Dancing with the Stars (Irish 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.| Celebrity | Known for | Professional | Status |
| Yewande Biala | Love Island contestant | Stephen Vincent | Eliminated 1st on 19 January 2020 |
| Glenda Gilson | Television presenter | Robert Rowiński | Eliminated 2nd on 26 January 2020 |
| Michael Carruth | Olympic boxer | Karen Byrne | Eliminated 3rd on 2 February 2020 |
| Brian Dowling | Television presenter | Laura Nolan Kai Widdrington | Eliminated 4th on 16 February 2020 |
| Sinéad O'Carroll | B*Witched singer | Ryan McShane John Nolan | Eliminated 5th on 23 February 2020 |
| Mary Kennedy | Television presenter | John Nolan Ryan McShane | Eliminated 6th on 1 March 2020 |
| Fr. Ray Kelly | Priest & singer | Kylee Vincent Giulia Dotta | Eliminated 7th on 8 March 2020 |
| Aidan Fogarty | Kilkenny hurler | Emily Barker Kylee Vincent | Runners-up on 15 March 2020 |
| Gráinne Gallanagh | Miss Universe Ireland 2018 | Kai Widdrington Pasquale La Rocca | Runners-up on 15 March 2020 |
| Ryan Andrews | Fair City actor | Giulia Dotta Laura Nolan | Runners-up on 15 March 2020 |
| Lottie Ryan | RTÉ 2fm broadcaster | Pasquale La Rocca Emily Barker | Winners on 15 March 2020 |
Scoring chart
Average chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.| Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Total average |
| 1 | 1 | Lottie & Pasquale | 323 | 12 | 26.9 |
| 2 | 2 | Ryan & Giulia | 320 | 12 | 26.7 |
| 3 | 2 | Gráinne & Kai | 287 | 12 | 23.9 |
| 4 | 7 | Sinéad & Ryan | 163 | 7 | 23.3 |
| 5 | 2 | Aidan & Emily | 278 | 12 | 23.2 |
| 6 | 8 | Brian & Laura | 109 | 6 | 18.2 |
| 7 | 6 | Mary & John | 155 | 9 | 17.2 |
| 8 | 10 | Glenda & Robert | 50 | 3 | 16.7 |
| 9 | 11 | Yewande & Stephen | 28 | 2 | 14.0 |
| 10 | 5 | Fr. Ray & Kylee | 131 | 10 | 13.1 |
| 11 | 9 | Michael & Karen | 50 | 4 | 12.5 |
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows.| Dance | Celebrity | Highest score | Celebrity | Lowest score |
| Tango | Aidan Fogarty | 26 | Michael Carruth | 13 |
| Cha-cha-cha | Lottie Ryan | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 6 |
| Salsa | Lottie Ryan | 28 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 14 |
| Foxtrot | Gráinne Gallanagh | 27 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 8 |
| Charleston | Ryan Andrews Gráinne Gallanagh | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 14 |
| Waltz | Ryan Andrews | 25 | Glenda Gilson | 15 |
| Quickstep | Lottie Ryan | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 13 |
| Jive | Ryan Andrews | 28 | Mary Kennedy | 14 |
| Rumba | Ryan Andrews | 26 | Gráinne Gallanagh | 18 |
| Paso Doble | Lottie Ryan | 28 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 9 |
| American Smooth | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Michael Carruth | 12 |
| Contemporary Ballroom | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Glenda Gilson | 18 |
| Samba | Lottie Ryan Ryan Andrews | 29 | Michael Carruth | 11 |
| Viennese Waltz | Gráinne Gallanagh | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 10 |
| Team Dance | Lottie Ryan Aidan Fogarty Fr. Ray Kelly | 27 | Ryan Andrews Gráinne Gallanagh Mary Kennedy | 24 |
| Marathon | Lottie Ryan | 5 | Fr. Ray Kelly | 1 |
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below 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
| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Aidan & Emily | 18 | Jive | "Tiger Feet"—New Hope Club |
| Michael & Karen | 12 | American Smooth | "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"—Dropkick Murphys |
| Ryan & Giulia | 21 | Cha-cha-cha | "If I Can't Have You"—Shawn Mendes |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 8 | Foxtrot | "Spirit in the Sky"—Doctor and the Medics |
