Gráinne Seoige: 'I’m out of my comfort zone, to put it mildly'

Ireland’s favourite newsreader is leaving her home, husband and highflying lifestyle behind to spend 12 gruelling weeks foxtrotting, chasséing and quick-stepping to an average weekly audience of 518,000 on Dancing with the Stars — what could possibly go wrong?

Gráinne Seoige is a contender in this year's Dancing with the Stars Ireland

Gráinne Seoige is terrified. No really, she is, she laughs, over a Wednesday morning tête-à-tête. She’s back on Irish television you see, returning to our screens for the first time in some 12 years — except in previous times, she says, the possibility of falling on her face was pretty low. 

“I’m used to being the one standing there, asking questions to people about how they’re feeling. Now I’m the one saying my nerves are shot! Face planting is also a possibility, so to say I’m out of my comfort zone is, to put it mildly."