A former Strictly Come Dancing star from Kent will be gliding onto television screens this winter as a Dancing on Ice contestant.

The show's organisers took to Twitter to announce that James Jordan - a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer from Medway - will take part in the hotly anticipated 11th series.

Jordan, who now lives in Maidstone with his wife and dance partner Ola Jordan, appeared on Strictly for seven years until 2013.

In 2014, he also took part in Celebrity Big Brother.

But having taken on the dance floor and the Big Brother House, he is turning his hand to ice skating - and will now go head-to-head against a dozen other pairs of celebrity and professional dancers as they attempt to be crowned winner of Dancing on Ice.

He is the third celebrity contestant to be announced for this year's show. So far, the only other competitors to be revealed are The Only Way is Essex star Jemma Collins and actor-comedian Richard Blackwood.

An air date for this year's show has not yet been released, but it usually begins in January.