{"id":845835,"date":"2026-08-06T17:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845835\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:36:28","slug":"lily-cornish-to-perform-at-silverdome-before-logies-with-robert-irwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845835\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Cornish to perform at Silverdome before Logies with Robert Irwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launceston\u2019s Lily Cornish will perform two brand new routines at the Tasmanian Open DanceSport Championship at Launceston\u2019s Silverdome on Saturday, before heading to the Logies the following week to reunite with Robert Irwin.<\/p>\n

The dancer confirmed her original partner for the Silverdome show, Kyle Shilling, has been ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n

Italian dance partner Leonardo Lini has flown in to replace him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll still be there across the weekend, which is wonderful, but instead I\u2019ll be performing with my dance partner, Leonardo Lini, who\u2019s flown over from Italy,\u201d Cornish told Pulse.<\/p>\n

\"\"Leonardo Lini flew in from Italy to replace injured partner Kyle Shilling<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been creating two brand new numbers over the past few days, so we\u2019re really excited to finally share them with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shilling, who won Dancing with the Stars Australia with Cornish in 2025, will attend for a meet and greet at 6:45pm.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cornish said performing in Launceston in front of family carries extra weight<\/p>\n

Nine-time World Latin Champion Bryan Watson will also feature at the event, which Dance Review magazine named Australia\u2019s Dance Competition of the Year.<\/p>\n

Cornish said performing in Launceston carries extra weight this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be the first time Leonardo and I have ever performed together in Australia,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have that first performance happen here in Launceston, in front of my family, friends and the Tasmanian dance community, makes it something we\u2019ll always remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Tickets are still available in B and C reserve through tasopen.org<\/p>\n

She said the Tasmanian championships remain one of her favourite weekends of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy entire dance journey began here in Tasmania,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where I first learnt to dance and it\u2019s incredible to think that something which started here has taken me all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond the Silverdome and the Logies, Cornish said her recent appearance on the US spin-off series Dancing With The Stars: The Next Pro has opened doors overseas.<\/p>\n

\"\"Leonardo Lini flew in from Italy to replace injured partner Kyle Shilling<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feedback has been incredibly positive and it\u2019s opened some really exciting doors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Saturday event are still available in B and C reserve through tasopen.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Launceston\u2019s Lily Cornish will perform two brand new routines at the Tasmanian Open DanceSport Championship at Launceston\u2019s Silverdome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-845835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}