Preview: Glitterball final dreams for Katelyn on Dancing With The Stars!

Television screens across Kilkenny will be tuned to the national broadcaster, on Sunday evening, as Katelyn Cummins takes to the dancefloor in the grand final of Dancing With The Stars.

The Ballyragget/ Ballyouskil woman has made it to the last four in the competition, having wowed the judges with her dance moves right from the start of this season - and now favourite to lift the Glitterball Trophy, with her pro partner Leonardo Lini, on Sunday evening.

Katelyn Cummins will reprise her Movie Week role of Snow White, as she and pro partner Leonardo Lini dance an American Smooth to ‘Whistle While You Work’ by Rachel Zegler, this weekend.

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Although deep in rehearsals and background preparations for the final show, Katelyn had time for a chat with the Kilkenny People, and said the support from her home county has been wonderful.

Rose of Tralee Katelyn was the Laois Rose when she took part in the international festival, but was quick to tell everyone she was from Kilkenny and that the communities in both counties have been amazing supporters to her.

It’s been quite the journey for Katelyn as she not only had to learn the dance moves for all her performances, but had to learn new ‘acting’ skills to bring a new persona to her performance every week. “It was very challenging, something I’m not used to,” Katelyn said. It took three or four weeks for her to be comfortable with expressing herself that way, but now, she said, she has learned to ‘flow with it.’

The whole process has seen Katelyn push herself outside her comfort zone and, along the way, her fans and viewers have gotten to know her well.

Every week Katelyn’s parents and her brother and sister have been in the audience to support her, and this week she hopes she might also bring along her granny.

“I’m really excited,” she said, looking forward to Sunday’s final. It will be a busy week, she explained, with a number of dances to perfect and pre-recorded pieces to film.

An important date on the schedule is Katelyn’s ‘homecoming’ to Ballyouskill on Wednesday. Along with Leonardo, she’ll be meeting her supporters at the local community hall at 4.30pm.

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Whatever happens on Sunday, life won’t be slowing down anytime soon for Katelyn, who jets off to New York the next day, to take part in the St Patrick’s Day Parade as Rose of Tralee!

Dancing With The Stars airs on Sunday evening at 6.30pm on RTE1. To vote for Katelyn text ‘Katelyn’ to 53125 but only when it is announced by the presenters that the voting lines are open, on Sunday evening!