If Hughie Maughan wore a scowl instead of a pearly white smile he could have passed for Orson Welles in the 1951 movie version of Shakespeare’s Othello.

Here’s hoping he does the tango next week.

As the BBC own the Strictly format, they have final say on all dancers selected.

Hughie, who is a member of the Travelling community recently came out as bisexual.