Dancing With the Stars - Ireland

Red Silurian

So... An Irish version of Dancing With the Stars (known as Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1) will be broadcast by RTE1 in place of The Voice this January

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0803/806722-rte-swaps-the-voice-for-dancing-with-the-stars/

As a fan of the BBC show I myself am interested to see what RTE do with it and a little scared they'll ruin it for me but only time will tell!

What's the general feeling amongst fellow boardsies? Particularly strictly fans!

Go Harvey Go

I don't think I'll be watching. Sorry.

HeidiHeidi

Ooooh, dunno about that......

Where are they getting all the pros from, for starters? Do we have enough of them (and can we pay them enough) to fill an entire series? And that's even before we get to where they're getting all the "celebrities" (sic) from?

May watch the first one though my fingers from behind the couch, but cannot imagine it being a rip-roaring success. Sadly

JP Liz V1

I wonder will Irish pro Tristan MacManus (from US and UK show) be on it

JP Liz V1

Brian Dowling and Vogue Williams to host

http://rsvpmagazine.ie/brian-dowling-vogue-williams-lined-host-dancing-stars/

368100

Will be a bomb....lots of Irish fans of the BBC show and this won't be able to compare...just my thoughts

JP Liz V1

Big Brother runner up Hughie Maughan first contestant name released today

JP Liz V1

Amanda Byram and Nicky Byrne to present

Meauldsegosha

I've heard Anne Doyle, Des Bishop and Teresa (Don't make unnecessary journeys) Mannion rumoured as contestants.

368100

Any word on who the pros are?

JP Liz V1

368100 wrote: »

Any word on who the pros are?

I was thinking maybe someone connected to Riverdance or Lord of the Dance

P. Breathnach

Given the Irish propensity to take the piss, I'd expect our version of John Sergeant to walk it (pun intended).

JP Liz V1

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Given the Irish propensity to take the piss, I'd expect our version of John Sergeant to walk it (pun intended).

Marty Morrissey

368100

Des Bishop is in it.....that's enough to make me avoid

Meauldsegosha

Two celebs confirmed.

https://www.her.ie/entertainment/two-celebrities-confirmed-dancing-stars/323734

honeybear

Irish model - Thalia Heffernan taking part acc to Sunday Indo

Meauldsegosha

Full lineup revealed.

http://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/full-lineup-of-rtes-dancing-with-the-stars-is-finally-confirmed-35286077.html

No one there of interest to me.

Would love to know who the pros are.

Heroditas

Darren Bennet is the executive producer of the show. They'll be bringing in quite a few of the pros from abroad.

Meauldsegosha

Heroditas wrote: »

Darren Bennet is the executive producer of the show. They'll be bringing in quite a few of the pros from abroad.

Oh I loved Darren when he danced with Jill Halfpenny.

murpho999

Dancing with the RTE Stars should be the title.

Who are the judges?

No reason that this can't be good though as most of the time I have never heard of the UK celebs as I don't watch soaps or daytime TV and it works out fine.

Pro dancers listed here. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/meet-the-professional-dancers-who-will-be-joining-irish-celebrities-on-dancing-with-the-stars-35299805.html

Crazyteacher

Interesting to see AJ's brother on there. Lots of young Irish professionals too which is good to see. More tempted to watch now.

Heroditas

Having Ryan and Ksenia as pros on the show is absolutely brilliant. Sean is really good as well. I've seen him dance quite a few times

Any word on who the Judges are?

Heroditas

The judges are:
Julian Benson
Loraine Barry
Brian Redmond

Meauldsegosha

Heroditas wrote: »

The judges are:
Julian Benson
Loraine Barry
Brian Redmond

I know who Lorraine Barry but never heard of the other two.

Glebee

I cant wait for this to start next weekend. Its going to be so so bad its good....

Heroditas

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

I know who Lorraine Barry but never heard of the other two.

Brian taught me to dance many years ago. I'm still awful at it though but that's in no way related to his teaching ability. I just have two left feet

Crazyteacher

Hope this fixes my strictly come dancing addiction for the meantime. Seriously having withdrawals.

dastardly00

Okay so my intention was to not go near this programme with a 10 foot barge pole as I'm expecting it to be absolutely shocking (I am a BBC Strictly fan for a long time).

BUT... I've just watched 'Can't Stop Dancing' on RTE1. AND... I'm cautiously optimistic!! :eek:

I'm impressed so far with the pro dancers, the judges and the while setup. Former Strictly pros Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are the choreographers which is great.

eviltwin

Anyone know the story on audience tickets?