Arthur Gourounlian

On 12 November 2021, Gourounlian was confirmed as the new judge on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars beginning January 2022.

In 2019, Gourounlian appeared as the Armenian judge on The World's Best alongside host, James Corden and main judges, Drew Barrymore, Faith Hill and RuPaul. Later that year, Gorounlian and his husband, Brian Dowling appeared on a charity special of Ireland's Fittest Family where they finished in third place, earning €1,000 for charity.

On 30 July 2015, Gourounlian married television presenter and two-time Big Brother winner, Brian Dowling at a ceremony in Powerscourt Estate, Co. Wicklow. In 2021, they bought a house in Dowling's home county of Kildare. On 1 September 2022, Gourounlian and Dowling welcomed their first child, a daughter named Blake Maria Rose Dowling Gourounlian. Dowling's sister Aoife acted as surrogate for the couple.

Arthur Gourounlian was born and raised in Armenia. In 1992, Gourounlian and his family were forced to leave the war-torn country during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Gorounlian along with his parents, sister, aunt and cousin sought asylum in Brussels. Gourounlian trained as a barber before traveling between Italy, Spain and France working as a go-go dancer in nightclubs. In 2002, Gourounlian moved to London to pursue a career in dancing professionally.

Arthur Gourounlian (Armenian: Արթուր Գուրունլեան, romanized: Art’ur Gurunlean; born 1 June 1980) is an Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, featuring as the Armenian judge on the James Corden hosted reality series, The World's Best.