Dancing on Ice (UK)

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Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice logo
Presented by	Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3 (4th in 2009)
No. of episodes	54
Production
Producer(s)	LWT (now branded ITV Productions)
Running time	30 to 120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV, TV3 Ireland
Picture format	PAL (576i, 16:9)
Original run	January 14, 2006 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Dancing on Ice is a British television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners dance on ice in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT, has been a prime-time hit in 8 different countries including Australia (where it is titled Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice and was axed after just one series), Germany, Italy and Belgium.

Originally titled Skating With Celebrities the show was renamed following the failure of ITV's celebrity-orientated 2005 summer schedule. The show was given a January premier amidst network doubts about its viability but became a surprise hit in Britain, where it became the 3rd highest rated television show of 2006. It attained an impressive 13 million viewers for the final in March.

Britain's best-known ice-skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean help to train the aspiring dancers, and also appear throughout the show with comments and advice. Judge Karen Barber also trains the skaters for the live show. Since the beginning Torvill and Dean have opened every episode with a performance. The show is presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, with commentary from Tony Gubba. The members of The Ice Panel are Karen Barber, Jason Gardiner, Nicky Slater and Robin Cousins, the fifth judge has varied from series to series (Karen Kresge in the first series, Natalia Bestemianova, Ruthie Henshall and Susie Lipanova for the fourth run.)

During the shows run two supplementary programmes have also aired - Dancing on Ice Defrosted presented by Stephen Mulhern, and Dancing on Ice Exclusive (or Dancing on Ice Extra during its first series) hosted by Andi Peters alongside Andrea McLean in series one and Ben Shephard in series two. In mid 2007 it was announced that Dancing on Ice Defrosted will not return to accompany the third series as the audience attracted is out of ITV2's target range. ^[1] Dancing on Ice Exclusive will not return either.

The third series began on Sunday 13 January 2008, as part of ITV's new revamped schedule. At the end of the current series, certain celebrities will take part in another tour. As part of the "revamp" Dancing on Ice the show now airs on a Sunday night and features updated music and new titles as well as redesigned graphics. The third series finale was a massive draw for ITV1 pulling an average 11.7 million viewers (up from 9.6 million last year) peaking at 12.6 million viewers over the two hour slot, up over a million from season two driving BBC1's flagship soap opera Eastenders to a recent low. ^[2]

As announced during the series 3 finale, Dancing on Ice will return in 2009 for another run. ^[3]

Contents 1 Format 1.1 Sixes 1.2 Series 1 Sixes 1.3 Series 2 Sixes 1.4 Series 3 Sixes 1.5 Required element 2 Series 1 2.1 The Ice Panel 3 Judges' Scoring summary 4 Series 2 5 Series 3 6 Couples 7 Information 7.1 The Ice Panel 8 Series 4 8.1 The Ice Panel 9 Spin-offs 9.1 Champion of Champions 9.2 Dancing on Ice: Make Me a Star 9.3 Dancing on Ice: The Tour 10 Highest Scores Weekly 11 Record Scores and Information 12 Merchandise 13 Guest singers 14 References 15 External links

[edit] Format

Each week all the celebrities perform a dance routine with a professional skating partner. The judges (commonly known as the Ice Panel) rate the performance using the ice dancing judging system, each giving a score of between 1.0 and 6.0. The scores create a leaderboard which forms 50% of the final version, the other half of it comes from the public vote.

