{"id":293958,"date":"2026-02-12T09:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293958\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:40:16","slug":"its-boy-bands-vs-girl-groups-on-sundays-dwts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293958\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Boy Bands vs Girl Groups on Sunday’s DWTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The battle is on and it’s time to pick a side because this week it\u2019s Boy Bands vs Girl Groups on Dancing with the Stars.<\/p>\n

For the first time in the competition, each couple will dance two competitive routines. As usual, each couple will dance an individual routine, inspired by a boy band banger or a girl group classic.<\/p>\n

The couples will then join forces for the annual Team Dance challenge. This year, it\u2019s boys against girls, with hosts Jennifer Zamparelli and Laura Fox thrown into the mix alongside the couples and the judges. Jen and Laura will be team captains and will dance live on the night.<\/p>\n

Having survived the first dreaded Dance-Off last week, Olympic rower Philip Doyle will dance a Charleston alongside his partner Daniela Roze to Love Machine by Girls Aloud.<\/p>\n

\"Philip
\nDaniela Roze and Philip Doyle<\/p>\n

Following on from his leaderboard-topping Charleston last week, Ireland AM presenter Eric Roberts and partner Arianna Favaro will dance a Cha-cha-cha to Jonas Brothers\u2019 hit Waffle House.<\/p>\n

\"
\nEric Roberts and partner Arianna Favaro<\/p>\n

Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh will channel her inner Beyonc\u00e9 with a Tango with her partner Stephen Vincent to Destiny\u2019s Child\u2019s Survivor.<\/p>\n

\"Niamh
\nNiamh Kavanagh and Stephen Vincent<\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter Tol\u00fc Makay will dance a Salsa with partner Maciej Zieba to Boombayah by K-Pop queens BLACKPINK.<\/p>\n

\"Tol\u00fc
\nTol\u00fc Makay and Maciej Zieba<\/p>\n

The Traitors Ireland star Paudie Moloney and partner Laura Nolan will dance a Tango to Westlife\u2019s When You\u2019re Looking Like That.<\/p>\n

\"Paudie
\nPaudie Moloney and Laura Nolan<\/p>\n

Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins and partner Leonardo Lini will dance a Rumba to Boyzone\u2019s No Matter What.<\/p>\n

\"Katelyn
\nKatelyn Cummins and partner Leonardo Lini<\/p>\n

The Apprentice UK star Jordan Dargan and his pro partner Rebecca Scott will dance a Quickstep to One Direction\u2019s Story of My Life.<\/p>\n

\"Jordan
\nRebecca Scott and Jordan Dargan<\/p>\n

Fair City actress Stephanie Kelly will dance a Viennese Waltz with partner Ervinas Merfeldas to the Boyz II Men ballad End of the Road.<\/p>\n

\"Stephanie
\nStephanie Kelly and Ervinas Merfeldas<\/p>\n

After all eight couples have performed, it\u2019ll be Team Dance time!<\/p>\n

Jennifer Zamparelli will take lead as captain of the boys’ team, made up of Eric Roberts, Jordan Dargan, Paudie Moloney, and Philip Doyle and their respective partners. They will dance to Relight My Fire by Take That feat. Lulu.<\/p>\n

The ladies’ team \u2013 featuring Katelyn Cummins, Niamh Kavanagh, Stephanie Kelly, and Tol\u00fc Makay, alongside their respective partners \u2013 will be led by Laura Fox. The girls will take on the roles of Sporty, Ginger, Baby, Scary, and Posh dancing to the Spice Girls hit Spice Up Your Life.<\/p>\n

Each Team Dance will be marked out of 40 by the judges. Those scores will be added to each couple\u2019s scores from their individual dance, giving them a maximum score out of 80. The two couples with the lowest combined points will face the second Dance-Off of the season, where the judges decide who stays in the competition.<\/p>\n

Dancing with the Stars, Sundays, RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player, 6:30pm.<\/p>\n

Click here for more television news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The battle is on and it’s time to pick a side because this week it\u2019s Boy Bands vs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-293958","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\/293958","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=293958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}