Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 4)

Dancing with the Stars returned for a fourth series which began on 5 January 2020 on RTÉ One.[1]

Dancing with the Stars
Series 4
Celebrity winnerLottie Ryan
Professional winnerPasquale La Rocca
Country of originRepublic of Ireland
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkRTÉ One
Original release5 January (2020-01-05) 
15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)
Series chronology

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.[2][3]

Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry and Julian Benson returned as judges.[4]

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.[5] They were replaced by Laura Nolan, Kylee Vincent, Pasquale La Rocca and Stephen Vincent.[6][7][8]

The final on 15 March 2020 was won by Lottie Ryan alongside professional dancer Pasquale La Rocca.[9]

Couples

On 1 December 2019, Glenda Gilson was announced as the first celebrity to be taking part.[10] The remaining celebrities were announced across the following week.

Celebrity Known for Professional Status
Yewande Biala Love Island contestant Stephen Vincent Eliminated 1st
on 19 January 2020
Glenda Gilson Television presenter Robert Rowiński Eliminated 2nd
on 26 January 2020
Michael Carruth Olympic boxer Karen Byrne Eliminated 3rd
on 2 February 2020
Brian Dowling Television presenter Laura Nolan
Kai Widdrington (Week 6)
Eliminated 4th
on 16 February 2020
Sinéad O'Carroll B*Witched singer Ryan McShane
John Nolan (Week 6)
Eliminated 5th
on 23 February 2020
Mary Kennedy Television presenter John Nolan
Ryan McShane (Week 6)
Eliminated 6th
on 1 March 2020
Fr. Ray Kelly Priest & singer Kylee Vincent
Giulia Dotta (Week 6)
Eliminated 7th
on 8 March 2020
Aidan Fogarty Kilkenny hurler Emily Barker
Kylee Vincent (Week 6)
Runners-up
on 15 March 2020
Gráinne Gallanagh Miss Universe Ireland 2018 Kai Widdrington
Pasquale La Rocca (Week 6)
Ryan Andrews Fair City actor Giulia Dotta
Laura Nolan (Week 6)
Lottie Ryan RTÉ 2fm broadcaster Pasquale La Rocca
Emily Barker (Week 6)
Winners
on 15 March 2020

Scoring chart

Couple Place 1 2 3 1/2+3 4 5 6 7 6+7 8 9 10 11
Lottie & Pasquale 1 20 26 46 28 22 26 28 54 29 29+27=56 28+5=33 30+30=60
Ryan & Giulia 2 21 23 44 28 26 25 27 52 30 27+24=51 30+4=34 29+30=59
Gráinne & Kai 18 20 38 21 27 18 25 43 30 25+24=49 22+2=24 27+30=57
Aidan & Emily 18 23 41 26 21 18 23 41 21 23+27=50 25+3=28 26+27=53
Fr. Ray & Kylee 5 8 6 14 9 10 14 15 29 14 13+27=40 15+1=16
Mary & John 6 13 16 29 19 16 14 16 30 19 18+24=42
Sinéad & Ryan 7 21 24 45 24 19 27 24 51 24
Brian & Laura 8 16 20 36 18 17 23 15 38
Michael & Karen 9 12 11 23 14 13
Glenda & Robert 10 17 15 32 18
Yewande & Stephen 11 16 12 28
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.

Rank by
average
Place Couple Total
points
Number of
dances
Total
average
1 1 Lottie & Pasquale 323 12 26.9
2 2 Ryan & Giulia 320 12 26.7
3 Gráinne & Kai 287 12 23.9
4 7 Sinéad & Ryan 163 7 23.3
5 2 Aidan & Emily 278 12 23.2
6 8 Brian & Laura 109 6 18.2
7 6 Mary & John 155 9 17.2
8 10 Glenda & Robert 50 3 16.7
9 11 Yewande & Stephen 28 2 14.0
10 5 Fr. Ray & Kylee 131 10 13.1
11 9 Michael & Karen 50 4 12.5

