Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey has reportedly signed up for the new series of Dancing On Ice.
The soap actress, 36, who stars as Goldie McQueen on the Channel 4 soap, is the latest star attached to the series after Ferne McCann was said to have joined.
Chelsee is no stranger to competition shows and previously finished as runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 alongside pro dancer Pasha Kovalev.
A source told The Sun: ‘Chlesee is absolutely hilarious and of course incredibly glamorous.
‘She made it to the final of Strictly back in 2011 so there are high hopes that she will once again wow viewers with her dance moves.
Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey has reportedly signed up for the new series of Dancing On Ice
The soap actress, 36, who stars as Goldie McQueen on the Channel 4 soap, is the latest star attached to the series after Ferne McCann was said to have joined
‘Bosses are determined to get a sexy female line up especially given the lack of women on Strictly this year and Chelsee is one of the hottest soap stars out there.’
The insider added that the crew are excited to have Chelsee on board and noted Strictly was a ‘long time ago’.
A spokesperson for Dancing On Ice told MailOnline: ‘The line up for Dancing on Ice 2025 will be announced in due course.’
It comes after Ferne McCann was said to be taking part in the upcoming series earlier this month.
Ferne, 34, shot to fame in 2013 when she joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its ninth series.
She has since appeared in Celebs Go Dating and I’m A Celebrity, finishing the latter in third place.
Ferne has two children: daughter Finty, 13 months, whom she shares with her businessman fiancé Lorri Haines, and daughter Sunday, 6, from a previous relationship.
News of Ferne’s participation comes after it was feared the programme would have a Strictly-esque reckoning when Coleen Nolan revealed that she was once screamed at by her pro partner in ‘intense’ Dancing on Ice rehearsals.
Chelsee is no stranger to competition shows and previously finished as runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 alongside pro dancer Pasha Kovalev
It comes after Ferne McCann was said to be taking part in the upcoming series earlier this month
The Loose Women star, 59, appeared on the show in 2009 when she was partnered with professional skater Stuart Widdall, with the pair finishing in fourth place.
On Loose Women in July, Coleen and the other panel members discussed her time on the show following Graziano Di Prima’s axing from Strictly Come Dancing.
At the time, it had only just emerged that he has been accused of ‘hitting and kicking’ his celebrity partner Zara McDermott during her time on the show last year.
The professional dancer, 30, was axed by the BBC after bosses were presented with a video of Graziano’s actions.
And, in response, Coleen was discussing how starring on these dancing shows is never easy and sometimes the pros’ full on dance background training can mean the ‘lines get blurred’.
She said: ‘Listen, it’s really intense. The training of any of those shows, it’s incredibly intense. You’re working with people that from childhood have grown up in that intense world of competition, and I think the lines get blurred.
‘I remember you know, sometimes with my partner, you know, he’d scream at me like ‘Why have you done that?’ And I’d go: ‘Because I’m a TV presenter and not an ice skater!’
‘I had to remind him that I never going to be at the level he wanted me to be at,’ she continued.
‘We ended up at the beginning, a few rows, getting to know each other and then we got on great.
‘However, you know, they have come they have that mentality – they want to win. Whatever show it is, whether it’s entertainment or whatever, they have that mentality of they want to win.’
Despite her own experiences, Coleen added that seeing arguing stars would not be of any benefit to viewers, telling the panel: ‘I don’t want to see, especially on Strictly which is my favourite show ever of that calibre, and on my bucket list, I don’t want to see all that going on.
‘I love the VTs [videotapes] where you see them struggling and like crying and ‘I don’t think I’m going to be able to do it this week; and then you’re rooting for them when they come on. But I don’t want to see people rowing and arguing.’
It was feared the show would have a Strictly-esque reckoning when Coleen Nolan revealed that she was once screamed at by her pro partner in ‘intense’ Dancing on Ice rehearsals
On Loose Women in July, Coleen and the other panel members discussed her time on the show following Graziano Di Prima’s axing from Strictly Come Dancing
‘Do I think it needs to be watched by the producers and the people behind the scenes and put an end to it? Absolutely,’ she added.
‘But for an actual family entertainment show, I don’t want it. I never feel uncomfortable watching Strictly, and I do with other shows, and I don’t want to feel uncomfortable.
‘It’s like my escape. It’s like my Disney escape of everything in the world because everything’s glitz and glam.’