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Ryan McShane

{{short description|Northern Irish dancer and choreographer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ryan McShane

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|01|22}}

| birth_place = Lurgan, Armagh, Northern Ireland

| occupation = Dancer, choreographer

| known_for = Dancing with the Stars (Irish series)
Britain's Got Talent

| height =

| partner = Thalia Heffernan

| parents =

| relatives =

}}

Ryan McShane (born 22 January 1985) is a Northern Irish dancer and choreographer. He, alongside his professional partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska, were the 2016 United Kingdom & British Latin Professional Champions and British Show Dance Champions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2016/12/18/news/lurgan-s-ryan-mcshane-joins-the-line-up-of-rte-s-dancing-with-the-stars-843168/|title=Lurgan's Ryan McShane joins line-up of RTE's Dancing With The Stars|last=|first=|date=2016-12-18|website=Irish News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} He is also known as being one of the professional dancers on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.

Early life

McShane was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. He started dancing at the age of seven.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/meet-the-professional-dancers-who-will-be-joining-irish-celebrities-on-dancing-with-the-stars-35299805.html|title=Meet the professional dancers who will be joining Irish celebrities on Dancing with the Stars|website=Independent.ie|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}

Career

In 2015, McShane toured with Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole's A Night to Remember tour across the UK and Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://ru.dancesportinfo.net/Couple/Ryan_Mcshane_and_Ksenia_Zsikhotska_127701/Competition/The_Spectacular_Dance_-_Amateur_Ballroom_and_Latin_Challenger_Cup_12184/Latin_Challenger_Cup_133793/Photos|title=DancesportInfo.net|website=ru.dancesportinfo.net|access-date=2018-12-22}}

In 2016, McShane and partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska, were crowned United Kingdom & British Latin Professional Champions & British Show Dance Champions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.economicvoice.com/strictly-star-brendan-cole-reveals-cast-of-dancers-for-his-a-night-to-remember-tour/|title=Brendan Cole Reveals Cast of Dancers for 'A Night To Remember'|publisher=The Economic Voice|date=26 January 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-22}}

=''Got to Dance''=

In 2013, McShane took part in the Sky One dance competition show, Got to Dance alongside partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska. They received three gold stars from the judges and advanced to the next round before being eliminated.{{Citation|last=Got To Dance Sky1|title=Got to Dance 4: Ryan & Ksenia Audition|date=2013-02-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfYG5Q6OXI|access-date=2019-03-01}}

=''Britain's Got Talent''=

In 2014, McShane helped establish the ballroom dance group, Kings & Queens, alongside future Strictly Come Dancing professionals, Katya Jones and Neil Jones as well as his future Dancing with the Stars fellow-professionals, Ksenia Zsikhotska and Kai Widdrington.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/News/11248405.video-hampshire-dancer-bids-for-britains-got-talent-glory/|title=VIDEO: Hampshire dancer bids for Britain's Got Talent glory|website=Daily Echo|language=en|access-date=2018-12-21}} Kings & Queens reached the semi-finals of the series before being eliminated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11248823.dancer-kai-misses-out-on-britains-got-talent-glory/|title=Dancer Kai misses out on Britain's Got Talent Glory|website=Daily Echo|language=en|access-date=2018-12-21}}

=''Dancing with the Stars''=

In 2017, McShane was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of Dancing with the Stars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/rtes-dancing-stars-professionals-been-9469316|title=RTE's Dancing With The Stars professionals have been revealed|last=McGowan|first=Sharon|date=2016-12-16|website=irishmirror|access-date=2018-12-21}} He was partnered with actress, Denise McCormack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/features/from-red-rock-to-eastenders-soap-queen-denise-mccormack-is-a-wanted-woman-824806.html|title=From Red Rock to Eastenders, soap queen Denise McCormack is a wanted woman|date=2018-01-27|website=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=2018-12-22}} On 26 March 2017, McCormack and McShane reached the final of the competition, eventually finishing as joint runners-up alongside Aoibhín Garrihy and Vitali Kozmin. Aidan O'Mahony and Valeria Milova were the champions of the series.{{Cite journal|date=2017-03-27|title=DWTS: 'Aidan is a great ambassador for the show'|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0327/862875-dwts-aidan-is-a-great-ambassador-for-the-show/|journal=RTÉ.ie|language=en}}

