Dancing on Ice 2024 line-up as first celebrity is announced
26.09.2023 - 11:37
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Dancing On Ice will soon be returning to our screens with twelve new famous faces. The iconic competition, which airs on ITV, sees stars perfect both their ice skating and dancing skills in a bid to impress a panel of judges each week.
Headed by former Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the stars will certainly be put through their paces. There will be tears, laughter, hard work - and no doubt a few gruesome injuries - as the celebrities embark on their training.
The show, which used to be presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, will launch in the new year. In May, Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV and admitted to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger colleague on This Morning, which started when the man was 20.
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The presenter was subsequently dropped by his talent agency, YMU. ITV has not yet confirmed who will host Dancing On Ice alongside Willoughby.
Dancing on Ice is expected to return to ITV in January.
Here are the celebrities confirmed for the new series of Dancing On Ice so far.
World champion boxer Ricky Hatton was the first celebrity to be confirmed for the new series of Dancing On Ice.
The MBE, from Stockport, officially retired from boxing in November 2012 after losing to Vyacheslav Senchenko. However the 44-year-old returned to the ring for an exhibition match against Marco Antonio Barrera last year.
His 45-3 professional record was not affected by the bout, which had no scoring and no official winner declared.
Revealing his Dancing On Ice news on ITV's This Morning, Ricky said: ”If I can hold my nerve in the boxing ring I should be able to hold my nerve in the