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|birth_place= [[Liverpool]], [[England]]
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|residence= [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
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|formerpartner= [[Karen Barber]] <br /> [[Kathryn Winter]]
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'''Nicholas Mark Slater''' (born 6 April 1958) aka Nicky Slater is a former Ice Dancer and TV and theatrical performer who is now a Singer-Songwriter, Writer and Entertainer.
'''Nicholas Mark Slater''' (born 6 April 1958) is a former ice dancer and TV and theatrical performer.


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==Personal life==
Nicky Slater was in shows from the age of five in the Ice Rink where his parents were coaches. His work life has predominently been based working in TV, Theatre and Arena shows around his Ice Dance background. Building on the musical learning and theatrical dynamics inherent in Ice Dance performances and adding the colour of his life experiences and his passion and love for music, dance and performance he now creates and delivers musical entertainment.
Slater's parents, [[Joan Dewhirst]] Slater and [[John Slater (figure skater)|John Slater]], competed together in ice dancing, winning silver at the [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952]] and [[1953 World Figure Skating Championships|1953 World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144400/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 21 February 2006 |title= World Figure Skating Championships: Ice dance medalists |publisher= [[International Skating Union]] }}</ref> They were also World Professional champions.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} They retired to coach at Liverpool Rink then Manchester Ice Palace and finally Altrincham Ice Rink.

==Singer-Songwriter, Writer, Entertainer==

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From his earliest days Nicky Slater was involved in music through his parents ice dance background. He was helping his father edit music on their Ferrograpgh 'Reel to Reel' tape machine for ice dance performances from his earliest recollections. Drawing on that upbringing (and over ten years of development and study across areas of songwriting, singing, instruments and music production) he composes and performs his own music referencing his ice dance, theatrical and arena based performances and the productions he's been part of over the years.

In Autumn 2016 he released: (1) a Christmas single and short film 'It's That Time Again' (2) a Jazz single 'Gentle Love Songs' and (3) a song and short film 'Donald and the Button of Death' under his NICSTA brand posing questions about America's new president. An album and book 'Searching For Me' are due to be released in 2017.

Slater writes from guitar, piano or voice. He works with Producers in Kelowna, Canada where he emigrated to with his family in the Autumn of 2016.

==Skating Career HIghlights and recent TV==


[[England|English]] [[ice dancer]]. During his skating career he was British Ice Dance Champion, Junior World Champion and ranked fifth in the World also winning a bronze medal at the 1983 European Championships. He competited at two Olympic games finishing 12th and 6th with skating partner [[Karen Barber]].

Between 2006 and 2010, Slater was a judge on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] celebrity ice skating show ''[[Dancing on Ice]]''. He returned as a guest judge in 2014, standing in for [[Robin Cousins]]. He also judged on the arena tours. He had previously judged The World Professional Figure Skating Championship for ABC and Strictly Ice Dancing for the BBC.

Slater continues his commentary work for Eurosport Television on Figure Skating Championships.


Slater attended [[Parr Lane County Primary School]] and [[North Cestrian Grammar School]] in [[Altrincham]].<ref name=men080227/> He is married to Christiane and has a son, Benjamin Edward 'Tiger', born in February 2008.{{cn|date=May 2020}}
==Early life==
NIcky Slater's parents John and Joan Slater (nee Dewhirst) were World Professional and British Ice Dance Champions. They retired to Coach at Liverpool Rink then Manchester Ice Palace and finally Altrincham Ice Rink. Slater grew up in an Ice Rink environment attended [[Parr Lane County Primary School]] and after failing his Eleven PlusExams to [[North Cestrian Grammar School]] in [[Altrincham]].<ref name=men080227/>


==Skating career==
== Career==
=== Competitive career ===
With partner [[Kathryn Winter]], he won the 1976 [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]].<ref name=isuwj/> When that partnership ended, he teamed up with [[Karen Barber]]. They won the bronze medal at the [[1983 European Figure Skating Championships|1983 European Championships]].<ref name=isuec/> They represented [[Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics]], placing 12th, and [[Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics|at the 1984 Winter Olympics]], where they placed 6th. They were British ice dance champions in 1985.
With partner [[Kathryn Winter]], he won the 1976 [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]].<ref name=isuwj/> When that partnership ended, he teamed up with [[Karen Barber]]. They won the bronze medal at the [[1983 European Figure Skating Championships|1983 European Championships]].<ref name=isuec/> They represented [[Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics]], placing 12th, and [[Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics|at the 1984 Winter Olympics]], where they placed 6th. They were British ice dance champions in 1985.


