Dancing on Ice 2022 line-up: Celebrities and their professional dance partners

Ben is also part of week two's lineup, and the rugby star said his favourite memory of the show as a viewer was "watching Todd Carty losing it and disappearing down the tunnel – I remember watching it and just thinking, 'that is quality TV'. The way he came back and just did jazz hands!"

Ben added that he's ready to "attempt the impossible" on the show, saying: "I won't be happy just skating round the ice and doing the easy moves. I think people are going to expect me to do a lot more than that, and I expect it of myself as well."

Happy Mondays dancer Bez will be making his ice debut in week one, and is managing expectations already by saying "honestly, I'm so bad on the ice" and describing his status pre-training as "like Bambi on ice rather than skating on ice". He's excited to meet new people and take on the challenge – although worries about injury a little as he says he's "quite accident prone".

Bez had the chance to catch up with past Dancing on Ice champions Joe Swash and Kem Cetinay to chat about the show while they were on Celebrity MasterChef together. He said that his fiancée finds it "hilarious" that he's taking part, but added that she thinks he's "really lucky" to be able to learn a new skill on TV. "The thing I'm looking forward to is going to a rink at Christmas and rocking up, banging my own boots on and showing everyone what I can do!" he added.

Dancer Regan will make his first appearance on the ice in week two as well, and said he's been watching the show since he was a child and respects "everyone who has done it".

He's also excited about forging a creative partnership and learning new skating skills from pro partner Karina, adding: "It will be so different to dance and I really want to learn it and respect it and hopefully try and own it. I just want to commit to the whole process." Regan is also open to constructive criticism from the panel to "take it, learn from it and improve" during the series.

You'll be able to see Olympian Kye on the ice for the first time in week one's show. The BMX star has tried out rollerblading before, but had only skated twice prior to signing up for the show. Kye is excited to "put BMX, as a sport, on a higher, more well-known level" through Dancing on Ice.

Kye also shared his mum's initial reaction to the news he'd be taking part in the show, saying she "had a smile on her face [and] she laughed when I told her". He added that he's already feeling "super competitive" about the show and "super excited to learn" new skills having never actually trained professionally for another sport away from BMX.

Liberty Poole returns to ITV screens following her time on Love Island, and you'll get to see her skate for the first time on week two's show. She's skated before as a hobby and her mum used to be a figure skater, so ice-skating for fun is a pasttime they've enjoyed together (Liberty added that she thinks her mum would be "moved to tears" if she gets the opportunity to meet Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.)

Liberty added that she's looking forward to working with a professional partner so that she can improve her existing skills, including, she hopes "doing pirouettes and ice skating backwards". She added: "I'm looking forward to taking my skills from just being able to skate fast and forward to actually doing maneuvers. I'm definitely up for trying anything."

Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly will compete for the first time in week one. She was encouraged to take part in the show partly as a result of her love of gymnastics and figure skating, growing up watching the likes of Oksana Baiul ("who I was just enthralled with"), Scott Hamilton and Nancy Kerrigan.

Kimberly added that she's most looking forward to "telling a story on ice" and getting "stuck into the music and the drama of the performance... I love moving people through what I do. I hope that I'm able to get past the tough stuff so I can live in that moment and share that with my three children and my husband."

Rachel is going to be part of week two's lineup, and said she really got into skating briefly as a child although "didn't stick with it". While she said her return to the ice was "wobbly", she also found the experience "lovely and super relaxing and calm".

While Rachel is excited to learn all of the routines, she added she's scared about the prospect of the headbanger as she's not keen on "things that are upside down", adding it "fills me with fear". However, she's definitely enthusiastic about the challenge, saying: "All I know is, I want to go for it and have fun. That's the thing. I've always been quite a perfectionist but with this I really want to go for it. It's about having a laugh and having fun learning a new skill along the way."

TV presenter Ria will be part of week one's lineup, and says she's up for "an exciting challenge where I'm hoping to go on a journey and learn more about myself". However, while she said she's up for trying "most things" on the show, Ria is a little apprehensive about the headbanger, joking: "I like my head on my neck! Everything else – I'm up for it."

She's been grilling Alex Beresford about his time on Dancing on Ice, saying: "He genuinely said it was one of the best experiences he ever had, he said everyone was lovely and he had a brilliant time. That reassured me that there's nothing to worry about, it's going to be a really positive experience and it's going to be fun."

Coronation Street icon Sally will be making her Dancing on Ice debut in week one, and she'll be keeping up her commitments to the soap while she takes part in the show. She's been chatting to Brooke Vincent, her on-screen daughter Sophie, about the show, as well as Samia Longchambon, whose husband Sylvain was previously part of the show's pro lineup. "They said that I would absolutely love it but to be prepared to work really hard."

Sally had never skated before the show bar taking one of her daughters to try it out ("I was holding onto the side as much as she was," she recalled). She is excited for people to see her out of character, adding: "I’m quite private and I'm not very good at putting my head above the parapet, so this for me is massive. That scares me a little bit because I'm very used to hiding behind a character and just being part of Coronation Street but it will be nice for people to see me as me and not as my character."

Former Strictly Come Dancing pro (and series 1 champion) Brendan will make his first appearance on the Dancing on Ice rink in week one. "The people that know my from my old job, if you like, will have high expectations because I'm a dancer and it is dancing on ice," he noted. "I'm apprehensive that I might not be as good as people think but at the same time, I'm quite positive that I'll be able to do it!"

Brendan said that he's excited to learn and "take every ounce of information and hopefully put it to use" and "inspire the teacher", based on his own experiences of coaching dance partners. He's also open to criticism "from a position of authority", adding: "I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to performing on ice so anything that comes my way I'd like to think I'll take it on board."