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Who is Matt Evers on Dancing on Ice? Skating in same-sex partnership with H from Steps

Dancing on Ice is back for a brand new series and with comes a huge first for the shoiw - it's first same-sex partnership.

The show has been on ITV on and off for 14 years now and this time around history will be made

H , 43, is said to have asked Dancing on Ice chiefs about the possibility of skating with a male pro on the next series — and the “fully supportive” team agreed.

A source revealed "After conversations with the Dancing on Ice production team, H enquired as to the possibility of being paired with a male pro skater.

"Bosses at Dancing on Ice are fully supportive of a same-sex partnership, so this year H will be paired with Matt.

“It’s a huge moment in TV history. A lot of viewers will be watching and the hope is it might set a trend.”

Who Is Matt Evers on Dancing on Ice?

Matt has been on the show from the get-go, partnering Bonnie Langford to third place Dancing on Ice's first series.

Since then he's memorably skated alongside the likes of Lisa-Scott Lee, Denise Welch and perhaps most famously, Gemma Collins last year.

Matt, 43, is an American pair skater and, with his pro partner Heather Allebach, he won the Junior pairs title at the 1998 U.S. Championships.

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