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

[edit] Sixes

[edit] Series 1 Sixes

Routine	Nicky	Krez	Jason	Karen	Robin	TOTAL
Bonnie (Flying)	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	28.5

[edit] Series 2 Sixes

Routine	Nicky	Natalia	Jason	Karen	Robin	TOTAL
Kyran (Week 8)	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	28.0
Kyran (Semi-Final)	5.5	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	29.5
Clare (Flying)	6.0	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	29.5
Clare (Final)	5.5	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	29.5
Duncan (Final)	5.0	5.0	6.0	5.5	5.5	27.0
Kyran (Champion of Champions)	6.0	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	29.5

[edit] Series 3 Sixes

Routine	Karen	Nicky	Jason	Ruthie	Robin	TOTAL
Chris (Semi-Final)	5.5	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	29.0
Suzanne (Flying)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	30.0
Chris (Final)	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.0	6.0	29.0
Suzanne (Final)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	30.0

[edit] Required element

In each show, there is an element that the skaters are required to perform as part of their routines. These required elements have included:

• Assisted and unassisted jumps
• Use of a prop
• Forming a spiral position, facing each other with interlocked hands
• Flying above the ice, suspended by strings
• A one footed dance spin
• Shadow Steps
• Three Torvil and Dean classics
• Cross Rolls
• Toe step sequences
• Pair spin
• One unique move
• Solo entrance and solo skate

[edit] Series 1

The first series began on Saturday, January 14, 2006 and ended on Saturday, March 4, 2006.

The 10 celebrities and professional ice skaters were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Tamara Beckwith	former It girl and Reality TV star	Sergey Malyshev	Eliminated 1st
Andi Peters	Television Presenter and Producer	Tamara Sharp	Eliminated 2nd
Andrea McLean	GMTV weather forecaster	Doug Webster	Eliminated 3rd
John Barrowman	Actor and Singer	Olga Sharutenko	Eliminated 4th
Sean Wilson	Ex-Coronation Street star	Marika Humphreys	Eliminated 5th
Kelly Holmes	Olympic Athlete	Todd Sand	Eliminated 6th
David Seaman	former England footballer	Pam O'Connor	Eliminated 7th
Bonnie Langford	All-round entertainer	Matt Evers	Third Place
Stefan Booth	Actor	Kristina Lenko	Second Place
Gaynor Faye	Actress	Daniel Whiston	Winners

• Comedian Arabella Weir was due to take part but when she broke her wrist she was forced to withdraw. She was later replaced by Actress Bonnie Langford.

• Former butler Paul Burrell was also part of the original line-up, but was replaced by David Seaman just 8 days before the first live show, due to concerns over his skating ability.

[edit] The Ice Panel

The judges were:

• Nicky Slater
• Karen Kresge
• Jason Gardiner
• Karen Barber
• Robin Cousins

[edit] Judges' Scoring summary

Bold numbers indicate the highest score. Italic numbers indicate the lowest score.

     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Gaynor & Daniel	15.5	17.5	20.5	23.5	20.0	23.5	26.5	24.5+27.0=51.5
Stefan & Kristina	17.5	17.5	18.0	18.0	20.0	25.5	23.5	26.0+24.5=50.5
Bonnie & Matt	21.5	23.5	21.5	27.0	21.5	27.0	23.5	28.5+27.5=56.0
David & Pam	16.0	20.5	17.5	16.0	22.5	IN	21.5	Eliminated (Week 7)
Kelly & Todd	14.5	13.5	18.5	17.5	19.0	22.0	Eliminated (Week 6)
Sean & Marika	18.0	19.5	18.5	17.5	18.5	Eliminated (Week 5)
John & Olga	21.0	22.0	22.0	21.5	Eliminated (Week 4)
Andrea & Doug	16.5	14.5	18.0	Eliminated (Week 3)
Andi & Tamara	11.0	11.0	Eliminated (Week 2)
Tamara & Sergey	13.5	Eliminated (Week 1)

• On Week 6, during rehearsal, Pam cut her chin and they couldn't skate

[edit] Series 2

The second series began on Saturday, January 20, 2007. In it, 11 celebrities competed, compared to ten in the first series. The final was held on Saturday, March 17, 2007.

