Dancing with the Stars | |
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Series 4 | |
Presented by | Jennifer Zamparelli Nicky Byrne |
Judges | Julian Benson Loraine Barry Brian Redmond |
Celebrity winner | Lottie Ryan |
Professional winner | Pasquale La Rocca |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | RTÉ One |
Original release | 5 January – 15 March 2020 |
Series chronology |
Dancing with the Stars returned for a fourth series which began on 5 January 2020 on RTÉ One. [1]
Nicky Byrne and Jennifer Zamparelli returned as hosts for a fourth and second series, respectively. The spinoff show Can't Stop Dancing did not return. [2] [3]
Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry and Julian Benson returned as judges. [4]
In November 2019 it was confirmed the professional dancers, Curtis Pritchard, Ksenia Zsikhotska, Valeria Milova and Vitali Kozmin would not be returning for this series. [5] They were replaced by Laura Nolan, Kylee Vincent, Pasquale La Rocca and Stephen Vincent. [6] [7] [8]
The final on 15 March 2020 was won by Lottie Ryan alongside professional dancer Pasquale La Rocca. [9]
On 1 December 2019, Glenda Gilson was announced as the first celebrity to be taking part. [10] The remaining celebrities were announced across the following week.
Celebrity | Known for | Professional | Status |
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Yewande Biala | Love Island contestant | Stephen Vincent | Eliminated 1st on 19 January 2020 |
Glenda Gilson | Television presenter | Robert Rowiński | Eliminated 2nd on 26 January 2020 |
Michael Carruth | Olympic boxer | Karen Byrne | Eliminated 3rd on 2 February 2020 |
Brian Dowling | Television presenter | Laura Nolan Kai Widdrington (Week 6) | Eliminated 4th on 16 February 2020 |
Sinéad O'Carroll | B*Witched singer | Ryan McShane John Nolan (Week 6) | Eliminated 5th on 23 February 2020 |
Mary Kennedy | Television presenter | John Nolan Ryan McShane (Week 6) | Eliminated 6th on 1 March 2020 |
Fr. Ray Kelly | Priest & singer | Kylee Vincent Giulia Dotta (Week 6) | Eliminated 7th on 8 March 2020 |
Aidan Fogarty | Former Kilkenny hurler | Emily Barker Kylee Vincent (Week 6) | Runners-up on 15 March 2020 |
Gráinne Gallanagh | Miss Universe Ireland 2018 | Kai Widdrington Pasquale La Rocca (Week 6) | |
Ryan Andrews | Fair City actor | Giulia Dotta Laura Nolan (Week 6) | |
Lottie Ryan | RTÉ 2fm broadcaster | Pasquale La Rocca Emily Barker (Week 6) | Winners on 15 March 2020 |
Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1/2+3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6+7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Lottie & Pasquale | 1 | — | 21 | 25 | 46 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 29 | 29+27=56 | 28+5=33 | 30+30=60 |
Ryan & Giulia | 2 | 21 | — | 23 | 44 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 27+24=51 | 30+4=34 | 29+30=59 |
Gráinne & Kai | — | 18 | 20 | 38 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 30 | 25+24=49 | 22+2=24 | 27+30=57 | |
Aidan & Emily | 18 | — | 23 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 21 | 23+27=50 | 25+3=28 | 26+27=53 | |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 5 | 8 | — | 6 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 13+27=40 | 15+1=16 | |
Mary & John | 6 | — | 13 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 18+24=42 | ||
Sinéad & Ryan | 7 | — | 21 | 24 | 45 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 24 | |||
Brian & Laura | 8 | 16 | — | 20 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 38 | ||||
Michael & Karen | 9 | 12 | — | 11 | 23 | 14 | 13 | |||||||
Glenda & Robert | 10 | — | 17 | 15 | 32 | 18 | ||||||||
Yewande & Stephen | 11 | — | 16 | 12 | 28 |
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Total average |
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1 | 1 | Lottie & Pasquale | 323 | 12 | 26.9 |
2 | 2 | Ryan & Giulia | 320 | 26.7 | |
3 | Gráinne & Kai | 287 | 23.9 | ||
4 | 7 | Sinéad & Ryan | 163 | 7 | 23.3 |
5 | 2 | Aidan & Emily | 278 | 12 | 23.2 |
6 | 8 | Brian & Laura | 109 | 6 | 18.2 |
7 | 10 | Glenda & Robert | 50 | 3 | 16.7 |
8 | 6 | Mary & John | 131 | 8 | 16.4 |
9 | 11 | Yewande & Stephen | 28 | 2 | 14.0 |
10 | 5 | Fr. Ray & Kylee | 131 | 10 | 13.1 |
11 | 9 | Michael & Karen | 50 | 4 | 12.5 |
The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows.
