Glamorous ice beauty Suzanne Shaw and pop heart throb Gareth Gates today announce they will both join skating legends Torvill and Dean when they take Dancing On Ice on Tour this April. Other celebrities to announce their involvement in the 2008 Tour today, are reigning Dancing on Ice champion, Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield - who narrowly missed out on being crowned ice queen last year.
Bonnie Langford will also join the celebrity entourage following her huge success on the 2007 ice tour last year when she was regularly voted winner by arena audiences up and down the country. Footballing legend David Seaman who starred in the first series of the hit ITV 1 show was the first name to announce his involvement in the live ice dancing show. The show will also include Chris Fountain, Zaarah Abrahams and Linda Lusardi.
Andi Peters will return as compere of the live show; this a time around he will present to live audiences without the help of crutches having steered clear of the ice since his ankle break last year which he sustained during practice. He went on to present the show regardless of his injury.
All of the celebrities will be trained and choreographed by mentors Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (who will perform several of their favourite routines at each show) all over the UK.
The judging panel will be rink-side at each show to critique the celebrity routines. Olympic gold medal winner Robin Cousins will head the panel of ice judges, which includes Karen Barber, Nicky Slater and Jason Gardiner.
Don't miss Dancing On Ice perform at The Liverpool Arena on the 2-3rd April 2008 and The MEN Arena 7-10th May 2008 .
