Gliding onto her ice and greatly impressing fans with her first routine on Dancing on Ice was Welsh drag queen The Vivienne. The Vivienne is the first ever drag queen to take part in Dancing on Ice.
Alongside her professional partner Colin Grafton The Vivienne wowed fans with her routine to songs by Cher. Many fans took to Twitter to show how much they loved the routine.
One said: "The Vivienne was amazing!! #DancingOnIce" and another added: "Wow The Vivienne is killing this #DancingOnIce" followed by a fire emoji. A third said: "So good! Well done @THEVIVIENNEUK #DancingonIce" and: "Absolutely loved that performance!! @THEVIVIENNEUK @dancingonice #DancingOnIce" with star eyes emojis.
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A fifth said: "WOW what a fab start to the show! Brilliantly skated ! Loved the outfit, solo step sequence ! Amazing". The judges, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashely Banjo also loved the performance with Oti saying: "This is how you make history!"
Going by the stage name The Vivienne, James Lee Williams is a drag queen from north Wales. He was born in Colwyn Bay and grew up in Wales before moving to Liverpool aged 16. You can keep up to date with the latest TV news by signing up to the newsletter here.
She shot to fame in 2019 when she won the first-ever series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and since then has had many TV roles and success. Her credits include starring in Morning T&T on WOW Presents Plus, a BBC Three series The Vivienne Takes on Hollywood, the Netflix show I Like to Watch and has taken part in the 2020 Christmas special of The Great British Sewing Bee.
In 2019 James married long-term partner David Ludford and they became the first couple to ever get married at London’s Heaven Nightclub. You can read more about The Vivienne here.
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