In 2018, McShane was partnered with fitness model, and UFC fighter, Conor McGregor's sister, Erin McGregor.{{Cite web|url=http://vipmagazine.ie/erin-mcgregor-on-dance-partner-ryan-mcshane-hes-definitely-my-best-friend/|title=Erin McGregor on dance partner Ryan McShane: "He's definitely my best friend"|last=Comments|first=Michelle Dardis {{!}} {{!}} 21/01/2018 {{!}} No|website=VIP Magazine|date=21 January 2018 |language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-22}} The couple survived three dance-offs, the most for any couple in the history of the series, before being eliminated in the semifinal in a dance-off against eventual series winners, Jake Carter and Karen Byrne.{{Cite journal|date=2018-03-18|title=She's gone! Erin McGregor misses out on DWTS Final|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0318/948472-shes-gone-erin-mcgregor-misses-out-on-dwts-final/|journal=RTÉ.ie|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/dancing-with-the-stars-erin-mcgregor-s-fight-ends-in-tears-and-inspirational-words-1.3431999|title=Dancing with the Stars: Erin McGregor's fight ends in tears and inspirational words|last=Bruton|first=Louise|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/end-of-the-road-for-erin-mcgregor-as-she-gets-the-boot-in-dwts-semifinal-36718114.html|title=End of the road for Erin McGregor as she gets the boot in DWTS semi-final|website=Independent.ie|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}

In 2019, McShane was partnered with Mrs. Brown's Boys star Eilish O'Carroll.{{Cite journal|date=2019-01-04|title=You Dancing? DWTS couples are revealed|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0104/1020267-you-dancing-dwts-couples-are-revealed/|language=en}} They were the first couple to be eliminated from the series.{{Cite journal|date=2019-01-20|title=Mrs Brown's Boys' Eilish out of Dancing With The Stars|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0120/1024430-dancing-with-the-stars/|language=en}}

In 2020, McShane was partnered with B*Witched singer Sinéad O'Carroll.{{Cite web|last=O'Loughlin|first=Exclusive-Mikie|date=2020-01-19|title=Sinead O'Carroll says she was 'devastated' when B*Witched was forced to split up|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/sinead-ocarroll-says-devastated-bwitched-17592348|access-date=2020-06-27|website=dublinlive}} They reached the eighth week of the competition before being eliminated in a dance-off against eventual winners, Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca.{{Cite news|last=Power|first=Ed|title=Dancing with the Stars: Shock exit for teary-eyed Sinéad O'Carroll|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/dancing-with-the-stars-shock-exit-for-teary-eyed-sin%C3%A9ad-o-carroll-1.4182693|access-date=2020-06-27|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}

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!Series

!Partner

!Place

bgcolor="silver"

|1

|Denise McCormack

|2nd

2

|Erin McGregor

|4th

bgcolor="orange"

|3

|Eilish O'Carroll

|11th

4

|Sinéad O'Carroll

|7th

Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance

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!Dance

!Partner

!Highest

!Partner

!Lowest

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|American Smooth

| Denise McCormack

| 25

| Sinéad O'Carroll

| 21

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|Cha-cha-cha

| Denise McCormack

| 27

| Sinéad O'Carroll

| 19

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|Charleston

| Denise McCormack

| 30

| Erin McGregor

| 22

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|Contemporary Ballroom

| Denise McCormack

| 28

| Erin McGregor

| 25

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6"

|Foxtrot

| Erin McGregor

| 24

|

|

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|Jive

| Denise McCormack

| 22

| Mary Kennedy1

| 14

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|Paso Doble

| Erin McGregor

| 28

| Sinéad O'Carroll

| 24

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|Quickstep

| Sinéad O'Carroll

| 24

| Denise McCormack

| 22

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|Rumba

| Denise McCormack

| 26

|

|

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6"

|Salsa

| Denise McCormack

| 30

| Erin McGregor

| 23

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|Samba

| Denise McCormack
Erin McGregor

| 27

| Eilish O'Carroll

| 12

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|Showdance

| Denise McCormack

| 30

|

|

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|Tango

| Denise McCormack

| 30

| Eilish O'Carroll

| 15

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|Viennese Waltz

| Erin McGregor
Anna Geary1

| 22

|

|

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|Waltz

| Erin McGregor

| 29

|

|

1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.

== [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 1)|Series 1]] ==

; Celebrity partner

: Denise McCormack; Average: 26.9; Place: 2nd

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! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Week No.

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Total

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; " |Redmond

| style="width:10%; " |Barry

| style="width:10%; " |Benson

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

|No dance performed

| –

| –

| –

| –

| rowspan="2" |No elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

|Jive / "Shake It Off"

|7

|7

|8

|{{green|22}}

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

|Tango / "Roxanne"

|8

|9

|9

|{{green|26}}

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|4

|Rumba / "I See Fire"

|8

|9

|9

|26

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|5

|Samba / "Cheap Thrills"

|9

|9

|9

|{{green|27}}

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|6

|American Smooth / "Anything Goes"

|8

|9

|8

|25

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|7

|Jive / "Tutti Frutti"

|6

|6

|6

|18

|No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Teresa Mannion

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6"

|8

|Salsa / "Vivir Mi Vida"

|9

|9

|9

|27

|Bottom two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6"

|9

|Quickstep / "Valerie"

|7

|7

|8

|22

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6"

|10

|Charleston / "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"
The Ballroom Blitz / "The Ballroom Blitz"

|10
Extra

|10
3

|10
Points

|{{green|30}}
{{green|33}}

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6"

|11

|Contemporary Ballroom / "Take Me to Church"
Cha-cha-cha / "Fiebre"

|9
9

|10
9

|9
9

|28
27

|Bottom two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6"

|12

|Tango / "Roxanne"
Salsa / "Vivir Mi Vida"
Showdance / "Imagine"

|10
10
10

|10
10
10

|10
10
10

|{{green|30}}
{{green|30}}
{{green|30}}

| rowspan="3" style="background:silver;" |Runners-up

== [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 2)|Series 2]] ==

; Celebrity partner

: Erin McGregor; Average: 24.7; Place: 4th

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! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Week No.

