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The moment of truth for (L-R) Giulia Dotta and Fred Cooke, and Emily Barker and Johnny Ward in the dance-off

In Pictures: Dancing with the Stars Semi-Final

The Dancing with the Stars Semi-Final on St Patrick's Night was a suitably spectacular affair. Relive all the best moments with our photo gallery.

Dancing with the Stars • 18 Mar 19

A great couple - Fred Cooke and Giulia Dotta All photos: Kyran O'Brien

Fred and Giulia miss Dancing with the Stars Final

Comedian Fred Cooke and his professional dance partner Giulia Dotta have missed out on the last place in the Dancing with the Stars Grand Final, losing out in the dance-off to actor Johnny Ward and his partner Emily Barker.

Dancing with the Stars • 18 Mar 19

RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars, Thursdays, 6:00pm, RTÉjr

Nicky Byrne gets a Dancing with the Stars grilling

Dancing with the Stars presenter Nicky Byrne has to deal with plenty of questions on Thursday evening's episode of RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars.

Dancing with the Stars • 14 Mar 19

Eliminated Dancing with the Stars contestant Denis Bastick and his partner Valeria Milova

Denis Bastick commends Johnny Ward on DWTS performance

Eliminated Dancing with the Stars contestant Denis Bastick has commended Johnny Ward for his brave performance on the show the day after his father died.

Dancing with the Stars • 04 Mar 19

Denis Bastick eliminated from Dancing with the Stars

Denis Bastick has become the sixth celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, after facing off against Clelia Murphy in the dance-off.

Dancing with the Stars • 04 Mar 19

Your chance to be in the audience for Dancing with the Stars on February 24

Chance to win tickets to Dancing with the Stars!

Get your dancing shoes at the ready because we have two pairs of tickets to give away to Dancing with the Stars on Sunday, February 24.

Dancing with the Stars • 20 Feb 19

Best wishes to Julian Benson for a speedy recovery

Dancing with the Stars judge Julian to miss shows

RTÉ has confirmed that Dancing with the Stars judge Julian Benson will miss the next two shows on RTÉ One due to illness.

Dancing with the Stars • 16 Feb 19

Young presenters Darcy and Darragh corner Peter Stringer in the gym

Peter Stringer given a Dancing with the Stars grilling

Munster and Ireland rugby legend Peter Stringer is asked the tough questions in the new episode of RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars, which airs on Thursday evening at 6:00pm.

Dancing with the Stars • 08 Feb 19

Curtis Pritchard excited to return to DWTS but disappointed not to get to dance with Holly Carpenter

Curtis can't wait to return to 'the madness' of DWTS

Professional dancer Curtis Pritchard has said he can't wait to return to "the madness" of Dancing with the Stars when he arrives back on Sunday's show.

Dancing with the Stars • 01 Feb 19

Holly Carpenter and Trent Whiddon eliminated from Sunday's Dancing with the Stars

DWTS' Holly feels like she's 'not in the gang anymore'

Holly Carpenter has said she feels like she's "not in the gang anymore" and that it's "pretty gutting" after being voted out of Dancing with the Stars on Sunday night.

Dancing with the Stars • 29 Jan 19

Johnny Ward with Emily Barker - "It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to do this. It's not going to come around again"

DWTS' Johnny Ward 'training 11 hours a day'

Dancing with the Stars contestant Johnny Ward has told RTÉ Entertainment that he and his professional dance partner Emily Barker are training 11 hours a day in a bid to stay in the competition and are taking nothing for granted.

Dancing with the Stars • 26 Jan 19

The beginning of a beautiful friendship - Eilish O'Carroll and Ryan McShane

Dancing with the Stars couple keen on a dance-off

Eliminated Dancing with the Stars contestants Eilish O'Carroll and Ryan McShane have told RTÉ Entertainment they would've liked to take part in a dance-off in a bid to stay on the show.

Dancing with the Stars • 24 Jan 19

Fred Cooke and professional dance partner Giulia Dotta - Doing the Charleston this Sunday

Dancing with the Stars 'like the Gaeltacht' for Fred

Dancing with the Stars contestant Fred Cooke has said that taking part in the RTÉ One show is like being in the Gaeltacht because of the close-knit camaraderie.

Dancing with the Stars • 19 Jan 19

Brian Redmond - "I don't think she'll be afraid to have a little pop back at me over the next few weeks"

DWTS judge 'scared a little bit' by female contestant

Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond has said that contestant Clelia Murphy scares him "a little bit", and he is expecting her to take issue with his scores in the coming weeks on the RTÉ One show.

Dancing with the Stars • 15 Jan 19

The contestants line-up for the show's second week

Dancing With The Stars' ladies impress the judges

Dancing With The Stars returned for a second week, and this time the female contestants got the opportunity to put some points on the scoreboards and dust off their dancing shoes.

Dancing with the Stars • 14 Jan 19

"Raring to go" - The Dancing with the Stars ladies with Can't Stop Dancing host Bláthnaid Treacy Photo: Dancing with the Stars, Twitter

Dancing with the Stars' ladies will step up on Sunday

The Dancing with the Stars ladies have said they are "raring to go" after the male celebrities strutted their stuff on the dancefloor on RTÉ One last Sunday.

Dancing with the Stars • 13 Jan 19

Dancing with the Stars brings new show to RTÉjr

Dancing with the Stars has a new show on RTÉjr, as presenters Darcy and Darragh go behind the scenes of the hit series and promise "the perfect sparkly antidote to the 'bad news' at six o'clock".

Television • 10 Jan 19

Jake Carter and Karen Byrne melt hearts on dancefloor

Last season's Dancing with the Stars champions Jake Carter and Karen Byrne made a welcome return to the dancefloor in the first episode of the new series, and viewers were swooning around the country.

Dancing with the Stars • 06 Jan 19

Time to Tango! New Dancing with the Stars impresses

The third run of Dancing with the Stars kicked off on Sunday night, and the show was in fine fettle as it welcomed new presenter Jennifer Zamparelli.

Dancing with the Stars • 06 Jan 19

The Dancing with the Stars judging trio on The Ray D'Arcy Show

Dancing with the Stars judges predict who could win

Ahead of tonight's first episode of the new series of Dancing with the Stars, the judging line-up joined Ray D'Arcy to chat about this year's contestants and who they've pegged to lift the glitterball trophy.

Dancing with the Stars • 06 Jan 19

Dancing with the Stars' Trent Whiddon and Holly Carpenter

DWTS' new arrival not fazed about joining show

Australian choreographer Trent Whiddon, who stepped in at the last minute to replace injured professional Curtis Pritchard on Dancing with the Stars, has told RTÉ Entertainment that he is not fazed about joining the show as Holly Carpenter's new partner.

Dancing with the Stars • 05 Jan 19

You Dancing? DWTS couples are revealed

The celebrity and professional dancer pairings for the new series of Dancing with the Stars have been revealed ahead of the show's return to RTÉ One this Sunday at 6:30pm.

Television • 05 Jan 19

DWTS reveals Holly Carpenter's new dance partner

Australian choreographer Trent Whiddon has been announced as the new pro-dancer to couple with model Holly Carpenter on RTÉ One's upcoming series of Dancing with the Stars.

Television • 04 Jan 19

Bláthnaid: this year's DWTS was 'a laugh a minute'

Can't Stop Dancing host Bláthnaid Treacy is having a (glitter)ball on this season's run of the Dancing with the Stars behind-the-scenes show.

Dancing with the Stars • 24 Mar 18

McGregor 'heartbroken' Dancing with the Stars is over

Erin McGregor has said she's "heartbroken" that her time on Dancing with the Stars is over after she was eliminated in Sunday's semi-final.

Dancing with the Stars • 20 Mar 18