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22 Oct 2025

Kilkenny dancer wows as Dancing with the Stars returns!

A glittering new season of Dancing with the Stars kicked off on RTE yesterday evening - and this year we're again cheering on local professional dancer John Edward Nolan!

This year John Edward, who is originally from Mauldin Street in the city, has teamed up with Derry Girls actor Leah O’Rourke and in their first performance they danced a Paso Doble to School’s Out by the Glee cast.

Arthur said he loved Leah's "stage presence" and "interpretation of that dance". Brian said her facial expressions were "brilliant at the start". Leah and John scored 14 from the judges.

In 2019 John Edward won the competition with his celebrity dance partner Mairead Ronan.

Check out these great pics of John Edward and Leah's dramatic performance, by photographer Kyran O’Brien/kobpix

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