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DWTS' Karen Byrne and Jake Carter are engaged

Jake Carter and Karen Byrne have announced their engagement, seven years after they met while competing on Dancing with the Stars.

Television • 10 Mar

Jake Carter: "Obviously, being from Liverpool, one of my biggest inspirations would have to be The Beatles."

Behind the music - Jake Carter

Liverpudlian pop singer Jake Carter has released his new single, Love Me Like You Do, and plays Academy 2 in Dublin on Saturday 3 February. We asked him the BIG questions . ..

Behind the Music • 23 Jan 24

Jake Carter: "It took me three normal showers before I could get rid of the stickiness."

Watch: Jake Carter makes a holy mess of himself

It's the moment we've all been waiting for - country pop star Jake Carter being gunged by 40 litres of milk and 5kg of honey. Watch here!

Music • 29 Nov 23

Return of champions - Lottie Ryan and Jake Carter

Lottie and Jake 'so excited' about DWTS return

It may be quarter-final night on Sunday's Dancing with the Stars - but there's also a bit of rivalry between two former winners as Lottie Ryan and Jake Carter return to captain a side each in the Team Dance.

Television • 04 Mar 23

The fifth season of Dancing with the Stars returning on Sunday night at 6.30pm on RTÉ One

Who won the previous series of Dancing with the Stars?

Ahead of the new season kicking off on Sunday, we take a trip down memory lane and look back at the past winners, and runners-up of Dancing with the Stars Ireland

Dancing with the Stars • 08 Jan 22

Karen Byrne wants to do more Fair City - but no murders

Dancing with the Stars professional Karen Byrne has told RTÉ Entertainment that she would love to do more episodes of Fair City - provided that she doesn't have to kill anyone in Carrigstown.

Soaps • 10 Sep 20

DWTS champion Mairead Farrell and her pro-dance partner John Nolan

Dancing with the Stars Live set for INEC in Killarney

Dancing with the Stars Live will take to the stage at the INEC, Killarney, on November 1 and 2.

Dancing with the Stars • 19 Aug 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

Jake Carter - "I didn't realise at the time, but maybe I must have been smitten by her then"

Jake Carter spared no blushes on Ray D'Arcy Show

Dancing with the Stars champion Jake Carter found his romance with dance partner Karen Byrne was the big talking point when he appeared on Saturday's Ray D'Arcy Show, with the host telling the singer that he had his "suspicions" they would become an item.

Television • 14 Oct 18

Samantha Markle to talk about her half sister Meghan on Ray D'Arcy Show

Samantha Markle to talk about Meghan on Ray D'Arcy Show

Samantha Markle will make her first appearance on Irish television this weekend when she appears on the Ray D'Arcy Show this Saturday.

Television • 12 Oct 18

Jake Carter performs Picture This cover, exclusively for RTÉ Entertainment

Watch! Jake Carter performs amazing Picture This cover

Jake Carter, who is gearing up for debut Dublin show in Vicar Street later this month, performed an amazing cover version of the Picture This song Jane exclusively for RTÉ Entertainment, check it out here.

Music • 03 Oct 18

Anna Geary reveals she is engaged to partner Kevin Sexton, image via Anna Geary/Instagram

Anna Geary reveals engagement to Kevin Sexton

Ireland's Fittest Family presenter and Dancing with the Stars finalist Anna Geary has revealed she is engaged to her long-term partner Kevin Sexton.

Television • 18 Sep 18

DWTS' Carter and McGregor for Olympia panto

Dancing with the Stars contestants Jake Carter and Erin McGregor are among the cast announced for the Olympia Theatre pantomime, Polly and the Magic Lamp.

Entertainment • 14 Sep 18

Jake Carter and his big brother Nathan, image via Instagram

Jake Carter says duet with Nathan is kind of inevitable

Singer-songwriter Jake Carter has said that it's "kind of inevitable" that he will record a duet with his big brother, country crooner Nathan Carter.

Music • 21 Jul 18

Jake Carter on working with Una Healy on new single

From winning Dancing with the Stars to touring around Ireland and releasing two new singles, Jake Carter has had quite the year.

Video Player • 28 Jun 18

Jake Carter "jumped at the opportunity to sing with a Saturday."

Jake Carter jumped at the chance to work with Una Healy

Singer-songwriter Jake Carter, Dancing with the Stars winner 2018 and country crooner Nathan's younger brother, said he "jumped at the opportunity" to work with The Saturdays star Una Healy when she asked him to record a duet with her.

Music • 28 Jun 18

Karen and Jake won Dancing with the Stars 2018

DWTS: 'Jake Carter is a very deserving winner'

Dancing with the Stars runner-up Anna Geary has told RTÉ Entertainment she reckons winner Jake Carter is "a very deserving contestant" and admits the singer and his professional dancing partner, Karen Byrne, have been consistent throughout the show.

Dancing with the Stars • 27 Mar 18

Jake Carter and Karen Byrne - million-watt smiles, and serious star quality on the dancefloor

Jake Carter says winning DWTS 'feels like a dream'

Singer Jake Carter has told RTÉ Entertainment he is "lost for words" after winning Dancing with the Stars with his professional partner Karen Byrne on Sunday night.

Dancing with the Stars • 26 Mar 18

Erin McGregor and Ryan McShane congratulate Jake Carter and Karen Byrne on making it through to the final

Erin McGregor missed DWTS final by 'hair's whisker'

Dancing with the Stars judge Loraine Barry has told RTÉ Entertainment that last week's eliminated semi-finalist Erin McGregor missed out on a place in tonight's final by "a hair's whisker".

Television • 25 Mar 18

Dancing with the Stars - Best and Most Shocking Moments

As we're heading into the final week of Dancing with the Stars (sob!) we've rounded up the best, and some of the most shocking, moments from this season's show, from contestants that were gone too soon, to unforgettable twirls around the dancefloor.

Dancing with the Stars • 23 Mar 18

Alannah Beirne pegs Deirdre O'Kane to win Dancing with the Stars

Alannah Beirne reveals who she'd like to win DWTS

Model Alannah Beirne, who will be returning to Dancing with the Stars for the grand final this Sunday, has revealed who she would like to see lifting the glitterball trophy.

Dancing with the Stars • 21 Mar 18

Quiz: Are you Dancing with the Stars' biggest fan?

As we are just days away from the Dancing with the Stars grand finale, test your knowledge of series 2 and find out if you are the number 1 fan of the best dancing competition on Irish telly!

Dancing with the Stars • 21 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

Erin McGregor and Ryan McShane applaud Karen Byrne and Jake Carter

She's gone! Erin McGregor misses out on DWTS Final

Erin McGregor did not have the luck of the Irish with her this week as she and her partner Ryan McShane were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars in a dance-off.

Dancing with the Stars • 19 Mar 18

Deirdre O'Kane claimed that DWTS judges are "tougher with all the women"

DWTS judge says women are not treated tougher on show

Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond has refuted claims that the women are being scored more harshly on the competition than men, saying "the stats don't back up" the accusation.

Dancing with the Stars • 16 Mar 18