Yes we’re on a roll now as we reveal who will be showing off their dance skills on Dancing with the Stars in the new year.
We’ve revealed our first two contestants and now our third is here.
Comedian Gearóid Farrelly has been revealed as the third celebrity contestant for Dancing with the Stars 2025!
Gearóid will take to the floor with a same-sex male dance partner in new season!
A seasoned performer with an impressive comedy career, Gearóid’s breakthrough came when he was announced as a finalist in the So You Think You’re Funny? competition at the Edinburgh Festival.
He has shared stages with comedy greats, and has opened for Joan Rivers, Sarah Millican, Patton Oswalt, Neil Delamere and Joanne McNally. He has earned rave reviews for his solo shows, including acclaim for his five-star Edinburgh Festival debut, Turbulence.
On trading his comedy chops for Chassé Gearóid said: “I am absolutely terrified. Well, I was terrified before the meet and greet, walking into that room was genuinely one of the scariest things I have ever done. But everybody is so nice, we are gelling as a gang so fast and I’m just enjoying every second of it.”
Gearóid opened up about dancing with a male partner, saying: “As a young gay kid, if I had seen two men dancing together on the television, it would have been such a relief. My pro partner was also bullied at school because he was the dancer. So, we were really on the same page with this.
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“He’s just the best. I was a little concerned at the beginning about being in this man’s space, because he’s straight, and I’m gay, and I didn’t want him to feel uncomfortable, or that he felt like he had to do this. So, we’ve had that chat as well and he is so up for this from a choreography point of view.”
Of course, he’s not the first comedian to take to the dancefloor. He revealed he got some advice from his colleagues.
“I’ve been in the Dancing with the Stars audience before. I came out to see Deirdre O’ Kane, Fred Cooke, Kevin McGahern and Bernard O’Shea, they’re all mates of mine and I love the show,” he explained.
“They’ve all said it’s one of the greatest experiences they’ve ever had and said to me: get out of your head, live every second and throw yourself in at the deep end.”
Dancing with the Stars returns in the new year
