After an epic Movie Week which featured routines from blockbusters such as Avatar, Wicked: For Good and Superman, another celebrity was sent home from the competition<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n20:29, 18 Jan 2026<\/span>Updated 20:33, 18 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/div>\nSinger Brian Kennedy with Pro Dancer James Cutler during the live show of RTE\u2019s Dancing With The Stars.(Image:
\nPic:Kyran O\u2019Brien \/kobpix)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Brian Kennedy became the second celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
After dancing to Phantom of the Opera on this week\u2019s special Movie Night theme<\/a>, the singer received the lowest combined scores from the judges and viewers.<\/p>\nKicking off the show, Olympic medal winning rower and doctor Philip Doyle and Daniela Roze danced a Paso Doble to the \u2018Superman Theme\u2019 by John Williams from the movie Superman .<\/p>\n
They scored 29 points.<\/p>\n
Head judge Oti Mabuse said: “You keep knocking it out of the park, that was so good. What a way to open the show!”<\/p>\n
Singer-songwriter Tol\u00fc Makay and Maciej Zi\u0119ba danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to \u2018Car Wash\u2019 by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott, from Shark Tale.<\/p>\n
They earned 26 points as Arthur Gourounlian gushed: “That was absolutely fabulous! You had the sparkle, the confidence – you were in your bubble.”<\/p>\n
Singer Brian Kennedy and James Cutler were up next and danced the Paso Doble to \u2018The Phantom of the Opera\u2019 by Michael Ball, scoring 15 points from the judges.<\/p>\n
Brian Redmond told them: “No doubt about it, it definitely needs a bit more technical input. However, there’s only one person in this cast who could’ve taken on a character as big as that, and that’s you.”<\/p>\n
Rose of Tralee <\/a>Katelyn Cummins and Leonardo Lini took on an American Smooth to \u2018Whistle While You Work\u2019 by Rachel Zegler from Snow White .<\/p>\nThey scored 35 points as Karen Byrne said: “This is exactly what Movie Night is all about. I was just sitting back and enjoying it.”<\/p>\n
Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin & Robert Rowi\u0144ski performed Cha-Cha-Cha to \u2018Fame\u2019 by Irene Cara from the movie of the same name, earning a total of 18 points .<\/p>\n
“I thought you started out so strong but I want you to work on consistency. It started out so well but mid way in, it fell in and out at times,” Oti said.<\/p>\n
Fair City<\/a> star Stephanie Kelly and Ervinas Merfeldas followed this with a Quickstep routine to \u2018You’re the One That I Want\u2019 by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the movie Grease.<\/p>\nThey scored 27 points. Arthur said: “You were completely in your element. This is the first time I’ve seen you most at ease on the dance floor.”<\/p>\n
After finding themselves near the bottom of the leader board last week, podcaster Amber Wilson and Alex Vladimirov danced the Contemporary Ballroom to \u2018For Good\u2019 by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, from the movie Wicked: For Good .<\/p>\n
Scoring 22 points, Brian told them: “You’re getting there, it’s getting better, but you need to become more independent.”<\/p>\n
The Traitors Ireland <\/a>star Paudie Moloney and Laura Nolan were up next to perform a Charleston to \u2018Meet The Flintstones\u2019 by Postmodern Jukebox from the The Flintstones .<\/p>\nThey earned 16 points as Karen said: “Charleston for me is the perfect dance for you to show how fun you are. There were a few dodgy swivels, but it was bags of fun.”<\/p>\n
Eurovision <\/a>legend Niamh Kavanagh and Stephen Vincent danced a Foxtrot to \u2018Destination Anywhere\u2019 from The Commitments – meaning Niamh danced to her own vocals .<\/p>\nWith a total of 23 points, Oti praised: “You are tuning in to a ballroom diva. The footwork was impeccable, but the upper body needs to look a little bit more competitive.”<\/p>\n
Ireland AM <\/a>presenter Eric Roberts and Arianna Favaro danced a Samba to \u2018Cuban Pete\u2019 by Jim Carey, from The Mask.<\/p>\nThey scored 31 points. Arthur said: “Every move was exaggerated in the best possible way. You didn’t just dance, you gave us a moment.”<\/p>\n
Closing the show was Apprentice UK star Jordan Dargan and his partner Rebecca Scott. They performed a Contemporary Ballroom to \u2018Pandora\u2019 by James Horner from Avatar and scored 34 points.<\/p>\n
Brian said: “In the ballroom part, you get a bit high in the shoulders, but overall a really nice performance.”<\/p>\n
Dancing With The Stars continues next Sunday at 6.30pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.<\/strong><\/p>\nTo get more Dancing With the Stars<\/a> news join our Facebook group – Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rsvplive.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an epic Movie Week which featured routines from blockbusters such as Avatar, Wicked: For Good and Superman, another celebrity was sent home from the competition 20:29, 18 Jan 2026Updated 20:33, 18 Jan 2026 Singer Brian Kennedy with Pro Dancer James Cutler during the live show of RTE\u2019s Dancing With The Stars.(Image: Pic:Kyran O\u2019Brien \/kobpix) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[41508,388870],"class_list":["post-2240741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-rte"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brian-Kennedy-eliminated-from-Dancing-With-The-Stars-after-epic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240743,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741\/revisions\/2240743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
