RTE announced the coterie of competitors taking part in our very own Dancing With the Stars.

Familiar faces like Des Bishop, Aoibheann Garrihy and Teresa Mannion will be donning their dancing shoes.

But now the professionals have been revealed, and appear to be an eye-appeasing bunch.

They include Ksenia Zsikhotska;

Ryan McShane;

Karen Byrne;

Curtis Pritchard;

Giulia Dotta;

The competition begins on January 8th.