''Skating on Thin Ice'' was a short-lived Australian

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programme broadcast on the

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in 2005. Hosted by

Jamie Durie Jamie Paul Durie OAM (born 3 June 1970) is an Australian horticulturalist and landscape designer, furniture designer, television host, television producer, and author of eleven books on landscape architecture, garden design and lifestyle. He is ...

, nine celebrities learnt to skate with the ultimate goal being to perform with

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, with proceeds going toward children's charity,

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. Nine revived the concept more successfully in 2006 as ''

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'', also hosted by Durie.

Contestants

The celebrities included: *

Deni Hines Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines (born 4 September 1970) is an Australian singer who has been releasing music since the early 1990s, with chart success in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. She is the daughter of American-Australian singer M ...

– singer *

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– presenter *

Imogen Bailey Imogen Bailey (born 7 July 1977, Canberra) is an Australian model, actress and singer. As a model she has been featured on the cover of men's magazines, including ''Ralph'', '' FHM Australia'', ''Black+White''. On TV Bailey has appeared in var ...

– model * James Blundell – singer *

Belinda Green Belinda Lynette Green (born 4 May 1952) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1972 contest at the age of 20. She became the second Australian to win the title; the first, Penelope Plummer, was crowned Miss World in 19 ...

– former beauty queen * Regina Bird – '' Big Brother 3'' winner *

Vince Sorrenti Vince Sorrenti (born 21 March 1961) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer and television presenter from Punchbowl, New South Wales. He is of Italian descent. Sorrenti performs nationally and internationally. He performs at sports hospitalit ...

– comedian *

David Whitehill David Whitehill is an Australian TV personality, former Cleo Bachelor of the Year (2001) and dolphin trainer for Sea World on the Gold Coast. Career Whitehill has hosted and appeared on a variety of TV shows from 2002, including '' Hot Sour ...

– presenter of ''Hot Source'' * Peter Everett – presenter and home designer

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* 2000s Australian reality television series Nine Network original programming Figure skating on television 2005 Australian television series debuts 2005 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-prog-stub

Contestants

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