Emily Barker (dancer)

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Emily Barker
Born (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Known for Dancing with the Stars (Irish series)

Emily Barker (born 13 December 1996) is a British dancer and choreographer. She is a professional dancer on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars .

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Career

In 2016, Barker toured with the Burn the Floor tour. [1]

In 2017 and 2018, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice in his UK & Ireland tours. [2]

In 2017 and 2018, she also toured with Strictly Come Dancing contestants Harry Judd and Louis Smith, along with Aston Merrygold's UK tour, Rip it Up. [3]

Dancing with the Stars

In 2017, Barker was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars. [4] She was partnered with Big Brother UK runner-up, Hughie Maughan. [5] They were the first couple eliminated from the competition. [6]

In 2018, Barker was partnered with Olympic medal-winning race walker, Rob Heffernan. [7] They reached the quarterfinals of the competition, eventually finishing in fifth place. [8]

In 2019, Barker was partnered with actor, Johnny Ward. [9] They reached the final of the competition, eventually finishing as joint runners-up to Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan. [10]

In 2020, Barker partnered, former Kilkenny hurler, Aidan Fogarty. They reached the final, finishing joint runners-up to Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca. This was Barker’s second time in a row to reach the final, making her the second professional dancer to do this.

In 2022, Barker partnered former RTÉ newsreader, Aengus Mac Grianna. [11] They reached the fifth week of the competition, finishing in 10th place. On 10 March, it was announced that Barker would partner Jordan Conroy for week 10 when his regular professional partner, Salome Chachua, tested positive for COVID-19.

In 2023, Barker partnered RTÉ 2fm Breakfast presenter, Carl Mullan. [12] They reached the final and won the competition, making this Barker's first win since she joined the show in 2017. Barker also became the first professional dancer to make three non-consecutive finals. On 5 September 2023, Barker announced via Instagram that she was leaving the show. [13]

SeriesPartnerPlace
1 Hughie Maughan 11th
2 Rob Heffernan 5th
3 Johnny Ward 2nd
4 Aidan Fogarty 2nd
5 Aengus Mac Grianna 10th
6 Carl Mullan 1st

Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance

1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.

Series 1

Celebrity partner
Hughie Maughan; Average: 16; Place: 11th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Cha-cha-cha / "King"45615No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Waltz / "What the World Needs Now Is Love"56617Eliminated

Series 2

Celebrity partner
Rob Heffernan; Average: 20.9; Place: 5th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Jive / "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"56617No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Tango / "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"66618Safe
4 Samba / "Jump in the Line (Shake, Señora)"67720Safe
5 Viennese Waltz / "Perfect"88925Safe
6 Jive / "Crocodile Rock"44614No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Marty Morrissey
7 Salsa / "Livin' la Vida Loca"77721Safe
8 Cha-cha-cha / "Ice Ice Baby"66618Safe
9 Contemporary Ballroom / "Hymn for the Weekend "
Team Dance / "Party Rock Anthem"		8
8		8
8		8
9		24
25		Safe
10 Foxtrot / "Any Dream Will Do"
Swing-a-thon / "You Can't Stop the Beat"		8
Awarded		8
2		9
Points		25
27		Eliminated

Series 3

Celebrity partner
Johnny Ward; Average: 25.9; Place: 2nd
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Jive / "Johnny B. Goode"77822No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Foxtrot / "This Town"66719Safe
4 Viennese Waltz / "Kiss from a Rose"88925Safe
5 Cha-cha-cha / "Picture of You"76720Safe
6 Paso Doble / "Y viva Espana"45514No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Fred Cooke
7 Rumba / "Say You Won't Let Go"99927Safe
8 Tango / "Viva la Vida"9101029Safe
9 Samba / "Shape of You (Remix)"
Team Dance / "Born This Way"		9
8		9
9		10
9		28
26		Safe
10 Contemporary Ballroom / "Rise Like a Phoenix"
Euro-thon / "Making Your Mind Up"		10
Awarded		10
5		10
Points		30
35		Safe
11 American Smooth / "Power Over Me"
Paso Doble / "Kashmir"		9
9		9
9		9
10		27
28		Bottom two
12 Foxtrot / "This Town"
Jive / "Johnny B. Goode"
Showdance / "Bad Man"		9
10
10		9
10
10		10
10
10		28
30
30		Runners-up

Series 4

Celebrity partner
Aidan Fogarty; Average: 23.2; Place: 2nd
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Jive / "Tiger Feet"56718No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Foxtrot / "Half the World Away"78823Safe
4 Tango / "Into The Unknown"89926Safe
5 Charleston / "Bingo Bango"76821Safe
6 Charleston / "Woman Up"98926No elimination
Switch-Up Week With Lottie Ryan
7 Contemporary Ballroom / "Someone You Loved"78823Safe
8 Paso Doble / "Pompeii"77721Safe
9 Rumba / "One"
Team Dance / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)"		7
9		8
9		8
9		23
27		Safe
10 American Smooth / "The Most Effectual Top Cat"
Rock-Til-You-Drop / "Happy Days"		8
Awarded		8
3		9
points		25
28		Safe
11 Viennese Waltz / "Another Life"
Salsa (with Laura Nolan) / "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) "		8
9		9
9		9
9		26
27		Runners-up

Series 5

Celebrity partner
Aengus Mac Grianna; Average: 13.7; Place: 10th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryGourounlian
1No dance performed----No elimination
2 Charleston / "Goody Two Shoes"46616
3 Waltz / "If You Don't Know Me by Now"34411Safe
4 Samba / "Help Yourself"34411Safe
5 Jive / "All Shook Up"56617Eliminated

Series 6

Celebrity partner
Carl Mullan; Average: 24; Place: 1st
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryGourounlian
1 Foxtrot / "Daydream Believer"55616No elimination
2 Paso Doble / "Beautiful Day"78823
3 Samba / "Shake Your Bon-Bon"67720Safe
4 American Smooth / "If I Didn't Have You"67720Safe
5 Viennese Waltz / "Pointless"77822Safe
6 Jive / "Higher Power"78823No elimination
7 Tango / "Sucker"88824Safe
8 Salsa / "Gangnam Style"78823Safe
9 Charleston / "Bills"
Team Freestyle / "Crying at the Discoteque"		9
8		9
10		10
10		28
28		Safe
10 Quickstep / "Hit the Road Jack"
Marathon / "I Want Candy"		8
Awarded		9
3		9
Points		26
29		Safe
11 Paso Doble / "Beautiful Day"
Showdance / "Celestial"		9
10		10
10		10
10		29
30		Winners

Personal life

From 2016 Barker was in a relationship with fellow Dancing with the Stars professional dancer, Curtis Pritchard. In early 2019 it was reported the couple were no longer an item. [14] [15] [16] [17] In late 2019, Barker and her Series 3 celebrity dance partner, Johnny Ward, confirmed they were an item. They ended their relationship in March 2020. [18] [19] [20]

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