Holly Willoughby is ‘overhauling her demure Queen of daytime TV picture’
Holly Willoughby is ‘overhauling her demure Queen of daytime TV picture’ and will quickly entrance her personal present as a solo star, it has been claimed.
The presenter, 42, returned to Dancing On Ice on Sunday evening after taking a break from TV final October within the wake of an alleged kidnap and homicide plot.
She stop her This Morning position after the plot got here to mild which got here just some months after Phillip Schofield left as her co-host after his affair with a youthful present runner got here to mild.
But as she returned to the rink, one professional informed The Sun, that she appeared ‘extra grown up’ and will ‘relaunch her profession’ with a transfer to her personal solo present sooner or later.
She additionally opted for a really attractive silver gown look in a change up from her extra informal ensembles on This Morning.
Holly Willoughby is ‘overhauling her demure Queen of daytime TV picture’ and will quickly entrance her personal present as a solo star, it has been claimed (seen left on Sunday’s Dancing On Ice and proper on This Morning final September)
The presenter, 42, returned to Dancing On Ice on Sunday evening with new co-host Stephen Mulhern after taking a break from TV final October within the wake of an alleged kidnap and homicide plot
Expert Nick Ede informed the publication: ‘Having her again on our screens establishes her as a number one broadcaster within the UK. It felt prefer it was her present – she owned the rink.
‘She’s not Queen of daytime TV anymore – it seems like she’s Queen of primetime. It felt like Holly had one way or the other matured and I can see her branching into extra severe stuff now.
‘She’s all the time been capable of do mild leisure with severe matters on This Morning and I can now see her doing documentaries or massive sit-down interviews with stars, which might be actually compelling viewing.’
They added that she was transferring away from the ‘giggly Disney princess model of Holly’ as she led the presenting duo with confidence.
It comes because it was revealed that Dancing On Ice suffered its lowest ever viewing figures as host Holly made her TV comeback.
The Sunday evening present, which noticed stars together with Amber Davies and Ricky Hatton take to the ice, had a launch viewing determine of simply 3.6 million.
In comparability the launch was watched by 4.1 million in 2023 and 4.3 million in 2022. 2021’s opening present noticed 5.4 million tuning in whereas 2020’s determine was 5.1 million.
It marked a return to tv for Holly, who has been absent from screens since she left This Morning in October after 14 years on the couch.
As she returned to the rink, one professional informed The Sun, that she appeared ‘extra grown up’ and will ‘relaunch her profession’ with a transfer to her personal solo present sooner or later
She additionally opted for a really attractive silver gown look in a change up from her extra informal ensembles on This Morning
The programme additionally reunited the TV star with Stephen Mulhern, who has changed Phillip as host of the skating present.
She beforehand labored with Stephen on Saturday morning kids’s present Ministry Of Mayhem 20 years in the past.
The present was later titled Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown.
Stephen, 46, hosted the present briefly in 2022 after Phillip examined optimistic for Covid-19.
Before the present Holly posted on Instagram: ‘Let’s do that 1 sequin at a time.’
On Sunday, the sequence kicked off with a gap efficiency from the skilled skaters and the introduction of the brand new movie star contestants.
Holly, who wore a silver sparkly gown, mentioned: ‘To the best present on ice, and let’s hear it for the superb solid of 2024. Let me simply say an enormous welcome to Stephen Mulhern.’
In the episode, Ricky was put into subsequent week’s skate-off after a boxing-inspired efficiency didn’t thrill the judges or TV viewers.
The 45-year-old former world champion boxer acquired 12.5 factors from the judges and will face elimination subsequent week following a public vote.
Dressed in a boxing outfit, Ricky wore knee pads as he did mini-punches and press-ups on the ice to Rocky film theme tune Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti, together with his skilled skating associate Robin Johnstone.
Judge Ashley Banjo mentioned the routine was ‘iconic’ and Hatton may very well be happy with the viewers’s response.
She stop her This Morning position after the plot got here to mild which got here just some months after Phillip Schofield left as her co-host after his affair with a youthful present runner got here to mild
Topping the leaderboard with the judges was former Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas, wearing denims and a T-shirt, who scored 26.5 factors with associate Amani Fancy.
His energetic efficiency to Kings Of Leon’s Sex On Fire, that includes a pirouette transfer, was referred to as ‘completely sensible’ by choose Oti Mabuse.
Love Island winner and West End star Davies, Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi, Olympian Greg Rutherford and S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt additionally carried out throughout the launch present.
Next week, radio presenter Adele Roberts, EastEnders star Ricky Norwood, actress Claire Sweeney, actuality TV persona Miles Nazaire, comic and author Lou Sanders, and former ski-jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards compete for the primary time.
