It’s nearly time for Dancing on Ice 2023 (Picture: ITV)
Skating on to screens just in time to help beat the January blues, Dancing on Ice is ready to return for a new series.
This year will mark the 15th series, a remarkable feat for the show which has remained popular since launching back in 2006.
Celebrities including RuPaul’s Drag Race winner The Vivienne, Love Island star Ekin-Su and EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer will be hoping to ice out their competition and go all the way.
Here’s how to keep up with Dancing on Ice 2023 and what to expect…
When does Dancing on Ice start?
Dancing on Ice 2023 returns at 6.30pm on Sunday, January 15.
The show will air live on ITV1.
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But you will also be able to stream it live or catch up later through the ITVX player.
Last year, Dancing on Ice premiered around the same time (January 16) and finished on March 27, 2022 – so this year’s series could finish around the end of March again.
What to expect from the new series: from the judges panel to running time changes
All four judges from last year are returning. Skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have been on the show since the inception, and they are once again joined by Ashley Banjo.
The Diversity dancer has been on the show since 2018.
The judging panel is completed by Oti Mabuse, who joined in 2021.
The fab four are back for more (Picture: Matt Frost/ITV/Shutterstock)
One major change to expect is the run time of the episodes.
A statement on social media announcing the series read: ‘This year the series is reduced to 90 minutes per episode; so rather than 6 dances in 2 hours, we’ll now have 11 dances in just an hour and a half.’
The full line up of celebs and their professional partners this year include:
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Brendyn Hatfield
Siva Kaneswaran and Klabera Komini
Michelle Heaton and Łukasz Różycki
Darren Harriott and Tippy Packard
Mollie Gallagher and Sylvain Longchambon
Joey Essex and Vanessa Bauer
Carley Stenson and Mark Hanretty
The Vivienne and Colin Grafton
Nile Wilson and Olivia Smart
John Fashanu and Alexandra Schauman
Patsy Palmer and Matt Evers
Who won Dancing on Ice 2022?
Regan Gascoigne and his professional skating partner Karina Manta were crowned champions of Dancing on Ice last year.
Struggling to hold back his tears as he lifted the trophy, Regan, son of football icon Paul Gascoigne, said: ‘I am so overwhelmed, I never thought it was possible.’
In his original performance, Regan’s skate, which was inspired by the circus and Torvill and Dean’s Barnum performance from the World Championships in 1983, left judge Jayne Torvill in tears.
She told him: ‘It is great to see that again, it puts a smile on my face every time I watch it, I think it is the fact that I know how difficult some of those moves are.’
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