Dancing On Ice couples announced as Ekin-Su paired with hunk

2022-11-02

Dancing on Ice has unveiled two celebrity pairings as rehearsals for next year’s show have kicked off.

Joey Essex, 32, who was recently snapped kissing Maura Higgins, will take to the Ice with former champ Vanessa Bauer.

Elsewhere on the rink, Love Island 2022 winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, 28, has been paired up with professional ice skating hunk Brendyn Hatfield who will appear on the show for the third time.

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Taking to Instagram to reveal the announcement to his followers, the Only Way Is Essex icon and skating queen Vanessa cosied up as they shared the great news.

They penned: “Ice to meet you!” as the reality star posed next to the 26-year-old ice skater, who won the ITV show in 2018 with X Factor star Jake Quickenden.

Following the announcement, the new skating duo were flooded with comments about their pairing, with former winner Jake writing beneath their post: “Could have called it. Go get them trophies!”

While former TOWIE star and Joey’s mate, James Bennewith (Diags), cheekily penned: “Corr don’t you two look Ice together.”

Vanessa has seen three of her former male celebrity skating partners experience splits after hitting the rink with her.

X Factor's Jake, Love Island’s Wes Nelson and Emmerdale’s Joe-Warren Plant all experienced relationship woes during their stints'.

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Beauty Ekin-Su also took to Instagram to unveil her new partner, with the Turkish actress and reigning Love Island champ sharing the news on her story.

In a clip with muscled-out Brendyn, the gleaming pair looked overjoyed as they anointed themselves the “dream team”.

In a video talking about her upcoming skating stint, the TV star said: “I can’t wait to get myself on the ice and skate. Stay tuned, and see you on the ice.”

Meanwhile, ice skating pro Matt Evers is returning and will glide onto the rink with ex-EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer, The Sun reports.

With 11 celebrities in total, other celebrities taking part in this year’s series includes The Wanted band member Siva Kaneswaran, former popstar Michelle Heaton and Football legend John Fashanu.

Dancing On Ice returns to ITV in January 2023.

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