Former Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown and rugby player Max Evans have been confirmed as the next hopefuls ready to lace up their skates for the upcoming reboot of Dancing On Ice.

The former rugby star was confirmed on the show’s Instagram account: ‘Tackling #DancingOnIce, it’s rugby star @maxevans13! See you in 2018.’

Candice was confirmed minutes later on Twitter with a classic Bake Off joke: Hopefully there won’t be too many soggy bottoms for @CandiceBrown on #DancingOnIce!’

Hopefully there won't be too many soggy bottoms for @CandiceBrown on #DancingOnIce! ? pic.twitter.com/QWc2MeSxo6 — Dancing On Ice (@dancingonice) November 1, 2017

Candice said: ‘It’s nerve wracking. I start my training today. I take my first steps on the ice later on. My friends call me Bambi on Ice and that’s just normal day to day!’




Max, who has played for Scotland, added: ‘I haven’t done any skating since I was a kid, and this is completely different having to skate on live television. I’ve had two training sessions which have hurt my feet a lot. We’ve all had a dance, which is familiar territory, but skating is so not…’

Kem was confirmed on Instagram (Picture: ITV)

They join Kem Cetinay, of Love Island fame, Corrie actress Brooke Vincent and former Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker in the new series.

And despite being described as ‘Bambi on ice‘ by a friend, this dream has been a long time in the making it seems, as Kem actually tweeted four years ago his love of the ice skating competition.

Jason Gardinar will return to ITV’s Dancing On Ice (Picture: ITV)

Dancing On Ice will be making a comeback at the start of 2018. The ITV show was dropped in 2014 after nine series due to poor viewing figures, but it’s now set to return with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby back as hosts and resident ‘Mr Nasty’ Jason Gardiner returning to the judging panel.

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