Dancing On Ice is back! Time to get your skates on #1

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So the Strictly glitter has settled for another year but to fill the void we have the new series of DOI starting this Sunday at 6pm on ITV1.

Our presenters will be Phil & Holly and our judges are Jason Gardiner (he's the Craig!), Torvill and Dean, and Ashley Banjo (from Diversity).

There are 12 brave stars taking to the ice this year. ’Coronation Street’ actors Anthony Cotton and Brooke Vincent lead the way, alongside ‘Hollyoaks’ star Stephanie Waring, Good Morning Britain’s weather presenter Alex Beresford, Love Islander Kem Cetinay, former ‘Great British Bake Off’ champ Candice Brown, singer Lemar, rugby player Max Evans, former ‘X Factor’ contestant Jake Quickenden, Olympian Perri Shakes-Drayton, presenter Donna Air and Bucks Fizz member Cheryl Baker.

There has already been injury - Lemar has replaced cricketer Monty Panesar who literally crashed out with a broken ankle...ouch!

So come and join us...there will be dancing , there will be ice and there will be thread mascots

I only like Candice because she lives/used to live near me and she was seen bringing Mary Berry into the Co-Op in the next village!

Definitely do not like Anthony Cotton.
I am sure that my opinion will not change.

That's not another Banjo, it's a ukelele. Badoom-tsh.

Anthony Cotton pulling his partners top down, that wasn’t acceptable. Hope he’s the first to go.

You’re thinking of Chemmy Alcott ellanora

I love the judging panel: Jason is a proper panto baddie, T&D are obviously legends and Ashley Banjo comes across as the loveliest guy on the planet, to counteract Jason.
Antony cotton is quite annoying, and I might have missed something but I didn't get why he was looking down Brandy's top!

Yes Frankie and David got married

Antony looking down Brandy's top was weird, to say the least. I wonder if ITV will have anything to say about that...

Are ‘proper’ boots lighter than the horrible hire ones?

She had the money down her top which fell
Out when she cartwheeled

Candice doesn't look like Candice without the random lipstick! That was v pretty though

Ooh. Mouth kiss. Yuck

Not great because she didn't go from forwards to backwards without holding on .

but that doesn't mean AC is allowed to look down her top on national tv, I doubt he had the go ahead for it

I agree it was a pretty routine though. Judges in agreement that it was pretty poo

Matt did a lot of skating ....

Ice skating boots must be the most unflattering footwear on the planet.

Duck , my boots are probably heavier than hire boots .

Anyone else finding the backdrop screen distracting? Also surprised to see the judges at the end not the middle?

No, I agree - but that's probably his reasoning behind it

What happened to Robin Cousins? I liked him.

Agreed. Especially in hearing aid beige.

BINGO! Spatula hands

Candice and her partner doing that thing where they try and fool us she's better than she is by never letting go of each other. Anthony did much more tricky stuff.

No head coach?

I'm here i'm here........
Antony Cotton is an irritating wotnot
Candice was completely outside her comfort zone, fair play to her for that as I couldn't do it but she was really stiff and looked petrified - But that kiss though