OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Arlene Phillips is set to be a special guest judge on ‘Dancing on Ice’ later this month.
The 78-year-old star has recently been linked with the ITV skating show, and it’s now expected she will make a one-off appearance on the programme’s panel, 14 years after she was axed as a judge on BBC show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
A TV insider told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “ITV have been keen to get Arlene on board and have been talking to her for months about her guest slot on the show.
“She has decades of dance experience under her belt which producers wanted to draw on and enhance the panel even further.
“Plus, audiences will be thrilled to see her back judging on primetime TV, just as she once was on ‘Strictly’.”
Last month, Arlene admitted she wasn’t upset after ‘Strictly’ pro Oti Mabuse landed a spot on the ‘Dancing on Ice’ panel.
She said: “I love Oti [Mabuse], I can’t wait to see her. I’m actually working with Oti, she’s choreographing the Cher show which I’m directing, she’s great and she’s wonderful.”
In October, it was rumoured that Arlene was set to join the ice skating show’s judging panel.
A source said at the time: “The fact that Arlene is a mature woman with decades of experience in the dance world is seen as a huge asset for ‘Dancing on Ice’.
“In contrast to what people see as her harsh treatment by ‘Strictly’, ITV bosses see her seniority as a brilliant way to create a diverse panel of experts on the show.
“It means the ‘DOI’ judges are now made of two men and two women spanning an extensive age range.”
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