Dancing on Ice series 15

Dancing on Ice
Series 15
Presented byPhillip Schofield
Holly Willoughby
JudgesAshley Banjo
Christopher Dean
Oti Mabuse
Jayne Torvill
Celebrity winnerNile Wilson
Professional winnerOlivia Smart
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkITV
Original release15 January (2023-01-15) –
12 March 2023 (2023-03-12)
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The fifteenth series of Dancing on Ice debuted on ITV on 15 January 2023.[1][2][3] During the finale of the fourteenth series, it was announced that Dancing on Ice had been renewed for another series.[4][5] The series was once again filmed in the purpose-built studio at Bovingdon Airfield.[6][7] Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby returned as hosts. Ashley Banjo, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse, and Jayne Torvill also returned as judges.[8][9][10][11] This series decreased the number of live shows to nine weeks instead of ten, and featured one fewer celebrity contestant than usual.[12]

For the first time in the show's history, Torvill and Dean were unable to perform the Boléro, as Torvill had ruptured her bicep in training and required surgery.[13]

Olympic artistic gymnast Nile Wilson and Olivia Smart were announced as the winners on 12 March 2023. Nile Wilson was also the first male skater to ever perform the dangerous manoeuvre "the headbanger," which one skater is picked up by their ankle and spun around by their partner.[14]

This was the final series to be presented by Schofield, following his departure from ITV just over two months after the series concluded in the aftermath of revelations over his personal life.[15]

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