The Audience Perform An Amazing Irish Dance - The Graham Norton Show

[@itsdamoko]

Love the face when Cate and Liam suddenly realised they were sitting with a row of professional dancers!

[@bleachedpotato778]

funny, Liam is my math teacher and he tells my class now...

[@michaelhaney3388]

Awsome

[@OriginalPuro]

I love their faces when..* You're just telling us to love the face when..:D

[@W3LLcoOL]

wow its amazing how all those people in the front row could dance so well, almost like they performed together before!

[@MrKingmerlin]

makes me think of not another teen movie when they are at the prom and "You would never guess that everyone who goes to this school is a trained dancer."

[@chocolatcats]

they have

[@seanholly6358]

@@MrKingmerlin 0 P

[@seanholly6358]

Pop

[@that_one_kidx]

I don't think you realize how much rehearsal has to go in to make it this good, from a dancer standpoint (which I have been Irish dancing for 6 years and counting)

[@dcanes5720]

Mr flatleys, laid back response at 0:16 is soooo Irish " let people do what they want, it's all good"... That is why I love Irish people and their country so much... Amazing people.

[@philipbrennan4214]

Except he is from the USA

[@aine7173]

Except his mam and dad are irish and he now lives in Ireland obvious his dna is strong.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

@@philipbrennan4214 Irish DNA, Irish background, he was clearly brought up as a culturally Irish person.

[@laurenxf1]

@@philipbrennan4214he’s actually fully irish, his family just moved to the us before he was born and he moved back to ireland many years ago

[@vangraff3478]

2:18 the guy on the right is living the dream !

[@dtaylor4552]

I would love to team up with Mathew Vaughan and Marv Film Studios to bring "Lord Of The Dance : The Untold Story" to the Big Screen.

[@miscellaneous_man756]

Your a van graff, I'm a revolver man myself and I'm not that big a fan of energy weapons but okay

[@vangraff3478]

@@miscellaneous_man756 Hey! keep your hands where I can see them! If you wanna talk gun's that's with my sister over there... I'm just the muscle in the family business...

[@burlesque607]

@@miscellaneous_man756 k lb bnmmmm

[@Just_Another_Hoosier]

@Luke Thomas I loved that I stumbled upon it.

[@jefflover4eva08]

Before they all stood up, I noticed they all had the same, specific shoes suited to irish dancing hahahah it was still good though

[@LayllasLocker]

+Love.Stories8 You can also see epic leg muscles on these ladies. Instant spoiler that they are pro dancers.

[@weeardguy]

That doesn't always give it away ;) I've been to numerous irish-dance competitions by now (both as spectator and dancer myself) and there is a huge difference between the muscles: some women have extremely thin legs while others have huge muscles: when they dance, you don't notice the difference...

[@kanzy1]

I just noticed all those lovely girls and their lovely legs and knew something was off.

[@tangoz811]

Jesina.22 i love the irish way .. always up for some fun

[@chocolatcats]

no...THOSE FRONT ROW DANCERS WERE PROS and a great guests in his honor.

[@stephanierazza9570]

That moment when you realize they're all wearing the same exact shoes: "Well-played, Mr. Norton. Well-played..."

[@thatoneslytherin5222]

One hello fellow annus and two those shoes are specifically made for Irish Step dance they're sort of like tap shoes but with heels.

[@stephanierazza9570]

That One Slytherin Hello to you as well. They’re called “ghillies” and “reel shoes,” right? I was trying to make a joke. Happy that you appreciate it :p

[@lordkrummi]

Memento mori.....

[@randercommander]

I had no idea it was a setup before they started! My initial thought was "what a fashionable audience!" And then i was pleasantly surprised =)

[@Jupe367]

The professional dancers look so beautiful.

[@stehall71]

the first time i seen this dance many many years ago it made me smile for weeks.and even tonight i am smiling.i just love it

[@emilysewell8432]

The man with the stripey shirt, who got up with that girl at the start when they first started irish dancing was my art teacher :p

[@PP-qo4wu]

lol wrong he is in wesgreen international school he my math teacher 7th grade and hes name is mr. Liam Harrington

[@talashbeeb147]

I don't know who to believe lol.....

