Dancing On Ice fans complain about same thing within minutes of series starting

The highly-anticipated 2022 series of Dancing on Ice has kicked off tonight (Sunday, January 16), and audience excitement is palpable.

Twelve new celebrities have donned their skates for the “greatest show on ice,” hosted by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

Among the famous faces competing in the ITV hit are Coronation Street legend Sally Dynevor, Happy Monday’s dancer Bez, Paralympian Stef Reid, and Love Island’s Liberty Poole.

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Also completing the line-up are rugby star Ben Foden, Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, Paul Gascoigne’s son, dancer Regan Gascoigne, pop star Rachel Stevens, professional dancer Brendan Cole, presenter Ria Hebden, BMX Olympic silver medallist Kye Whyte and The Vamps’ Connor Ball.

And they aren’t be the only fresh faces on the show this year, as Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse has joined Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean on the judging panel, replacing John Barrowman.

If you’re super hot on your celebrity knowledge, you might be well-versed enough to recognise a fair few of these faces.

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But lots of viewers at home barely recognised any of the show’s 2022 line up – and they were pointing it out within minutes of the episode starting at 6pm.

One baffled viewer wrote on Twitter: ” @dancingonice oh geez only know about 4 people.”

And they weren’t alone, with others quickly chipping in to announce on the platform that they, too, didn’t have a clue who most of the celebs were.

“I only recognise 2 celebrities!!!” moaned someone else.

“When you only recognise about 3 ‘celebrities’ on #DancingOnIce,” complained one person, with an unimpressed GIF.

” @ITV#dancingonice celebrities who the hell are they. I recognise sally from Corrie. The off button will be pressed,” threatened another disappointed viewer.

“#DancingOnIce I only know Sally, Bez and Kimberley,” lamented one disappointed viewer, adding: “Who the hell are the others!”

“It’s a bit of a worry when the only “celeb” you recognise on #DancingOnIce is #Bez lol!!” someone agreed, while another person decided: “nah, not for me this year.”

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