Ryan McShane
Ryan McShane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 January 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer |
| Known for | Dancing with the Stars (Irish series) Britain's Got Talent |
| Partner | Thalia Heffernan |
Ryan McShane (born 22 January 1985) is a Northern Irish dancer and choreographer. He, alongside his professional partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska, were the 2016 United Kingdom & British Latin Professional Champions and British Show Dance Champions.[1] He is also known as being one of the professional dancers on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.
Early life[edit]
McShane was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. He started dancing at the age of seven.[2]
Career[edit]
In 2015, McShane toured with Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole's A Night to Remember tour across the UK and Ireland.[3]
In 2016, McShane and partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska, were crowned United Kingdom & British Latin Professional Champions & British Show Dance Champions.[4]
Got to Dance[edit]
In 2013, McShane took part in the Sky One dance competition show, Got to Dance alongside partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska. They received three gold stars from the judges and advanced to the next round before being eliminated.[5]
Britain's Got Talent[edit]
In 2014, McShane helped establish the ballroom dance group, Kings & Queens, alongside future Strictly Come Dancing professionals, Katya Jones and Neil Jones as well as his future Dancing with the Stars fellow-professionals, Ksenia Zsikhotska and Kai Widdrington.[6] Kings & Queens reached the semi-finals of the series before being eliminated.[7]
Dancing with the Stars[edit]
In 2017, McShane was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of Dancing with the Stars.[8] He was partnered with actress, Denise McCormack.[9] On 26 March 2017, McCormack and McShane reached the final of the competition, eventually finishing as joint runners-up alongside Aoibhín Garrihy and Vitali Kozmin. Aidan O'Mahony and Valeria Milova were the champions of the series.[10]
In 2018, McShane was partnered with fitness model, and UFC fighter, Conor McGregor's sister, Erin McGregor.[11] The couple survived three dance-offs, the most for any couple in the history of the series, before being eliminated in the semifinal in a dance-off against eventual series winners, Jake Carter and Karen Byrne.[12][13][14]
In 2019, McShane was partnered with Mrs. Brown's Boys star Eilish O'Carroll.[15] They were the first couple to be eliminated from the series.[16]
In 2020, McShane was partnered with B*Witched singer Sinéad O'Carroll.[17] They reached the eighth week of the competition before being eliminated in a dance-off against eventual winners, Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca.[18]
| Series | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denise McCormack | 2nd |
| 2 | Erin McGregor | 4th |
| 3 | Eilish O'Carroll | 11th |
| 4 | Sinéad O'Carroll | 7th |
Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance
| Dance | Partner | Highest | Partner | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Smooth | Denise McCormack | 25 | Sinéad O'Carroll | 21 |
| Cha-cha-cha | Denise McCormack | 27 | Sinéad O'Carroll | 19 |
| Charleston | Denise McCormack | 30 | Erin McGregor | 21 |
| Contemporary Ballroom | Denise McCormack | 28 | Erin McGregor | 25 |
| Foxtrot | Erin McGregor | 24 | ||
| Jive | Denise McCormack | 22 | Mary Kennedy1 | 14 |
| Paso Doble | Erin McGregor | 28 | Sinéad O'Carroll | 24 |
| Quickstep | Sinéad O'Carroll | 24 | Denise McCormack | 22 |
| Rumba | Denise McCormack | 26 | ||
| Salsa | Denise McCormack | 30 | Erin McGregor | 23 |
| Samba | Denise McCormack Erin McGregor |
27 | Eilish O'Carroll | 12 |
| Showdance | Denise McCormack | 30 | ||
| Tango | Denise McCormack | 30 | Eilish O'Carroll | 15 |
| Viennese Waltz | Erin McGregor Anna Geary1 |
22 | ||
| Waltz | Erin McGregor | 29 |
1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.
