{"id":285630,"date":"2026-01-15T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/285630\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:14:16","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-reveals-movie-week-routines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/285630\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing with the Stars reveals Movie Week routines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing with the Stars has revealed the songs and dances for Movie Week this Sunday as the remaining couples bid to stay in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/2026\/0112\/1552569-michael-fry-has-no-regrets-after-dwts-elimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last Sunday night&#8217;s elimination of comedian Michael Fry and his professional dance partner Kylee Vincent<\/a>, 11 couples remain on the dancefloor.<\/p>\n<p>This Sunday night, The Traitors Ireland star Paudie Moloney will become Fred Flintstone as he dances a Charleston with professional dance partner Laura Nolan to the theme from The Flintstones.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paudie Moloney and Laura Nolan DWTS Week 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b1d2-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPaudie Moloney and Laura Nolan<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Tol\u00fc Makay and her partner Maciej Zi\u0119ba are dancing a Cha-cha-cha to Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott&#8217;s version of Car Wash from the film Shark Tale.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Singer Tolu Makay with Pro Dancer Maciej Zieba during the liveshow of RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b98a-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nTol\u00fc Makay and Maciej Zi\u0119ba<\/p>\n<p>Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins and her pro dancer Leonardo Lini will dance an American Smooth to Rachel Zegler&#8217;s version of Whistle While You Work from the recent live-action version of Snow White.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins with Pro Dancer Leonardo Liniduring the live show of RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b971-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nKatelyn Cummins and Leonardo Lini<\/p>\n<p>Movie Week will be especially meaningful for Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh, who dances a Foxtrot with partner Stephen Vincent to Destination Anywhere from The Commitments. The singer auditioned for a role in the film in the early 1990s, and while she missed out on appearing on screen, her lead vocal featured prominently on the soundtrack. This Sunday marks a full-circle moment as she dances to her own vocal from the movie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eurovision Winner Niamh Kavanagh with Pro Dancer StephenVincent during the live show of RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b97d-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nNiamh Kavanagh and Stephen Vincent<\/p>\n<p>Having long been told he resembles Clark Kent by his friends and family, rower Philip Doyle will don the famous red cape and spandex and dance a Paso Doble to the Superman theme with his very own Lois Lane, his pro dance partner Daniela Roze.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Olympian Philip Doyle with Pro Dancer Daniela Roze during thelive show of RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b982-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPhilip Doyle and Daniela Roze<\/p>\n<p>Fair City star Stephanie Kelly and her dance partner Ervinas Merfeldas will channel John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as they become Grease&#8217;s Danny and Sandy for a Quickstep to You&#8217;re the One That I Want.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b1c3-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nStephanie Kelly and Ervinas Merfeldas<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin and her pro dancer Robert Rowi\u0144ski will don the legwarmers for a Cha-cha-cha to Irene Cara&#8217;s Fame from Fame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b1b2-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nAnne Cassin and Robert Rowi\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy and his dance partner James Cutler will dance a dramatic Paso Doble to the title track from The Phantom of the Opera.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Singer Brian Kennedy with pro dancer James Cutler during the opening live show of RTE's Dancing with the Stars Photo: Kyran O'Brien\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b683-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nBrian Kennedy and James Cutler<\/p>\n<p>The Apprentice UK star Jordan Dargan will be turning blue when he and dance partner Rebecca Scott dance Contemporary Ballroom to Pandora, the theme from Avatar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Apprentice's Jordan Dargan with Pro Dancer Rebecca Scottduring the live show of RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b997-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nJordan Dargan and Rebecca Scott<\/p>\n<p>Ireland AM presenter Eric Roberts will turn green for his Samba alongside his pro dancer Arianna Favaro to Cuban Pete from the Jim Carrey comedy The Mask.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eric Roberts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b99a-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nEric Roberts and Arianna Favaro<\/p>\n<p>Podcaster Amber Wilson and her partner Alex Vladimirov will be grabbing a wand and broomstick and hoping to fly high on the scoreboard when they become Glinda and Elphaba with a Contemporary Ballroom to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo&#8217;s For Good from the recent sequel Wicked: For Good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b1a9-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nAmber Wilson (right) and Alex Vladimirov<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the cultural phenomenon of 2025, the Dancing with the Stars professional dancers will perform a very special group dance to a mash-up of hits from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden, Soda Pop, and Takedown.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the show, the couple with the lowest combined total from the judges&#8217; scores and public votes will be eliminated, and the remaining couples will progress to the Sunday, 25 January show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Presenters Jennifer Zamparelli and Laura Fox during the live showof RTE's Dancing With The Stars.Pic:Kyran O'Brien \/kobpixNO FEE FOR REPRO During show run++++++FEE applies to Photographs used after Show run finishes.++++++++++\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023b976-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n(L-R) Jennifer Zamparelli and Laura Fox are your hosts<\/p>\n<p>The eliminated couple will be interviewed by Laura Fox on 2FM at 9:30am on Monday and by Oliver Callan on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 just after 11am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dancing with the Stars judges Brian Redmond, Karen Byrne, Oti Mabuse, and Arthur Gourounlian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/00233fcf-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nWill judges (L-R) Brian Redmond, Karen Byrne, Oti Mabuse, and Arthur Gourounlian award any 10s?<\/p>\n<p>Dancing with the Stars, Sundays, RT\u00c9 One and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/player\/series\/dancing-with-the-stars\/SI0000000388?epguid=IP10017202-09-0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RT\u00c9 Player<\/a>, 6:30pm<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/television\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more television news.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dancing with the Stars has revealed the songs and dances for Movie Week this Sunday as the remaining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-285630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115898828762582695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}