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Katja Mia and Ervinas Merfeldas
Katja showed off with her samba to My Love by Leigh-Anne feat Ayra Starr.
And she certainly impressed the judges as Loraine told her that she “smashed the samba tonight”, with Arthur adding that she “raised the bar”.
And our tough love judge Brian Redmond, told Katja that she had “natural rhythm”!
She received a six from Brian, a seven from Loraine and eight from Arthur. This means that she received 21 points!
Davy Russell and Kylee Vincent
Davy gave it his all with the paso doble on the night to Crazy Horses by The Osmonds.
Arthur told him that he put the “drama” into his “strong performance”. Although he added that he looked like he was “walking to Tesco” as he “lost his character”.
Brian reminded him that Nina Carberry was a former winner of DWTS but quickly added that he was even better than Nina on her first dance.
He was awarded six by Briana and Loraine and Arthur gave him seven, meaning 19 points.
Laura Fox and Denys Samson
Laura absolutely killed her jive to River Deep, Mountain High by the Glee Cast!
Loraine told Laura that Denys “threw everything” at her and Arthur was obsessed with her “quick, saucy, energetic jive”.
She was awarded seven from all three judges, meaning she got 21 points.
Shane Quigley Murphy and Laura Nolan
With his impressive salsa, Shane strutted his stuff to Where Did You Go? by Jax Jones & MNEK.
Loraine gushed that it was “a wow, it was a wowzer” adding “go big or go home”! Brian told him that his lifts were “exceptional” but said that there was “a little bit more work needed on the base”.
The judges were rightfully impressed and gave him a score of 19, with both Brian and Loraine giving him six and Arthur gave them a score of seven.
Eileen Dunne and Robert Rowiński
The iconic newsreader strut her stuff to I Am Woman by Peggy Lee with her American Smooth. With plenty of props, which are big fans of.
As iconic as ever, we couldn’t fault her. But we’re not the judges, of course! Arthur gushed: “Who knew you had those gorgeous legs and could move like that?”
Brian told her that there was “potential in the coming weeks” and told her that there “might be a dancer in you”!
She received four from Brian and five from both Loraine and Arthur coming to 14 points.
Jason Smyth and Karen Byrne
Karen previously told us how she was eager to win Dancing with the Stars this year. And she could have that with her partner Jason!
He foxtrotted his way across the floor to They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Frank Sinatra and Natalie Cole. And he seriously impressed the judges!
Brian admitted that he “couldn’t be happier” and told Jason it was “fantabulous” first week dance.
The judges awarded them a score of 17 with a five from Brian and six from both Loraine and Arthur.
Blu Hydrangea and Simone Arena
These two danced the Cha-Cha to You’re Free by Ultra Naté and sure they blew us all away!
“Sassy, sexy and so much fun,” Loraine described their “textbook Cha-Cha”. While Arthur gushed that it was “almost a flawless routine”.
Clearly impression the judges, they received eight points from the three judges meaning they received 24!
Rosanna Davison and Stephen Vincent
They kicked off their DWTS journey with a waltz to Come Away with Me by Norah Jones.
She was a vision in purple with Brian telling her he was “very impressed with the way you moved across the floor”. Although all three judges encouraged her to relax!
For her first week she received six from Brian and Arthur and five from Loraine, meaning that she got a grand total of 17.
David Whelan and Salome Chachua
David gave it his all with a Tango to Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran.
Brian told him that he was “one to watch” on the dancefloor while Loraine told him to “give us a little bit more”.
“Please keep up like this!” Arthur enthused, with presenter Jennifer joking: “I think he’s excited!”
He received a score of 23 with Brian and Loraine awarding him seven and Arthur went all out with a nine.
Miriam Mullins and Montel Hewson
Miriam swapped social media for the quickstep for the first show of DWTS.
Loraine told them they brought “the fun” to the dancefloor this week. Arthur added that she has a “fire in her belly” and is excited to see what else she is in store in the coming weeks.
She was awarded six points from all three judges, meaning that she got a total of 18 points.
Rory Cowan and Jillian Bromwich
Rory was very cheeky with his Charleston this weekend to When I’m Sixty-Four by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.
They went for a comedy routine which went down a treat at home however, the judges were less impressed.
“You came to prove that you were here to have fun,” Arthur told him before adding that he “wished you went harder”. However, Rory reminded him that he’s “almost an old age pensioner”. His words, not ours!
And Brian dubbed the “Rory ripple” one of Rory’s iconic dance moves. We’ll all be doing it now at home!
As for the score, he got three from Brian, four from Loraine and Arthur, Meaning that he got a score of 11.
