaster/TV Presenter) | Doug Webster |
| 9th | Andi Peters (TV Presenter/Producer) | Tamara Sharp |
| 10th | Tamara Beckwith (Former "It Girl") | Sergey Malyshev |
- 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.
The judges were:
- Nicky Slater
- Karen Kresge
- Jason Gardiner
- Karen Barber
- Robin Cousins
The second series began on Saturday, 20 January 2007. There are 11 celebrities competing in series two, compared to ten in the first series. The final was held on Saturday, 17 March 2007.
| Place | Celebrity | Partner | Notes | |
| 1st | Kyran Bracken (Rugby Player) | Melanie Lambert | ||
| 2nd | Clare Buckfield (Actress) | Andrei Lipanov | ||
| 3rd | Duncan James (Singer/TV Presenter) | Maria Filippov | Filippov came 1st in 2006 Australian version with Jake Wall | |
| 4th | Emily Symons (Actress) | Daniel Whiston | ||
| 5th | Lee Sharpe (Ex-Manchester United Player) | Frankie Poultney | ||
| 6th | Lisa Scott-Lee (Singer) | Matt Evers | ||
| 7th | Kay Burley (TV Presenter) | Fred Palascak | ||
| 8th | Stephen Gately (Singer/Actor) | Kristina Lenko | (known as Kristina Cousins in Series 1) | |
| 9th | Ulrika Jonsson (TV Presenter) | Pavel Aubrecht | ||
| 10th | Phil Gayle (Newsreader) | Natalia Pestova | ||
| 11th | Neil Fox (Radio DJ) | Pam O'Connor |
- 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.
The judges are:
| Couple | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyran & Melanie | 22.0 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 25.0+27.0=52.0 | ||
| Clare & Andrei | 24.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 22.0** | 27.0 | 24.5** | 25.5 | 29.5+29.5=59.0 | ||
| Duncan & Maria | 21.0 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 23.5** | 25.5 | 24.5** | 26.0+27.0=53.0 | ||
| Emily & Daniel | 19.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.5 | 22.5* | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||
| Lee & Frankie | 18.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 19.5** | 23.5 | 24.0 | 22.5* | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||
| Lisa & Matt | 17.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 23.5* | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||
| Kay & Fred | 14.0** | 15.5 | 18.0** | 17.5 | 17.5* | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||
| Stephen & Kristina | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.5* | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||
| Ulrika & Pavel | 21.0 | 17.5** | 17.5* | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||
| Phil & Natalia | 14.5 | 14.5* | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||
| Neil & Pam | 15.5* | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||
Key
Bold indicates the week's highest score
Italics indicates the week's lowest score
Asterisk indicates the couple eliminated that week
Double asterisks indicates the other couple in the bottom two that week
This took place on Saturday 24th 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.
| Place | Celebrity | Partner | Position on Dancing on Ice | |
| 1st | Kyran Bracken | Melanie Lambert | Series 2 Winner | |
| 2nd | Clare Buckfield | Andrei Lipanov | Series 2 Runner-Up | |
| 3rd | Bonnie Langford | Matt Evers | Series 1 Third Place | |
| 4th | Duncan James | Maria Filippov | Series 2 Third Place | |
| 5th | Stefan Booth | Kristina Lenko | Series 1 Runner-Up | |
| 6th | Gaynor Faye | Daniel Whiston | Series 1 Winner |
Following the Champions of Champions special, 31st March 2007 - 6th May 2007, Torvill and Dean are going on tour around the UK[1], performing at all the arenas with a selection of the Dancing on Ice stars from all three series (Two British and One Australian). The format of the tour will be very similar to the TV program, with all the celbrities performing, and the winner performing Bolero. The tour will be hosted by Andi Peters, who was originally set to skate occasionally but most likely will not due to the broken ankle he sustained during Dancing on Ice Exclusive, practicing for a special routine with Kristina Lenko. The Ice Panel will be Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins. There will be a mystery judge, confirmed to be Radio 1 DJ Letitia.
The line up is,
| Celebrity | Partner | Position on Dancing on Ice | |
| Stefan Booth | Kristina Lenko | Series 1 - Runner-Up | |
| Bonnie Langford | Matt Evers | Series 1 - Third Place | |
| Kyran Bracken | Melanie Lambert | Series 2 - Winner | |
| Clare Buckfield | Andrei Lipanov | Series 2 - Runner-Up | |
| Duncan James | Maria Filippov | Series 2 - Third Place | |
| Lisa Scott-Lee | Matt Evers | Series 2 - Sixth Place | |
| Jake Wall | Maria Filippov | Australian Series - Winner | |
| Lara Bingle | Daniel Whiston | Australian Series - Third Place |
A third series of Dancing on Ice will be broadcast in 2008.
A DVD, featuring highlights, and a CD, contaning music from the show from Series 1 were released shortly after it ended. A DVD for Series 2 was released on April 2, 2007
- Dancing on Ice at itv.com
- Dancing on Ice at UnrealityTV.co.uk
- Dancing on Ice at the Internet Movie Database