Breast Cancer Ireland has launched its 6th annual Battle of the Stars event.
Celebs in modelling, sport, acting, presenting and more have signed up for this year’s dance competition.
Participants this year are Miss Ireland Aoife O’Sullivan, Fair City actor Ryan Andrews, broadcaster Jenny Buckley, model Kerri Nicole Blanc, social influencer and Dancing with the Stars backstage reporter James Patrice, editor and presenter Sybil Mulcahy, Limerick TD Tom Neville, GAA All Star and former Mayo footballer Dermot Flanagan, former Welsh rugby player Richard Keatley and Mr Ireland Wayne Walsh along with a number of breast cancer survivors including 98fm news reporter Georgie Crawford. Other participants will include representative from title sponsors The Joe Duffy Group and Cornmarket Group Financial Services.
A host of well-known faces will gather in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road on Saturday, 13th April 2019 for Breast Cancer Ireland’s Battle of the Stars to raise vital funds for pioneering research and awareness of breast cancer.
Now in its 6th year, “Battle of the Stars” has become an annual event where performers dance and lip sync in front of an audience of over 450 people. RTE/2FM star Eoghan McDermott, who has taken part in the event on four occasions in the past, will MC and a celebrity judging panel will assess the entertainment value.
Head judge on the night will be Dancing with the Stars judge Julian Benson and he will be joined by First Dates Ireland maître d’ Mateo Saina along with other surprise judges.
Each of the participants will spend the next few weeks in a rigorous regime of rehearsals by a team of professional choreographers and stylists.
Tickets, which include a four-course meal, complimentary wine and entertainment, are on sale at €150 per person at www.breastcancerireland.com. All funds raised support Breast Cancer Ireland’s pioneering research and awareness programmes around Ireland.
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