==Post-competitive career==
===Post-competitive career===
Slater has produced ice events, his first being Sport Aid at the NEC in 1986 in aid of the [[Band Aid Trust]]. He conceived and produced Skate-along a national skating fundraiser for [[Cystic Fibrosis Trust]] launched on [[Blue Peter]] and ran Ice Gala Tours in the UK to benefit Cystic Fibrosis and as independent productions.
Slater has produced ice events, his first being Sport Aid at the NEC in 1986 in aid of the [[Band Aid Trust]]. He conceived and produced skate-along a national skating fundraiser for [[Cystic Fibrosis Trust]] launched on [[Blue Peter]] and ran ice gala tours in the UK to benefit cystic fibrosis research and as independent productions.


He was Marketing and Communications Director of The Shaftesbury Society for five years, during which time he gained a Masters in Marketing from Bristol Business School at The University of the West of England. After this he endeavoured to develop ice rinks in the UK for five years.
He was Marketing and Communications Director of The Shaftesbury Society for five years, during which time he gained a Masters in Marketing from Bristol Business School at The University of the West of England. After this, he endeavoured to develop ice rinks in the UK for five years.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}


He has produced ice spectaculars in the US as CEO and Creative Producer with his company Adventure On Ice working in partnership with [[Robin Cousins]] and Disson Furst and Partners. Together the partnership produced:
He has produced ice spectaculars in the US as CEO and Creative Producer with his company Adventure On Ice working in partnership with [[Robin Cousins]] and Disson Furst and Partners. Together the partnership produced:
*Improv-Ice for USA Networks (3) *The Starskates Series (8) for NBC *Skaters Tribute to shows for ESPN (2)
*Improv-Ice for USA Networks (3) *The Starskates Series (8) for NBC *Skaters Tribute to shows for ESPN (2)


In 2005, he produced and starred in The Finding a Wife Tour a UK theatre show, in 2008 he created and starred in ''Ice Times'' and toured UK theatres skating with Louise Owen and Charlotte Aitken.
In 2005, he produced and starred in The Finding a Wife Tour a UK theatre show. In 2008, he created and starred in ''Ice Times'' and toured UK theatres skating with Louise Owen and Charlotte Aitken.


Slater has also contributed to [[Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association]]'s City Ice Skate events.
Slater has also contributed to [[Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association]]'s City Ice Skate events.


Since 2006 he has focused on developing himself as a Singer-Songwriter and music producer.
Since 2006, he has focused on developing himself as a singer-songwriter and music producer.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}


===Television===
====Television====
Following his retirement from competitive skating, Slater has worked as an 'in vision' expert and commentator on ice skating for both [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]], and as a commentator on Star, HDTV and on [[British Eurosport]] where he has also anchored a number of shows. He has been the "surprise" on an episode of ''[[Surprise Surprise (TV series)|Surprise Surprise]]''.
Since his retirement from competitive skating, Slater has worked as an 'in vision' expert and commentator on ice skating for both [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]], and as a commentator on Star, HDTV and on [[British Eurosport]] where he has also anchored a number of shows. He has been the "surprise" on an episode of ''[[Surprise Surprise (British TV series)|Surprise Surprise]]''.


