Dancing with the Stars recap: Rory O'Neill's dedicated dance earns standing ovation

"27 years ago, I didn't expect to be here today," Rory O'Neill said. "And I certainly wouldn't have been able to be on RTÉ One, on a family show." 

Rory O'Neill performs with Denys Samson 

A powerful and poignant Paso Doble from Rory O'Neill left the Dancing with the Stars studio audience on their feet this week, earning the activist his first 10s of the season and immunity from next week's dance-off. 

Performing out of drag for the first time, O'Neill's performance to Pet Shop Boys’ It’s a Sin was danced in honour of Professor Fiona Mulcahy, one of the first doctors who treated him when he was diagnosed as HIV Positive at age 27, and told he had five to ten years to live.