'Dancing on Ice' bosses want black professional skater

\'Dancing on Ice\' bosses are keen to recruit a black professional skater.

The team at ITV wants to make their professional team more "diverse and inclusive" and they are in the midst of screen-testing black skaters to appear on the show.

A source told The Sun newspaper\'s Bizarre TV column: "ITV wants to make sure Dancing On Ice is fully representative. It\'s one of its biggest shows and it\'s important it is diverse and inclusive. They are currently screen-testing black skaters for a full time role but have yet to settle on someone who they think will slip into the team seamlessly. It\'s not long until the show starts recording and a decision will have to be made. Bosses feel it is a natural step after having Ian \'H\' Watkins dancing with Matt Evers last year."

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It comes after Brianne Delcourt quit \'Dancing on Ice\' after 10 years on the show.

She said: "It has been a back-and-forth question mark in my mind for some time now. The hardest part will be missing my \'DoI\' family and I have so much to thank the show for, including introducing me to my absolute soulmate in Kevin. I\'m 39 - 40 in February - and I\'ve been on the road for so long and as a working mum - a single mum. I really had to work hard for everything on my own. The show has been a huge part of my life and part of Gracie\'s too."

Brianne met her now-fiance Kevin Kilbane on the show this year when they were partnered together, and she admitted it was a tough decision to leave the ITV programme behind after it has been such a huge part of her life and that of her three-year-old daughter Gracie\'s.