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Total

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; " |Redmond

| style="width:10%; " |Barry

| style="width:10%; " |Benson

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

|No dance performed

| –

| –

| –

| –

| rowspan="2" |No elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

|Salsa / "Instruction"

|7

|8

|8

|{{green|23}}

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

|Viennese Waltz / "You Don't Own Me"

|7

|7

|8

|22

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|4

|Charleston / "Woo-Hoo"

|7

|7

|8

|22

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|5

|Foxtrot / "Feels Like Home"

|8

|8

|8

|24

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|6

|Viennese Waltz / "Say You Love Me"

|7

|7

|8

|22

|No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Anna Geary

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

|7

|Paso Doble / "Seven Nation Army"

|9

|9

|10

|28

|Bottom two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|8

|Cha-cha-cha / "It's Raining Men"

|8

|8

|9

|25

|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

|9

|Waltz / "Kissing You"
Team Dance / "Party Rock Anthem"

|9
8

|10
8

|10
9

|{{green|29}}
{{red|25}}

|Bottom two

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

|10

|Tango / "Cell Block Tango"
Swing-a-thon / "You Can't Stop the Beat"

|9
Extra

|9
3

|9
Points

|27
30

|Bottom two

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

|11

|Samba / "Rain"
Contemporary Ballroom / "Alive"

|9
8

|9
8

|9
9

|{{green|27}}
25

|Eliminated

== [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|Series 3]] ==

; Celebrity partner

: Eilish O'Carroll; Average: 13.5; Place: 11th

class="wikitable collapsible"

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Week No.

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Total

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; " |Redmond

| style="width:10%; " |Barry

| style="width:10%; " |Benson

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

|No dance performed

| –

| –

| –

| –

| rowspan="2" |No elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

|Tango / "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"

|5

|5

|5

|15

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

|Samba / "Eso Beso"

|3

|4

|5

|{{red|12}}

|Eliminated

== [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 4)|Series 4]] ==

; Celebrity partner

: Sinéad O'Carroll; Average: 23.3; Place: 7th

class="wikitable collapsible"

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Week No.

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Total

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc; text-align:Center;" |Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; " |Redmond

| style="width:10%; " |Barry

| style="width:10%; " |Benson

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

|No dance performed

| –

| –

| –

| –

| rowspan="2" |No elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

|American Smooth / "Bewitched"

|7

|7

|7

|{{green|21}}

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

|Paso Doble / "El gato montés"

|8

|8

|8

|24

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|4

|Quickstep / "Get Happy"

|8

|8

|8

|24

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|5

|Cha-Cha-Cha / "C'est La Vie"

|6

|6

|7

|19

|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|6

|Jive / "Twistin' the Night Away"

|4

|5

|5

|{{red|14}}

|No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Mary Kennedy

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|7

|Samba / "La Isla Bonita"

|8

|8

|8

|24

|Bottom two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|8

|Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

|8

|8

|8

|24

|Eliminated

Personal life

McShane and professional partner, Ksenia Zsikhotska were in a relationship previously.{{Cite web|url=https://evoke.ie/2017/03/26/showbiz/gossip/couples-on-dancing-with-the-stars|title=The Couples You Never Realised Were Dating On Dancing With The Stars|last=Moran|first=Hannah|date=2017-03-26|website=EVOKE.ie|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-22}}

Since 2017, McShane has been dating model, Thalia Heffernan. Despite not dancing together, McShane met Heffernan while she was a contestant on the first series of the show. They have two dogs together.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/thalia-heffernan-and-ryan-mcshanes-romance-defies-reality-tv-curse-36444269.html|title=Thalia Heffernan and Ryan McShane's romance defies reality TV curse|website=Independent.ie|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}

On 30 December 2019, five days before the launch of the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, McShane was assaulted outside a nightclub in his hometown of Lurgan. He received facial injuries, resulting in him needing stitches.{{Cite web|author=Staff Reporter|title=Dancing with the Stars pro assaulted in Co Armagh bar days before start of new series|url=https://armaghi.com/news/lurgan-news/dancing-with-stars-pro-ryan-mcshane-assaulted-in-co-armagh-bar-days-before-start-of-new-series/99898|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Armagh I|language=en}}

References

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{{Dancing with the Stars (Ireland)}}

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Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:British ballroom dancers

Category:People from Lurgan

Category:Dancers from Northern Ireland

Category:Choreographers from Northern Ireland