Dance | Celebrity | Highest score | Celebrity | Lowest score |
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Tango | Aidan Fogarty | 26 | Michael Carruth | 13 |
Cha-cha-cha | Lottie Ryan | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 6 |
Salsa | Lottie Ryan | 28 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 14 |
Foxtrot | Gráinne Gallanagh | 27 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 8 |
Charleston | Ryan Andrews Gráinne Gallanagh | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 14 |
Waltz | Ryan Andrews | 25 | Glenda Gilson | 15 |
Quickstep | Lottie Ryan | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 13 |
Jive | Ryan Andrews | 28 | Mary Kennedy | 14 |
Rumba | Ryan Andrews | 26 | Gráinne Gallanagh | 18 |
Paso Doble | Lottie Ryan | 28 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 9 |
American Smooth | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Michael Carruth | 12 |
Contemporary Ballroom | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Glenda Gilson | 18 |
Samba | Lottie Ryan Ryan Andrews | 29 | Michael Carruth | 11 |
Viennese Waltz | Gráinne Gallanagh | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 10 |
Team Dance | Lottie Ryan Aidan Fogarty Fr. Ray Kelly | 27 | Ryan Andrews Gráinne Gallanagh Mary Kennedy | 24 |
Rock-til-you-Drop Marathon | Lottie Ryan | 5 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 1 |
Couples | Highest scoring dance | Lowest scoring dance |
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Lottie & Pasquale | Quickstep & Cha-Cha-Cha (30) | Jive (21) |
Aidan & Emily | Salsa (27) | Jive & Cha-Cha-Cha (18) |
Gráinne & Kai | Viennese Waltz & Charleston (30) | Tango & Rumba (18) |
Ryan & Giulia | Contemporary Ballroom, Charleston & American Smooth (30) | Cha-Cha-Cha (21) |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | Jive & American Smooth (15) | Cha-Cha-Cha (6) |
Mary & John | American Smooth & Tango (19) | Foxtrot (13) |
Sinéad & Ryan | Viennese Waltz (27) | Cha-Cha-Cha (19) |
Brian & Laura | Quickstep (23) | Tango (15) |
Michael & Karen | Paso Doble (14) | Samba (11) |
Glenda & Robert | Contemporary Ballroom (18) | Waltz (15) |
Yewande & Stephen | Salsa (16) | Viennese Waltz (12) |
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Julian Benson.
