Who is presenting Dancing On Ice 2024?

Dancing On Ice is back for a new series on ITV this weekend, with a new batch of famous faces preparing to strap on their skates.

Long-time presenter Holly Willoughby will be joined by a new co-host following Phillip Schofield's exit from the celebrity skating contest last year.

Read more: The Dancing on Ice 2024 line-up in full

Here's everything you need to know about Schofield's replacement.

Who is hosting Dancing on Ice 2024?

Holly Willoughby will return to host Dancing On Ice 2024, after she sensationally quit hosting This Morning in October last year. Willoughby announced she was stepping down from the ITV daytime show after 14 years, following an alleged kidnap plot against her.

She was already absent from screens after taking time off to be with her family, and there was much speculation as to whether she would also step away from Dancing On Ice.

But Willoughby's return was confirmed in a glamorous photoshoot with new co-host Stephen Mulhern in a stand-out bright red, floor-length gown, from British designer Vivienne Westwood, said to be worth £3,200.

Mulhern has replaced Phillip Schofield on the show. Schofield had presented every season since Dancing on Ice debuted in 2006, but quit ITV in May 2023 after details of his relationship with a much younger colleague emerged.

When Schofield announced his departure from This Morning, he confirmed he would next appear on ITV hosting The British Soap Awards in June 2023. However, that appearance was promptly cancelled and he hasn't been seen in front of a microphone for quite some time.

Willoughby and Mulhern previously worked together on the CITV show Ministry of Mayhem, which was on screens between 2004 and 2006.

Meanwhile, Willoughby's former This Morning co-star Josie Gibson will make her Dancing on Ice debut presenting the show's cash prize competition segment.

Has anyone else hosted Dancing On Ice?

When Schofield tested positive for COVID-19 in February 2022 he was absent from hosting one episode of Dancing On Ice.

Willoughby, 42, was joined by her old CITV colleague Mulhern, who stood in to replace Schofield on the live show. But when Willoughby contracted coronavirus a month later, Schofield hosted the semi-final of Dancing On Ice 2022 alone.

Willoughby and Mulhern co-presented Stephen and Holly's Saturday Showdown on Saturday mornings on ITV from 2004 to 2006. Mulhern, 46, is well known to ITV viewers for hosting gameshows including Catchphrase, In For A Penny and Deal Or No Deal.

Willoughby took time away from Dancing On Ice for three years between 2012 and 2014 and was replaced with Christine Bleakley. The show then took a hiatus before it was revived with Willoughby and Schofield back together as the faces of the series in 2018.

John Barrowman was axed from the judging panel of the show in 2021 following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him. He was replaced by Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse.