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Dancing with the Stars returns: Meet the class of 2025

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player tonight at 6.30pm
Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player tonight at 6.30pm

Get ready to cha-cha, tango, and waltz your way into the new season of Dancing with the Stars as the hit show returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player this evening at 6.30pm.

Filling our Sundays with glitz and glamour, the new series will see eleven well-known figures team up with a professional dancer to perform a live routine every week.

Hosted by Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy again this season, each pairing will have a different dancing genre to master every week, from the Charleston to hip-hop, and they'll have just seven days to perfect their routine before performing live to the nation.

Two-time Dancing with the Stars winner and professional dancer Karen Byrne will join the judging panel alongside longstanding judges Loraine Barry, Brian Redmond and Arthur Gourounlian.

The judges: clockwise from top left - Karen Byrne, Arthur Gourounlian, Brian Redmond, and Loraine Barry

The series also welcomes four new professional dancers to the DWTS family - Maciej Zieba, Rebecca Scott, Daniela Roze and Alex Vladimirov.

The dazzling duos who will compete for the glitterball trophy on Dancing with the Stars 2025 are:

Joanna Donnelly and Maciej Zieba

Maciej has been competing in Latin American and Ballroom dancing since the age of five

Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan

Laura returns for her fifth season and will undoubtedly be going for gold

Elaine Crowley and Denys Samson

Denys will be hoping to shimmy his way to the grand finale for the third time lucky this year

Kevin Dundon and Rebecca Scott

Newcomer Rebecca recently featured as a troupe dancer on Strictly Come Dancing's Blackpool special

Yasmin Seky and Simone Arena

Simone danced with RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Blu Hydrangea to the finale last season

Kayleigh Trappe and Ervinas Merfeldas

Irish pro-dancer Ervinas Merfeldas returns for his third spin around the dancefloor

Mickey Joe Harte and Daniela Roze

New pro-dancer Daniela is a five-time all-Ireland Latin dance champion from Maynooth

Jack Woolley and Alex Vladimirov

Australian pro dancer Alex is making her Irish debut following a five-season stint on Dancing with the Stars Australia

Gearóid Farrelly and Stephen Vincent

Stephen reached the final with Paralympic swimmer Ellen Keane in 2022

Aishah Akorede and Robert Rowiński

Robert has reached the final on two occasions - Cliona Hagan (2019) and Brooke Scullion (2023)

Danny O'Carroll and Salome Chachua

Salome has made it to the final twice - David Whelan (2024) and Jordan Conroy (2022)

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player tonight at 6.30pm.

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