Ice skating is a very popular activity. Since of this, it is frequently present in the media, not just on sport centred media but also reality television, documentaries and films. Blades of Glory is one such example of ice skating featured in films, exactly where rivals find out to skate together in a comedic theme. A Documentary on Torvil and Dean was also aired some years ago documenting the duos life with skating, who also aid with the Tv plan Dancing on Ice.

Dancing on ice is a well-liked tv show in which Celebrities which have not previously skated ahead of understand how to figure skate with a professional Ice skater. This idea is employed in eight different nations, and in England it is presented by Christine Bleakley and Phillip Schofield, despite the fact that Holly Willoughby employed to co present. The judges for the new series consist of Robin Cousins as the Head Judge, Katarina Witt and Louie Spence. Every have their own specialities and thus judge the couples accordingly, i.e. Choreography, Free of charge Skating and Figure Skating.

There are nonetheless rules to the competitors, every single couple ought to execute a dance every single week, the judges will watch and score them amongst zero and ten. In earlier series, the judges were more lenient in the starting of the series. This, however, was stopped with the judge giving really indicative scores so that the public could be able to judge accordingly and watch the contestants create more than the series. Every single couple need to also carry out particular moves every week which differ from week to week. For instance assisted and unassisted jumps, prop usage, shad steps, cross rolls and adjust of skate to name but a handful of. The most adventurous move to date is the Head Banger in which only a single male celebrity has performed in the history of the show in England.

There are over 250 individuals working on the English version of the show with Physiotherapists and Paramedics on hand in case any of the moves go wrong. There are also costume designers present and given that 2006 around 1000 costumes have been made. Around 5500 to 6000 crystals are utilised on every dress with gold being the most pricey colour. There also need to be individuals present to retain and paint the ice. A specific paint is utilized which comes from Canada which I painted on when the ice is around 4cm and a spray is utilised to paint the ice white.