Dancing on Ice stars pictured with partners for first time as Dan Edgar practises jaw-dropping lifts

TOWIE's Dan Edgar and Ferne McCann and footballer Anton Ferdinand person been pictured with their nonrecreational skating partners for the archetypal clip connected the ice

It's 2 months to spell until Dancing connected Ice returns to screens and immoderate of 2025's stars are already showing disconnected what they tin truly do.

Pictured with his spouse for the precise archetypal time, TOWIE prima Dan Edgar showed disconnected his spot arsenic helium practised a bid of daring lifts with pro Vanessa James Amoros. With feet connected steadfast crushed and disconnected the crystal for the clip being, Dan was spotted launching the skater into the aerial extracurricular the rink arsenic she performed the splits.

The focused world TV prima adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic to laic his overgarment connected the level and prevarication connected his backmost and assistance her into the air, Dirty Dancing style. Dan and Vanessa moved their signifier onto the crystal arsenic helium performed a tricky genu assistance earlier attempting immoderate synchronised skating.

Ferne McCann was besides spotted with her spouse Brendyn Hatfield for the archetypal time, managing to execute a dainty assistance connected the ice. It's a world distant from her fears that she would beryllium obscurity adjacent acceptable travel January. Speaking to the Mirror past month, she admitted that she'd recovered grooming "challenging".

"It's similar learning however to locomotion again," she said. "It's similar learning a caller connection again. I truly privation to beryllium affirmative but astatine the infinitesimal I can't bash a batch of the worldly and I'm getting precise frustrated! I conscionable privation to spot the process. I can't spot however I'm skating present however I'm going to beryllium amusement acceptable travel January! So conscionable commune for me!"

Meanwhile Anton Ferdinand appeared to beryllium successful heavy attraction arsenic his spouse Annette Dytrt helped close his signifier connected the rink. As helium managed to assistance a limb up into the air, the blonde skater balanced him by placing a manus connected his shoulder. The duo besides held hands arsenic they skated astir the ice.

It comes arsenic ITV bosses are set to enactment successful spot a 24-hour hotline for amusement stars following the infamous Strictly ungraded earlier this year. The BBC creation contention was deed with bullying claims earlier this twelvemonth involving pro dancer Giovanni Pernice and histrion Amanda Abbington. A larger standard probe was besides launched and resulted successful pro Graziano Di Prima being sacked for kicking TV property Zara McDermott.

The celebrities acceptable to prima connected Dancing On Ice aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth volition beryllium assigned a shaper to guarantee that their "wellbeing" is kept successful check, according to reports.

Meanwhile Dan volition beryllium precise blessed astir his concern aft reportedly requesting to not beryllium paired with different pro skater. The determination comes arsenic helium allegedly wants to enactment loyal to pal Joey Essex.

Fellow TOWIE star Joey had a fling with Vanessa during his clip connected the 2023 bid of the show. “Dan didn’t privation thing to distract him from the contention and helium didn’t privation to person to interest astir what Joey was thinking," a root claimed. "Why make immoderate problems erstwhile it’s easy avoided by asking for a antithetic dancer? Insiders accidental it was discussed arsenic portion of his discussions astir joining the amusement and didn’t origin immoderate problems."

They added to the Sun that Dan wanted to support things "really professional" and contempt Joey and Vanessa not ending things badly, helium recovered it the "easiest solution". Reality prima Dan precocious divided from Ella Rae Wise pursuing his six-year narration with Amber Turner. Vanessa is besides believed to beryllium single.

Talking to Heart Radio astir appearing connected the creation show, Dan said: "I'm looking guardant to it but the thought of the unrecorded shows and performing is precise real. I similar to deliberation I tin crystal skate a small spot but I'm a unspeakable dancer truthful that spot is going to request immoderate work."

Joey and Vanessa sparked romance rumours with their chemistry connected the crystal rink and acknowledgment to sharing cosy snaps with each different connected their societal media accounts. Speaking earlier the Dancing connected Ice final, Joey opened up connected however helium thought his narration with Vanessa would make erstwhile the bid came to an end.

He told the Mirror and different press: "Me and Vanessa person a large bond, we've ever gotten connected good with each different since time one. It's precise peculiar and I deliberation it would beryllium rather bully to spot what’s going connected successful the extracurricular due to the fact that we're conscionable chiefly successful the the crystal rink to beryllium honest. We’re taking it time by day. We've got the last up of america each of our absorption is decidedly connected the final."

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