Guest act: Series 3 champions, Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan performing a Viennese Waltz to 'You Are the Reason'.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
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Aidan & Emily | 18 (5, 6, 7) | Jive | "Tiger Feet"—New Hope Club |
Michael & Karen | 12 (3, 4, 5) | American Smooth | "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"—Dropkick Murphys |
Ryan & Giulia | 21 (6, 7, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "If I Can't Have You"—Shawn Mendes |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 8 (2, 2, 4) | Foxtrot | "Spirit in the Sky"—Doctor and the Medics |
Brian & Laura | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Salsa | "Juice"—Lizzo |
Guest act: Vincent Simone and Ksenia Zsikhotska performed an Argentine Tango to 'La cumparsita'.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
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Glenda & Robert | 17 (5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Don't Start Now"—Dua Lipa |
Gráinne & Kai | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Tango | "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj |
Sinéad & Ryan | 21 (7, 7, 7) | American Smooth | "Bewitched"—Steve Lawrence |
Yewande & Stephen | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Salsa | "Solo Dance"—Martin Jensen |
Mary & John | 13 (3, 5, 5) | Foxtrot | "No Frontiers"—Mary Black |
Lottie & Pasquale | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"—Nicole Scherzinger |
Couples | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
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Gráinne & Kai | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Jive | "Dear Future Husband"—Meghan Trainor | Safe |
Aidan & Emily | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Half the World Away"—Oasis | Safe |
Michael & Karen | 11 (3, 4, 4) | Samba | "It's Not Unusual"—Tom Jones | Safe |
Yewande & Stephen | 12 (3, 4, 5) | Viennese Waltz | "Lover"—Taylor Swift | Eliminated |
Sinéad & Ryan | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Paso Doble | "El gato montés"—Arielle Dombasle | Safe |
Glenda & Robert | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Waltz | "I Never Loved a Man"—The Commitments | Safe |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 6 (1, 2, 3) | Cha-cha-cha | "Save the Last Dance for Me"—Michael Bublé | Safe |
Ryan & Giulia | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Tango | "Bad Guy"—Billie Eilish | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Contemporary Ballroom | "Castles"—Freya Ridings | Safe |
Mary & John | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Salsa | "Ran Kan Kan"—Luis Lema | Last to be called safe |
Brian & Laura | 20 (6, 7, 7) | American Smooth | "Dance Monkey"—Tones and I | Last to be called safe |
Couples | Score | Dance | Music | Movie | Result |
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Brian & Laura | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Charleston | "Fat Sam's Grand Slam" — Paul Williams | Bugsy Malone | Safe |
Glenda & Robert | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Contemporary Ballroom | "My Heart Will Go On" — Celine Dion | Titanic | Eliminated |
Gráinne & Kai | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Salsa | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" — Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Dirty Dancing | Last to be called safe |
Michael & Karen | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Paso Doble | "Eye of the Tiger" — Survivor | Rocky III | Safe |
Sinéad & Ryan | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Get Happy"—Renée Zellweger and Sam Smith | Judy | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale | 28 (9, 9, 10) | Salsa | "Dora the Explorer theme" — John Debney and Germaine Franco | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Safe |
Mary & John | 19 (5, 7, 7) | American Smooth | "He's a Tramp" — Diane & Kristen | Lady and the Tramp | Safe |
Aidan & Emily | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Into the Unknown"—Panic! at the Disco | Frozen II | Safe |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 9 (2, 3, 4) | Paso Doble | "The Magnificent Seven theme" — Elmer Bernstein | The Magnificent Seven | Last to be called safe |
Ryan & Giulia | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Jive | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" — Elton John | Rocketman | Safe |
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sinéad & Ryan | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "C'est la Vie" — B*Witched | Last to be called safe |
Mary & John | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Waltz | "Nocturne" — Secret Garden | Safe |
Brian & Laura | 17 (5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "We Are Family" — Sister Sledge | Safe |
Ryan & Giulia | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Rumba | "Fix You" — Coldplay | Safe |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 10 (2, 4, 4) | Viennese Waltz | "Hallelujah" — Fr. Ray Kelly | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Tango | "Radio" — Beyoncé | Last to be called safe |
