Eric Roberts all set for Grand Finale of Dancing with the Stars - and you can help!

It’s the Grand Finale of Dancing with the Stars, and an epic showdown awaits, with the final four couples all vying for the coveted Glitterball Trophy, with Eric Roberts flying the flag for Donegal this evening.

Each couple will dance two routines. First, each couple will perform a routine from the season as selected by the judges. This could be a routine the judges feel the couple could improve, or one they’d just love to see again.

Ireland AM presenter Eric, from Glen, and his partner Arianna Favarro will dance their Fright Night Charleston to ‘Happy’ by C2C featuring Derek Martin. Singer-songwriter Tolü Makay and her partner Maciej Zieba will dance their routine from all the way back in Week 2, in the hopes that their American Smooth to Olivia Dean’s smash hit ‘Man I Need’ will recapture the judges’ adoration a second time round.

Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins will reprise her Movie Week role of Snow White, as she and pro partner Leonardo Lini dance an American Smooth to ‘Whistle While You Work’ by Rachel Zegler. The Traitors Ireland star Paudie Moloney and his pro partner Laura Nolan will throw back to Week 4 and Country Week with a Quickstep to ‘Stop the World and Let Me Off’ by Declan Nerney.

The couples will then each perform a second 'Showdance' routine, a freestyle performance that allows them to combine different dance styles to showcase the creativity, skills and storytelling abilities they’ve learned throughout their journey.

Katelyn and Leonardo will dance to ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren. Paudie and Laura will dance to the Andy Williams’ classic ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’. Eric and Ariana will dance to ‘Can’t Hold Us’ by Macklemore x Ryan Lewis, and Tolü and Maciej will dance to the ‘Kill the Lights’ by Alex Newell, Jess Glynne, DJ Cassidy and Nile Rodgers.

Aside from our finalists, all eight eliminated celebrities will return on the night, including Michael Fry, Brian Kennedy, Amber Wilson, Anne Cassin, Niamh Kavanagh, Stephanie Kelly, Philip Doyle and Jordan Dargan. The contestants and their pro partners will return a very special one-off comeback performance to Myles Smith’s ‘Stay (If You Wanna Dance)’.

 The judges will give their scores as usual, but this will be just for guidance as it’s the public vote alone who will decide the champions of Dancing with the Stars 2026.

 The Dancing with the Stars Grand Finale airs today at 6:30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

 Dancing with the Stars is hosted by Jennifer Zamparelli and Laura Fox. Each celebrity couple is scored by an expert panel of four judges: Oti Mabuse, Brian Redmond, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne, and as well as the viewing public at home, with the winning couple claiming the much-coveted glitterball trophy at the end of the series.