Highest and lowest scoring performances

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

Dance Celebrity Highest score Celebrity Lowest score
Tango Aidan Fogarty 26 Michael Carruth 13
Cha-cha-cha Lottie Ryan 30 Fr. Ray Kelly 6
Salsa Lottie Ryan 28 Fr. Ray Kelly 14
Foxtrot Gráinne Gallanagh 27 Fr. Ray Kelly 8
Charleston Ryan Andrews
Gráinne Gallanagh
30 Fr. Ray Kelly 14
Waltz Ryan Andrews 25 Glenda Gilson 15
Quickstep Lottie Ryan 30 Fr. Ray Kelly 13
Jive Ryan Andrews 28 Mary Kennedy 14
Rumba Ryan Andrews 26 Gráinne Gallanagh 18
Paso Doble Lottie Ryan 28 Fr. Ray Kelly 9
American Smooth Ryan Andrews 30 Michael Carruth 12
Contemporary Ballroom Ryan Andrews 30 Glenda Gilson 18
Samba Lottie Ryan
Ryan Andrews
29 Michael Carruth 11
Viennese Waltz Gráinne Gallanagh 30 Fr. Ray Kelly 10
Team Dance Lottie Ryan
Aidan Fogarty
Fr. Ray Kelly
27 Ryan Andrews
Gráinne Gallanagh
Mary Kennedy
24
Marathon Lottie Ryan 5 Fr. Ray Kelly 1

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Couples Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance
Lottie & Pasquale Quickstep & Cha-Cha-Cha (30) Jive (20)
Aidan & Emily Salsa (27) Jive & Cha-Cha-Cha (18)
Gráinne & Kai Viennese Waltz & Charleston (30) Tango & Rumba (18)
Ryan & Giulia Contemporary Ballroom, Charleston & American Smooth (30) Cha-Cha-Cha (21)
Fr. Ray & Kylee Jive & American Smooth (15) Cha-Cha-Cha (6)
Mary & John American Smooth & Tango (19) Foxtrot (13)
Sinéad & Ryan Viennese Waltz (27) Cha-Cha-Cha (19)
Brian & Laura Quickstep (23) Tango (15)
Michael & Karen Paso Doble (14) Samba (11)
Glenda & Robert Contemporary Ballroom (18) Waltz (15)
Yewande & Stephen Salsa (16) Viennese Waltz (12)

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)
Couple Score Dance Music
Aidan & Emily 18 (5, 6, 7) Jive "Tiger Feet"—New Hope Club
Michael & Karen 12 (3, 4, 5) American Smooth "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"—Dropkick Murphys
Ryan & Giulia 21 (6, 7, 8) Cha-cha-cha "If I Can't Have You"—Shawn Mendes
Fr. Ray & Kylee 8 (2, 2, 4) Foxtrot "Spirit in the Sky"—Doctor and the Medics
Brian & Laura 16 (5, 5, 6) Salsa "Juice"—Lizzo

Week 2

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

Running order (Women)
Couple Score Dance Music
Glenda & Robert 17 (5, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Start Now"—Dua Lipa
Gráinne & Kai 18 (6, 6, 6) Tango "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
Sinéad & Ryan 21 (7, 7, 7) American Smooth "Bewitched"—Steve Lawrence
Yewande & Stephen 16 (5, 5, 6) Salsa "Solo Dance"—Martin Jensen
Mary & John 13 (3, 5, 5) Foxtrot "No Frontiers"—Mary Black
Lottie & Pasquale 20 (7, 6, 7) Jive "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"—Nicole Scherzinger