Gráinne & Kai | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Contemporary Ballroom | "Unstoppable"—Sia | Safe |
Michael & Karen | 13 (4, 4, 5) | Tango | "Gold" — Spandau Ballet | Eliminated |
Aidan & Emily | 21 (7, 6, 8) | Charleston | "Bingo Bango" — Basement Jaxx | Safe |
Guest act: Julian Benson with Fly Youth performing, 'Cha Cha Boom'.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
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Mary & Ryan | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Jive | "Twistin' the Night Away" — Sam Cooke |
Ryan & Laura | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Waltz | "Open Arms" — Journey |
Fr. Ray & Giulia | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Charleston | "National Express" — The Divine Comedy |
Sinéad & John | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese Waltz | "Guilty" — Paloma Faith |
Aidan & Kylee | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Feels like Home" — Sigala with Sean Paul and Fuse ODG feat. Kent Jones |
Brian & Kai | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Out of Our Heads" — Take That |
Gráinne & Pasquale | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Rumba | "Beautiful People" — Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid |
Lottie & Emily | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Charleston | "Woman Up" — Meghan Trainor |
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gráinne & Kai | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Quickstep | "Paper Rings"—Taylor Swift | Safe |
Aidan & Emily | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Contemporary Ballroom | "Someone You Loved"—Lewis Capaldi | Safe |
Mary & John | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Viennese Waltz | "What Have I Done"—Dermot Kennedy | Safe |
Brian & Laura | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Tango | "When Doves Cry"—Prince | Eliminated |
Ryan & Giulia | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Salsa | "Perfect Strangers"—Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper | Safe |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Jive | "Build Me Up Buttercup"—The Foundations | Last to be called safe |
Sinéad & Ryan | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "La Isla Bonita"—Hr. Troels | Bottom two |
Lottie & Pasquale | 28 (9, 9, 10) | Viennese Waltz | "One of a Kind"—Ronan Keating & Emeli Sandé | Safe |
Dance-Off
Judges' Votes To Save
Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Darren Bennett.
Due to an illness, Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the night.
All performances this week are accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lottie & Pasquale | 29 (9, 10, 10) | American Smooth | 'Big Spender' — Shirley Bassey | Bottom two |
Sinéad & Ryan | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Tango | 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' — Eurythmics | Eliminated |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Salsa | 'Hot Hot Hot' — The Merrymen | Safe |
Gráinne & Kai | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Viennese Waltz | 'Waltz of the Flowers' — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Safe |
Aidan & Emily | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso Doble | 'Pompeii' — Bastille | Last to be called safe |
Mary & John | 19 (6, 7, 6) | Tango | 'Por una Cabeza' — Carlos Gardel | Safe |
Ryan & Giulia | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary Ballroom | 'Life on Mars' — David Bowie | Safe |
Dance-Off
Judges' votes to save
Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the second week running.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
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Ryan & Giulia | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "What a Man Gotta Do" — Jonas Brothers | Safe |
Mary & John | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Young Hearts Run Free" — Candi Staton | Eliminated |
Gráinne & Kai | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Paso Doble | "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" — Meat Loaf | Bottom two |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 13 (4, 4, 5) | Quickstep | "I'm a Believer" — The Monkees | Safe |
Aidan & Emily | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Rumba | "One" — U2 | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Samba | "Tip Toe" — Jason Derulo feat. French Montana | Safe |
Gráinne & Kai Mary & John Ryan & Giulia | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Freestyle ("Rhythm Rebels") | "Physical" — Dua Lipa | |
Aidan & Emily Lottie & Pasquale Fr. Ray & Kylee | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Freestyle ("Swing Breakers") | "Sing, Sing, Sing" — Wolfgang Lohr feat. The Speakeasy Three |
Dance-Off
Judges' votes to save
For the third week running Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson.
Guest act: The cast of On Your Feet! performing a Gloria Estefan medley.
