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- Former Strictly professional touted as 3/1 favourite by bookmakers
- Liberty Poole has grown her Instagram following from 13k before Love Island to 1.5million prior to the show
- Son of Paul Gascoigne and Pro-dancer Regan is 5/1 to be a star on the ice by betting sites.
- Sally from Coronation St. is the eldest contestant this season and is a 33/1 outsider
Dancing on Ice returns to our screens with a start date of 17th January - that's next Sunday on ITV with Phillip Schoefield and Holly Willoughby at the helm for an 11th series.
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole is part of the contestant line up, along with Liberty Poole from the Latest Love Island, Rachael Stevens from S Club 7, and in what will be fascinating TV for a week or two, Bez from the Happy Mondays.
As always there is betting on Dancing on Ice available, and right from the start betting sites have gone with the dancing experience of Brendan Cole and his Strictly Come Dancing past to place him as favourite to win before a blade has touched the ice.
Dancing on Ice Betting Odds
| Dancer | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Brendan Cole | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Liberty Poole | 5/1 | 16.67% |
| Regan Gascoigne | 6/1 | 14.29% |
| Kimberly Wyatt | 7/1 | 12.50% |
| Rachel Stevens | 8/1 | 11.11% |
| Kye Whyte | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Connor Ball | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Ben Foden | 11/1 | 8.33% |
| Stef Reid | 14/1 | 6.67% |
| Ria Hebden | 25/1 | 3.85% |
| Sally Dynevor | 33/1 | 2.94% |
| Bez | 40/1 | 2.44% |
Dancing on Ice 2022 Contestants and vital info
Make no mistake in the age of social media stars, having a good following on platforms like Instagram can help a contest in publicly voted show like Dancing on Ice.
We have seen this in full effect with Bill Bailey winning Strictly at 80/1 a couple of years ago and Giovanna Fletcher, winning I'm a Celebrity get me Out of Here, with a combined audience of 10m social followers between herself and husband, McFly's Tom Fletcher.
Leading the stake of social followers in this series, is none other than Love Island star Liberty Poole, who before appearing on Love Island has 13,000 fans on Instagram, but has now amassed 1.5 million!
So let's take a look at who is leading the popularity stakes, what we know them for, their age, hometown, ice dancing partners and Instagram popularity
| Celebrity | Known For | Age | Hometown | Partner | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Poole | Love Island | 21 | Birmingham | Joe Johnson | 1,500,000 |
| Connor Ball | The Vamps | 25 | Aberdeen | Alexanrda Schauman
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821,000
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| Rachel Stevens | S Club 7 | 43 | London | Brendyn Hatfield | 259,000 |
| Kimberly Wyatt | Pussycat Dolls | 39 | Warrensburg MO USA | Mark Hanretty | 179,000 |
| Ben Foden | Rugby | 36 | Chester | Robin Johnstone | 104,000 |
| Sally Dynevor | Coronation Street | 58 | Middleton | Matt Evers | 96,000 |
| Brendan Cole | Strictly | 45 | New Zealand | Vannessa Bauer | 88,400 |
| Bez | Happy Mondays | 57 | Bolton | Angela Egan | 69,100 |
| Kye Whyte | BMX Rider | 22 | London | Tippy Packard | 42,900 |
| Ria Hebden | TV Presenter | 39 | London | Lukasz Rozycki | 8,747 |
| Regan Gascoigne | Dancer | 25 | Welwyn Garden City | Karina Manta | 8,508 |
| Stef Reid | Paralympian | 37 | New Zeland | Andy Buchanan | 6,089 |
