Dancing On Ice winner ‘revealed’ minutes into final as viewers convinced
Viewers think they already know the winner of Dancing On Ice 2025, minutes into the live final.
Competing for the trophy were former footballer Anton Ferdinand, Coronation Street actor Sam Aston and wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan. Before the show even kicked off, fans were sure they knew who would win after weeks of top performances.
It’s TV favourite Michaela who fans are sure will claim the top prize by the end of the night. Taking to X, fans shared their thoughts as hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern kicked off live proceedings.
One viewer predicted: “Rooting for Michaela though all the way,” as another said: “Michaela and Mark for the win.” A third viewer posted: “Michaela is winning,” as a fourth fan posted: “Michaela needs to win.”
It comes after channel insiders suggested to The Mirror that the Sunday night series, presented by Holly and Stephen, is likely to be dropped for next year after sinking to its lowest ever ratings – a far cry from its heyday when 12 million tuned in. Last year, the show scored its smallest live audience of all time when 2.9 million tuned in to one episode, a drop of 700,000 on the 3.6 million who’d watched the opener a few weeks earlier.
This year, the show could only manage 2.9 million for the launch, and by the fifth episode another half a million viewers had melted away, leaving just 2.4 million.
It means that over the past two years Dancing on Ice has lost more than a million viewers, with the 2023 launch watched by 4.1million but this series never making it above 3million, according to official overnight ratings from BARB.
Channel chiefs believe the only way to justify the huge costs involved in making Dancing on Ice going forward is by attracting a blockbuster audience, which just isn’t happening. One source said: “There are very real fears this is the end of the road for Dancing on Ice. It’s had a good run for nearly 20 years and has a very loyal set of viewers who really love it but the sad truth is there’s just not enough of them. We need bums on seats but the ratings have dropped to a point where it’s difficult to justify the cost.”
An ITV spokeswoman told The Mirror: “The Dancing on Ice team is fully concentrating on the much anticipated series finale this coming Sunday and therefore no decision has been made.” She said that when catch-up viewing was included, the series had averaged 3million viewers across the current run, thanks in part to 3.6m streams on ITVX.
Finalist and Coronation Street actor Sam addressed the rumours before the final. “It would be a massive shame but obviously the show has been going on for a long time. There’s nothing else like it,” he said. “If it is the end, what a privilege to have been part of the final series. But I don’t personally see it going anywhere.”
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