Week 3

Running order
Couples Score Dance Music Result
Gráinne & Kai 20 (6, 7, 7) Jive "Dear Future Husband"—Meghan Trainor Safe
Aidan & Emily 23 (7, 8, 8) Foxtrot "Half the World Away"—Oasis Safe
Michael & Karen 11 (3, 4, 4) Samba "It's Not Unusual"—Tom Jones Safe
Yewande & Stephen 12 (3, 4, 5) Viennese Waltz "Lover"—Taylor Swift Eliminated
Sinéad & Ryan 24 (8, 8, 8) Paso Doble "El gato montés"—Arielle Dombasle Safe
Glenda & Robert 15 (5, 5, 5) Waltz "I Never Loved a Man"—The Commitments Safe
Fr. Ray & Kylee 6 (1, 2, 3) Cha-cha-cha "Save the Last Dance for Me"—Michael Bublé Safe
Ryan & Giulia 23 (7, 8, 8) Tango "Bad Guy"—Billie Eilish Safe
Lottie & Pasquale 26 (8, 9, 9) Contemporary Ballroom "Castles"—Freya Ridings Safe
Mary & John 16 (5, 5, 6) Salsa "Ran Kan Kan"—Luis Lema Last to be called safe
Brian & Laura 20 (6, 7, 7) American Smooth "Dance Monkey"—Tones and I Last to be called safe

Week 4: Movie Week

Running order
Couples Score Dance Music Movie Result
Brian & Laura 18 (6, 6, 6) Charleston "Fat Sam's Grand Slam" — Paul Williams Bugsy Malone Safe
Glenda & Robert 18 (6, 6, 6) Contemporary Ballroom "My Heart Will Go On" — Celine Dion Titanic Eliminated
Gráinne & Kai 21 (7, 7, 7) Salsa "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" — Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes Dirty Dancing Last to be called safe
Michael & Karen 14 (4, 5, 5) Paso Doble "Eye of the Tiger" — Survivor Rocky III Safe
Sinéad & Ryan 24 (8, 8, 8) Quickstep "Get Happy"—Renée Zellweger and Sam Smith Judy Safe
Lottie & Pasquale 28 (9, 9, 10) Salsa "Dora the Explorer theme" — John Debney and Germaine Franco Dora and the Lost City of Gold Safe
Mary & John 19 (5, 7, 7) American Smooth "He's a Tramp" — Diane & Kristen Lady and the Tramp Safe
Aidan & Emily 26 (8, 9, 9) Tango "Into the Unknown"—Panic! at the Disco Frozen II Safe
Fr. Ray & Kylee 9 (2, 3, 4) Paso Doble "The Magnificent Seven theme" — Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven Last to be called safe
Ryan & Giulia 28 (9, 10, 9) Jive "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" — Elton John Rocketman Safe

Week 5: Most Memorable Year Week

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Sinéad & Ryan 19 (6, 6, 7) Cha-cha-cha "C'est la Vie" — B*Witched Last to be called safe
Mary & John 16 (5, 5, 6) Waltz "Nocturne" — Secret Garden Safe
Brian & Laura 17 (5, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "We Are Family" — Sister Sledge Safe
Ryan & Giulia 26 (8, 9, 9) Rumba "Fix You" — Coldplay Safe
Fr. Ray & Kylee 10 (2, 4, 4) Viennese Waltz "Hallelujah" — Fr. Ray Kelly Safe
Lottie & Pasquale 22 (7, 7, 8) Tango "Radio" — Beyoncé Last to be called safe
Gráinne & Kai 27 (9, 9, 9) Contemporary Ballroom "Unstoppable"—Sia Safe
Michael & Karen 13 (4, 4, 5) Tango "Gold" — Spandau Ballet Eliminated
Aidan & Emily 21 (7, 6, 8) Charleston "Bingo Bango" — Basement Jaxx Safe

