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Laura and Rhys with the Glitterball trophy

Dancing with the Stars Final: the story in pictures

Dancing with the Stars is over for another year - with Rhys McClenaghan and his pro partner Laura Nolan emerging as the 2025 winners. Here's how the final played out pictorially.

Dancing with the Stars • 16 Mar

Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan win Dancing with the Stars 2025

Rhys McClenaghan wins Dancing with the Stars

After 11 spectacular shows filled with glitz and glamour, highs and lows and captivating dances along the way, Rhys McClenaghan and his pro partner Laura Nolan have been crowned the winners of Dancing with the Stars 2025.

Dancing with the Stars • 17 Mar

Kayleigh Trappe with her professional dance partner Ervinas Merfeldas - "We couldn't have asked for a better group. Honestly, we've just been so close" Photo: Kyran O'Brien

Kayleigh reveals best DWTS laughs - and what hit home

TikTok star Kayleigh Trappe has told RTÉ Entertainment she is feeling all the emotions ahead of the final of Dancing with the Stars, remembering the funniest moments during the series - and treasuring how the experience has made her family closer.

Dancing with the Stars • 15 Mar

Danny O'Carroll: "I nearly gave up a couple of times. I just missed everything at home."

DWTS' Danny: 'I nearly gave up a couple of times'

Dancing with the Stars finalist Danny O'Carroll has opened up about how he almost quit the series "a couple of times" and admits the show is "an emotional rollercoaster".

Dancing with the Stars • 14 Mar

Rhys McClenaghan wants to 'really enjoy' DWTS final

After months of hard work and delightful dancing it's all coming down to next Sunday's Dancing with the Stars Final for gymnastics star Rhys McClenaghan.

Dancing with the Stars • 12 Mar

Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond

Brian Redmond on DWTS: 'We've five great dancers now'

With just two shows to go on Dancing with the Stars the cream has risen to the top - even tough taskmaster Brian Redmond reckons: "We've got five great dancers now."

Dancing with the Stars • 04 Mar

Gearóid Farrelly exits Dancing with the Stars on Orchestra Night

Gearóid exits Dancing with the Stars on Orchestra Night

Gearóid Farrelly was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars during the show's lavish Orchestra Night on Sunday.

Dancing with the Stars • 23 Feb

Danny O'Carroll with Salome Chachua on Dancing with the Stars

Danny O'Carroll on DWTS: 'It's so nerve-wracking'

Nobody's more surprised that he's still on the show than Danny O'Carroll - and the Mrs Brown's Boys actor admits that his Sunday evenings on Dancing with the Stars are "nerve-wracking".

Dancing with the Stars • 23 Feb

Orchestra Night returns to Dancing with the Stars

Orchestra Night returns to Dancing with the Stars this Sunday with the remaining seven couples dancing to music performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra live in studio.

Dancing with the Stars • 19 Feb

Danny O'Carroll saluted his professional dance partner Salome Chachua for all the training and patience - "She's incredible"

Danny O'Carroll keeping it together - just - for DWTS

There may not be a dry eye in the studio tonight when Dancing with the Stars contestant Danny O'Carroll gives it his all for his father, number one fan, and Mrs Brown's Boys co-star Brendan O'Carroll as part of Dedicated Dance Week.

Dancing with the Stars • 02 Feb

Mickey Joe 'a better person' after DWTS experience

He may have been the first celeb to exit Dancing with the Stars – but Mickey Joe Harte reckons he's "a better person" as a result of participating in the show.

Dancing with the Stars • 20 Jan

Dancing with the Stars hosts Doireann Garrihy and Jennifer Zamparelli

First look at the new Dancing with the Stars trailer

RTÉ has unveiled the new Dancing with the Stars promo trailer for the eighth season of the series.

Dancing with the Stars • 24 Dec 24

Jack Woolley - "I think taekwondo is going to help because I'm flexible and I know my body, but remembering the steps is completely different" Photo: Barry McCall

Jack Woolley set for Dancing with the Stars

Irish Olympian Jack Woolley has been revealed as the fourth celebrity to join the cast of Dancing with the Stars, which returns to RTÉ One and RTÉ Player in January.

Television • 12 Dec 24

Danny O'Carroll - "I'm going to try to do whatever I can to get to the final" Photos: Barry McCall

Danny O'Carroll joins Dancing with the Stars line-up

Mrs Brown's Boys star Danny O'Carroll has been revealed as the second celebrity for the new series of Dancing with the Stars on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player in January.

Television • 10 Dec 24