REVEALED: The winner of Dancing With The Stars 2026

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The winner of Dancing With The Stars 2026 has been revealed.

Sunday night saw the final of RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars, where finalists Eric Roberts, Paudie Moloney, Tolü Makay and Katelyn Cummins battled it out on the dance floor.

Each couple re-performed one of their old routines at the request of the judges. For their second dance, each couple performed a Showdance, which encompassed all of their skills from throughout the competition.

Ireland AM Host Eric Roberts with Pro Dancer Arianna Favaro during the live show of RTE’s Dancing With The Stars.
Pic:Kyran O’Brien /kobpix
Singer Tolu Makay with Pro Dancer Maciej Zieba during the live show of RTE’s Dancing With The Stars.
Pic:Kyran O’Brien /kobpix

Previous DWTS contestants also returned to dance in a show-stopping performance to ‘Stay (If You Wanna Dance)’ by Myles Smith.

In the final, Ireland AM presenter Eric Roberts and his partner Arianna Favarro revisited their Fright Night Charleston to ‘Happy’ by C2C featuring Derek Martin. Their Showdance was ‘Can’t Hold Us’ by Macklemore x Ryan Lewis.

Singer-songwriter Tolü Makay and her partner Maciej Zieba danced their routine from
Week 2, an American Smooth to Olivia Dean’s smash hit ‘Man I Need’. Their
Showdance was to the ‘Kill the Lights’ by Alex Newell, Jess Glynne, DJ Cassidy and
Nile Rodgers.

Traitors Contestant Paudie Moloney with Pro Dancer Laura Nolan during the live show of RTE’s Dancing With The Stars.
Pic:Kyran O’Brien /kobpix
Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins with Pro Dancer Leonardo Lini during the live show of RTE’s Dancing With The Stars.
Pic:Kyran O’Brien /kobpix

The Traitors Ireland star Paudie Moloney and his pro partner Laura Nolan revisited
their Country Week Quickstep to ‘Stop the World and Let Me Off’ by Declan Nerney. For their Showdance, they danced to the Andy Williams’ classic ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’.

Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins reprised her Movie Week role of Snow White, as she
and her pro partner Leonardo Lini danced an American Smooth to ‘Whistle While You Work’. Their Showdance was set to the song ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren.

Katelyn and Leonardo

After 11 spectacular shows filled with glitz and glamour, highs and lows, and captivating dances, Katelyn and Leonardo were then crowned the winners of Dancing with the Stars 2026.

Addressing viewers after her win, Katelyn gushed that she has had an “amazing” 12 months, after winning Rose of Tralee last summer to now lifting the glitterball trophy.

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