Ricky Hatton and his professional partner Robin Johnstone face the first skating competition in Dancing On Ice next week.
The former world champion boxer, 45, was awarded 12.5 points by judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse, leaving them bottom of the leaderboard.
Ricky, dressed in a boxing outfit, wore knee pads as he referenced boxing moves on the ice and did push-ups to Bill Conti’s Rocky movie theme Gonna Fly Now with his skating partner Robin.
Judge Ashley described his performance as ‘iconic’ and added that he should be proud of the crowd’s reaction.
Before hitting the ice, Ricky received a special message from fellow boxer Tyson Fury, wishing him the best of luck on the show.
Ricky Hatton, 45, and his professional partner Robin Johnstone face the first skating competition in Dancing On Ice next week
The former world champion boxer received 12.5 points from judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse, leaving them bottom of the leaderboard.
Holly Willoughby, 42, made her big return to TV alongside Stephen Mulhern, 46, who made his Dancing On Ice hosting debut as her new co-host.
The first live show was opened by Greg Rutherford and his professional partner Vanessa James, who scored 24.5 out of 40 for their routine Don’t stop me now.
Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi was lifted into a helicopter flight as she entered the ice rink for the first time.
Judge Oti praised her for a ‘beautiful sultry performance’ on You Don’t Own Me by Say Grace with French ice dancer Sylvain Longchambon.
However, Mabuse said Shahidi should put her shoulders down to make her movements look better.
The audience booed like Shahidi and received a total of 20 out of 40 points from the jury.
Amber Davies was next on ice and revealed her goal is to do better than her ex-boyfriend Kem Cetinay.
Ricky, dressed in a boxing outfit, wore knee pads as he referenced boxing moves on the ice and did push-ups to Rocky movie theme song Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti with his skating partner Robin
Judge Ashley described his performance as ‘iconic’ and added that he should be proud of the crowd’s reaction
Holly Willoughby, 42, made her big return to TV alongside Stephen Mulhern, 46, who made his Dancing On Ice hosting debut as her new co-host
Judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse returned to the ice panel for another year
Love Island star and pro skater Simon Proulx Sénécal achieved an impressive score of 25 after his performance on Kylie Minogue’s Hold On To Now.
Despite a nasty fall during training, she managed to impress the judges with her debut performance.
Jayne said: ‘I loved all the beautiful positions, I think this is the best spiral I’ve seen on the ice in a long time.’
Hannah Spearritt took to the ice with her professional partner Andy Buchanan and performed to Ariane Grande’s Break Free.
The former S Club 7 star received a total of 19.5 out of a total of 40 points from the jury.
Judge Jaye Torvill said: ‘Well done for doing such difficult lifts.’
She added: “We need to see more of basic skating. Things are getting better, but you could do more.’
Former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas closed the show, taking first place on the leaderboard with 26.5.
Oti told the actor, “Ryan Thomas, I didn’t expect that. That was absolutely brilliant.’
After the performance he said, “You just have to focus on getting the job, but we’re really made up.”
Holly returned to TV after retreating from the spotlight following the kidnapping.
And at the beginning of the show she said, “We’re off!” before asking fans to give her new co-host a warm welcome.
The first live show was opened by Greg Rutherford and his professional partner Vanessa James, who scored 24.5 out of 40 for their routine Don’t stop me now
Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi was lifted into a helicopter flight as she entered the ice rink for the first time
Stephen takes Phillip Schofield’s place on Dancing On Ice after co-hosting the show with Holly before being sacked by ITV
She added: ‘And can we also extend a warm welcome to Stephen Mulhern!’
Stephen replaces Phillip Schofield, who has co-hosted the show with Holly since 2006.
The pair then announced an upset for the DOI vote as fans delivered their verdict.
Both presenters told viewers this year that they have abolished telephone voting, meaning to save your favorite you have to vote online.
Other celebrities joining the series this year include Claire Sweeney, Miles Nazaire, Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, Lou Sanders, Ricky Norwood and Adele Roberts – all of whom will appear next week.
It comes after Dancing On Ice 2023 came to a stunning close in March last year as the final three celebrities laced up their skates for one last hurray.
Nile Wilson and his partner Olivia Smart (pictured above, center) ultimately took home the win, after beating Joey Essex and Vanessa Bauer and The Vivienne and Colin Grafton.
Dancing on Ice is on Sunday evenings at 6.30pm on ITV1.