Dancing on Ice: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Dancing on Ice is a reality series in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges.

Each week the celebrities and their partners perform a live ice dance routine. The judges judge each performance and give a score, depending on the performance. These total scores then create a leaderboard which combines with the public vote in order to determine the two lowest placed couples. As this is the case, the pair with the lowest score from the judges can avoid being in the bottom two if the public vote for them.

Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that week's show, the two/three couples at the bottom compete in a final showdown known as the "Skate Off", where they perform their routine again. Once the couples have performed their routines for the judging panel, the judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes, based on their second performance. The couple with the most votes from the judges receives a place in the following week's show, while the couple with the fewest votes leaves the competition.

Series details

• Title: Dancing on Ice
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Family
• Premiere date: 2006-01-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-03-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 73 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8627
• IMDb ID: tt0499383
• TVDB ID: 84586

Cast and credited roles

• Phillip Schofield — Presenter
• Robin Cousins — Head Judge
• Karen Barber — Judge
• Jason Gardiner — Judge
• Holly Willoughby — Presenter
• Nicky Slater — Judge
• Christine Lampard — Presenter
• Emma Bunton — Judge
• Ashley Banjo — Judge
• Christopher Dean — Head Judge
• Jayne Torvill — Head Judge
• Ruthie Henshall — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-01-14; final listed air date 2006-03-04; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-01-20; final listed air date 2007-03-24; episode order: 20.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-01-13; final listed air date 2008-03-16; episode order: 19.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-01-11; final listed air date 2009-03-22; episode order: 21.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-01-08; final listed air date 2010-03-28; episode order: 35.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-01-09; final listed air date 2011-03-27; episode order: 23.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-01-08; final listed air date 2012-03-25; episode order: 23.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-01-06; final listed air date 2013-03-10; episode order: 19.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-01-05; final listed air date 2014-03-09; episode order: 19.
• Season 10: premiered 2018-01-07; final listed air date 2018-03-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2019-01-06; final listed air date 2019-03-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2019-12-22; final listed air date 2020-03-08.
• Season 13: premiered 2021-01-17; final listed air date 2021-03-14.
• Season 14: premiered 2022-01-16; final listed air date 2022-03-27; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2023-01-15; final listed air date 2023-03-12; episode order: 9.
• Season 16: premiered 2024-01-14; final listed air date 2024-03-10; episode order: 9.
• Season 17: premiered 2025-01-12; final listed air date 2025-03-09.

Source and licence

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