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17 Dec 2025

PICTURES: Dancing with the Stars 2026 will see first ever female duo and three newbies

For the first time ever on Dancing with the Stars, the new season coming in the New Year will feature a female same-sex pairing

PICTURES: Dancing with the Stars 2026 will see first ever female duo and three newbies

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With the new season of Dancing with the Stars only around the corner, the celebrity and dancer pairings of the twelve couples have been revealed.

The series will return on Sundays on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player from Sunday 4 January at 6.30pm.

For the first time ever, Dancing with the Stars is now featuring their first female same-sex pairing and will also see three new professional dancers to the DWTS family: Arianna Favaro, Leonardo Lini, and James Cutler.

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Pictured below is the first DWTS pairing Eurovision winner and singer Niamh Kavanagh and Stephen Vincent.

Stephen was paired last year with Niamh’s good friend and podcast co-host Gearóid Farrelly, so we may see some friendly competition there on and off screen!

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