Dancing on Ice

After months of gruelling training and 10 weeks of competing live to the nation, only three celebrity skaters remain and tonight one will be crowned Dancing on Ice Champion 2008.

The three finalists will take to the ice to perform two routines. The first will see our skating stars fly, as they incorporate this technique into a new routine. The second routine will see them re-skate their favourite routine from the series.

At the end of these performances the celebrity skater with the fewest votes will be eliminated. Two will then go through to the skate off where they will face the ultimate test, skating the Bolero.

The judges will be on hand to give their expert critique on the performances, however tonight it’s the viewers only who will decide who should win.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are to launch a brand new search for an ice skating sensation. Dancing On Ice: Make Me A Star will scour the country for Britain’s most exciting ice talent culminating in a unique prize for one lucky skater.

Since Dancing On Ice launched two years ago, skating has taken the country by storm. Attendances at British ice rinks have increased and it’s rapidly becoming one of the nation’s favourite pastimes. Dancing On Ice: Make Me A Star offers the unique prize of an opportunity to perform at the 2009 Dancing On Ice Final in front of an audience of millions.

Not only do you need to know your inside edge from your outside edge and your pirouette from your triple axle but you’ll also be a great performer. Only those that are most dedicated, skilful and entertaining will make the grade and be in with a chance to win this unique prize.

Dancing on Ice
Sunday 13 January 2008 5:50pm - 7:50pm on ITV1.

World famous ice dancing duo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are back to train a team of well known faces in the expert art of Dancing on Ice, preparing each skater for a spectacular live ice skating championship.

Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, our novice celebrity skaters will once again be paired with professional ice skaters and coached by the superstar duo to perform even more daring and exciting skating routines. Armed with their ice skates and glittering costumes 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.

Andi Peters from the reality TV spinoff Dancing on Ice has broken his ankle while rehearsing his routine with skating partner Kristina Lenko. The accident didn't look severe enough to warrant a serious injury but the swelling and the pain definitely indicated a break.

This is one reality series where contestants are putting their bodies on the line, or perhaps, on the ice??

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Duncan James has signed up with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean for the Dancing on Ice tour, that begins in March.

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Clare Buckfield broke her rib during rehersals last week, yet still went out onto the ice to impress - and she did!

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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.

Here's the contestants for series 2 of Dancing on Ice... Who do you think will do well? The show starts soon -- January 13th!

• Emily Symons (Emmerdale)
• Clare Buckfield (2.4 children)
• Stephen Gately (Boyzone)
• Duncan James (Blue)
• Lisa Scott-Lee of (Steps)
• Lee Sharpe (Footballer)
• Kieran Bracken (Rugby player)
• Ulrika Jonsson (Weather girl)
• Phil Gayle (News reader)
• Kay Burley (News reader)

World famous ice dancing duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are back to train a team of well-known faces in the expert art of Dancing On Ice.

Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, our novice
celebrity skaters will be paired with professional ice skaters and coached by the superstar duo to perform even more daring and exciting skating routines in the spectacular live ice skating championship.

Armed with their ice skates and glittering costumes they will take to the ice each week to perform specially choreographed routines in the hope of winning 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.

More than 11 million viewers tuned in to see actress Gaynor Faye
crowned Dancing On Ice Champion in the first series. It was a nail-biting final between Gaynor, Bonnie Langford and Stefan Booth, which saw the finalists flying and performing their own version of Torvill and Dean’s legendary Bolero.