Rhys McClenaghan wins RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars

Olympic gold medal gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and his professional companion Laura Nolan have received Irish broadcaster RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars.

They have been competing in opposition to three different {couples} within the remaining on Sunday night time.

The 25-year-old, from County Down, and his companion regarded visibly shocked when the announcement was made.

When requested how he felt by presenter Jennifer Zamparelli, he replied: “I do not know, I haven’t got any phrases.”

His dad and mom, Tracy and Danny watched on as their son and Laura took house the coveted Glitterball trophy.

The opposite {couples} who took half within the grand finale have been Mrs. Brown’s Boys actor Danny O’Carroll and Salome Chachua, social media influencer Kayleigh Trappe and Ervinas Merfeldas, Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley and Alex Vladimirov.

Every of the 4 {couples} needed to carry out two dances for the judges in the course of the remaining.

The primary dance of the night was the judges’ selection with every couple performing a routine from a earlier week.

Rhys reprised his film week position of Spider-Man as he and his companion Laura danced the Charleston to the enduring movie tune.

For the second dance every couple carried out their present dance which allowed them to mix totally different dance types and abilities that they had realized in the course of the competitors.

Rhys and Laura took to the ground for the final time and danced to Stunning Issues by Benson Boone.

They scored the utmost of 40 factors from the 4 judges throughout each their routines however their win was finally determined by a public vote.

Talking after their second dance, Rhys mentioned: “I really feel superb. What a approach to end an unbelievable journey.

“I really feel like I’ve learnt so much about myself, a kind of issues being, embrace problem, embrace concern to do issues.

“I used to be terrified this entire season, I actually was, however embrace it and then you definately’ll discover out extra issues about your self and discover out, , who you actually are.”

“Every little thing that I’ve thrown at you, you have simply embraced and mentioned, ‘yep’, and actually rose to the problem each time,” Laura mentioned in response.

“I simply wish to take this chance to thanks, you might have actually made this entire journey unbelievable and you have been a dream to work with.”

Forward of the finale, Rhys and Laura travelled to his house health club in Newtownards the place he was greeted by dozens of younger, aspiring gymnasts.

Through the go to, Laura described him as a “dream pupil”.

His victory on Dancing with the Stars lower than a 12 months after McClenaghan received an Olympic gold on the pommel horse in Paris.