[@SpeckleKen]

@@talashbeeb147 It's an English curriculum school, so the one who said math instead of maths is suspect.

[@bobbymessbob2547]

@@SpeckleKen touch'e

[@FOC-xu2kw]

And we don't have grades. It's junior and senior infants and then 1st class up to 6th class in primary school. Then in secondary school it's years as in 1st year etc. up to 6th year.

[@Songs-vy7qu]

Why is this dance soooo moving ....so good..

[@LayllasLocker]

Irish dance. How I love it.

[@sashadeea]

He is such a proud papa, and his dancers are amazing. he is a king

[@nurselaykan3721]

How intimidating must it have been for the dancers to perform that routine in front of Michael Flatley, the man who originally choreographed it.

[@CrashBoomBang78]

I feel like it was his troupe and he was in on it. Could just be me, though.

[@wickedwitchoftheeast88]

@@CrashBoomBang78 they're his troupe so it was probably planned

[@kristenslice561]

All the ones who joined the couple were his dancers. James Keegan is the third person from the left.

[@chrislang7460]

Look at the shoes. That’s his dancers. They had the shoes on ready.

[@alankilen6646]

​@chrislang7460 completely. I would have had spotted them immediately at slightest sound from 20 yards away. And it is sound I mean, even when they were walking. 2:44

[@arkieda]

It's the problem with only knowing a little Irish dance, you don't know enough to be good but you know enough to be REALLY INTIMIDATED by the row of professional dancers you're suddenly in.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

My brother is practicing it for about 8 years now I think, and he is still intimidated by the really well trained ones :P.

[@suzannebenz8928]

Look what Michael did for the world!!!!! GREAT!

[@chocolatcats]

In 1998, my mother and sister took my 3 yr old grandkid to see Mike dance in Las Vegas, she stood on the chair the entire time and danced! no one complained.................

[@khinzakhan66]

I don't know why Irish dancing and music makes me happy! 😁

[@chicobeat]

Long Live Erin, beautiful and magic island!

[@HM94x]

When they all stood up, I was like "Aw, these people got all dressed up to come and see the Graham Norton show, that's nice" 😂

[@MightyLittle1]

That was awesome!!! Watched it over and over. Thank you Graham.

[@bellaaustralia7815]

Wonderful, bring on the next generation. Well done.

[@alexg6374]

I knew it!! Those first row bodies were too athletic for average and random people?! Amaaazing!!

[@franlooving4203]

I was suspicious of the very short skirts, but didn't notice the shoes. Fun clip, love MF and the Irish woman with green nails is so cute-they both were.

[@NeilDorgan]

My favourite part is the original audience member in the stripy shirt turning to the obviously professional Irish dancer next to him and apparently innocently asking (at 02:35) “have you done this before?”

[@herryvaliant7689]

i love how they both didn't shy away after the professionals started. Maybe they'd been told before, but still

[@bethbartlett5692]

Heart Warming - love my Irish ☘

[@MaryJones-br5we]

Such a happy sound it makes you want to dance fantastic music

[@Becca-1478]

Was anyone else kind of hoping graham would shout "stick on the old riverdance" ?? lol

[@annabodhi38]

How can anyone not like this, omg, I thought it was hysterical!!

[@theessenceofbeauty1g]

That fecker in the right hand corner of 2:19 is having the time of his life bopping along to that absolute tune

[@chorlauheung4920]

Dum dum dada dada dum...love Lord of the Dance!

[@ellahodges4066]

One of those girls is a world Champion!

[@shakal703]

Champion of what?

[@philipbrennan4214]

@@shakal703 Of what they were doing! World Championships ever year - very competitive

[@rachaelstevenson6777]

I love Irish Dancing ❤️ I’m an Irish dancer myself 😊😊

[@skye.1030]

What's the name of that song?

[@rachaelstevenson6777]

Edith M lord of the dance

[@skye.1030]

@@rachaelstevenson6777 thank you!

[@maryka2218]

Best three minutes I have spent lately.

[@ballybunion9]

That bit where they go down the line lifting their arms and then putting them down again is very impressive.

