As if we didn’t have enough reality TV with X factor, Strictly Come Dancing and I’m a Celebrity bombarding our screens this weekend, a hot new line-up has been revealed for the 2009 series of Dancing On Ice, due to air in January.

Bookies Paddy Power have already made former Liberty X stunner Jessica Taylor their 4/1 favourite to win the show. Other celebrities tipped for success on the ice include former X Factor winner Ray Quinn at 5/1, yummy mummy Melinda Messenger at 6/1, Eastenders star Todd Carty at 7/1, and Richard and Judy’s daughter Chloe Madeley at 12/1.

While the celeb’s will be busy getting their practice skates on between now and January, Dancing On Ice fans will be treated to a special Christmas edition of the hugely popular show.  

Skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will be pitted against each other, as they train two teams of Dancing On Ice stars. It will be boys versus girls as Torvill’s team, made up of actresses Claire Buckfield, Suzanne Shaw and Zaraah Abrahams, go head-to-head with Dean’s team, made up of former male contestants Chris Fountain, Duncan James and Kyran Bracken.

Paddy Power are betting Dean’s team will prove to be the ultimate dream team and are offering odds of just 1/2 that the boys will be crowned Christmas skating champions.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “It’s reality TV overload at the moment but that’s always the way the closer we get to Christmas. The Dancing On Ice line-up has something for everyone – totty for the girls and totty for the boys but it’s the likes of Irish Loose Woman Coleen Nolan that will prove popular with the viewers!”

Dancing On Ice – Christmas Special & January 2009 Line-up

Who will win the Dancing On Ice Christmas Special?
1/2     Team Dean
6/4     Team Torvill

Dancing On Ice Winner
  4/1   Jessica Taylor
  5/1   Ray Quinn
  6/1   Roxanne Pallett
  6/1   Melinda Messenger
  7/1   Gemma Bissix
  7/1   Todd Carty
  8/1   Zoe Salmon
  8/1   Graeme Le Saux
10/1    Michael Underwood
10/1    Jeremy Edwards
12/1    Chloe Madeley
16/1    Ellery Hanley
18/1    Dan Hipgrave
25/1    Coleen Nolan

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