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Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series) series 9
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Dancing with the Stars will return for its ninth series on 4 January 2026 on RTÉ One.
On 25 September 2025, Head Judge, Loraine Barry announced her departure from the series after eight years on the panel.[1]
On 1 October 2025, RTÉ confirmed that the show would return for its ninth series, with former Strictly Come Dancing professional, Oti Mabuse taking over the role as Head Judge.[2] It was confirmed that Brian Redmond, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne would join Mabuse on the panel for their ninth, fifth and second seasons, respectively.[3] Host Jennifer Zamparelli was also announced to return for her seventh season with RTÉ 2fm presenter and Season 7 runner-up, Laura Fox filling in for Doireann Garrihy while she is on maternity leave.[4]
On 23 November the professional dancer line-up was confirmed with Robert Rowiński, Stephen Vincent, Laura Nolan, Ervinas Merfeldas, Alex Vladimirov, Daniela Roze, Maciej Zieba and Rebecca Scott all returning from the previous season. Denys Samson, Salome Chachua and Simone Arena announced that they would not return to the series. They would be replaced by Arianna Favaro, James Cutler and Leonardo Lini. Kylee Vincent would also return to the show having taken the previous season off to give birth.[5][6]
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On 7 December 2025, singer and Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh was announced as the first contestant to take part.[7]
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