Dancing on Ice (franchise)


Dancing on Ice is a British made dance competition television series franchise produced around the world. The format, devised by London Weekend Television and Granada Television for ITV, has been a prime-time hit in eight countries, including Britain and subsequently in Italy and Chile. In Australia, where it was titled Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, 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.

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" due to the titles of the other segments: "Bailando por un Sueño" and "Cantando por un Sueño".

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.

Jury

The jury was made up of 2 "Celebrity" journalists and 2 personalities:
  • Laura Ubfal, a "celebrity" journalist.
  • Marcelo Polino, a "celebrity" journalist.
  • Reina Reech, a former dancer, a choreographer and an artist director.
  • Florencia De La V, a vedette, actress and dancer. Winner and contestant of "Bailando por un Sueño"
The jury's members also studied ice-skating practice and critical theory to support their knowledge.

Brazil

In Brazil, the show was broadcast on Rede Globo as a segment inside the television program Domingão do Faustão, hosted by Faustão.
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, Iran Malfitano and Leandro Scornavacca 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 was aired on the channel Rai 1.

The Netherlands & Belgium

In September 2006 Dutch broadcaster RTL 4 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 Martijn Krabbé and Belgian Francesca Vanthielen.

Jury

The jury was made up of 3 Dutch and 2 Belgian experts:
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. The show, which ran from August–October 2006 was hosted by Nance Coolen and Gerard Joling. The winner was Hein Vergeer, a former World Champion of speedskating. Singer Jody Bernal 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.

Contestants

Martijn Krabbé returns to present the show. John Williams will co-host. Joan Haanappel and Sjoukje Dijkstra return in the jury. Chris de la Haye 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 7 December 2019, hosted by Winston Gerschtanowitz and Patty Brard. 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.

Poland - Gwiazdy tańczą na lodzie

Jury

First edition

First Polish edition started on 28 September 2007 on TVP2
PlaceCelebritySkater
1Olga BorysSławomir Borowiecki
2Rafał MroczekAneta Kowalska
3Katarzyna GlinkaŁukasz Dzióbek
4Anna PopekFilip Bernadowski
5Przemysław SaletaAgata Rosłońska
6Piotr ZeltAgnieszka Dulej
7Przemysław BabiarzMichaela Krutská
8Maria SadowskaRoger Lubicz-Sawicki
9Zygmunt ChajzerAleksandra Kauc
10Ewa SonnetŁukasz Jóźwiak
11Jarosław KretSherri Kennedy
12Beata SadowskaSławomir Janicki
13Christina BienMaciej Lewandowski
14Ewelina SerafinMichał Więcek

Second edition

Second Polish edition started on 7 March 2008 on TVP2
PlaceCelebritySkater
1Aleksandra SzwedSławomir Borowiecki
2Marcin KrawczykMagdalena Komorowska
3Aneta FlorczykMaciej Lewandowski / Marcin Czajka
4Robert MoskwaSherry Kennedy / Aneta Kowalska
5Weronika KsiążkiewiczŁukasz Jóźwiak
6Karolina NowakowskaFilip Bernadowski
7Tomasz IwanAgata Rosłońska
8Małgorzata PieczyńskaRadek Dostál
9Robert RozmusAgnieszka Dulej
10Katarzyna PietrasŁukasz Dzióbek
11Marek KościkiewiczAleksandra Kauc
12Marcin RójElena Sokolova

Third edition

Third Polish edition started on 3 October 2008 on TVP2.
PlaceCelebritySkater
1Samuel PalmerAgnieszka Dulej
2Agnieszka WłodarczykŁukasz Jóżwiak
3Katarzyna ZielińskaFilip Bernadowski
4.Beata ŚcibakównaRadek Dostál
5.Michał MilowiczMichaela Krutská
6.Rafał CieszyńskiElena Sokolova
7.Gosia AndrzejewiczNicholas Keagen
8.Paweł KonnakAgata Rosłońska
9.Katarzyna BurzyńskaRoger Lubicz-Sawicki
10.Conrado MorenoMagdalena Komorowska
11.Jolanta RutowiczŁukasz Dzióbek
12.Karolina MalinowskaJan Luggenhölscher

Russia

The Russian version of Dancing on Ice was being aired on Rossiya TV channel since September 2006, and was renamed in 2008 to Star Ice. Its counterpart called Ice Age was being broadcast on Channel One.

Season 1

PlaceCelebrityOccupation / known forSkater
1Petr KrasilovActorOksana Grishuk
2Sergey LazarevSingerAnastasia Grebenkina
3Irina Tchachinarithmic gymnastRuslan Goncharov
4Sergey SelinActorOksana Kazakova
5Lika Kremerhost & actressArtur Dmitriev
6Anna AzarovaActress & modelEvgeni Platov
7Tatyana DogilevaActressAlexei Urmanov
8Sergey GalaninSingerMaria Butyrskaya
9Lada DanceSingerVazgen Azrojan
10Ivars KalniņšActorMaya Usova

Slovakia

The Slovak version of Dancing on Ice is aired since September 2006 on TV JOJ.

Turkey

First edition

The Turkish version of Dancing on Ice is called Buzda Dans started on 8 January 2007 on Show TV. The final was broadcast on 11 March 2007. The winner Zeynep Tokuş received a golden skate shoe trophy and a prize of TRY 100,000.

Hosts

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:

Second edition

The Turkish version of Dancing on Ice called Buzda Dans 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 İlhan Mansız, the runner-up was actress Yasemin Hadivent. The partner of Mansız was Oľga Beständigová.

United States

An American adaptation, Skating with Celebrities, aired for a single season on Fox in 2006.
A similar series, Skating with the Stars, aired on ABC in 2010, but was produced by BBC Worldwide as a spin-off of ''Dancing with the Stars.''