Simon Webbe, former Blue bandmate of Duncan James, told The Sun that Duncan James can win this years series of Dancing On Ice and all because of whats in his pants!

Simon said: “He’s having to wear lots of tight clothes — and he’s very comfortable in that department. Read more & comment »

The competition is opened each week with world famous Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean giving us a sensational routine followed by manoeuvres expected that night from the competitors.

Tonight the required element was the ‘assisted jump’ with both feet raised from the ground

The performances have become very daring and exciting with each couple introducing more courageous manoeuvres each week and the gap between professional and celebrity becoming less noticeable.

Kyran Bracken and Melanie Lambert with the thousand ruby stoned dress, stole the show and took first place. They kept us on the edge of our seats and holding our breaths as they flawlessly went through their very dangerous routine earning 26 out of 30 points. Read more & comment »

The People revealed yesterday that Duncan James has signed up to tour with skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean when Dancing On Ice goes on the road.

An insider said: “Duncan’s really excited. He’s been putting so much effort into the show and he’s thrilled to be able to continue skating.”

The 12-date nationwide arena tour – hosted by former contestant Andi Peters – starts in March and goes on into April.

Dancing on Ice contestant and former ‘Blue’ singer, Duncan James has admitted that the most painful thing about taking part in theis years series of Dancing On Ice is the underwear.

Duncan and the other boys have had to don a thong while performing on the ice, and Duncan is beginning to wonder how women wear them every day!

‘It is really demanding on the groin area,’ he says. ‘The jockstrap chafes like hell. It’s skin-coloured and ruts right up my bottom. I don’t know how woman cope with thongs.’

Duncan James is nervous about stepping out in lycra this Saturday night on ITV’s Dancing On Ice as he doesn’t want his fans to think he looks fat.

The singer, 28, told The Sun: “I’ve had a back problem for over 10 years and I’ve got to wear a big strap under my Lycra top to support it so I will look fat even though I’ve lost about half a stone during training.

“I don’t want to look as if I’ve got a big belly as I don’t want to end up like Andi Peters who the judge Jason Gardiner called ‘a Teletubby’ in last year’s series.�

Duncan James (born Duncan Matthew James Inglis, April 7, 1978, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) was a singer in the boy band Blue and is now a solo artist, sometime actor and television presenter.

Early years

James grew up in Dorset and was raised primarily by his grandparents. [1] He starred in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he was 15, and played Puck. He also played Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes when he was a teenager. Duncan also worked for Haven Holidays as a Havenmate at Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island, Hampshire.

Blue

In early 2000, James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe to form the group Blue. [2] Blue’s R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. From May 2001, when the group released its first single, “All Rise”, to 2004, when the group released its final chart-qualifying single, “Curtain Falls”, Blue had 11 top ten singles in the UK.

Solo career

In October 2004, James collaborated with Keedie to release the single “I Believe My Heart”, which entered the UK singles chart at #2. [3] He returned to the solo music scene in May 2006 with his single “Sooner or Later”, releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on June 5, 2006. The video reached #2 on The Box and #5 on The Hits. However, the single sold poorly and entered the UK charts at #35, slipping down to #72 in its second week before completely exiting the top 100. “Can’t Stop A River” was his next single. It was released on Monday, 21st August, reaching a disappointing #59 in the UK Top Charts and peaking at the Number 97 in the Ireland Singles Charts. In Europe was released one day before, but not much interest was generated outside of the United Kingdom. The single dropped out the Singles Charts of many Europe Countries, like France, Germany or Belgium.

Duncan’s album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in its first week and not even breaking the top 50, and selling less than 15,000 copies. The album sold less than 450,000 copies around the world (412,350 copies), and Innocent Records/EMI decided to drop him out, before his debut-album failed. According to the UK-Mix Forum, no-one Music Label is interested in his music, so he’s without any record company in the future.

Work outside of music

James has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM’s Party in the Park for the Prince’s Trust (2003 and 2004), and ITV2’s coverage of the TV series Soapstar Superstar, along with Jayne Middlemiss.

Other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spiderman II, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV’s Entertainment Today.

He has recently guest presented City Hospital and The National Lottery for BBC One.

Recently he has taken part in a workshop production of the new musical Sleeping Beauty.

In 2007 Duncan will be taking part on ITV1’s Dancing on Ice.

Personal life

James has a daughter named Tianie-Finn, born in 2005 to an ex-girlfriend whose name is only known as “Claire”. (He refuses to reveal her complete name)[4] He has been quoted numerous times expressing his frustration with the media’s constant obsession with who he is having a relationship with. [5] Nevertheless, as is true for many celebrities, his love life has been a focus of frequent media speculation. But he had an on-off relationship with model and actress Anya Lahiri from 2001 to 2004. He often said she was the ‘love of his life’ – and that he will never fall in love again – since they broke up in June 2004. He is now dating Nikki Trow, who was one of Blue’s backing dancers. Duncan has recently put an end (according to reports from The People) to his current relationship with former Big Brother contestant Nikki Graeme.

James started seeing the Big Brother 7 star after the collapse of her relationship with co-contestant Pete Bennett, The People has reported.

However, he has apparently been put off by Grahame’s infamous strops.

“Duncan thought Nikki was gorgeous but he couldn’t cope with her erratic temper,” revealed a source. “She would throw too many strops and was way too emotionally unbalanced for him.

“He thought he’d give her the benefit of the doubt and just get to know her… but he didn’t think she’d be as crazy in real life as she was on Big Brother. Duncan’s just a young guy who wants a bit of fun and he felt it was all way too heavy being with Nikki.”

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Last Updated: Saturday, 30 December 2006, 13:51 GMT
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ITV has just revealed the names of the 11 celebrities that will be taking part in this years series of Dancing On Ice.

The celebrities will be:

TV Presenter Ulrika Jonsson
Former Boyzone singer Stephen Gately
DJ Neil Fox
Emmerdale actress Emily Symons.
Former Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee
Former Manchester United footballer Lee Sharpe
Sky News presenter Kay Burley
Actress Clare Buckfield from the BBC sitcom 2 Point 4 Children.
England rugby star Kieran Bracken
Newsreader Phil Gayle
Former Blue singer Duncan James