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The first same-sex couple ever on “Dancing With the Stars” is causing a sensation in Israel.

They debuted this week on the Israeli version of the show — “Rokdim im Kochavim,” for you Hebrew students — to an outpouring of media attention.

Gili Shem-Tov, an openly gay TV sportscaster, requested a female partner last fall when she was asked to join the show.

“I live with my girlfriend and we are raising my 1-year-old son together. It felt natural for me to dance with a woman. That’s my way of life,” Shem-Tov told reporters after making her televised dancing debut.

The producers paired her with Dorit Milman, a professional ballroom dancer who is straight.

“We still show the emotions of love and hate, seducing and rejecting. We still use the movements and language of movement in the same way,” Milman said.

The two women have decided to take turns each week leading and following, they said.

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