The contestants for the second series were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Neil Fox	Radio Host	Pam O'Connor	Eliminated 1st
Phil Gayle	Newsreader and Breakfast Presenter	Natalia Pestova	Eliminated 2nd
Ulrika Jonsson	Television Presenter and Model	Pavel Aubrecht	Eliminated 3rd
Stephen Gately	Boyzone member	Kristina Lenko	Eliminated 4th
Kay Burley	Sky Newsreader	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 5th
Lisa Scott-Lee	Pop Singer	Matt Evers	Eliminated 6th
Lee Sharpe	Ex-Manchester United Player	Frankie Poultney	Eliminated 7th
Emily Symons	Emmerdale star	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 8th
Duncan James	Television Presenter and former Blue member	Maria Filipovv	Third Place
Clare Buckfield	Actress	Andrei Lipanov	Second Place
Kyran Bracken	Rugby League Player	Melanie Lambert	Winner

[edit] Series 3

The commissioning of the third series of Dancing on Ice was first confirmed by Phillip Schofield at the BAFTA awards.^[4] The third series began on January 13, moving to Sunday nights in the process and ended on March 16, when Suzanne Shaw was confirmed as the winner. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returned to present.^[5] Dancing on Ice Defrosted did not return and there was no spin-off show on ITV2.

[edit] Couples

The contestants for the third series were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Sarah Greene	Television Presenter	Fred Palascak	Eliminated 1st
Natalie Pinkham	Television and Radio Host	Andrei Lipanov	Eliminated 2nd
Michael Underwood	GMTV Presenter	Melanie Lambert	Withdrew
Samantha Mumba	Pop Singer and Film star	Pavel Aubrecht	Eliminated 3rd
Aggie MacKenzie	How Clean Is Your House? Co-presenter	Sergey Malyshev	Eliminated 4th
Tim Vincent	Television Presenter	Victoria Borzenkova	Eliminated 5th
Steve Backley	former Olympic Gold-winning Javelin thrower	Susie Lipanova	Eliminated 6th
Linda Lusardi	Ex-Page 3 Model and Ex-Emmerdale Actress	Daniel Whiston	Eliminated 7th
Greg Rusedski	former Tennis Champion	Kristina Lenko	Eliminated 8th
Gareth Gates	Pop Idol runner-up	Maria Filipovv	Eliminated 9th
Zaraah Abrahams	Actress, ex-Coronation Street star	[[Fred Palascak	Third Place
Chris Fountain	Hollyoaks star	Frankie Poultney	Second Place
Suzanne Shaw	former Hearsay member	Matt Evers	Winner

[edit] Information

• Michael and Melanie were forced to pull out of the competition due to Michael breaking his ankle during rehersals for week three. Beacuase of the amount of girls that had been eliminated, it was decided that a female celebrity would replace him, being partnered with the only male professional to be eliminated in the competition so far, Fred Palascak. Zaraah was chosen as the celebrity to replace him.

• Aggie, being 52, was the oldest celebrity to partcipate in the show. She recieved the lowest score in every week she remained in the competition, and in week four she was the first celebrity to fall over.

• Suzanne was the first celebrity in Dancing On Ice history to score full marks from the Judges.

• Suzanne, Chris, Zaraah, Gareth and Linda all participated in the Dancing On Ice 2008 Live Tour. They joined Series 1 finalist Bonnie Langford, Series 1 contestant David Seaman, Series 2 runner-up Clare Buckfield and Series 2 Champion Kyran Bracken.

[edit] The Ice Panel

This series Judges were:

• Karen Barber
• Nicky Slater
• Jason Gardiner
• Ruthie Henshall
• Robin Cousins

For a more detailed version of the judges scores, please see Dancing on Ice (series 3) Weekly scores

[edit] Series 4

• Dancing on Ice will return for a fourth series in 2009.
• The winner of Dancing on Ice: Make Me A Star (not yet decided) will be in the final alongside the final 3 of next year's competition.
• Phillip Scofield and Holly Willoughby will return to present.
• Torvill and Dean will return to coach 13 new celebrities.

