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A DANCING On Ice pro skater has broken their silence on the show's major format shakeup ahead of the new series.

Earlier this week The Sun revealed how ITV bosses have given the dreaded skate off an overhaul for 2025.

A male ice skater on a rink, performing a skating move.
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Colin Grafton has broken his silence on Dancing On Ice's format shakeup for 2025Credit: Rex
Colin Grafton at the Dancing on Ice photocall.
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The professional skater has said it's "great" they will no longer have to learn a new routine solely for the skate offsCredit: Splash

The bottom two couples who find themselves skating for survival will no longer have to perform an entirely new routine.

Just like their rival Strictly, the stars will now perform an old routine in a bid to impress the judges.

Professional skater Colin Grafton has told The Sun the change is "great" and means there's more time to focus on getting their main routine perfect.

He said: "You know what, I think it's great.

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"So what will happen is, if you are in the bottom two and you have to do a skate off, then you have a chance to then redo your routine that you did on the night, which is awesome.

"It's not a whole brand new second number, because sometimes that can be quite a lot to learn a new number each week plus have another skate off routine."

Colin - who is paired with The Traitors star Mollie Pearce - added: "I think this is actually a really good change and we can work on making that routine like the best, the best it can be."

Since Graziano Di Prima was axed from Strictly Come Dancing over claims he kicked Zara McDermott during training, there has been a renewed focus on duty of care for performers.

ITV has installed a 24-hour hotline so its DOI cast can speak out “without fear of abuse”.

Colin also opened up on how the dancers tend to calm their nerves before skating.

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In a behind-the-scenes insight, the pro dancer revealed: "We have this hallway where all of the pros and celebs have dressing rooms and everything, and you know, we have a darts room where people are playing darts to pass the nerves.

"We have music playing all the time and there's hair and makeup and people are running around.

"It's a full show back there, and I think that that would actually be really entertaining for someone at home to see, like the behind the scenes of it all."

Insiders said officials on the Sunday night ITV hit had sent its 12 celebrities a six-page letter warning that the show could leave them “physically and mentally drained”.

Dancing On Ice 2025 full line-up revealed

EastEnders legend Charlie Brooks

Traitors finalist Mollie Pearce

Coronation Street favourite Sam Aston

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave

Towie's Ferne McCann

Comedian Josh Jones

Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan

Towie's Dan Edgar

Love Island's Chris Taylor

Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey

Ex-Footballer Anton Ferdinand

Paralympian Dame Sarah Story

Dancing On Ice returns to ITV1 this January with Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern once again at the helm.

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