Matt Evers

Matt Evers (born March 16, 1976) is an American pair skater, model and actor. He is the 1998 U.S. Junior champion, and has competed in every season of the ITV series Dancing on Ice.

Matt Evers
Evers and Denise Welch on the Dancing on Ice tour in 2011
Personal information
BornMatthew Evers
(1976-03-16) March 16, 1976
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
PartnerYasmin Parker
Began skating1995

Career

With his partner Heather Allebach, Evers won the Junior pairs title at the 1998 U.S. Championships. The following season, they competed at three senior international events, 1998 Skate Canada International, 1998 Cup of Russia and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy. He quit competing and moved to Los Angeles where he worked for a number of years before receiving an invitation to join Dancing on Ice.[1]

Results

Pair skating with Allebach:

Results[2]
International
Event 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999
GP Skate Canada7th
GP Cup of Russia8th
Nebelhorn Trophy5th
National
U.S. Championships13th J.9th J.1st J.
GP = Grand Prix; J. = Junior level

Dancing on Ice
Main article: Dancing on Ice

Evers has competed in all twelve seasons of the ITV series Dancing on Ice, where he has been partnered with Bonnie Langford, Lisa Scott-Lee, Suzanne Shaw, Zöe Salmon, Heather Mills, Denise Welch and Jorgie Porter. While training, Evers was cut on the forehead by Porter's blade in February 2012, but continued with the season. The pair finished in second place. In series 8, he was paired with Pamela Anderson and they were the first couple to be eliminated, Evers was partnered with Suzanne Shaw for the All-Stars series. Evers was partnered with Candice Brown in series 10 and the pair were first to be eliminated. In series 11, Evers was partnered with The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins, they became the fifth couple to be eliminated in week 6. In October 2019, it was announced that Evers would be part of the show's first ever same-sex partnership for the 2020 series, with Steps singer Ian "H" Watkins.[3][4][5] Evers partnered Denise van Outen for series 13. The pair were forced to withdraw after their first performance as van Outen fractured her shoulder.

Evers' statistics
Series Celebrity Partner Place
1 (2006) Bonnie Langford 3rd
2 (2007) Lisa Scott-Lee 6th
3 (2008) Suzanne Shaw 1st
4 (2009) Zöe Salmon 5th
5 (2010) Heather Mills 10th
6 (2011) Denise Welch 6th
7 (2012) Jorgie Porter 2nd
8 (2013) Pamela Anderson 12th
9 (2014) Suzanne Shaw 6th
10 (2018) Candice Brown 12th
11 (2019) Gemma Collins 8th
12 (2020) Ian "H" Watkins 7th
13 (2021) Denise van Outen 13th

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Sleepy Hollow High Jay Film
2006–present Dancing on Ice Himself Professional skater
2007 Blades of Glory Skate Tree Film
2018 Kidding Ice Ennui 1 episode
2019 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever Himself Guest appearance

Personal life

Evers, who was married to a woman previously, came out as gay in January 2018 in an interview with Attitude magazine. He said it was partly the death of his uncle from AIDS and the presidency of Donald Trump that resulted in his decision to announce his sexuality publicly, saying: "I live my life by example, and I want to show young people that what you feel or how you were born isn't something bad."[6]

References
  1. "Dancing on Ice star Matt Evers: I've fallen in love with Jorgie". STV. January 23, 2012.
  2. "Heather Allebach & Matthew Evers". Pairs On Ice. Archived from the original on March 30, 2005.
  3. "Dancing on Ice: Steps singer Ian 'H' Watkins to be in same-sex couple". BBC. October 9, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. "Dancing on Ice has its first same-sex couple – why is Strictly so out of step? | Dancing on Ice | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. "Dancing On Ice to feature first same sex couple with H from Steps". Radio Times. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. "Exclusive: Dancing on Ice star Matt Evers comes out as gay". Attitude. January 4, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
Preceded by
Kyran Bracken and Melanie Lambert		 Dancing on Ice Champion
(with partner Suzanne Shaw)
Series 3 (2008)		 Succeeded by
Ray Quinn and Maria Filippov
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