Slater appeared as a judge on the [[BBC One]] spin-off show ''Strictly Ice Dancing'' in 2004. This was a one-off episode which aired on Boxing Day. In 2006, he joined the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] celebrity skating show ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'' as a judge, a role in which he continued for five consecutive years.<ref name=dm080224/> In October 2010, it was announced that Slater would not return as a judge for the [[Dancing on Ice (series 6)|sixth series]] in 2011. During his time on ''Dancing on Ice'', Slater also worked on the [[Dancing on Ice: The Tour|Dancing on Ice tour]].
Slater appeared as a judge on the [[BBC One]] spin-off show ''Strictly Ice Dancing'' in 2004. This was a one-off episode which aired on Boxing Day. In 2006, he joined the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] celebrity skating show ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'' as a judge, a role in which he continued for five years. In October 2010, it was announced that Slater would not return as a judge for the [[Dancing on Ice (series 6)|sixth series]] in 2011. During his time on ''Dancing on Ice'', Slater also worked on ''[[Dancing on Ice: The Tour]]''.{{cn|date=May 2020}}


During the [[Dancing on Ice (series 9)|final series]] of ''Dancing on Ice'' in early 2014, judge [[Robin Cousins]] was absent for weeks six and seven of the show due to him commentating at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]. Slater stepped in as judge on the show, whilst [[Karen Barber]] was acting as head judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/dancing-on-ice/175232-dancing-on-ice-2014-wheres-robin-cousins-nicky-slater-returns.html|title=Dancing On Ice 2014: Where’s Robin Cousins? Nicky Slater returns!|work=Telly Mix|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>
During the [[Dancing on Ice (series 9)|final series]] of ''Dancing on Ice'' in early 2014, judge [[Robin Cousins]] was absent for weeks six and seven of the show due to him commentating at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]. Slater stepped in as judge on the show, whilst [[Karen Barber]] was acting as head judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/dancing-on-ice/175232-dancing-on-ice-2014-wheres-robin-cousins-nicky-slater-returns.html|title=Dancing On Ice 2014: Where's Robin Cousins? Nicky Slater returns!|work=Telly Mix|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref> He had previously judged the World Professional Figure Skating Championship for ABC and ''Strictly Ice Dancing'' for the BBC.


====Singer-songwriter, writer, entertainer====
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==Personal life==
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From his earliest days, Slater was involved in music through his parents' ice dancing background. From his earliest recollections, he was helping his father edit music on their Ferrograph 'Reel to Reel' tape machine for ice dance performances. Drawing on that upbringing (and over ten years of development and study across areas of songwriting, singing, instruments and music production), he composes and performs his own music.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Slater is married to Christiane and has a son, Benjamin Edward 'Tiger', born in February 2008.<ref name=dm080224/><ref name=dm121228/>

====End of commentary career====
On 23 March 2022, Slater and [[Simon Reed (commentator)|Simon Reed]] were acting as the commentators of the international feed of the [[2022 World Figure Skating Championships]]. After the event concluded, a hot mic recorded them referring to two-time World Champion and three-time Olympic medalist [[Meagan Duhamel]] as the "bitch from Canada", while laughing. The clip went viral, leading the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (who were employing Duhamel to do Canadian commentary) to demand a response from the [[International Skating Union]] (ISU). The ISU released a statement on social media on 24 March 2022, in which they said they were "shocked by the language used" and that there "is no place for harassing and abusive language or remarks and behavior in sport and our society." Slater and Reed were suspended by the ISU and their service provider, neither will cover any future ISU figure skating event, and an internal investigation will follow. The ISU also apologised to Duhamel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/isu-replaces-commentators-apology-meagan-duhamel-1.6396109|title=Skating union replaces commentators, apologizes for vulgar comment aimed at Canada's Duhamel|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>


==Competitive highlights==
==Competitive highlights==
=== With Barber ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International
|-
|-
! Event
! Event
! 1976-78
! 78–79
! 79–80
! 1978–79
! 80–81
! 1979–80
! 81–82
! 1980–81
! 82–83
! 1981–82
! 83–84
! 1982–83
! 84–85
! 1983–84
! 1984–85
|-
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st<sup>A</sup> || || || || || || ||
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || 12th || || || || 6th ||
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic Winter Games]] || || || 12th || || || || 6th ||
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || 13th || 10th || 7th || 7th || 5th || 5th || 6th
|-
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || || 13th || 10th || 7th || 7th || 5th || 5th || 6th
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || 11th || 8th || 5th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || 4th
|-
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] || || 11th || 8th || 5th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || 4th
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
|-
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align=left | [[Skate America]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || ||
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Skate America]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || ||
| align=left | [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Canada International]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
| align=left | [[St. Ivel International|St. Ivel]] || || || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=silver|2nd || bgcolor=gold|1st ||
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National
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| align=left | [[British Figure Skating Championships|British Championships]] || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
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| align=left | [[British Figure Skating Championships|British Champ.]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}
|}


