Dancing On Ice’s Holly Willoughby leaves fans gobsmacked with ‘gorgeous’ appearance

Fans have complimented host Holly Willoughby over her outfit for this weekend’s Dancing On Ice final.

The latest series of the ITV show, which launched back in January, concludes tonight and could be the last show, ever. One celebrity and their ice skating partner will be crowned this year’s winners in the episode, which will be fronted once again by long-running host Holly, 44, and her colleague Stephen Mulhern, 47.

The episode will see football pundit Anton Ferdinand, TV presenter Michaela Strachan and Coronation Street actor Sam Aston – who are the three finalists – compete to be named the winner of DOI. The trio are set to take to the ice for the final performances alongside their respective skating partners Annette Dytrt, Mark Hanretty and Molly Lanaghan.

Ahead of the final, Holly has showcased her outfit for the special occasion in a post on Instagram this evening. She is known for unveiling her chosen looks on the platform, with her regularly sharing her DOI dresses on there first. Previous weeks have seen the former This Morning presenter model a sparkling golden dress, for example, whilst on another occasion she dressed as Glinda from Wicked in a pink gown.

Holly’s opted for a glittering gown for her finale look this year. She shared a photo with her followers an hour ahead of the episode. It shows her posing in the layered dress, which features silver sparkles on its bodice that disappear further down to reveal the white gown beneath the embellishments.

Fans shared their thoughts in the comments section. One person wrote: “You look STUNNING in that dress”. Another fan said: “Gorgeous dress Holly”. A third reacted: “So pretty”. Someone else commented: “You look gorgeous”. Whilst another follower told her: “Wow, stunning dress”.

Alongside the photo, she wrote: “Tonight it’s the @dancingonice FINAL! Our incredible celebrities @strachan. michaela @anton_ferdinand5 and @samaston93 are skating for your votes and to be our Dancing on Champion… they are all champions to me! See you on @itv at 6: 30pm #hwstyle. Dress by @idancohenofficial jewellery by @boodles shoes by @stuartweitzman”.

Last weekend’s semi-final saw the Only Way Is Essex cast member Dan Edgar and his partner Vanessa James voted out of the competition. The pair, who had been bottom of the leaderboard, lost a skate-off to Anton and Annette. It meant that Dan has placed fourth in the competition.

Previous weeks on the new series have seen the likes of EastEnders star Charlie Brooks, the Traitors finalist Mollie Pearce and Love Island’s Chris Taylor voted off the show. This year’s line-up had also featured actor Chelsee Healey, comedian Josh Jones, reality TV star Ferne McCann and retired rower Steve Redgrave. Whilst Paralympic cyclist Sarah Storey had dropped out just weeks before the series ‘ launch, with her sharing that she had fractured her ankle.

There’s speculation that tonight’s DOI episode could be its last. Over the past two years, the ITV show has lost more than one million viewers, with the 2023 launch episode being watched by 4.1 million people. However, this series has not made it over 3 million, 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 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”.

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Source: Mirror