Dancing On Ice 2025 judging panel confirmed after Stephen Mulhern's shock collapse that saw him rushed to hospital

12/02/2024 05:39 AM

THE presenters and the judging panel have been confirmed for the 2025 series of Dancing On Ice.

This comes after we previously revealed that Stephen Mulhern was rushed to hospital after dramatically collapsing at a Pizza Express.

Stephen, 47, was previously taken to see doctors after he had been drinking with a meal at the Italian restaurant.

He was believed to have reacted to an anaesthetic he had for an operation her underwent earlier in the day.

This was before he was replaced by Sally Lindsay on The Big Soap Quiz following the death of his father Christopher.

But despite numerous setbacks, the telly favourite will return to screens in January to front the next series of Dancing On Ice.

He will make a comeback to the airwaves of ITV1 alongside his longtime colleague and pal, Holly Willoughby, 43.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are set to return to the hit ITV series as head judges.

The Olympic gold medal winning duo will sit one again alomgside Diversity’s Ashley Banjo.

Oti Mabuse, will also return as the fourth panellist after her successful stint in the I’m A Celebrity jungle.

She will swap the cold and damp conditions for a place behind the desk by the infamous primtime rink.

Twelve star names will take to the ice next year as they attempt to master the art of ice-dancing.

Every week they will attempt to impress the judges and the viewing public with dazzling routines with their professional partners.

The lineup includes TV presenter Michaela Strachan, Traitors star Mollie Pearce ad Dan Edgar from The Only Way Is Essex.

Footballer Anton Ferdinand, Corrie’s Sam Aston and Love Island personality Chris Taylor will also get their skates on.

In March 2022, The Sun on Sunday previously revealed he had been taken to hospital with an unknown condition.

Then in April, he missed an episode of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway due to a mystery illness, as Jordan North was brought in to cover the segment.

After his recent collapse an insider told us Stephen suffered a bad reaction to some local anaesthetic.

The source said: “He's also been battling several well-documented health problems, and on Wednesday morning had a procedure requiring a local anaesthetic.

"He took himself off for a quiet, solo dinner that evening, had a few drinks and just reacted incredibly badly.”

It's thought the star was 'mortified' by the incident and he later called his mother Maureen to assure her that he was OK.

Dancing On Ice will return to ITV1 and ITVX in January 2025.