Dancing on Ice is set to return in 2025, with 12 new contestants competing for the coveted trophy. From Olympic athletes to reality stars and actors, this year’s line-up is being drip-fed with celebrities confirming the news over the next few days.
Here, we reveal which famous faces are taking to the ice…
© Photo: Getty ImagesFerne McCann
TOWIE star Ferne McCann has been confirmed as the first contestant! Appearing on Good Morning Britain, the 34-year-old said: I’m so excited, it’s going to be a huge challenge but I’m excited for the glitz and glamour of the show.”
Dancing on Ice is not the first reality show that Ferne has participated in. She signed on for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here in 2015, and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2022.
© GettyMollie Pearce
Fans will remember Mollie Pearce from series two of The Traitors. The 22-year-old model made headlines after she was crowned runner-up. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Mollie said: “It will be fun, I want to challenge myself, I’m ready for the challenge.”
Explaining that she “hasn’t started” practising yet, the reality star explained that she’d spent time skating with her mother when she was younger.
© Photo: Getty ImagesSam Aston
Sam Aston is best known for playing Chesney Brown in Coronation Street. He has also competed on All Star Family Fortunes.
Appearing on Lorraine, he said: “I’m nervous but excited to get going. It’s going to be nice for the public to see me for me, rather than Chesney.”
© GettySir Steve Redgrave
Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave will skate in the 2025 series. During ITV’s This Morning, he said that the Dancing on Ice production team had told him not to practise skating until the first official training session.
“There are all these people trying to persuade me now to do it, I can’t dance, I can’t skate, why am I doing this show? I’ve got no idea at all,” he said. Noting that it would be “like going back to being an athlete again,” Steve joked that his friends think his participation in Dancing On Ice is a “midlife crisis”.
