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So far, all contestants have been announced for the 2025 edition of the show

So far, all contestants have been announced for the 2025 edition of the show

Dancing On Ice will welcome an Olympic gold medalist, soap stars and a former Premier League footballer to its 2025 series.

The ITV ice skating show has so far revealed 11 of the 12 celebrity contestants who will take part when it returns to ITV and ITVX screens next year.

Michaela Strachan in a field

Michaela Strachan will be among the celebrities taking part (Jeff Spicer/PA)

–Ferne McCann

McCann is a former regular on The Only Way Is Essex who made the “really difficult decision” to leave her ITVBe reality show My Family And Me earlier this month.

The 34-year-old also appeared on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2015 and has two daughters: one named Finty with her fiancé, real estate developer Lorri Haines; and another named Sunday, which she had with her ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins.

Collins was sentenced to 20 years in prison for carrying out an acid attack in a crowded nightclub in December 2017.

She also played Myrtle Wilson in the Union Theater production of The Great Gatsby and appeared regularly on the Channel 5 chat show Up Late With Rylan, hosted by Rylan Clark.

– Mollie Pearce

Traitors star Pearce is known for making it to the final of the psychological game show until she was betrayed by her boyfriend Harry Clark, who won the second series this year.

Before appearing on the show, the 22-year-old worked as a disability model for Kurt Geiger, Zalando and Bodyform after an autoimmune disease forced her to have her colon removed and use an ostomy bag.

The latest series of The Traitors, in which Pearce chose to banish a loyal man instead of British army engineer Clark, who was a traitor, won the reality competition at the National Television Awards (NTAs).

–Sir Steve Redgrave

Sir Steve is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, winning five gold medals in five consecutive Games between 1984 and 2000.

The 62-year-old said he couldn’t dance or ice skate before signing up for the show, revealing that producers told him not to practice ice skating until his first official training session.

After retiring from rowing in 2000, Sir Steve starred in the Sport Relief special in 2008. Top Ground Gear Force, in which Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond destroyed his garden; He also founded his own clothing brand FiveG, which was sold in Debenhams.

–Charlie Brooks

EastEnders star Charlie Brooks plays Janine Butcher in the BBC soap, which she has appeared in on and off since 1999.

The 43-year-old won the 2011 Christmas special Strictly Come Dancing and the 12th series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! In 2012, he beat his housemate Ashley Roberts from pop group The Pussycat Dolls.

Brooks has also presented her own best-selling fitness DVD, appeared as a contestant in 10 episodes of Richard Osman’s House Of Games and the 1996 children’s sitcom Out Of Tune.

–Dan Edgar

The Only Way Is Essex star Edgar has appeared on the ITV show since 2015 – during his time on the show he had relationships with several cast members including Lauren Pope, Jess Wright and Chloe Sims.

Before appearing on the show, the Thurrock-born 34-year-old worked as an electrician.

When he was announced as a contestant on Dancing On Ice, Edgar said he could skate “a bit” but was a “terrible dancer”.

–Chris Taylor

Love Island star Taylor appeared on the fifth series of the ITV dating show where he was dumped on day 52 along with Harley Brash.

Taylor and Brash appeared on a Love Island special of the ITV2 game show Supermarket Sweep before announcing their split, and Taylor subsequently appeared on a celebrity version of the Dinner Date game show.

In 2023, the 34-year-old made a cameo appearance as Ken Emcee in the Greta Gerwig film “Barbie” after striking up a conversation with leading actress Margot Robbie at a party.

– Chelsee Healey

Hollyoaks star Healey plays Goldie McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, which she has appeared in since 2016.

The 36-year-old came second in the ninth series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 alongside his professional dance partner Pasha Kovalev.

She also had a regular role in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road, playing Janeece Bryant, and also appeared in Casualty as Honey Wright.

– Michaela Strachan

Strachan has co-presented Autumnwatch, Springwatch and Winterwatch on the BBC since 2011, broadcasting from nature reserves across the country including Slimbridge Reserve in Gloucestershire, Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk and RSPB Arne in Dorset.

The 58-year-old also had a brief music career as Michaela in the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing two singles, a cover of Edwin Starr’s HAPPY Radio, which charted at number 62 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989; and Take Good Care of My Heart, which reached 66 in 1990.

She also hosted the six-part series “The Great Penguin Rescue” on Eden in 2013 and appeared as a participant in season 2 of the celebrity diving show “Splash!” in 2014 and co-hosted Digging For Treasure: Tonight on Channel 5 with Dan Walker in 2022.

–Josh Jones

Comedian Jones is best known for his appearances on TV panel shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and CelebAbility.

The 31-year-old has undertaken two UK tours with Waste of Space (2022) and Gobsmacked (2023).

He also co-hosts the podcasts “Hard Sell” and “Chatting With Cherubs.”

– Anton Ferdinand

Former Premier League defender Ferdinand played for West Ham United, Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers during his career before retiring in Scotland with St Mirren in 2019.

The 39-year-old is the brother of former Manchester United and England star Rio Ferdinand and also played for England at youth level.

In November 2020, he presented “Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and Me” after former Chelsea defender John Terry was banned for four games and fined £220,000 after being found guilty of setting him up on the racial abuse on the pitch while Ferdinand was playing for Queens Park Rangers in 2011.

–Sam Aston

Soap star Aston has been known for his role as Chesney Brown in the ITV series Coronation Street since 2003.

The 31-year-old made his acting debut at the age of five as an extra in “Eddie Mountain” and went on to appear in “Where the Heart Is” and “The Bill.”

Aston also appeared on All Star Family Fortunes with his family and appeared as Horrid Henry at the Children’s Party at the Palace, an event celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday in June 2006.

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