[edit] The Ice Panel

This series Ice Panel (in the order they will sit in) is:

• Steve Pickavance
• Susie Lipanova
• Nicky Slater
• Karen Barber
• Robin Cousins

[edit] Spin-offs

Like many other reality TV shows, Dancing on Ice has had a number of supplementary shows. The first was Dancing on Ice Defrosted, was presented by Stephen Mulhern and aired on ITV2 immediately after the main ITV show and again after the results show. The show featured opinions from celebrity guests and past contestants as well as from Torvill and Dean, the judges, hosts and competitors. Judge Nicky Slater also offered in-depth analysis of various performances using the latest video technology that the judges use to judge performances.

The second spin-off show was originally called Dancing on Ice Extra and was presented by Andi Peters and Andrea McLean, both competitors in the first series. Midway through the first series Paul O'Grady left ITV to join Channel 4 meaning that ITV had no show to put on air at 5pm. The format of Dancing on Ice Defrosted was modified so that it could be broadcast every weekday. Due to Andrea's maternity leave during the second series she did not return to present the show and therefore Ben Shephard joined the show as the anchor presenter, and unlike during the previous series Andi Peters was now a roving reporter around the studio. For its second run the show was renamed Dancing on Ice Exclusive.

Neither of these first two spin-off shows returned in 2008.

[edit] Champion of Champions

This took place on Saturday 24 March 2007 and featured finalists from both Series 1 and Series 2. All six celebrities did one routine each, scored by the judges, and then voted on by the public. The two with the highest combined score performed again (same routine) for the public's vote alone, in the skate-off. The skaters listed below in positions three to six were announced during the show "in no particular order", so the positioning may not be meaningful. There will be no Champions of champions show in 2008.

Place	Celebrity	Partner	Position on Dancing on Ice
1st	Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert	Series 2 Winner
2nd	Clare Buckfield	Andrei Lipanov	Series 2 Runner-Up
5th	Stefan Booth	Kristina Lenko	Series 1 Runner-Up
4th	Duncan James	Maria Filippov	Series 2 Third Place (Final)
3rd	Bonnie Langford	Matt Evers	Series 1 Third Place (Final)
6th	Gaynor Faye	Daniel Whiston	Series 1 Winner

[edit] Dancing on Ice: Make Me a Star

A 30-minute prime time spin-off to Dancing on Ice premiered on 26 January 2008 and ran for a few episodes, hosted solely by Holly Willoughby. This both showed some exclusive footage of the celebrities training for the Sunday night main show and followed Torvill and Dean on the search for a member of the public to perform on the Dancing on Ice final in 2009.^[6]

Shows:

1. Kyran Bracken skated with his new partner (they have been on Holiday on Ice).
2. David Seaman and Melanie Lambert showed us what to expect on the Tour.
3. Clare Buckfield and Andrei Lipanov did a new performance of "Reach".

[edit] Dancing on Ice: The Tour

Main article: Dancing on Ice: The Tour

Following the Champions of Champions special, 31 March 2007 - 6 May 2007, Torvill and Dean went on a UK tour, performing at all the arenas with a selection of the Dancing on Ice stars from two British series and one Australian series.^[7] The format of the tour was very similar to the TV programme, with all the celebrities performing, with the last two performing Bolero of which the winner is announced. The tour is hosted by Andi Peters, who was originally set to skate but will not due to him breaking his ankle during Dancing on Ice Exclusive, practising for a special routine with Kristina Lenko. The Ice Panel is made up of Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Robin Cousins, with a guest judge for each show, these were BBC Radio 1 DJ Letitia, ex-Steps member and Celebrity Big Brother 2007 contestant Ian "H" Watkins and former Dancing On Ice contestant Stephen Gately.

The line-up for 2007 was:

Celebrity	Partner	Position on Dancing on Ice
Stefan Booth	Kristina Lenko	Series 1 - Runner-Up
Bonnie Langford	Matt Evers	Series 1 - Third Place
Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert	Series 2 - Winner
Clare Buckfield	Andrei Lipanov	Series 2 - Runner-Up
Duncan James	Maria Filippov	Series 2 - Third Place
Lisa Scott-Lee	Matt Evers	Series 2 - Sixth Place
Jake Wall	Maria Filippov	Australian Series - Winner
Lara Bingle	Daniel Whiston	Australian Series - Third Place - Lara was originally in the show skating with Matt Evers.