===With Winter===
<sup>A</sup> This was the only time that Nicky competed with [[Kathryn Winter]], the rest were with [[Karen Barber]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1975–76
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=


<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web | url = http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file,00.pdf | title = World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] |format=PDF |accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web | url = http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file,00.pdf | title = World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] | access-date = 7 January 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204150122/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file,00.pdf | archive-date = 4 February 2012 }}</ref>

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<ref name=isuec>{{cite web | url = http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf | title = European Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] |format=PDF |accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>

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<ref name=men080227>{{cite web | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/education/s/1006/1006414_boys_school_to_open_for_girls_.html | title = Boys school to open for girls | publisher = Manchester Evening News | date=8 May 2007 | accessdate=27 February 2008 }}</ref>


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<ref name=isuec>{{cite web | url = http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf | title = European Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] | access-date = 7 January 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131205005915/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file%2C00.pdf | archive-date = 5 December 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name=dm080224>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-518109/Dancing-Ice-judge-Nicky-races-make-wife-gives-birth-baby-boy.html | title = Dancing on Ice judge Nicky races to make the show after wife gives birth to a baby boy | work = [[Daily Mail]] | date= 24 February 2008 | location=London |accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>


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<ref name=men080227>{{cite web | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/education/s/1006/1006414_boys_school_to_open_for_girls_.html | title = Boys school to open for girls | publisher = Manchester Evening News | date=8 May 2007 | access-date=27 February 2008 }}</ref>
<ref name=dm121228>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2253687/Nicky-Slater-wife-Christiane-speak-devastation-finding-unborn-child-severe-chromosomal-disorder.html | title = Dancing On Ice's Nicky Slater and wife Christiane on their devastation over unborn child's severe chromosomal disorder - and why they're hoping against hope | first = Rebecca | last = Hardy | work = Daily Mail | date = 28 December 2012 |accessdate=7 January 2015 }}</ref>


}}
}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.nickyslater.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.nickyslater.com/ Official website]
* {{SR/Olympics profile|sl/nicky-slater-1}}
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/nicky-slater-1.html Sports-reference profile]
* {{cite web | url = http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf | title = Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current |format = PDF | publisher = [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]]}}
* {{cite web | url = http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf | title = Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 2 – 1974 – current | publisher = [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093849/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf | archive-date = 20 September 2009 }}


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Latest revision as of 01:31, 24 May 2023

Nicky Slater
Full nameNicholas Mark Slater
Other namesNicky Slater
Born (1958-04-06) 6 April 1958 (age 66)
Liverpool, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Great Britain
Skating clubRichmond Ice Dance & Figure Skating Club
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Dortmund Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Megève Ice dancing

Nicholas Mark Slater (born 6 April 1958) is a former ice dancer and TV and theatrical performer.

Personal life[edit]

Slater's parents, Joan Dewhirst Slater and John Slater, competed together in ice dancing, winning silver at the 1952 and 1953 World Championships.[1] They were also World Professional champions.[citation needed] They retired to coach at Liverpool Rink then Manchester Ice Palace and finally Altrincham Ice Rink.

Slater attended Parr Lane County Primary School and North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham.[2] He is married to Christiane and has a son, Benjamin Edward 'Tiger', born in February 2008.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Competitive career[edit]

With partner Kathryn Winter, he won the 1976 World Junior Championships.[3] When that partnership ended, he teamed up with Karen Barber. They won the bronze medal at the 1983 European Championships.[4] They represented Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics, placing 12th, and at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where they placed 6th. They were British ice dance champions in 1985.

