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 (2006-2025) 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.
There have been a total of 51 winners of Dancing on Ice around the world. <section begin="Dancing on Ice series" />
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" (Ice-Skating for a Dream) due to the titles of the other segments: "Bailando por un Sueño" (Dancing for a Dream) and "Cantando por un Sueño" (Singing for a Dream).
The jury was made up of 2 "Celebrity" journalists and 2 personalities:
The jury's members also studied ice-skating practice and critical theory to support their knowledge.
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 (season 1), Iran Malfitano (season 2) and Leandro Scornavacca (season 3) were the winners of the respective seasons of the competition.
There are five seasons of Dancing on Ice in Germany aired on different channels.
The Italian version of Dancing on Ice (Notti sul ghiaccio) was aired on the channel Rai 1.
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.
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 (translation: Stars are Dancing on Ice). The show, which ran from AugustâÂÂOctober 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.
In 2007, a second series of Dancing On Ice aired in the Netherlands. This time the stars were all Dutch (except Dieter Troubleyn, who is Flemish, but known in the Netherlands).
Martijn Krabbé returns to present the show. John Williams (contestant of the first series) will co-host. Joan Haanappel and Sjoukje Dijkstra return in the jury. Chris de la Haye is a new member of the jury.
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.
In 2007 the first series of Isdans aired in Norway.
Jury
First Polish edition started on 28 September 2007 on TVP2
Second Polish edition started on 7 March 2008 on TVP2
Third Polish edition started on 3 October 2008 on TVP2.
The Russian version of Dancing on Ice (âðýÃÂàýð ûÃÂôÃÂ) was being aired on Rossiya TV channel since September 2006, and was renamed in 2008 to Star Ice (ÃÂòÃÂ÷ôýÃÂù ûÃÂô). Its counterpart called Ice Age (ÃÂõôýøúþòÃÂù ÿõÃÂøþô, initially Stars on Ice - ÃÂòÃÂ÷ôàýð ûÃÂôÃÂ) was being broadcast on Channel One.
The Slovak version of Dancing on Ice (Hviezdy na þade) is aired since September 2006 on TV JOJ.
The Turkish version of Dancing on Ice is called Buzda Dans (Dance on Ice) started on 8 January 2007 on Show TV. The final was broadcast on 11 March 2007. The winner Zeynep Tokuà  received a golden skate shoe trophy and a prize of TRY 100,000 (approximately US$ 71,000 ).
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:
The other jury members were:
The Turkish version of Dancing on Ice called Buzda Dans (Ice Dance) was repeated for a second season in 2007/2008 Winter. The jury members who are not experts of ice dance were Olcayto Ahmet TuÃÂsuz, Hande Ataizi, Ahmet San and Sema ÃÂelebi. The experts in the jury were Cenk Ertaul and à Âebnem Ertaul. The winner of the show was former football player ðlhan Mansñz, the runner-up was actress Yasemin Hadivent. The partner of Mansñz was Oþga Beständigová.
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.