February 8th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
ITV bosses have lined up an amazing treat for all you Dancing On Ice fans, they have managed to talk some of the world biggest legends in the world of ice skating, to take to the rink as part of a special one off show.
It has been claimed that producers had to beg, plead and cajole with show judge Katarina Witt to return to the rink for the first time in four years and as part of the special Olympics themed show, she will be joined on the ice by fellow judge Robin Cousins and of course head coaches Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
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December 28th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Dancing On Ice will be back on our screens in just a few weeks’ time and ITV have released the trailer below for the new series.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean feature in the clip, which we have to admit is quite exciting and really does build anticipation for the new run.
We love the bit when Chris is spinning on the rink with two sparking flares in his hand and the way he throws Jayne at the end seems to defy gravity.
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November 25th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have admitted that they have quite the wish list each year for their ITV show, Dancing On Ice.
The former Olympic champions will return to our screens for a new series in January (we have the rumoured lineup here) and they told The Daily Record that they love having sportsmen on the show.
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March 24th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Dancing On Ice star Jayne Torvill has admitted that while she and Christopher Dean enjoy a lot of chemistry on the rink, she could never be married to the star.
The pair have been performing together for the last 36 years but have a very different approach to their work. In a chat with Metro, Jayne said that their differences would make a marriage or relationship very different.
She said:
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March 21st, 2011 by Sarah.
STV reports that Dancing on Ice stars Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have confirmed that there will changes to the format of this year’s series final.
Speaking to host Jeff Brazier on This Morning today, Jayne and Christopher explained that that they wanted to “revamp” the final this year, and ultimately decided that they would take out the flying routines.
Christopher said, “The flying has gone away but this year we are really excited because we are doing a showcase routine.
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March 26th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Dancing On Ice mentors Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will perform their legendary Bolero routine on this Sunday’s final, however it will be a bolero with a difference!
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February 6th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Proving that Dancing On Ice is one of the most dangerous reality TV shows around, Jayne Torvill almost managed to slice off Christopher Dean’s thumb in rehearsals this week.
As the pair were practicing the notorious headbanger move, which sees the male skater swing his partner up and down by her feet, Jayne’s skate blade caught Chris’s thumb and sliced him pretty deeply.
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January 8th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have said that this year’s Dancing On Ice will be a great competition!
The pair have trained all 14 celebrities for this year’s series and said that the mix of different personalities will make for an interesting battle.
“I think this year’s cast are going to be different personalities, they are going to have different challenges and they are going to have different problems. But at the same time, I think they are going to give us a good competition this year,” Torvill told the show’s official website.
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February 20th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Former Olympic champion, Christopher Dean, has become the latest Dancing On Ice casualty.
The skating coach was practicing his new routine for this weeks show with partner, when the blade of her skate sliced his arm.
Christopher said: “The blood squirted out like a fountain. But I got patched up and went back on to the ice.”
A source told The Sun: “Paramedics were called and Chris got emergency treatment. It was a shock but he’s fine.”
January 8th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
They’ve enjoyed an incredibly successful career spanning several decades, won countless medals and even counted Princess Diana, Placido Domingo, Gene Kelly and Jack Nicholson amongst their fan base. So, when did Christopher Dean realise he and Jayne Torvill were such huge stars?
“When it became harder to go to Marks & Sparks and buy my socks,” he laughs.
And it’s that very British sense of modesty combined with their astonishing talent that has made Torvill and Dean arguably the best-loved and most well-known stars in their field.
Jayne and Chris were both born into working class Nottingham families: Jayne in 1957, Chris a year later. Jayne first took to the ice
on a school trip to the local skating rink aged eight. It all came fairly naturally and the next day she was back. Chris got his first pair of skates for Christmas aged ten, and after two weeks of stomping around on his mum’s linoleum, he was finally taken to the city to try them out on the ice.“It wasn’t an epiphany or anything,” he remembers.“I just started doing it and I kept on doing it.”
Having both discovered that they quite enjoyed skating Jayne and Chris became frequent visitors to the rink,both teaming up with a partner and taking lessons. Success came quickly, with Jayne becoming a British Senior Pairs Champion and Chris winning the British Junior Ice Dance competition.
It was through their skating teacher that Jayne and Chris were first paired up as potential dancing partners, at the age of 16 and 15 respectively, after both being ditched by their previous partners.“We got on well right away. I think it was because we’d both been dumped,” laughs Jayne. Read more & comment »