Post-competitive career[edit]

Slater has produced ice events, his first being Sport Aid at the NEC in 1986 in aid of the Band Aid Trust. He conceived and produced skate-along a national skating fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Trust launched on Blue Peter and ran ice gala tours in the UK to benefit cystic fibrosis research and as independent productions.

He was Marketing and Communications Director of The Shaftesbury Society for five years, during which time he gained a Masters in Marketing from Bristol Business School at The University of the West of England. After this, he endeavoured to develop ice rinks in the UK for five years.[citation needed]

He has produced ice spectaculars in the US as CEO and Creative Producer with his company Adventure On Ice working in partnership with Robin Cousins and Disson Furst and Partners. Together the partnership produced:

  • Improv-Ice for USA Networks (3) *The Starskates Series (8) for NBC *Skaters Tribute to shows for ESPN (2)

In 2005, he produced and starred in The Finding a Wife Tour a UK theatre show. In 2008, he created and starred in Ice Times and toured UK theatres skating with Louise Owen and Charlotte Aitken.

Slater has also contributed to Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association's City Ice Skate events.

Since 2006, he has focused on developing himself as a singer-songwriter and music producer.[citation needed]

Television[edit]

Since his retirement from competitive skating, Slater has worked as an 'in vision' expert and commentator on ice skating for both ITV and Channel 4, and as a commentator on Star, HDTV and on British Eurosport where he has also anchored a number of shows. He has been the "surprise" on an episode of Surprise Surprise.

Slater appeared as a judge on the BBC One spin-off show Strictly Ice Dancing in 2004. This was a one-off episode which aired on Boxing Day. In 2006, he joined the ITV celebrity skating show Dancing on Ice as a judge, a role in which he continued for five years. In October 2010, it was announced that Slater would not return as a judge for the sixth series in 2011. During his time on Dancing on Ice, Slater also worked on Dancing on Ice: The Tour.[citation needed]

During the final series of Dancing on Ice in early 2014, judge Robin Cousins was absent for weeks six and seven of the show due to him commentating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Slater stepped in as judge on the show, whilst Karen Barber was acting as head judge.[5] He had previously judged the World Professional Figure Skating Championship for ABC and Strictly Ice Dancing for the BBC.

Singer-songwriter, writer, entertainer[edit]

From his earliest days, Slater was involved in music through his parents' ice dancing background. From his earliest recollections, he was helping his father edit music on their Ferrograph 'Reel to Reel' tape machine for ice dance performances. Drawing on that upbringing (and over ten years of development and study across areas of songwriting, singing, instruments and music production), he composes and performs his own music.[citation needed]

End of commentary career[edit]

On 23 March 2022, Slater and Simon Reed were acting as the commentators of the international feed of the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships. After the event concluded, a hot mic recorded them referring to two-time World Champion and three-time Olympic medalist Meagan Duhamel as the "bitch from Canada", while laughing. The clip went viral, leading the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (who were employing Duhamel to do Canadian commentary) to demand a response from the International Skating Union (ISU). The ISU released a statement on social media on 24 March 2022, in which they said they were "shocked by the language used" and that there "is no place for harassing and abusive language or remarks and behavior in sport and our society." Slater and Reed were suspended by the ISU and their service provider, neither will cover any future ISU figure skating event, and an internal investigation will follow. The ISU also apologised to Duhamel.[6]

Competitive highlights[edit]

With Barber[edit]

International
Event 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85
Olympics 12th 6th
Worlds 13th 10th 7th 7th 5th 5th 6th
Europeans 11th 8th 5th 5th 3rd 4th 4th
NHK Trophy 2nd 1st 1st
Skate America 3rd
Skate Canada 2nd 2nd
St. Ivel 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st
National
British Champ. 2nd 2nd 1st

With Winter[edit]

International
Event 1975–76
World Junior Championships 1st

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Figure Skating Championships: Ice dance medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2006.
  2. ^ "Boys school to open for girls". Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  3. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Ice Dancing Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Dancing On Ice 2014: Where's Robin Cousins? Nicky Slater returns!". Telly Mix. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Skating union replaces commentators, apologizes for vulgar comment aimed at Canada's Duhamel". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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