COMEDIAN AND ACTOR Michael Fry was the first contestant to be eliminated from this season of RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars as the show had its second episode this evening.

Fry and his partner Kylee danced a samba to Sapphire by Ed Sheeran, earning 23 points from the four judges – but despite the panel scoring the two higher than other contestants, they lost out after the public vote.

Fry and Kylee pictured after they were the first couple to be voted out, during the live show of RTE’s Dancing With The Stars. Kyran O'Brien Kyran O'Brien

Fry was competing against eleven other celebrity contestants: Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh, The Traitors Ireland star Paudie Moloney, reigning Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins, Fair City actress Stephanie Kelly;

Television presenter Eric Roberts, Olympic medal-winning rower and doctor Philip Doyle, musician Tolü Makay, podcaster Amber Wilson, Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin, and The Apprentice UK finalist Jordan Dargan.

Tolü Makay and her partner Maciej Zięba received the highest score from the judges this week. The two received 32 points after an American Smooth to Man I Need by Olivia Dean. 

The other eleven pairings will proceed to next week’s show, which is themed ‘Movie Night’.