{"id":160270,"date":"2025-11-26T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160270\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:57:09","slug":"robert-irwin-wins-dancing-with-the-stars-a-decade-after-sisters-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160270\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin wins Dancing with the Stars, a decade after sister&#8217;s victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763998991_60_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a4b67ae0-ca8c-11f0-a89b-d31bfe85750c.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images Robert Irwin \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Irwin competed in the final despite having a rib injury<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Robert Irwin, son of the late conservationist Steve Irwin, has been crowned this year&#8217;s winner of Dancing with the Stars, a decade after his older sister Bindi won the same title. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The popular US dancing competition sees stars paired with professional dancers to perform in front of a panel of judges, with the audience also voting on their favourite couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The 21-year-old was favoured to win, with strong performances over the show&#8217;s 11 weeks, including a tribute to his father and a surprise appearance from his sister Bindi. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">With a legion of fans in the US, Irwin&#8217;s finale had an Australian bent with one dance choreographed to a song by Australian rock band Jet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">During the three-hour finale on Tuesday evening, local time, Irwin and his dance partner Witney Carson also performed to songs by Avicii and Sydney-born Sam Sparro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They then triumphed in the &#8220;instant dance challenge&#8221; \u2013 where Irwin and Carson were told the style and song minutes before taking to the stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Irwin, who competed in the final despite having a rib injury, beat fellow finalists including influencer Alix Earle and Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">This came despite three contestants &#8211; not including Irwin &#8211; earning a perfect score of 30 for their first dances. However, Irwin got a perfect score not long after.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763998991_60_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/50d2b0f0-ca8d-11f0-ad0d-893df1b695d8.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Robert Irwin dancing on stsage together with his partner Witney Carson\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The pair triumphed in the &#8220;instant dance challenge&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He broke down in tears after his final performance, saying that said he wanted to make his father proud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I wish he could see it, I really wish he could be here,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Steve Irwin was famous for his TV wildlife shows which regularly saw him handling crocodiles and led to him being dubbed the &#8220;Crocodile Hunter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He was killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast in 2006, when Robert was just a baby. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Following his father&#8217;s love for wildlife, Robert Irwin has long been a keen photographer and recently became an Earthshot ambassador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Irwin competed in the final despite having a rib injury Robert Irwin, son of the late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-160270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}