Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series) series 4

Dancing with the Stars returned for a fourth series which began on 5 January 2020 on RTÉ One.

Nicky Byrne and Jennifer Zamparelli returned as hosts for a fourth and second series, respectively. The spinoff show Can't Stop Dancing did not return.

Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry and Julian Benson returned as judges.

In November 2019 it was confirmed the professional dancers, Curtis Pritchard, Ksenia Zsikhotska, Valeria Milova and Vitali Kozmin would not be returning for this series. They were replaced by Laura Nolan, Kylee Vincent, Pasquale La Rocca and Stephen Vincent.

The final on 15 March 2020 was won by Lottie Ryan alongside professional dancer Pasquale La Rocca.

Couples
On 1 December 2019, Glenda Gilson was announced as the first celebrity to be taking part. The remaining celebrities were announced across the following week.

Scoring chart

 * Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
 * the couple eliminated that week
 * the returning couple that was called forward and eventually last to be called safe, but was not necessarily in the bottom
 * the returning couple that finished in the bottom two and competed in the Dance-Off
 * the winning couple
 * the runner-up couple

Average chart
This table only counts for single dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale. It does not include the Team Dance or Marathon scores.

Highest and lowest scoring performances
The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows.

Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Julian Benson.

Week 1
Guest act: Series 3 champions, Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan performing a Viennese Waltz to 'You Are the Reason'.


 * Running order (Men)

Week 2
Guest act: Vincent Simone and Ksenia Zsikhotska performed an Argentine Tango to 'La cumparsita'.
 * Running order (Women)

Week 3

 * Running order

Week 4: Movie Week

 * Running order

Week 5: Most Memorable Year Week

 * Running order

Week 6: Switch-Up Week
Guest act: Julian Benson with Fly Youth performing, 'Cha Cha Boom'.


 * Running order

Week 7: Love Week

 * Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' Votes To Save


 * Benson: Sinéad & Ryan
 * Redmond: Sinéad & Ryan
 * Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Sinéad & Ryan

Week 8: Orchestra Week
Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Darren Bennett.

Due to an illness, Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the night.

All performances this week are accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.


 * Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save


 * Bennett: Lottie & Pasquale
 * Redmond: Lottie & Pasquale
 * Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Lottie & Pasquale

Week 9: Team Dance Week
Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the second week running.


 * Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save


 * Bennett: Gráinne & Kai
 * Redmond: Gráinne & Kai
 * Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Gráinne & Kai

Week 10: TV Themes Week
For the third week running Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson.

Guest act: The cast of On Your Feet! performing a Gloria Estefan medley.
 * Running order

Dance-Off

Judges' votes to save


 * Bennett: Lottie & Pasquale
 * Redmond: Lottie & Pasquale
 * Barry: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Lottie & Pasquale

Week 11: The Final
This week was scheduled to be the semifinal, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on the day of that it would be the final and the public would crown their winner.

The couples first performed one unlearned dance followed by a trio dance. For the trio dances each couple was joined by one eliminated pro dancer.

Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the fourth week running.

Guest act: Nathan Carter performing 'May the Road Rise'.


 * Running order

Dance chart

 * Highest scoring dance
 * Lowest scoring dance
 * No dance performed