Last year's Dancing with the Stars winner, Aidan O'Mahony, is looking forward to having his daughter in studio when he returns to the dancefloor on Sunday.
The Kerry GAA legend, who took home the Glitterball trophy with his professional partner Valeria Milova on last year's series, will be taking to Ardmore Studios once again to perform one of his well-known routines - and his 11 month old daughter, Lucia, will be in the audience cheering her dad on.
O'Mahony welcomed his little girl with his wife, Denise, towards the end of last year's series and jokes how he will be saving the photos of his dancing for her 21st birthday.
Speaking to RTÉ Entertainment, he said: "It was a bit surreal walking back through the studio doors. It was like I was never away. I was waiting for Des Cahill or Dayl Cronin to come around the corner and surprise me, but there was no sign of them," he joked.
"I'm nervous. I'm coming back as the man who won the show last year, so there is a bit of added pressure. But at the same time, I'm really looking forward to it.
"I'll be doing one of the dances I've done before. It's one of the best dances I think we've done on the show. It was probably the toughest one I had to learn because the steps didn't come so easily to me," he added.
"I'll have bábóg with me on Sunday. We're going to bring her down. She won't remember it, and probably won't want to remember it, but I'll be showing pictures at her 21st," he laughed.
The 37-year-old sportsman admits it's hard to believe a year has passed since he first donned his dancing shoes
"It's kind of hard to believe it's finished but in a good way. New experiences like that are great to do once. It's good to park it, and come away from it, and keep all of the memories and positives that come with it.
"It was an amazing experience. I did fourteen years of football and now I'm known as 'Aidan O'Mahony - The Dancer' after sixteen weeks of dancing," he laughed.
"My nieces and nephews go on to YouTube and they put on the dances. It's gas seeing them looking back on it."
Dancing With The Stars Ireland starts back on RTÉ One on Sunday, January 7, at 6.30pm.