| Brian & Laura | 16 | Salsa | "Juice"—Lizzo |
Week 2
Guest act: Vincent Simone and Ksenia Zsikhotska performed an Argentine Tango to 'La cumparsita'.;Running order
| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Glenda & Robert | 17 | Cha-cha-cha | "Don't Start Now"—Dua Lipa |
| Gráinne & Kai | 18 | Tango | "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 21 | American Smooth | "Bewitched"—Steve Lawrence |
| Yewande & Stephen | 16 | Salsa | "Solo Dance"—Martin Jensen |
| Mary & John | 13 | Foxtrot | "No Frontiers"—Mary Black |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 20 | Jive | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"—Nicole Scherzinger |
Week 3
;Running order| Couples | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Gráinne & Kai | 20 | Jive | "Dear Future Husband"—Meghan Trainor | Safe |
| Aidan & Emily | 23 | Foxtrot | "Half the World Away"—Oasis | Safe |
| Michael & Karen | 11 | Samba | "It's Not Unusual"—Tom Jones | Safe |
| Yewande & Stephen | 12 | Viennese Waltz | "Lover"—Taylor Swift | Eliminated |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 24 | Paso Doble | "El gato montés"—Arielle Dombasle | Safe |
| Glenda & Robert | 15 | Waltz | "I Never Loved a Man"—The Commitments | Safe |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 6 | Cha-cha-cha | "Save the Last Dance for Me"—Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Ryan & Giulia | 23 | Tango | "Bad Guy"—Billie Eilish | Safe |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 26 | Contemporary Ballroom | "Castles"—Freya Ridings | Safe |
| Mary & John | 16 | Salsa | "Ran Kan Kan"—Luis Lema | Last to be called safe |
| Brian & Laura | 20 | American Smooth | "Dance Monkey"—Tones and I | Last to be called safe |
Week 4: Movie Week
;Running order| Couples | Score | Dance | Music | Movie | Result |
| Brian & Laura | 18 | Charleston | "Fat Sam's Grand Slam" — Paul Williams | Bugsy Malone | Safe |
| Glenda & Robert | 18 | Contemporary Ballroom | "My Heart Will Go On" — Celine Dion | Titanic | Eliminated |
| Gráinne & Kai | 21 | Salsa | " The Time of My Life" — Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Dirty Dancing | Last to be called safe |
| Michael & Karen | 14 | Paso Doble | "Eye of the Tiger" — Survivor | Rocky III | Safe |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 24 | Quickstep | "Get Happy"—Renée Zellweger and Sam Smith | Judy | Safe |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 28 | Salsa | "Dora the Explorer theme" — John Debney and Germaine Franco | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Safe |
| Mary & John | 19 | American Smooth | "He's a Tramp" — Diane & Kristen | Lady and the Tramp | Safe |
| Aidan & Emily | 26 | Tango | "Into the Unknown"—Panic! at the Disco | Frozen II | Safe |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 9 | Paso Doble | "The Magnificent Seven theme" — Elmer Bernstein | The Magnificent Seven | Last to be called safe |
| Ryan & Giulia | 28 | Jive | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" — Elton John | Rocketman | Safe |
Week 5: Most Memorable Year Week
; Running order| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 19 | Cha-cha-cha | "C'est la Vie" — B*Witched | Last to be called safe |
| Mary & John | 16 | Waltz | "Nocturne" — Secret Garden | Safe |
| Brian & Laura | 17 | Cha-cha-cha | "We Are Family" — Sister Sledge | Safe |
| Ryan & Giulia | 26 | Rumba | "Fix You" — Coldplay | Safe |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 10 | Viennese Waltz | "Hallelujah" — Fr. Ray Kelly | Safe |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 22 | Tango | "Radio" — Beyoncé | Last to be called safe |
| Gráinne & Kai | 27 | Contemporary Ballroom | "Unstoppable"—Sia | Safe |
| Michael & Karen | 13 | Tango | "Gold" — Spandau Ballet | Eliminated |
| Aidan & Emily | 21 | Charleston | "Bingo Bango" — Basement Jaxx | Safe |
Week 6: Switch-Up Week
Guest act: Julian Benson with Fly Youth performing, 'Cha Cha Boom'.; Running order
| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Mary & Ryan | 14 | Jive | "Twistin' the Night Away" — Sam Cooke |
| Ryan & Laura | 25 | Waltz | "Open Arms" — Journey |
| Fr. Ray & Giulia | 14 | Charleston | "National Express" — The Divine Comedy |
| Sinéad & John | 27 | Viennese Waltz | "Guilty" — Paloma Faith |
| Aidan & Kylee | 18 | Cha-cha-cha | "Feels like Home" — Sigala with Sean Paul and Fuse ODG feat. Kent Jones |
| Brian & Kai | 23 | Quickstep | "Out of Our Heads" — Take That |
| Gráinne & Pasquale | 18 | Rumba | "Beautiful People" — Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid |
| Lottie & Emily | 26 | Charleston | "Woman Up" — Meghan Trainor |
Week 7: Love Week
; Running order| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Gráinne & Kai | 25 | Quickstep | "Paper Rings"—Taylor Swift | Safe |
| Aidan & Emily | 23 | Contemporary Ballroom | "Someone You Loved"—Lewis Capaldi | Safe |
| Mary & John | 16 | Viennese Waltz | "What Have I Done"—Dermot Kennedy | Safe |
| Brian & Laura | 15 | Tango | "When Doves Cry"—Prince | Eliminated |
| Ryan & Giulia | 27 | Salsa | "Perfect Strangers"—Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper | Safe |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 15 | Jive | "Build Me Up Buttercup"—The Foundations | Last to be called safe |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 24 | Samba | "La Isla Bonita"—Hr. Troels | Bottom two |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 28 | Viennese Waltz | "One of a Kind"—Ronan Keating & Emeli Sandé | Safe |
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
Due to an illness, Darren Bennett filled in for Julian Benson for the night.
; Running order
| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 29 | American Smooth | 'Big Spender' — Shirley Bassey | Bottom two |
| Sinéad & Ryan | 24 | Tango | 'Sweet Dreams ' — Eurythmics | Eliminated |
| Fr. Ray & Kylee | 14 | Salsa | 'Hot Hot Hot' — The Merrymen | Safe |
| Gráinne & Kai | 30 | Viennese Waltz | 'Waltz of the Flowers' — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Safe |
| Aidan & Emily | 21 | Paso Doble | 'Pompeii' — Bastille | Last to be called safe |
| Mary & John | 19 | Tango | 'Por una Cabeza' — Carlos Gardel | Safe |
| Ryan & Giulia | 30 | Contemporary Ballroom | 'Life on Mars' — David Bowie | Safe |
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
; 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
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
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
| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Aidan & Emily | 26 | Viennese Waltz | "Another Life" — Westlife | Runner-up |
| Aidan & Emily | 27 | Salsa | "I Know You Want Me " — Pitbull | Runner-up |
| Ryan & Giulia | 29 | Samba | "Lo-Lo Dzama" — Šum Svistu | Runner-up |
| Ryan & Giulia | 30 | American Smooth | "I Get a Kick Out of You" — Michael Bublé | Runner-up |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 30 | Quickstep | "It Don't Mean a Thing " — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | Winner |
| Lottie & Pasquale | 30 | Cha-cha-cha | "Turn Me On" — Riton X Oliver Heldens feat. Vula | Winner |
| Gráinne & Kai | 27 | Foxtrot | "Falling" — Harry Styles | Runner-up |
| Gráinne & Kai | 30 | Charleston | "Dance Apocalyptic"—Janelle Monáe | Runner-up |