James Jordan, 40, will be showing off his skating skills with his professional partner Alexandra Schauman on the ITV show. The star will be hoping to impress Dancing On Ice 2019 judges Jason Gardiner, Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo and Olympic skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. And the star, who doesn’t hold back on his opinions, admitted he’s unsure whether he will clash with the harshest critic on the panel, Jason, 47. But James admitted he most likely will, because he has “honesty Tourettes”. Related articles James Harden: LeBron James is the only player who can stop Warriors Dancing On Ice 2019: Richard Blackwood jibes at James Jordan I won’t be able to defend myself James Jordan Revealing whether viewers can expect him to stand up for himself when talking to Jason, James said to press including Express.co.uk at The Sun Military Awards: “I don’t know, normally I’m on the other side protecting my celebrity [on Strictly]. “But I won’t be able to defend myself because I don’t know what I’m talking about!” He continued: “I would like to say, I wouldn’t but I know what I’m like. “I have honesty Tourettes, so I say things then I’m like, ‘Why did I said that?’” James added: “So I hope I can curb my tongue but I don’t know.” His wife, Ola Jordan, was sure her husband will clash with the judges as she said: “James is sometimes unpredictable! I can tell him not to say anything and be nice, but…" James Jordan: The Dancing On Ice contestant spoke about Jason Gardiner (Image: WENN • ITV • GETTY) James Jordan: The star will be hoping to impress the Dancing On Ice judges (Image: WENN • ITV ) Interrupting, James said: “But if someone annoys me it just comes out.” James also admitted he “doesn’t mind” if the judges are more critical to him due to his years of dance experience. He said: “I’m not denying the fact that I do have that advantage, but with the ice skating I have no advantage. “As the ice skating’s getting better, I’m finding I can do more of what I did on the dance floor.” Ahead of tonight’s show, James revealed to his 291,000 Twitter followers training for Dancing On Ice has been the “hardest thing” ever. Related articles Joe Sugg: Strictly 2018 star says girlfriend Dianne Buswell has ‘left' Dancing On Ice 2019: Gemma Collins threatens to 'LEAVE' show James Jordan: The star will be dancing with Alexandra Schauman (Image: GETTY) James Jordan: The former Strictly Come Dancing professional will be hitting the ice tonight (Image: GETTY) He said: “Three months of training every day for one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to learn.... “Please tune in on the 6th January to @ITV @dancingonice and see if all the hard work paid off. I’ll always give you my best.” James will be hitting the ice to compete against six out of the 12 celebrities tonight including Didi Conn, Gemma Collins, Jane Danson, Mark Little and Saara Aalto. Next weeken, Brian McFadden, Melody Thornton, Richard Blackwood, Ryan Sidebottom, Saira Khan and Wes Nelson will be able to show off their figure skating skills. Dancing On Ice 2019 airs tonight on ITV at 6pm.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility