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Dancing with the Stars returned for a fourth series which began on 5 January 2020 on RTÉ One.

Nicky Byrne and Jennifer Zamparelli returned as hosts for a fourth and second series, respectively. The spinoff show Can't Stop Dancing did not return.

Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry and Julian Benson returned as judges.

In November 2019 it was confirmed the professional dancers, Curtis Pritchard, Ksenia Zsikhotska, Valeria Milova and Vitali Kozmin would not be returning for this series. They were replaced by Laura Nolan, Kylee Vincent, Pasquale La Rocca and Stephen Vincent.

The final on 15 March 2020 was won by Lottie Ryan alongside professional dancer Pasquale La Rocca.

Couples

On 1 December 2019, Glenda Gilson was announced as the first celebrity to be taking part. The remaining celebrities were announced across the following week.

Scoring chart

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 dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

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

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

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 3 champions, Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan performing a Viennese Waltz to 'You Are the Reason'.

Running order (Men)

Week 2

Guest act: Vincent Simone and Ksenia Zsikhotska performed an Argentine Tango to 'La cumparsita'.

Running order (Women)

Week 3

Running order

Week 4: Movie Week

Running order

Week 5: Most Memorable Year Week

Running order

Week 6: Switch-Up Week

Guest act: Julian Benson with Fly Youth performing, 'Cha Cha Boom'.

Running order

Week 7: Love Week

Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' Votes To Save

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

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.

Due to an illness, Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the night.

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

Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

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

Week 9: Team Dance Week

Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the second week running.

Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

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

Week 10: TV Themes Week

For the third week running Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson.

Guest act: The cast of On Your Feet! performing a Gloria Estefan medley.

Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save

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

Week 11: The Final

This week was scheduled to be the semifinal, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on the day of that it would be the final and the public would crown their winner.

The couples first performed one unlearned dance followed by a trio dance. For the trio dances each couple was joined by one eliminated pro dancer.

Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the fourth week running.

Guest act: Nathan Carter performing 'May the Road Rise'.

Running order

Dance chart

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance

  No dance performed

References

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2. Gallagher, Katie (27 October 2019). "Nicky Byrne to return as Dancing With The Stars host". irishmirror.
3. O'Loughlin, Mikie (3 November 2019). "RTE sensationally axes DWTS spin-off show Can't Stop Dancing". irishmirror.
4. Townsend, Michelle (7 October 2019). "Marty Morrissey and Clelia Murphy announced as hosts of DWTS Live". rsvp.
5. Townsend, Michelle (13 November 2019). "Valeria Milova and Vitali Kozmin leave DWTS as four new pro dancers join lineup". rsvp. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
6. "DWTS reveals new pro dancers after Curtis leaves". 14 November 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. Gallagher, Katie (14 November 2019). "Dancing With The Stars changes as four professional dancers to be swapped out". irishmirror. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
8. Townsend, Michelle (13 November 2019). "Pictures: Dancing With The Stars Ireland professionals 2020". rsvp. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
9. "'I actually have no words': Lottie Ryan wins Dancing With The Stars". The Journal. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
10. "Glenda Gilson is first Dancing with the Stars celeb". 1 December 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
11. "Dancing with the Stars Final will take place tonight". 15 March 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Official website Archived 13 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine

• Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)
• 2020 Irish television seasons