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Emma Nevin

RTE Dancing With The Stars: Cathy Kelly first to be voted off while Dubliner Erica Cody shines

Author Cathy Kelly became the first celeb to be voted off in series 5 of RTE's Dancing with the Stars tonight.

Cathy and her dance partner Maurizio Benenato scored 15 points from the judges after they danced the tango to Blondie's "Call Me".

The judges had mix views on the author's performance, with Arthur Gourounlian saying she has "passion".

He said: "You have passion, I'm not talking about your writing, I'm talking about your dancing".

Loraine Barry said Cathy had "good position".

She said: "Very good position, the heartbeat of the tango are slows and quicks, if we could have had that a bit clearer, it would have been better."

But Brian Redmond failed to be impressed by Cathy and Maurizio's tango, calling it "OK".

"It was probably a bit too Debbie Harry and not quite Dirty Harry. It was OK, but didn't quite make my day."

Former jockey Nina Carberry finished top of the leader board after earning 25 points from the judges.

The Meath native performed a sensual rumba to Yola's "Starlight" with partner Pasquale La Rocca.

Meanwhile, Dubliner Erica Cody finished second in the points, with an impressive score of 23.

The singer danced a foxtrot with partner Denys Samson and the judges praised her for her "very good footwork".

And Clontarf Paralympic champion Ellen Keane also had a good night, scoring 21 points for her lively cha-cha-cha to "Get Out of my Head".

Many viewers took to Twitter to react to the show, with many unimpressed with Cathy Kelly's elimination.

One said: "Thought there would be a couple more weeks in Cathy Kelly."

Another wrote: "I can’t believe Cathy is gone. I’m actually gutted for her, she was so good and seemed like so much craic."

One viewer hailed Ellen Keane as "amazing", saying: "Ah lads, Ellen Keane just incredible on #DancingWiththeStars. Clontarf proud here!"

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTE next Sunday at 6:30pm.

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