Home And Away's Kyle Shilling Wins 'Dancing With The Stars', Bags USD 20,000 And Mirror Ball Trophy

Dancing With The Stars Australia is a popular reality TV show where celebrities are paired with trained dancers, leaving the audience and judges in awe with their performances. In the show, participants perform in front of a panel of judges and the audience, showcasing their skillsets in ballroom dance, contemporary, or Latin. The performers receive scores based on the judges' decisions and the audience's voting. Well, it was Home And Away star, Kyle Shilling, who bagged the winner's trophy in the show, Dancing With The Stars Australia 2025, alongside his partner, Lily Cornish.

Home and Away star, Kyle Shilling wins Dancing With The Stars Australia 2025

Australian actor, Kyle Shilling is known for his performance in the soap Home and Away, where he made history as the show's first Indigenous cast member. This year, Kyle grabbed a whole lot of attention as he took part in the dance reality show, Dancing With The Stars Australia. From his jaw-dropping dancing skills, and the technicalities he brought on the stage with his dance partner, Lily Cornish, Kyle carved a place for himself in the hearts of the audience. His skills made him one of the finalists among Shaun Micallef, Ash-Leigh Hunter, Trent Cotchin, Jessica Jess Raffa, Felicity Ward, Aric Yegudkin, Brittany Hockley, Craig Monley, Michael Usher, and Natalie Lowe.

Kyle Shilling and Lily Cornish brought their best to the stage and scored the perfect score of 40 in the finale. The duo's performance was culturally rich as they delivered a breathtaking show on Mo’ju’s Native Tongue. Kyle Shilling presented a live performance of the didgeridoo, a traditional wind instrument that originated 1000 years ago. His performance seemed so out of this world that the judge, Helen Richey, tagged it as 'one of the best performances she has ever seen'.

Kyle brought emotional storytelling to his performances, and social media is also in awe of his skills, while tagging the performance on finale as 'extraordinarily spiritual'. Along with his win, Kyle bagged USD 20,000 and the Mirror Ball trophy.

Home and Away star, Kyle Shilling reacts to his massive win on Dancing With The Stars Australia

Talking to Yahoo Lifestyle, Kyle Shilling tagged his feelings after winning as 'over the moon' kind. He stated that he was the first Indigenous star of Home and Away, and the first Indigenous winner of Dancing With The Stars Australia, which has made him super proud. Kyle could be quoted as saying:

"I was the first main role Indigenous actor on Home and Away, and if I'm the first Indigenous winner for Dancing With The Stars, it’s just another notch in my belt that I'm very, very proud of."

In the same interview, Kyle further talked about his performance in the finale and stated that whoever had the chance to perform culturally on such a huge platform, it always had been special to them, and he's no exception. He also mentioned that winning the Mirror Ball trophy was an amazing experience, and stated that he would look back at it for years to come. Stating that he's really proud of this, Kyle mentioned:

"Even performing our culture in small communities is special to us, but to have been given this opportunity and to take out the mirrorball [trophy] following this performance that we got to perform has been absolutely amazing. It's something that I hold close to myself and something I'm going to look back on for years and years to come. I think this moment is something I'm going to be very proud of for myself and my culture."

Congratulations, Kyle and Lily!

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