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | TV Show | Result |
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Gráinne & Kai | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Samba | "Wonder Woman theme" — Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel | Wonder Woman | Safe |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | 15 (5, 5, 5) | American Smooth | "Songs of Love" — The Divine Comedy | Father Ted | Eliminated |
Ryan & Giulia | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "The Muppet Show theme" — Jim Henson & Sam Pottle | The Muppet Show | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale | 28 (9, 9, 10) | Paso Doble | "Mission Impossible theme" — Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible | Bottom two |
Aidan & Emily | 25 (8, 8, 9) | American Smooth | "The Most Effectual Top Cat" — Hoyt Curtin | Top Cat | Safe |
Lottie & Pasquale Ryan & Giulia Aidan & Emily Gráinne & Kai Fr. Ray & Kylee | 5 4 3 2 1 | Rock-Til-You-Drop | "Happy Days theme" — Pratt & McClain | Happy Days |
Dance-Off
Judges' votes to save
This week was scheduled to be the semifinal, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on the day of that it would be the final and the public would crown their winner. [11]
The couples first performed one unlearned dance followed by a trio dance. For the trio dances each couple was joined by one eliminated pro dancer.
Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the fourth week running.
Guest act: Nathan Carter performing 'May the Road Rise'.
Couple (Trio Dance Partner) | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
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Aidan & Emily (with Laura Nolan) | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Viennese Waltz | "Another Life" — Westlife | Runner-up |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Salsa | "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" — Pitbull | ||
Ryan & Giulia (with Karen Byrne) | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Samba | "Lo-Lo Dzama" — Šum Svistu | Runner-up |
30 (10, 10, 10) | American Smooth | "I Get a Kick Out of You" — Michael Bublé | ||
Lottie & Pasquale (with Ryan McShane) | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Quickstep | "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | Winner |
30 (10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Turn Me On" — Riton X Oliver Heldens feat. Vula | ||
Gráinne & Kai (with Stephen Vincent) | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Falling" — Harry Styles | Runner-up |
30 (10, 10, 10) | Charleston | "Dance Apocalyptic"—Janelle Monáe |
Couple | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | |||
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Lottie & Pasquale | N/A | Jive | Contemporary Ballroom | Salsa | Tango | Charleston (with Emily) | Viennese Waltz | American Smooth | Samba | Freestyle (Swing Breakers) | Paso Doble | Rock-Til-You-Drop | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha (with Ryan) |
Ryan & Giulia | Cha-cha-cha | N/A | Tango | Jive | Rumba | Waltz (with Laura) | Salsa | Contemporary Ballroom | Quickstep | Freestyle (Rhythm Rebels) | Charleston | Rock-Til-You-Drop | Samba | American Smooth (with Karen) |
Gráinne & Kai | N/A | Tango | Jive | Salsa | Contemporary Ballroom | Rumba (with Pasquale) | Quickstep | Viennese Waltz | Paso Doble | Freestyle (Rhythm Rebels) | Samba | Rock-Til-You-Drop | Foxtrot | Charleston (with Stephen) |
Aidan & Emily | Jive | N/A | Foxtrot | Tango | Charleston | Cha-cha-cha (with Kylee) | Contemporary Ballroom | Paso Doble | Rumba | Freestyle (Swing Breakers) | American Smooth | Rock-Til-You-Drop | Viennese Waltz | Salsa (with Laura) |
Fr. Ray & Kylee | Foxtrot | N/A | Cha-cha-cha | Paso Doble | Viennese Waltz | Charleston (with Giulia) | Jive | Salsa | Quickstep | Freestyle (Swing Breakers) | American Smooth | Rock-Til-You-Drop | ||
Mary & John | N/A | Foxtrot | Salsa | American Smooth | Waltz | Jive (with Ryan) | Viennese Waltz | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle (Rhythm Rebels) | ||||
Sinéad & Ryan | N/A | American Smooth | Paso Doble | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese Waltz (with John) | Samba | Tango | ||||||
Brian & Laura | Salsa | N/A | American Smooth | Charleston | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep (with Kai) | Tango | |||||||
Michael & Karen | American Smooth | N/A | Samba | Paso Doble | Tango | |||||||||
Glenda & Robert | N/A | Cha-cha-cha | Waltz | Contemporary Ballroom | ||||||||||
Yewande & Stephen | N/A | Salsa | Viennese Waltz |
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