Ice Ice Baby: Emma Bunton is new Dancing On Ice judge

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Emma Bunton is to spice up Dancing on Ice. The former Spice Girl, 33, will join the judging panel on the ITV1 celebrity ice-skating show in the New Year.

Spicing things up: Emma Bunton

She replaces Ruthie Henshall, who was criticised for making lacklustre comments and left last summer.

The singer and mother-of-one is the only judge on the panel who has no ice-skating experience.

But she said: "I'm there for the performance, the connection with the audience, the choreography.

"I have been performing for a long time now. I just know what I want to see in a performance. That's going to be a big part of it for me. I can skate a little", she told This Morning.

Bunton will join fellow judges Robin Cousins, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber and Nicky Slater on the programme, which features Torvill and Dean.
She appeared on the X Factor last year to assist Dannii Minogue whittle down the over-25s and came third in Strictly Come Dancing in 2006.

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