All performances on the tour at the Sheffield Hallam FM Arena, have been recorded for the tour DVD, which was released on 19 November 2007. Also it was shown on ITV on 21 October 2007.

A tour for 2008 has also been announced. The celebrity skaters have been announced but the professional skaters haven't yet been confirmed. The celebrities taking part includes:

Celebrity	Partner	Position on Dancing on Ice
Bonnie Langford	Pavel Aubrecht	Series 1 - Third Place
David Seaman	Kristina Lenko	Series 1 - 4th Place
Clare Buckfield	Andrei Lipanov	Series 2 - Runner-Up
Kyran Bracken	Melanie Lambert	Series 2 - Winner
Linda Lusardi	Daniel Whiston	Series 3 - 6th Place
Chris Fountain	Frankie Poultney	Series 3 - Runner-Up (Not performing Monday-Thursday)
Zaraah Abrahams	Fred Palascak	Series 3 - 3rd Place
Suzanne Shaw	Matt Evers	Series 3 - Winner (Performing on all Fridays except 4th April)
Gareth Gates	Maria Filippov	Series 3 - 4th Place

[edit] Highest Scores Weekly

Show 1

• Series 2: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov 24.5

Show 2

• Series 2: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov: 24.5

Show 3

• Series 2: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov: 25.0
• Series 2: Lisa Scott-Lee & Matt Evers: 25.0

Show 4

• Series 1: Bonnie Langford & Matt Evers: 27.0

Show 5

• Series 2: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert: 27.0
• Series 3: Chris Fountain & Frankie Poultney: 27.0

Show 6

• Series 1: Bonnie Langford & Matt Evers: 27.0
• Series 2: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert
• Series 3: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov: 27.0

Show 7

• Series 2: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert: 28.0

• Show 8
• Series 2: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert: 29.5

Show 9

• Series 2: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov: 29.5

Show 10

• Series 3: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers: 30.0

Favourite Routine

• Series 3: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers: 30.0

Flying Routine

• series 3: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers 30.0

[edit] Record Scores and Information

(UK series only)

Highest scores

• 30.0: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers, Series 3, Final, twice
• 29.5: Clare Buckfield & Andrei Lipanov, Series 2, Final, twice
• 29.5: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert, Series 2, Week 8
• 29.0: Chris Fountain & Frankie Poultney, Series 3, Week 9 and Final
• 28.5: Bonnie Langford & Matt Evers, Series 1, Final
• 28.0: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert, Series 2, Week 7
• 27.5: Bonnie Langford & Matt Evers, Series 1, Final
• 27.5: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers, Series 3, Week 7

Lowest scores

• 10.0: Aggie MacKenzie & Sergey Malyshev, Series 3, Week 2 and Week 4
• 10.5: Aggie MacKenzie & Sergey Malyshev, Series 3, Week 1
• 11.0: Andi Peters & Tamara Sharp, Series 1, Week 1
• 11.5: Greg Rusedski & Kristina Lenko, Series 3, Week 2
• 11.5: Sarah Greene & Fred Palascak, Series 3, Week 1
• 12.5: Aggie MacKenzie & Sergey Malyshev, Series 3, Week 3
• 12.5: Tim Vincent & Victoria Borzenkova, Series 3, Week 5

[edit] Merchandise

• A DVD, featuring highlights, and a CD, containing music from the show from Series 1 were released shortly after it ended. A DVD for Series 2 was released on 2 April 2007 and a Series 3 DVD was released on 7 April 2008.

[edit] Guest singers

• Series 2 - Week 6 - Take That with "Shine" & "Patience"
• Series 3 - Week 3 - Westlife with "World of Our Own " & "Us Against The World"
• Series 3 - Week 9 - Leona Lewis with "Footprints in the Sand" & "Better in Time"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dancing on Ice at itv.com