Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series) series 9

How it feels

A celebrity dance competition returns for a ninth season on Irish television. Professional dancers pair up with celebrities to perform in weekly live shows. A new head judge joins the panel alongside returning hosts and dancers.

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What happens

Dancing with the Stars returned for its ninth series, starting on 4 January 2026 on RTÉ One. On 25 September 2025, the head judge, Loraine Barry announced her departure from the series after eight years on the panel. On 1 October 2025, RTÉ confirmed that the show would return for its ninth series, with former Strictly Come Dancing professional, Oti Mabuse taking over the role as head judge. It was confirmed that Brian Redmond, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne would join Mabuse on the panel for their ninth, fifth and second seasons, respectively. Host Jennifer Zamparelli was also announced to return for her seventh season with RTÉ 2fm presenter and Season 7 runner-up, Laura Fox filling in for Doireann Garrihy while she is on maternity leave. On 23 November the professional dancer line-up was confirmed with Robert Rowiński, Stephen Vincent, Laura Nolan, Ervinas Merfeldas, Alex Vladimirov, Daniela Roze, Maciej Zieba and Rebecca Scott all returning from the previous season. Denys Samson, Salome Chachua and Simone Arena announced that they would not return to the series. They would be replaced by Arianna Favaro, James Cutler and Leonardo Lini. Kylee Vincent would also return to the show having taken the previous season off to give birth. On 20 February 2026, it was announced that former host Nicky Byrne would return to the show for the 100th Episode Special as a guest judge. Katelyn Cummins and Leonardo Lini were announced as the winners after the final on 15 March 2026, while Eric Roberts and Arianna Favaro, Paudie Moloney and Laura Nolan, and Tolü Makay and Maciej Zieba were the runners up. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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