ABC’s Thin Ice debuts March 19, Friday at 8PM and will proceed to the finals night this coming March 21,Sunday at 7PM with the world’s greatest ice skaters competing live from MGM Grand at Foxwoods. Emmy awardee Elisabeth Hasselbeck joins four-time World Champion skater Kurt Browning as hosts of the show. Competing skaters vie for honor and big prizes to be judged by Olympic gold medalist and also former Dancing with the Stars champion Kristi Yamaguchi, two-time gold medal winner Dick Button, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Katarina Witt. Prizes: 1st Place: $60,000 per couple 2nd Place: $50,000 per couple 3rd Place: $45,000 per couple 4th Place: $35,000 per couple 5th Place: $30,000 per couple Contestants: Shizuka Arakawa, Japan, 2006 Olympic Champion Elena Berezhnaya, two-time World Champion and Olympic Co-Champion Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canada, 2003 World Champion ice dancer Marie-France Dubreuil of Canada, five-time Canadian National Ice Dancing Champion and two-time World silver medalist Stephane Lambiel, Switzerland’s World Champion, fresh from the Vancouver Olympics, where he came in 4th Patrice Lauzon, five-time Canadian National Champion and two-time World silver medalist as an ice dancer David Pelletier, Canada, 2001 World Champion, 2002 Olympic Champion as a pairs skater Jamie Salé, of Canada, 2001 World Champion, 2002 Olympic Champion as a pairs skater, and winner of the inaugural Battle of the Blades with partner Craig Simpson Michael Weiss, three-time U.S. National Champion and World bronze medalist John Zimmerman, three-time U.S. National Champion and World bronze medalist as a pairs skater Confirmed pairs are: Shae-Lynn Bourne / John Zimmerman Marie-France Dubreuil / Michael Weiss Jamie Salé / Patrice Lauzon Elena Berezhnaya / David Pelletier Shizuka Arakawa / Stephane Lambiel Watch ABC’s Thin Ice, An Ice Skating Competition is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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