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. READ NEXT: 'Trying to fool people'- Warning alert as huge spike in unfamiliar +44 scam numbers 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!placeholder image
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. READ NEXT: 'Trying to fool people'- Warning alert as huge spike in unfamiliar +44 scam numbers 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!

PICTURES: Meet the Irish celeb set to do battle on RTE's Dancing with the Stars 2026

By Rachel Kavanagh
Published 30th Dec 2025, 13:19 GMT

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

Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin and Robert Rowinski are up next, this will mark Robert’s seventh season of Dancing with the Stars. He has reached the final on two occasions, with country music singer, Cliona Hagan in 2019 and with Eurovision star, Brooke Scullion in 2023. He reached the semi-final last year with former Miss Ireland Aishah Akorede.

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Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin and Robert Rowinski are up next, this will mark Robert’s seventh season of Dancing with the Stars. He has reached the final on two occasions, with country music singer, Cliona Hagan in 2019 and with Eurovision star, Brooke Scullion in 2023. He reached the semi-final last year with former Miss Ireland Aishah Akorede.

Apprentice UK finalist, business guru and entrepreneur Jordan Dargan is teaming up with Rebecca Scott, who is back for her second season on Dancing with the Stars. Rebecca has travelled all over the world to represent England, winning numerous awards and titles. Rebecca made it all the way to the quarter final last year with partner Kevin Dundon.

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Apprentice UK finalist, business guru and entrepreneur Jordan Dargan is teaming up with Rebecca Scott, who is back for her second season on Dancing with the Stars. Rebecca has travelled all over the world to represent England, winning numerous awards and titles. Rebecca made it all the way to the quarter final last year with partner Kevin Dundon.

In the second same-sex pairing of this season of Dancing with the Stars, singer-songwriter and Eurovision star Brian Kennedy is paired with newcomer James Culter, a British professional ballroom and Latin dancer. James has taken part in the Belgian version of DWTS as a professional dancer. He has won multiple national and international dance titles and has worked in television and theatre choreographing sell-out West End shows.

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In the second same-sex pairing of this season of Dancing with the Stars, singer-songwriter and Eurovision star Brian Kennedy is paired with newcomer James Culter, a British professional ballroom and Latin dancer. James has taken part in the Belgian version of DWTS as a professional dancer. He has won multiple national and international dance titles and has worked in television and theatre choreographing sell-out West End shows.

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