[@stephenvickers4480]

Fantastic dancing! loved the wave at the end.

[@shakurfrancis8430]

Wow! That's really impressive! I'm absolutely speechless!

[@AN-cy7xm]

As he was making the row stand up I was thinking 'Graham's got a really attractive audience today!'

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Love Irish Dancing

[@gokith1119]

irish dancing is fascinating!

[@faith1characterhope]

Still one of my favourite classic GN moments!!

[@Riley_wolf]

It's so true though with the people who think they know Irish dance. They try to do it and while sometimes it's close, most times it's not. But this was funny😂 (I'm an Irish dancer and I could never do what the first guy and girl did. I would of froze😅😂)

[@eddierutherford4186]

I suspect most of the non-Irish dancing folks who try to do it probably have a few alcoholic beverages under their belts and say to themselves, "Hell, it's St. Patrick's Day, I'll do my Michael Flatley impersonation."

[@aeriacross770]

That guy to the right of the unsuspecting audience huhu. Such a fine specimen

[@AwesomestAmberMVS]

hahahaha poor Liam and Kate

[@emilysewell8432]

My art teacher from last year (stripey shirt) Basildon Academies

[@michaelhaney3388]

They sat with pro dancers for sure. Awsome.

[@mjw12345]

I'm not sure why poor! They were fabulous sport also!

[@KAF128]

I thought they did quite well!

[@rickbermingham4469]

@Danielle Winterburn oo Jo ml

[@kikitaube-hansen]

Don´t know what that is. Watched it the third time. And my heart is melting. Thank you.

[@amarasnowden8457]

I didn't notice it was setup up till I saw my cousin Ceili Moore and remembered her telling me she was on the show because she was dancing with Irish dancing crew 😂😂

[@carebear88]

I know that they're plants but it's still so cool to watch

[@kimberlyhenderson7604]

I just love how Michael Flatley sat there and watch 2 audience members tried to Irish dance and he didn't even judge. When the girl realized that they were with professional dancers, she said I quit.

[@a.a.b493]

Lovely I have been to these cities in Ireland : Shannon airport Galway and Dublin for the cruise . Beautiful place 🙂🙂

[@veronicatyler8109]

Takes me back to Angela’s Ashes when Frankie lied and said he was taking dancing lessons with the monies but he was going to the movies instead. He illustrated what he’d learned to his parents and it had no structure at all but they clapped along anyway. So to the two guests who attempted…I applaud you👏🏽

[@antine1279]

Liam couldn't possibly have a more irish face xD you can't miss he's irish

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

damn, those audience are FINE

[@wildheart25c]

I asked myself .... hmmm ... now what are the chances ... AND THEY'RE OFFF! lovely absolutely lovely!

[@itsgrawkneeah]

Hell to the yeah!!😆👏🍀🍀🍀

[@davidabbot2394]

how could you not like this ffs it was funny

[@MrAMYJACK]

oh man I love Irish Dancing

[@billybob7767]

lol so many great episodes, makes me wish Graham Norton would air in America :P

[@inugy03]

The guy in the shirt was embarrassed and amazed at the same time lol

[@morganmorbrik7304]

I hate it when people that say that Irish dance is easy it's not at all

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Morgan Morbrik my little girl is starting now at 3 years old with her 123's. Startem young 😉😂

[@marlenemitchell-kavanaugh3644]

That dance ain’t hardly easy to do...all that fancy foot work. ..if I tried it I’d break a leg...lol lol

[@bambino9235]

I've never heard anyone say that. Are there really people that think that? How could anybody possibly think it's easy? It looks so complex right off the bat. You'd have to never have seen irish dancing to think that

[@patrickmccarten2144]

There's a lot of seriously good looking girls in the line up --------- I'm moving to Ireland.

[@thanossnap4170]

Right? I was just thinking the same. Everyone of them was smashing!

[@anna-lv9zz]

When theyre all sitting and they have Irish dancing shoes lol

[@cindydevine5685]

Love that Graham!

[@ivanodriscoll5874]

Very good. Nicely done with beautiful talent.