Week 6: Switch-Up Week

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

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music
Mary & Ryan 14 (4, 5, 5) Jive "Twistin' the Night Away" — Sam Cooke
Ryan & Laura 25 (8, 8, 9) Waltz "Open Arms" — Journey
Fr. Ray & Giulia 14 (4, 5, 5) Charleston "National Express" — The Divine Comedy
Sinéad & John 27 (9, 9, 9) Viennese Waltz "Guilty" — Paloma Faith
Aidan & Kylee 18 (6, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Feels like Home" — Sigala with Sean Paul and Fuse ODG feat. Kent Jones
Brian & Kai 23 (7, 8, 8) Quickstep "Out of Our Heads" — Take That
Gráinne & Pasquale 18 (6, 6, 6) Rumba "Beautiful People" — Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid
Lottie & Emily 26 (9, 8, 9) Charleston "Woman Up" — Meghan Trainor

Week 7: Love Week

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Gráinne & Kai 25 (8, 8, 9) Quickstep "Paper Rings"—Taylor Swift Safe
Aidan & Emily 23 (7, 8, 8) Contemporary Ballroom "Someone You Loved"—Lewis Capaldi Safe
Mary & John 16 (5, 5, 6) Viennese Waltz "What Have I Done"—Dermot Kennedy Safe
Brian & Laura 15 (5, 5, 5) Tango "When Doves Cry"—Prince Eliminated
Ryan & Giulia 27 (9, 9, 9) Salsa "Perfect Strangers"—Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper Safe
Fr. Ray & Kylee 15 (5, 5, 5) Jive "Build Me Up Buttercup"—The Foundations Last to be called safe
Sinéad & Ryan 24 (8, 8, 8) Samba "La Isla Bonita"—Hr. Troels Bottom two
Lottie & Pasquale 28 (9, 9, 10) Viennese Waltz "One of a Kind"—Ronan Keating & Emeli Sandé Safe

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.

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Lottie & Pasquale 29 (9, 10, 10) American Smooth 'Big Spender' — Shirley Bassey Bottom two
Sinéad & Ryan 24 (8, 8, 8) Tango 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' — Eurythmics Eliminated
Fr. Ray & Kylee 14 (4, 5, 5) Salsa 'Hot Hot Hot' — The Merrymen Safe
Gráinne & Kai 30 (10, 10, 10) Viennese Waltz 'Waltz of the Flowers' — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Safe
Aidan & Emily 21 (7, 7, 7) Paso Doble 'Pompeii' — Bastille Last to be called safe
Mary & John 19 (6, 7, 6) Tango 'Por una Cabeza' — Carlos Gardel Safe
Ryan & Giulia 30 (10, 10, 10) Contemporary Ballroom 'Life on Mars' — David Bowie Safe

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
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Ryan & Giulia 27 (9, 9, 9) Quickstep "What a Man Gotta Do" — Jonas Brothers Safe
Mary & John 18 (6, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Young Hearts Run Free" — Candi Staton Eliminated
Gráinne & Kai 25 (8, 9, 8) Paso Doble "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" — Meat Loaf Bottom two
Fr. Ray & Kylee 13 (4, 4, 5) Quickstep "I'm a Believer" — The Monkees Safe
Aidan & Emily 23 (7, 8, 8) Rumba "One" — U2 Safe
Lottie & Pasquale 29 (9, 10, 10) Samba "Tip Toe" — Jason Derulo feat. French Montana Safe
Gráinne & Kai
Mary & John
Ryan & Giulia
24 (8, 8, 8) Freestyle
("Rhythm Rebels")
"Physical" — Dua Lipa
Aidan & Emily
Lottie & Pasquale
Fr. Ray & Kylee
27 (9, 9, 9) Freestyle
("Swing Breakers")
"Sing, Sing, Sing" — Wolfgang Lohr feat. The Speakeasy Three

