Celebrities Are Skating On Thin Ice!

Ice skating champions Torvill and Dean are back and with 11 new celebrities ready to take to the ice in the second series of the hit entertainment show Dancing On Ice.

Slipping into their skates are World Cup winning rugby star Kyran Bracken, actress Clare Buckfield, Sky News presenter Kay Burley, Magic 105.4 FM DJ Neil Fox, Boyzone star Stephen Gately, news reader Phil Gayle, heartthrob and former Blue singer Duncan James, TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, former Steps stunner Lisa Scott-Lee, football legend Lee Sharpe and Emmerdale actress Emily Symons.

The World famous ice dancing duo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are back to coach the novices in the expert art of Dancing On Ice.

The celebrity skaters will each be paired with a professional ice skater and coached by the superstar duo to perform even more daring and exciting skating routines.

Armed with their ice skates, an array of glittering costumes and a lot of nerve they will take to the ice live each week to perform specially choreographed routines in a hope to win the public’s vote.

As well as impressing the public, our celebrity skaters will also be hoping to dazzle our panel of expert judges but each week it will be the viewers who judge the talent and make the ultimate decision on who should skate on … or off the championship.

Just under 12 million viewers tuned in to see actress Gaynor Faye crowned Dancing On Ice champion in the first series, after a nail biting final with Bonnie Langford and Stefan Booth which saw our finalists flying and performing their own version of Torvill and Dean’s legendary Bolero.

Jayne Torvill said: “It’s fantastic to be back after the success of the first series and we are looking forward to joining a new batch of celebrities on the ice.”

Chris Dean said: “We have a great mix of stars from the worlds of sport, radio and TV who have the potential to match some of the outstanding talent we saw on the first series.”

Presenter Phillip Schofield said: “Holly and I had so much fun last year presenting the show and we're looking forward to it again. Personal highlights would be Andi Peters falling over and wiping out his partner at the same time and John Barrowman's rhinestone Elvis jumpsuit. We know there will be even more fun this series, so can't wait!”

Dancing On Ice returns to ITV1 on Saturday 20th January at 6.40pm.