Michelle Heaton will be performing to Shania Twain on Dancing O Ice (Picture: PA)
Michelle Heaton might have already suffered a few nasty injuries while training for the latest season of Dancing On Ice, but she’s been given some support by none other than Shania Twain.
The 15th season starts this weekend, with Olympic gold-medal winning duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean back on the judging panel alongside Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo and former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Oti Mabuse.
This season’s contestants include the former Liberty X singer Michelle, drag queen and TV personality The Vivienne, The Wanted star Siva Kaneswaran, Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu, and Towie’s Joey Essex.
On Friday afternoon, all the contestants and their professional partners revealed what song would be the soundtrack to their first-ever dance, with Michelle, 43, and skater Lukasz Rozycki, also 43, revealing they had settled on Wake Up Dreaming by country icon Shania.
The Canadian singer then showed that she was delighted by their choice, commenting on the video, which had been posted to the Dancing On Ice official page.
She wrote: ‘Can’t wait to see’.
Other songs to be selected included Rio by Duran Duran, Mack the Knife by Robbie Williams, Sign of the Times by Harry Styles, Ride on Time by Black Box, and Toxic by Britney Spears.
Ahead of taking to the rink, Michelle revealed earlier this week that the tough training regime was taking its toll.
Never having skated before other than at rinks at Christmas with her children, she admitted it had been harder than expected.
Shania Twain has thrown her support behind Michelle (Picture: Melissa Renwick/Getty Images)
‘I’ve been wearing knee pads, helmets, so I have been guarded up,’ she said.
She also mentioned she had four falls in one day last week, which she attributed to ‘menopausal brain fog’.
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However, she hasn’t been the only person to suffer a nasty injury in recent weeks, with even pro Christopher breaking his finger.
Despite initially joking it had happened during practice, he later revealed it was due to simply ‘falling over in the dark’.
Dancing On Ice begins on Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV1.
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