Dancing On Ice is back for 2023 with a fresh batch of celebrities all keen to show off their skating skills in the famous rink. The competition will return to ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday, January 15 with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield at the helm.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are back on the judging panel and will once again be joined by dancers Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse. Celebrities taking part this year include DJ Patsy Palmer, football legend John Fashanu, Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, and Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson.
As well as Coronation Street’s Mollie Gallagher, Drag Queen and TV personality The Vivienne, TV personality Joey Essex, comedian Darren Harriott, actress and West End star Carley Stenson, singer Michelle Heaton and The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran. You can see the Dancing On Ice 2023 contestants in full here.
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But what times does Dancing On Ice start, how long is the first episode and what can you expect from the launch show? Here's everything you need to know.
Dancing on Ice starts Sunday, January 15 at 6:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX. The launch episode is one hour and 30 minutes, long ending at 8pm when it will be followed by Vera.
Only six celebrities and their professional skating partners will take to the rink on Sunday night, they are Michelle Heaton and Łukasz Różycki, Joey Essex and Vanessa Bauer, Patsy Palmer and Matt Evers, Nile Wilson and Olivia Smart, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Brendyn Hatfield and Siva Kaneswaran and Klabera Komini. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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