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Dancing on Ice is set to return to our screens in the coming months, with 12 new celebrity contestants to be unveiled throughout the day.
Season 17 of ITV’s Ice Skating Competition is set to return to screens in 2025. Although the exact date has not yet been confirmed, it is expected to air in January like previous seasons, with contestants starting training as early as next week.
Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern will host the show for the second time in the upcoming series.
“Deal or No Deal” star Mulhern replaces Phillip Schofield, who left the show last year after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal affair” with a younger male colleague.
ITV announced the cast for the new season on Monday (September 30), with contestants already confirmed including reality TV stars and broadcasters.
Check out the rolling list of confirmed contestants for Dancing on Ice 2025 below…
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‘The Only Way Is Essex’ star Ferne McCann says she’s ‘competitive’ (ITV)
The first star confirmed to take to the ice next year is TV personality Ferne McCann. The 34-year-old is best known as a long-time cast member of The Only Way Is Essex.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she said: I have no idea (who my partner is). I want to be good, I’m competitive…I look forward to challenges. I haven’t started training yet, so I’ll start next week. ”
McCann, like Towie, competed in the 2015 season of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, finishing third behind runner-up George Shelley and winner Vicky Pattison. It became. No stranger to television competitions, she has also appeared on “Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins” and “Celebs Go Dating.”
McCann, who has two children, has previously presented shows including First Time Mum and My Family and Me.
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‘The Traitors’ runner-up Molly Pearce has experience skating (Dancing on Ice)
Second to be announced in this year’s lineup is Traitors star Molly Pearce
Of Lorraine, the 22-year-old said: “It’s going to be fun. I want to challenge myself. I’m ready for the challenge.” Pairku also said that when she was young she skated with her mother.
The disabled model and medical assistant shot to fame in the second series of the hit BBC game show The Traitors. She made it to the finals, but was betrayed by her friend Harry Clarke and won the series.
In her work as a disabled model for brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Pierce has modeled various types of adaptive clothing, including stoma-compatible swimsuits and underwear. For example, those worn for ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the stoma. The large intestine becomes ulcerated, causing debilitating pain.
Radio DJ Adele Roberts, a fellow ostomy bag user who competed on last year’s Dancing on Ice, congratulated Pearce on the “most incredible news” and thanked him for raising awareness of ostomy bags. I sent a message of thanks.
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Sir Steve Redgrave, 62, wins five consecutive Olympic gold medals (ITV)
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Third on the list is Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who said in an interview this morning: “I feel like an athlete again. I’ve spent most of my life competing,” he said in an interview this morning. Ta.
The 62-year-old rower won gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, making him the most successful male rower in Olympic history. In 2011, he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Buckinghamshire-born athlete was made an OBE in 1997 and was knighted in 2001 for his services to rowing.
