{"id":43757,"date":"2024-01-14T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1959422"},"modified":"2024-01-14T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:59:06","slug":"who-is-ryan-thomas-dancing-on-ice-2024-contestant-and-actor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-ryan-thomas-dancing-on-ice-2024-contestant-and-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ryan Thomas? Dancing on Ice 2024 contestant and actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan is ready to be taken out of his comfort zone. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 14 January 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Ryan Thomas is preparing to make a splash on Dancing on Ice<\/a> this year alongside dancer partner Amani Fancy.<\/p>\n

The former Coronation Street<\/a> actor was the final celebrity to be announced for the new season of the greatest show on ice and will be competing against the likes of Ricky Hatton MBE<\/a>, Claire Sweeney<\/a> and Ricky Norwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas exclusively told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that he initially thought he was \u201cokay on the ice\u201d but that soon changed when he began training for the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually thought I was okay on the ice and then I was like, \u2018Okay I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cFigure skating is so much different from anything I\u2019ve ever experienced before. Technically, it\u2019s a minefield. Footwork, hands, face expressions. There is so much to take on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor will be performing alongside Amani Fancy, the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist and two-time British nation champion. She was previously a pro-skater on the German version of Dancing on Ice in 2019 before joining the UK series this year.<\/p>\n

Want to know more about Ryan Thomas and where you may recognise him from? Read on for everything you need to know about the Dancing on Ice 2024 contestant ahead of the show\u2019s return.<\/p>

Who is Ryan Thomas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Ryan Thomas and Amani Fancy. ITV<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Age: <\/strong>39<\/p>\n

Job: <\/strong>Actor<\/p>\n

Instagram: <\/strong>@ryanthomas83<\/a><\/p>\n

X (formerly Twitter): <\/strong>@ryanjamesthomas<\/a><\/p>\n

Dance<\/strong> partner: <\/strong>Amani Fancy<\/div>\n

Former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas will be putting on his skates as he joins the Dancing on Ice 2024 line-up. Ryan is best known for his role on Coronation Street<\/a> as Jason Grimshaw between 2000 to 2016.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Thomas announced he would be retiring from acting and has continued work in television through various reality programmes including Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity MasterChef.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he featured in a mini-series, Absolutely India: Mancs in Mumbai, alongside his brothers Adam and Scott Thomas in which they discovered more about their Indian heritage.<\/p>\n

What has Ryan Thomas said about joining Dancing on Ice 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While keeping tight-lipped about the routine as a whole, Ryan teased with RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that viewers can expect a \u201cgreat\u201d song choice that everyone will \u201cdefinitely know\u201d, including \u201ca few little surprises\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve taken me out of my comfort zone,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ve not let me go in there to just skate, they want me to show off a little bit of what we can do together.\u201d<\/p>