Ruthie Henshall is new TV judge

Ruthie is thrilled to be the new judge on ITV1's hugely popular pro/celeb ice dance competition Dancing On Ice which started its 2008 series on Sunday 13th January.

"You've got quite a few people on the panel who are experts on the skating, and I just don't think it only comes down to that," she says. "I've had nearly 22 years in the business and so I really want to bring that experience of watching people doing very, very different shows - everything from Chicago to Cats.

"I'll really be looking at how people throw themselves into it and the kind of risk they're prepared to take. I don't mean a physical risk, but not worrying about looking silly, whether they commit, whether they've taken criticism from the week before and advice and applied it."