TOUGH ON CELEB SKATERS MR ICE GUY
YOUNGEST member of The Pussycat Dolls, she follows in the reality show footsteps of bandmate Ashley Roberts, a Strictly finalist last month.
Melody featured on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls and Celebs Go Dating.
She says: “I can’t wait! I have a very hard time with choreography and dance does not come naturally to me. I have to work extra hard and if it looks good then great.
“But just know I worked hard to make it happen!” TOWIE star Gemma has a surprising background on the rink, having played ice hockey in her youth.
As well as Towie and her boutique business, she is a fixture on the reality TV circuit having appeared in I’m A Celeb, Celebrity BB and Celebrity Masterchef.
She says: “I don’t know how they’re going to lift me up and how fast I can move, but I really want to give it a go!
“Knowing me I’ll break my leg, arms and back... I hope I do it in style!” THE Loose Women panellist and
Sunday Mirror columnist was runner-up in the first series of The Apprentice, in 2005.
She was in Celebrity BB in 2016 and appeared with her son Zac on Big Star’s Little Star, winning £14,000 for charity.
Saira has also taken part in a celebrity edition of The Chase.
She says: “I can talk my way out of any situation.
“But I cannot blag my way out of ice skating – this is on a blade!” FORMER England cricketer Ryan is mates with Strictly star Graeme Swann, so perhaps he’ll have picked up some dancing tips.
The bowler was known to cricket fans by his lockerroom nickname “Sexual Chocolate”.
He played for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire – alongside pal Swann.
Ryan says of the show: “Being a sportsman, I love a challenge. I jumped for joy when told I was going to be on Dancing
On Ice.” PRO dancer reached the Strictly finals twice – in 2010 when he and Dr Pamela Stephenson came third and in 2012, when he was a runner-up with Denise Van Outen.
James, wed to fellow dancer Ola, has done Celebrity BB twice, Total Wipeout and Pointless. He says: “I can sell a performance… as long as I’m upright!
“On Strictly I was always teaching someone my skill and I want a professional to teach me their skill.” BEST known for her role as Frenchie in 1978 film Grease, Didi is the oldest contestant this year.
A veteran of films and American TV, this is her first foray into reality TV.
She says: “Boy oh boy, I’m going from being a Pink Lady to Queen of the Ice.
“The little girl in me thinks ‘wow’ and the 67-year -old in me says, ‘No, don’t try that.’
“It’s a challenge to focus on being the best that I can be. That’s why I signed up for it.” PLAYED Vincent Hubbard in TV soap EastEnders, but left after three years in the role.
He is also a TV host, comedian and rapper who had three top 40 singles in the early 2000s.
Richard says: “I grew up in Sweden, so I used to skate out there. I can skate, but I normally dance on dry land.
“So dancing and skating are two different things, which I’ve got to combine.
“It’s showing myself that age is nothing but a number.”