THE FIFTH celebrity has been axed from RTE Dancing With The Stars tonight.
Tonight seven couples danced to alongside RTE’s concert orchestra as part of Orchestra Week.
Judging panel, Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne were back to give their hard-hitting opinions on tonight’s performances.
Elaine Crowley, Mickey Joe Harte, Joanna Donnelly and Yasmin Seky were the first four celebrities to be eliminated.
And comedian Gearoid Farrelly was the fifth to leave tonight.
Gearoid and his pro partner Stephen Vincent danced the Charleston to Emeli Sande and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra’s hit song Crazy In Love and managed to get 33 points.
But sadly it wasn’t enough and after their dance off with Kevin Dundon, they were voted out by the judges.
“I screwed up the timing at the start. It just never recovered. And I’m glad, I’m glad I made a total mess of it rather than just being really close. I just get to relax and enjoy Danny. It’s grand, go out with a bang. This has been the most incredible experience.
“It’s been the happiest few months of my life. I’ve loved it. I think it’s important to say the pro dancers are just the most unbelievable people.
“You only see the choreography and you see them dancing with us. But they are literally our therapists. They’re like talking us off a ledge on a Wednesday. They’re your lifeline.
“He is the captain of the show. He is just, he is the best. He’s absolutely the best. We didn’t get a glitterball, I think we were robbed, but it’s fine, you know, sweat makes good cement. Sweat makes good cement and I think we got a good friendship out of it and that’s worth more than a glitterball.”
First up tonight was TikTok star Kayleigh Trappe with Ervinas Merfeldas, dancing the Charleston to Lady Gaga’s hit That’s Entertainment.
The influencer was so emotional after finishing her performance and said she was “relieved”.
The pair got glowing reviews from the judges and received a total score of 32 points.
Next up, Mrs Brown’s Boys Danny O’Carroll and Salome Chachua performed the salsa to All Night Long by Lionel Richie.
And the actor got a great score of 33 points.
Chef Kevin Dundon went next performing the foxtrot to Electric Light Orchestra’s song Livin’ Thing with his pro partner Rebecca Scott.
Kevin was so happy with the judges’ comments and he got 24 points.
Olympian Jack Woolley brought the sass to samba to The Cup of Life by Ricky Martin with his pro partner Alex Vladimirov.
The judges were all completely blown away and gave him 37 points overall.
Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede and Robert Rowinski performed the American smooth to A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton.
Aishah was in tears after the emotional performance and received a total score of 36 points and even got a 10 from Arthur.
Olympian Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan put on a great show with their contemporary ballroom dance to Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve.
Laura was almost in tears as she praised Rhys for being so professional and the pair managed to get an almost-perfect-score of 40.
COLEEN Nolan pays touching tribute to late sister Linda on her birthday saying ‘life won’t be the same without you’
The Loose Women star is mourning the death of her sister after she passed away after a battle with secondary breast cancer aged 65-years-old.
Linda was best known as a member of the girl group, The Nolans alongside her TV personality sister.
She also took part in the 13th series of Celebrity Big Brother back in January 2014.
The singer was laid to rest in a ceremony at the start of February which took place at St Paul’s Church in Blackpool.
A number of celebrities were present as members of the public applauded the hearse that carried her pink sparkly coffin.
Coleen, 59, took to social media to post an emotional tribute to her late-sibling on what would have been her 66th birthday.
Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – she posted a sweet throwback video with her sibling.
In the short clip, the duo could be seen laughing away as they danced and revelled in each other’s company.
Alongside the clip, wrote: “To my beautiful sister… think of you everyday, but especially today on your birthday… I miss you so much and life won’t be the same without you in it…”
This was accompanied by a broken red heart emoji as these words were also emblazoned on the video.
Fans flooded the post with their own tributes and well-wishes for the family.
One fan gushed: “Happy Heavenly Birthday Linda. Your courage & spirit were an inspiration.”
A second stated: “So sorry @NolanColeen She will always be with you . You are all the first thing I listen to every morning , never skipped a day in ages. Attention to me my fave at the mo. Sending you love xxxxx.”
“Aww thinking of you beautiful words I’m sure Linda is looking down on you and smiling big hugs @coleen take care take each day as it comes RIP Linda,” wrote a third user.
While a fourth said: “Linda was so open about her cancer in interviews! She helped to inspire other women going through it to not give up & fight.”
And a fifth added: “Very impressive dance moves the great lady will always be with you.”
ANTHONY JOSHUA and Oleksandr Usyk shared the same stunned reaction after Martin Bakole’s KO.
Joseph Parker left his opponent flattened with a huge right hand in the second round.
Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua’s reaction when Joseph Parker knocked out Martin Bakole says it all
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It was a dominant display from the Kiwi but Bakole did not stand a chance given his late sign up.
Parker landed several big blows before finally toppling the 22st7 giant just five minutes and 17 seconds into the contest.
Bakole hit the canvas hard with Joshua and Usyk left stunned by the power on show from Parker.
The pair both screamed as Bakole went down and turned to look at each other, moths agape.
They shared a couple of words after a moment of stunned silence but looked amazed at what they saw from Parker.
Moments before his KO Bakole was able to shake off a big punch from Parker, but he must have felt the effect as the second rocked him.
He wobbled before hitting the deck – there was no chance of him making the count.
Parker, who was meant to fight Daniel Dubois before his withdrawal on medical grounds, could now fancy a fight against Usyk or AJ.
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Dubois also remains a potential opponent according to Frank Warren, though the heavyweight champion could also take on Usyk or Joshua according to his promoter.
Warren said: “I feel the perverse thing out of it is we’ve got more of an option now.
“I’d like to see the rematch with Usyk. That’s an option, if it can be done I’d love that.
“But then we’ve got Joe Parker, we’ve got AJ, who’s got over his injury and he may want to do it now with the fact he’s been ill, who knows?”
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