Ed Sheeran reveals ‘out of this world’ opportunity he turned down<\/a><\/p>\nAnd back in Australia, Irwin’s efforts were applauded by someone else who knows a thing or two about dancing.<\/p>\n
Paul Mercurio starred in the iconic Aussie film, Strictly Ballroom \ufeffand also served as a judge on the Australian version of Dancing With The Stars.<\/p>\n
“The jive is incredibly difficult and watching that performance, he was so confident,” Mercurio told Today.<\/p>\n
“Some people who come on Dancing With The Stars, you can see that they aren’t going to be very good and most of them haven’t had dance training. I don’t believe Robert has, but you’d be surprised to learn that because he certainly looks like he has experience.<\/p>\n
“He moves so beautifully, he was so fluid and confident in his body and you can’t teach that, it’s just something you have intrinsically and he’s got it in spades.”<\/p>\n
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Robert wowed the judges and audience in his Dancing With The Stars debut. (ABC)<\/p>\n