{"id":317322,"date":"2026-02-03T02:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/317322\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T02:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:07:14","slug":"eric-clocks-up-impressive-score-in-honour-of-nephew-oisin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/317322\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric \u2018Clocks\u2019 up impressive score in honour of nephew, Ois\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An emotional Ireland AM\u202fpresenter, Eric Roberts, paid a special tribute to his nephew, Ois\u00edn, in last night\u2019s \u2018Dancing with the Stars\u2019 on RTE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contestants were asked to honour a person or people who have made an impact on their lives, and dedicate a dance to them.<\/p>\n<p>Proud Downings man, Eric, dedicated his dance to his nephew and \u2018best friend\u2019, Ois\u00edn, who has cerebral palsy and autism and often features on Eric\u2019s social media posts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455356\" class=\"wp-image-455356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BALAMORY_MESSAGE_DN04-616x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"537\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-455356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ois\u00edn and Eric share another special moment.<\/p>\n<p>Eric and pro dancer Arianna Favaro danced Tango to Coldplay\u2019s \u2018Clocks\u2019, Ois\u00edn\u2019s favourite song. They impressed the judges and received 34 points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ois\u00edn, who was in the audience with his mum Tanya, also looked suitably impressed by his uncle\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins won immunity last night\u2019s Dedicated Dance Special, after dancing a contemporary ballroom to \u2018Never Enough\u2019 by Kelly Clarkson. This means Katelyn, alongside pro partner Leonardo Lini, will be immune from elimination from next week\u2019s Fright Night and the first Dance Off of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Eric \u2018Clocks\u2019 up impressive score in honour of nephew, Ois\u00edn was last modified:  February 2nd, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An emotional Ireland AM\u202fpresenter, Eric Roberts, paid a special tribute to his nephew, Ois\u00edn, in last night\u2019s \u2018Dancing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[153900,669,18,117,50242,19,17],"class_list":["post-317322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dancing-with-the-stars-ireland","tag-donegal-news","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-eric-roberts","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116004260883580168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317322","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=317322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}