Dancing_with_the_Stars_(Irish_series_3)

<i>Dancing with the Stars</i> (Irish TV series) series 3

Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series) series 3

Season of television series

Dancing with the Stars returned for a third series on 6 January 2019 on RTÉ One for a twelve-week run.[1][2]

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Nicky Byrne returned as host for a third year, joined by Jennifer Zamparelli who replaces Amanda Byram as co-host.[3][4]

Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry and Julian Benson all returned as judges.[5]

Couples

On 2 December 2018, Mairéad Ronan, was officially announced as the first celebrity to be taking part.[6] Celebrity reveals then continued every day until 7 December when the final three contestants were revealed during an appearance on The Late Late Show.[7][8]

On 26 December 2018, professional dancer Curtis Pritchard was involved in an incident where he and his brother, AJ Pritchard, were attacked in a nightclub by eight people.[9] Curtis sustained injuries to his face, eye and knee. Because of the attack, Curtis was forced to undergo surgery on his knee, he was therefore ruled out of taking part in the series until further notice. It was confirmed he would be replaced by a new professional dancer.[10] On 4 January 2019, Curtis' replacement was confirmed as being former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Trent Whiddon.[11] The rest of the pairings were revealed later that day on the pre-show, Can't Stop Dancing.[12]

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Scoring chart

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Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
  the couple eliminated that week
  the returning couple that was called forward and eventually last to be called safe, but was not necessarily in the bottom
  the returning couple that finished in the bottom two and competed in the Dance-Off
  the winning couple
  the runner-up couple

Average chart

This table only counts for single dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale. It does not include the Team Dance or Marathon scores.

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Highest and lowest scoring performances

The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows.

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Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

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Weekly scores and songs

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.

Week 1

Guest act: Series 2 champions, Jake Carter and Karen Byrne performing a Contemporary Ballroom to 'Sign of the Times'

Running order (Men)
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Week 2

Guest act: Ryan Mack performing ‘Sofa’.

Running order (Women)
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Week 3

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Week 4: Movie Week

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Week 5: Most Memorable Year Week

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Week 6: Switch-Up Week

Guest act: Wild Youth performing ‘Making Me Dance’.

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Week 7

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.

Running order
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Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

  • Bennett: Fred & Giulia
  • Redmond: Fred & Giulia
  • Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Fred & Giulia

Week 8: Orchestra Week

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.

Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson.

All performances this week are accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

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Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

  • Bennett: Clelia & Vitali
  • Redmond: Clelia & Vitali
  • Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Clelia & Vitali

Week 9: Team Dance Week

Julian Benson returned to the panel following a two-week absence.

After each couple performed their individual dance, all six couples were separated into two teams to perform a team dance to earn a higher individual scores.

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Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

  • Benson: Clelia & Vitali
  • Redmond: Denis & Valeria
  • Barry: Clelia & Vitali

Week 10: Eurovision Week

After each couple performed their individual dance, all five couples took to the floor for the "Eurothon" in a bid to increase their scores.

Guest act: Johnny Logan performing "Hold Me Now" and Sarah McTernan performing '22'.

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Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

  • Benson: Fred & Giulia
  • Redmond: Clelia & Vitali
  • Barry: Fred & Giulia

Week 11: St. Patrick's Day

The couples will perform two dances, the first being a song by an Irish artist to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

Guest act: Walking on Cars performing 'Coldest Water'.

Running order
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Dance-Off
For the dance-off Johnny & Emily chose to perform their Paso Doble, while Fred & Giulia chose their Salsa.

Judges' votes to save

  • Benson: Johnny & Emily
  • Redmond: Johnny & Emily
  • Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Johnny & Emily

Week 12: The Final

Guest act: Westlife performing 'Hello My Love'.

Running order
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Dance chart

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  Lowest scoring dance
  No dance performed
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References

  1. [1]
    "Eilish O'Carroll and Darren Kennedy confirmed for Dancing with the Stars". www.irishexaminer.com. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    Kent, David. "Two more contestants announced for 'Dancing with the Stars Ireland' 2019". Buzz.ie. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    O'Loughlin, Mikie (30 October 2018). "Jennifer Zamparelli finding love is more "Strictly Gift" than "Strictly Curse"".
  4. [4]
    "Amanda Byram departs Dancing With the Stars Ireland". RTÉ News. 28 August 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Mairéad Ronan set for Dancing With The Stars". RTÉ.ie. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Mairéad Ronan set for Dancing With The Stars". RTÉ.ie. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Young Offenders star joins Dancing With The Stars". RTÉ.ie. 7 December 2018.
  8. [8]
    @DWTSIRL (8 December 2018). "Dancing with the Stars Class of 2019 is complete!They are, in alphabetic order, @clelia_murphy, @ClionaHagan,…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. [9]
    "Strictly star AJ attacked at a nightclub". BBC News. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Dancing with the Stars dancer Curtis victim of assault". RTÉ.ie. 29 December 2018.
  11. [11]
    @DWTSIRL (4 January 2019). "As you may have heard @Holly0910 was due to be partnered with @CurtisPritchard but due to his injuries he's had to…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. [12]
    "You Dancing? DWTS couples are revealed". RTÉ.ie. 4 January 2019.
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