Tristan MacManus

Tristan MacManus (born 23 July 1982) is an Irish dancer, best known for his professional appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing.

On 1 June, 2014, shortly after his confirmed exit from Dancing with the Stars, it was revealed that MacManus would instead be joining the British edition of the show, Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer during the show's twelfth series.

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His celebrity partner for Series 12 was Mrs Brown's Boys actress, Jennifer Gibney. They were at risk of being eliminated first when they ended up in the bottom two against Gregg Wallace and Aliona Vilani. All judges opted to save Gibney and MacManus leaving Wallace and Vilani the first couple to leave. However, it was Week 3 (Movie Week) when Gibney and MacManus were left in the bottom two once again against Blue popstar, Simon Webbe and professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff. All 5 judges (including special guest judge Donny Osmond) opted to save Webbe and Rihanoff leaving Gibney and MacManus in 14th place.

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On 23 April, 2015, it was revealed that MacManus would continue as a professional for the show's thirteenth series and he partnered singer, Jamelia. Despite receiving respectable scores and praise from the judges each week, they found themselves in the dance-off a record five times during the series and the couple were eventually eliminated in Week 9 at Blackpool.