Sam Aston crowned Dancing on Ice 2025 champion as Coronation Street star stops first female winner in 12 years

DANCING On Ice star Sam Aston has been crowned the winner in tonight’s emotional final.

The Coronation Street star, 31, battled it out against former West Ham United legend Anton Ferdinand, 40, and Springwatch host Micahela Strachan.

But it was the Chesney Brown actor that came out on top after she impressed judges and viewers with her performances.

Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby then announced the results from the public vote.

Holly revealed the winner of Dancing On Ice 2025 is Sam and Molly, leaving the actor stunned.

Anton narrowly missed out making it to the final two.

While Sam and Michaela went head-to-head as they danced the classic Boléro, in a last bid to secure votes.

Earlier in the episode, Anton pulled it out the bag with tens across the board for his first dance, while Sam also scored the same for his Pink Panther routine.

Michaela also stunned the judges with her routine, scoring a total of 40 too.

Sam’s win means he beat Michaela from becoming the first female winner in over 12 years since Beth Tweddle lifted the trophy in 2013.

Earlier on in the night, Sam admitted he hasn’t always been the most confident and taking part on the ITV show was a chance to not hide behind a character.

In a touching VT, Sam reflected on his journey and said: “I remember being so nervous and it was funny because of this whole thing of doing this journey as Sam not Chesney.

“I stepped on the ice and the first thing that came out of Chris’ mouth was ‘alright Chesney’.”

He added: “All these weeks and hard work, I’ve achieved something as Sam. Sometimes confidence hasn’t always been my strong point.

“So when you get given a character, you can kind of mask that. As the weeks go on, I’ve found confidence in myself.

“If you just push yourself and go for something, you never know what you can achieve.

Torvill and Dean choreographed their final dance which had a special Pink Panther theme.

The soap star has blossomed since the first show and left the audience tickled pink.

It’s another full house from the judges for ‘Sam the skater man’.

Oti branded the dance “so smooth”.

FINAL FEAR

On Sunday it was revealed that the current series of the skating competition ‘could be its last’ amid struggling ratings.

The show has been on our screens since 2006 and had a break in 2014.

It returned four years later with the legendary Hayne Torvill and Christopher Dean swapping their roles to become mentors instead of judges.

A source has now revealed that this could be the last year of Dancing On Ice, after its lowest ever ratings.

This year, 2.9million tuned in for the launch of the show, compared to 12million in its heyday, and by the fifth episode that number had decreased to 2.4million.

With the series tipped to be axed, Michaela could the last ever winner of the prestigious show.