[@kaitlynheater6088]

It's official. I have permission from the Lord of the Dance himself to pretend to Irish dance in my livingroom to my Celtic Woman album. (Not everyone has access to dance studios to learn at, after all)

[@anrn5303]

awesome!

[@cnzhk5925]

Cate and Liam must feel like they are on an episode of Punk'd. 😂

[@alexandrossfyris7756]

Guys that was just amazing!!!

[@micheleele7299]

I am actually of Irish decent so I love love love this♥️

[@chocolatcats]

Mike, 59 July 2017..he's wonderful.....

[@timomastosalo]

Ah, so there just happened to be sitting a group of trained legged ladies with same skirt length in the audience. So marvellous when randomly picked audience can join in the Irish dance so readily. Cheers, GN!

[@tamarkeane2073]

2:10 this is the greatest thing the man in the bottom right corner (on the edge of his row) has ever seen

[@suzawilo]

Ikr. He is loving it😊

[@t3e4r5r6y7]

i could tell before the dance even started ,that it was a setup .

[@iyquc]

Still pretty great though ;)

[@t3e4r5r6y7]

I Like You, You See (IYQUC) nope not for me,hate irish dancing and i'm irish.

[@sfvelez]

So what? They did it very pretty, got very nice memories...

[@tresbazar4349]

Me too. But to be fair, I thought the whole audience was going to dance. I was probably thinking too big.

[@Serenity113]

Terry Kane Well, the big giveaway is in the title of the video. lol

[@pattysmyth3210]

Brilliantly done

[@JithinJacob333]

I didn't notice they were plants at all. They really played looking nervous well

[@Asimhkhan75]

This is absolutely brilliant

[@freakyflow]

Im A french Canadian with a Irish last name and i approve this dance ..lol

[@eileenbailey8634]

Brilliant 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

[@potatoface1041]

Scares the bejeezus out of Chandler 🤣😝

[@Dutch3DMaster]

"HIS FEET MOVE INDEPENDENT FROM HIS BODY!?" :P.

[@marjanf56]

love michael flatley

[@s.wright6945]

Put a smile on me face :-)

[@rectify2003]

Absolutely Brilliant

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Beautiful

[@georgiabriggs6545]

I saw kaylee m there in the white shirt, i saw her a nationals in tasmania for irish dance

[@elenanecula8351]

EXCELENT!!!!FELICITĂRI!!! SUPERRRR!!!❤❤❤

[@madpat2636]

Great 2 b Irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@cmc460]

Loving Kate 🙂❤️

[@katarinabg6408]

Michael Flatley ...pozdrav iz Beohrada Srbija-😘😘😘😗😙😚😀🤗

[@ronyagpd]

Fabulous!!

[@Evelyn.lynchie]

As a prefetional Irish dancer there pretty good

[@LordHannigan]

You do that dance your in great shape.

[@alanday5255]

I was like why is the front row SO pretty.

[@missg.5940]

And all wearing identical shoes😉😷🇨🇦

[@shakurfrancis8430]

Ah ha! This looks like fun!

[@daisybuchanan8205]

That was epic but I don't know why I had teary eyes watching this.

[@chocolatcats]

type in Michael Flatley dancing with the stars.......he was a great guest judge and danced for them (us too)

[@ronaldwalker8312]

Great for viewing

[@ronaldwalker8312]

Greatest Dancer ever.

[@Empire_JeSzO]

The girls looked very suspicious before they all got up...

[@izensnow1399]

yeah they where all wearing the same shoes

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Drop Bear ! With amazing lean legs...dead give away 😂

[@gingergrey]

I have no issues with nice legs but I was thinking before they danced"hmmm...that's quite the coincidence"

[@samconduct1356]

The girls looked very nice before they all got up and looked even better when they got up.

[@natasamladenovic1765]

They were all stepping down very slowly so that the tapping of the shoes doesnt give them away.....

[@DDuMas]

That was amazing. :-)

[@kelemvor3333]

Wow. The blonde, 4th from the left, is gorgeous.

[@whiteribbonman1]

Thumbs-Up #2K-plus I am, Friday evening 23 Feb 2018. If you Irish Dancers are SUCH a pleasure to watch! An ABSOLUTE PLEASURE!