20:29, 18 Jan 2026<\/span>Updated 20:33, 18 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Singer Brian Kennedy with Pro Dancer James Cutler during the live show of RTE\u2019s Dancing With The Stars.(Image: Brian Kennedy became the second celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night.<\/p>\n After dancing to Phantom of the Opera on this week\u2019s special Movie Night theme<\/a>, the singer received the lowest combined scores from the judges and viewers.<\/p>\n Kicking off the show, Olympic medal winning rower and doctor Philip Doyle and Daniela Roze danced a Paso Doble to the \u2018Superman Theme\u2019 by John Williams from the movie Superman .<\/p>\n They scored 29 points.<\/p>\n Head judge Oti Mabuse said: “You keep knocking it out of the park, that was so good. What a way to open the show!”<\/p>\n Singer-songwriter Tol\u00fc Makay and Maciej Zi\u0119ba danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to \u2018Car Wash\u2019 by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott, from Shark Tale.<\/p>\n They earned 26 points as Arthur Gourounlian gushed: “That was absolutely fabulous! You had the sparkle, the confidence – you were in your bubble.”<\/p>\n Singer Brian Kennedy and James Cutler were up next and danced the Paso Doble to \u2018The Phantom of the Opera\u2019 by Michael Ball, scoring 15 points from the judges.<\/p>\n Brian Redmond told them: “No doubt about it, it definitely needs a bit more technical input. However, there’s only one person in this cast who could’ve taken on a character as big as that, and that’s you.”<\/p>\n Rose of Tralee <\/a>Katelyn Cummins and Leonardo Lini took on an American Smooth to \u2018Whistle While You Work\u2019 by Rachel Zegler from Snow White .<\/p>\n They scored 35 points as Karen Byrne said: “This is exactly what Movie Night is all about. I was just sitting back and enjoying it.”<\/p>\n Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin & Robert Rowi\u0144ski performed Cha-Cha-Cha to \u2018Fame\u2019 by Irene Cara from the movie of the same name, earning a total of 18 points .<\/p>\n “I thought you started out so strong but I want you to work on consistency. It started out so well but mid way in, it fell in and out at times,” Oti said.<\/p>\n Fair City<\/a> star Stephanie Kelly and Ervinas Merfeldas followed this with a Quickstep routine to \u2018You’re the One That I Want\u2019 by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the movie Grease.<\/p>\n They scored 27 points. Arthur said: “You were completely in your element. This is the first time I’ve seen you most at ease on the dance floor.”<\/p>\n After finding themselves near the bottom of the leader board last week, podcaster Amber Wilson and Alex Vladimirov danced the Contemporary Ballroom to \u2018For Good\u2019 by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, from the movie Wicked: For Good .<\/p>\n Scoring 22 points, Brian told them: “You’re getting there, it’s getting better, but you need to become more independent.”<\/p>\n The Traitors Ireland <\/a>star Paudie Moloney and Laura Nolan were up next to perform a Charleston to \u2018Meet The Flintstones\u2019 by Postmodern Jukebox from the The Flintstones .<\/p>\n They earned 16 points as Karen said: “Charleston for me is the perfect dance for you to show how fun you are. There were a few dodgy swivels, but it was bags of fun.”<\/p>\n Eurovision <\/a>legend Niamh Kavanagh and Stephen Vincent danced a Foxtrot to \u2018Destination Anywhere\u2019 from The Commitments – meaning Niamh danced to her own vocals .<\/p>\n With a total of 23 points, Oti praised: “You are tuning in to a ballroom diva. The footwork was impeccable, but the upper body needs to look a little bit more competitive.”<\/p>\n Ireland AM <\/a>presenter Eric Roberts and Arianna Favaro danced a Samba to \u2018Cuban Pete\u2019 by Jim Carey, from The Mask.<\/p>\n They scored 31 points. Arthur said: “Every move was exaggerated in the best possible way. You didn’t just dance, you gave us a moment.”<\/p>\n Closing the show was Apprentice UK star Jordan Dargan and his partner Rebecca Scott. They performed a Contemporary Ballroom to \u2018Pandora\u2019 by James Horner from Avatar and scored 34 points.<\/p>\n Brian said: “In the ballroom part, you get a bit high in the shoulders, but overall a really nice performance.”<\/p>\n Dancing With The Stars continues next Sunday at 6.30pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.<\/strong><\/p>\n To get more Dancing With the Stars<\/a> news join our Facebook group – Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rsvplive.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After an epic Movie Week which featured routines from blockbusters such as Avatar, Wicked: For Good and Superman, another celebrity was sent home from the competition 20:29, 18 Jan 2026Updated 20:33, 18 Jan 2026 Singer Brian Kennedy with Pro Dancer James Cutler during the live show of RTE\u2019s Dancing With The Stars.(Image: Pic:Kyran O\u2019Brien \/kobpix) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[41508,388870],"class_list":["post-2240741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-rte"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brian-Kennedy-eliminated-from-Dancing-With-The-Stars-after-epic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240743,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240741\/revisions\/2240743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n
\nPic:Kyran O\u2019Brien \/kobpix)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n