Series 1[edit]
- Celebrity partner
- Denise McCormack; Average: 26.9; Place: 2nd
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | Barry | Benson | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | – | – | – | – | No elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "Shake It Off" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |
| 3 | Tango / "Roxanne" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | Safe |
| 4 | Rumba / "I See Fire" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Cheap Thrills" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Safe |
| 6 | American Smooth / "Anything Goes" | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | Safe |
| 7 | Jive / "Tutti Frutti" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | No elimination Switch-Up Week with Teresa Mannion |
| 8 | Salsa / "Vivir Mi Vida" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Bottom two |
| 9 | Quickstep / "Valerie" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | Safe |
| 10 | Charleston / "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" The Ballroom Blitz / "The Ballroom Blitz" |
10 Extra |
10 3 |
10 Points |
30 33 |
Safe |
| 11 | Contemporary Ballroom / "Take Me to Church" Cha-cha-cha / "Fiebre" |
9 9 |
10 9 |
9 9 |
28 27 |
Bottom two |
| 12 | Tango / "Roxanne" Salsa / "Vivir Mi Vida" Showdance / "Imagine" |
10 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
30 30 30 |
Runners-up |
Series 2[edit]
- Celebrity partner
- Erin McGregor; Average: 24.7; Place: 4th
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | Barry | Benson | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | – | – | – | – | No elimination |
| 2 | Salsa / "Instruction" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |
| 3 | Viennese Waltz / "You Don't Own Me" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | Safe |
| 4 | Charleston / "Woo-Hoo" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | Safe |
| 5 | Foxtrot / "Feels Like Home" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Safe |
| 6 | Viennese Waltz / "Say You Love Me" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | No elimination Switch-Up Week with Anna Geary |
| 7 | Paso Doble / "Seven Nation Army" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | Bottom two |
| 8 | Cha-cha-cha / "It's Raining Men" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | Safe |
| 9 | Waltz / "Kissing You" Team Dance / "Party Rock Anthem" |
9 8 |
10 8 |
10 9 |
29 25 |
Bottom two |
| 10 | Tango / "Cell Block Tango" Swing-a-thon / "You Can't Stop the Beat" |
9 Extra |
9 3 |
9 Points |
27 30 |
Bottom two |
| 11 | Samba / "Rain" Contemporary Ballroom / "Alive" |
9 8 |
9 8 |
9 9 |
27 25 |
Eliminated |
Series 3[edit]
- Celebrity partner
- Eilish O'Carroll; Average: 13.5; Place: 11th
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | Barry | Benson | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | – | – | – | – | No elimination |
| 2 | Tango / "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 3 | Samba / "Eso Beso" | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | Eliminated |
Series 4[edit]
- Celebrity partner
- Sinéad O'Carroll; Average: 23.3; Place: 7th
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | Barry | Benson | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | – | – | – | – | No elimination |
| 2 | American Smooth / "Bewitched" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 3 | Paso Doble / "El gato montés" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Safe |
| 4 | Quickstep / "Get Happy" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Safe |
| 5 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "C'est La Vie" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | Safe |
| 6 | Jive / "Twistin' the Night Away" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | No elimination Switch-Up Week with Mary Kennedy |
| 7 | Samba / "La Isla Bonita" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Bottom two |
| 8 | Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Eliminated |
Personal life[edit]
McShane and professional partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska were in a relationship previously.[19]
Since 2017, McShane has been dating model, Thalia Heffernan. Despite not dancing together, McShane met Heffernan while she was a contestant on the first series of the show. They have two dogs together.[20]
On 30 December 2019, five days before the launch of the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, McShane was assaulted outside a nightclub in his hometown of Lurgan. He received facial injuries, resulting in him needing stitches.[21]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lurgan's Ryan McShane joins line-up of RTE's Dancing With The Stars". Irish News. 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Meet the professional dancers who will be joining Irish celebrities on Dancing with the Stars". Independent.ie. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "DancesportInfo.net". ru.dancesportinfo.net. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Brendan Cole Reveals Cast of Dancers for 'A Night To Remember'". The Economic Voice. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Got To Dance Sky1 (3 February 2013), Got to Dance 4: Ryan & Ksenia Audition, retrieved 1 March 2019
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- ^ McGowan, Sharon (16 December 2016). "RTE's Dancing With The Stars professionals have been revealed". irishmirror. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "From Red Rock to Eastenders, soap queen Denise McCormack is a wanted woman". www.irishexaminer.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "DWTS: 'Aidan is a great ambassador for the show'". RTÉ.ie. 27 March 2017.
- ^ Comments, Michelle Dardis | | 21/01/2018 | No (21 January 2018). "Erin McGregor on dance partner Ryan McShane: "He's definitely my best friend"". VIP Magazine. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "She's gone! Erin McGregor misses out on DWTS Final". RTÉ.ie. 18 March 2018.
- ^ Bruton, Louise. "Dancing with the Stars: Erin McGregor's fight ends in tears and inspirational words". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "End of the road for Erin McGregor as she gets the boot in DWTS semi-final". Independent.ie. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "You Dancing? DWTS couples are revealed". 4 January 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Mrs Brown's Boys' Eilish out of Dancing With The Stars". 20 January 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ O'Loughlin, Exclusive-Mikie (19 January 2020). "Sinead O'Carroll says she was 'devastated' when B*Witched was forced to split up". dublinlive. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Power, Ed. "Dancing with the Stars: Shock exit for teary-eyed Sinéad O'Carroll". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Moran, Hannah (26 March 2017). "The Couples You Never Realised Were Dating On Dancing With The Stars". EVOKE.ie. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Thalia Heffernan and Ryan McShane's romance defies reality TV curse". Independent.ie. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Staff Reporter. "Dancing with the Stars pro assaulted in Co Armagh bar days before start of new series". Armagh I. Retrieved 27 June 2020.