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
Couple Score Dance Music TV Show Result
Gráinne & Kai 22 (7, 8, 7) Samba "Wonder Woman theme" — Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel Wonder Woman Safe
Fr. Ray & Kylee 15 (5, 5, 5) American Smooth "Songs of Love" — The Divine Comedy Father Ted Eliminated
Ryan & Giulia 30 (10, 10, 10) Charleston "The Muppet Show theme" — Jim Henson & Sam Pottle The Muppet Show Safe
Lottie & Pasquale 28 (9, 9, 10) Paso Doble "Mission Impossible theme" — Lalo Schifrin Mission: Impossible Bottom two
Aidan & Emily 25 (8, 8, 9) American Smooth "The Most Effectual Top Cat" — Hoyt Curtin Top Cat Safe
Lottie & Pasquale
Ryan & Giulia
Aidan & Emily
Gráinne & Kai
Fr. Ray & Kylee
5
4
3
2
1
Rock-Til-You-Drop "Happy Days theme"Pratt & McClain Happy Days

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.[11]

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
Couple
(Trio Dance Partner)
Score Dance Music Result
Aidan & Emily
(with Laura Nolan)
26 (8, 9, 9) Viennese Waltz "Another Life" — Westlife Runner-up
27 (9, 9, 9) Salsa "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" — Pitbull
Ryan & Giulia
(with Karen Byrne)
29 (9, 10, 10) Samba "Lo-Lo Dzama" — Šum Svistu Runner-up
30 (10, 10, 10) American Smooth "I Get a Kick Out of You" — Michael Bublé
Lottie & Pasquale
(with Ryan McShane)
30 (10, 10, 10) Quickstep "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Winner
30 (10, 10, 10) Cha-cha-cha "Turn Me On" — Riton X Oliver Heldens feat. Vula
Gráinne & Kai
(with Stephen Vincent)
27 (9, 9, 9) Foxtrot "Falling" — Harry Styles Runner-up
30 (10, 10, 10) Charleston "Dance Apocalyptic"—Janelle Monáe

Dance chart

  Highest scoring dance
  Lowest scoring dance
  No dance performed
Couple Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Lottie & Pasquale N/A Jive Contemporary Ballroom Salsa Tango Charleston
(with Emily)
Viennese Waltz American Smooth Samba Freestyle
(Swing Breakers)
Paso Doble Rock-Til-You-Drop Quickstep Cha-cha-cha (with Ryan)
Ryan & Giulia Cha-cha-cha N/A Tango Jive Rumba Waltz
(with Laura)
Salsa Contemporary Ballroom Quickstep Freestyle
(Rhythm Rebels)
Charleston Rock-Til-You-Drop Samba American Smooth (with Karen)
Gráinne & Kai N/A Tango Jive Salsa Contemporary Ballroom Rumba
(with Pasquale)
Quickstep Viennese Waltz Paso Doble Freestyle
(Rhythm Rebels)
Samba Rock-Til-You-Drop Foxtrot Charleston (with Stephen)
Aidan & Emily Jive N/A Foxtrot Tango Charleston Cha-cha-cha
(with Kylee)
Contemporary Ballroom Paso Doble Rumba Freestyle
(Swing Breakers)
American Smooth Rock-Til-You-Drop Viennese Waltz Salsa (with Laura)
Fr. Ray & Kylee Foxtrot N/A Cha-cha-cha Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Charleston
(with Giulia)
Jive Salsa Quickstep Freestyle
(Swing Breakers)
American Smooth Rock-Til-You-Drop
Mary & John N/A Foxtrot Salsa American Smooth Waltz Jive
(with Ryan)
Viennese Waltz Tango Cha-cha-cha Freestyle
(Rhythm Rebels)
Sinéad & Ryan N/A American Smooth Paso Doble Quickstep Cha-cha-cha Viennese Waltz
(with John)
Samba Tango
Brian & Laura Salsa N/A American Smooth Charleston Cha-cha-cha Quickstep
(with Kai)
Tango
Michael & Karen American Smooth N/A Samba Paso Doble Tango
Glenda & Robert N/A Cha-cha-cha Waltz Contemporary Ballroom
Yewande & Stephen N/A Salsa Viennese Waltz

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