''Dancing on Ice'' is a British made dance competition television series franchise produced around the world. The format, devised by London Weekend Television and

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for

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, has been a prime-time hit in eight countries, including Britain and subsequently in

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and

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. In

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, where it was titled ''

Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice ''Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice'' was an Australian reality television series which was based on the original British version, '' Dancing on Ice''. The series premiered on the Nine Network on Tuesday, 11 July 2006 at , and involved celebri ...

'', it was axed after just one series owing to production costs.

International versions

There have been a total of 51 winners of ''Dancing on Ice'' around the world.

All ''Dancing on Ice'' series

Argentina

In Argentina, the show was broadcast on Channel 13 as a segment inside the television program "Showmatch", hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. It started on 9 August 2007, featuring an all-female cast. The segment was called ''"Patinando por un Sueño"'' (Ice-Skating for a Dream) due to the titles of the other segments: ''"

Bailando por un Sueño ''Bailando por un Sueño'' is a franchised TV series in various Latin American countries. Meaning "Dancing for a dream", it is a reality series that commenced on the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas, in which celebrities are partne ...

"'' (Dancing for a Dream) and ''"Cantando por un Sueño"'' (Singing for a Dream).

Contestants

Jury votes

*Note: On week 15, during the performance Natalia had an accident, and she was unavailable to continue, so she became instantly nominated. : Biggest score. : Up for eviction and saved by the jury. : Up for eviction, and saved by the public. : Up for eviction, and eliminated of the show by the public. : Replaced by Adabel Guerrero, and had the biggest score. : Replaced by Adabel Guerrero. : Replaced by Adabel Guerrero, nominated, and saved by the public. : Replaced by Virginia Da Cunha.

Jury

The jury was made up of 2 "Celebrity" journalists and 2 personalities: * Laura Ubfal, a "celebrity" journalist. *

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, a "celebrity" journalist. *

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, a former dancer, a choreographer and an artist director. * Florencia De La V, a vedette, actress and dancer. Winner and contestant of ''"

"'' The jury's members also studied ice-skating

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and

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to support their knowledge.

Australia

Brazil

In Brazil, the show was broadcast on

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as a segment inside the television program ''

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'', hosted by

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. It premiered on 13 August 2006 and sparked protests by soap opera directors produced by the broadcaster, after actors who participated in such soap operas were injured in the rehearsals or presentations of the painting. The competition had three seasons, ending on 25 November 2007. Murilo Rosa (season 1), Iran Malfitano (season 2) and Leandro Scornavacca (season 3) were the winners of the respective seasons of the competition.

Germany

There are five seasons of Dancing on Ice in Germany aired on different channels.

Italy

The Italian version of Dancing on Ice (Notti sul ghiaccio) was aired on the channel

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The Netherlands & Belgium

In September 2006 Dutch broadcaster

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and Belgian broadcaster vtm started a combined Dutch-Belgian version of ''Dancing On Ice''. The show featured 5 Dutch and 5 Belgian stars, who were paired up with several Dutch, Belgian and foreign ice skaters from ''Holiday on Ice''. The show was hosted by Dutchman

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and Belgian Francesca Vanthielen.

Contestants

Jury

The jury was made up of 3 Dutch and 2 Belgian experts: *

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(Belgium), a former figure skater who represented her country at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. *

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(Belgium), a world-renowned choreographer. *

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(Netherlands), a former figure skater and currently a judge at international figure skating events. His former coach was Joan Haanappel. *

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(Netherlands), a former figure skater who is a three time bronze medallist at the European Championships. She represented the Netherlands at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, where she finished 13th and 5th respectively. * Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands), the 1964 Olympic Champion of Figure Skating. She also won the silver medal at the Olympics of 1960, as well as gold in 5 European Championships and 3 World Championships. During RTL4-VTM's broadcast of the Dutch-Belgian version of ''Dancing on Ice'', the Dutch broadcaster SBS6 broadcast a similar programme called ''

Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs ''Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs'' is a Dutch spin-off of British show ''Dancing on Ice''. The first four seasons were hosted by singer(s) Gerard Joling and Nance Coolen. Tess Milne replaced the latter for the fifth season. Jury * Peter Moormann * Ja ...

'' (translation: ''Stars are Dancing on Ice''). The show, which ran from August–October 2006 was hosted by Nance Coolen and Gerard Joling. The winner was

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, a former World Champion of speedskating. Singer

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came second and former Dutch Idol runner-up Maud Mulders took the bronze. The SBS-show featured only Dutch stars and drew a bigger audience than its Dutch-Belgian counterpart.

Netherlands

In 2007, a second series of ''Dancing On Ice'' aired in the Netherlands. This time the stars were all Dutch (except Dieter Troubleyn, who is Flemish, but known in the Netherlands).

Contestants

returns to present the show. John Williams (contestant of the first series) will co-host.

and Sjoukje Dijkstra return in the jury.

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is a new member of the jury.

Revival

A third series was re-commissioned for the 2019-2020 season by SBS6 in the Netherlands, following a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment. The first show in the series was broadcast on December 7, 2019, hosted by Winston Gerschtanowitz and

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. The members of the judging panel were Marc Forno, Joan Haanapel and Ruben Reus.

Participants

;Not in order of elimination

Norway

In 2007 the first series of Isdans aired in Norway.

Contestants

Poland - Gwiazdy tańczą na lodzie

Jury *

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, * Igor Kryszyłowicz, * Doda, * Włodzimierz Szaranowicz.

First edition

First Polish edition started on 28 September 2007 on

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Second edition

Second Polish edition started on 7 March 2008 on

Third edition

Third Polish edition started on 3 October 2008 on

Russia

The

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n version of ''Dancing on Ice'' (Танцы на льду) was being aired on Rossiya TV channel since September 2006, and was renamed in 2008 to ''Star Ice'' (Звёздный лёд). Its counterpart called ''Ice Age'' (Ледниковый период, initially ''Stars on Ice'' - Звёзды на льду) was being broadcast on Channel One.

Season 1

Slovakia

The Slovak version of ''Dancing on Ice'' (Hviezdy na ľade) is aired since September 2006 on TV JOJ.

Turkey

First Edition

The

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version of ''Dancing on Ice'' is called ''Buzda Dans'' (''Dance on Ice'') started on 8 January 2007 on

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. The final was broadcast on 11 March 2007. The winner

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received a golden skate shoe trophy and a prize of

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100,000 (approximately

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71,000 ).

Contestants

Hosts

* Behzat Uygur (son of Nejat Uygur and brother of Süheyl Uygur) *

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(actress and model)

Jury

The first version of the Turkish version of the show had 2 ice skating experts, and 4 amateurs in the jury. Figure-skating experts were: * Zafer Baykal * Cenk Ertaul The other jury members were: *

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(journalist) * Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz (journalist) * Alinur Velidedeoğlu (advertiser) * Sema Çelebi (society member)

Second Edition

The

version of ''Dancing on Ice'' called ''Buzda Dans'' (''Ice Dance'') was repeated for a second season in 2007/2008 Winter. The jury members who are not experts of ice dance were Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz, Hande Ataizi, Ahmet San and Sema Çelebi. The experts in the jury were Cenk Ertaul and Şebnem Ertaul. The winner of the show was former football player

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, the runner-up was actress

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. The partner of Mansız was Oľga Beständigová.

United Kingdom

United States

A U.S. adaptation, ''Skating with Celebrities'', aired for a single season on Fox in 2006. A similar series, ''

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'', aired on ABC in 2010, but was produced by

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as a

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of ''

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.''

References

External links

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