Dark star Hughie Maughan rises to steal the limelight on Dancing With The Stars

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.

If he sang, Hughie would have made a passable 21st century Al Jolson, or produced a politically incorrect showstopper from the Black and White Minstrel Show.

Instead, the dark horse of RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars stole the limelight on Sunday night with nothing more than a chocful of chutzpah and a giant bottle of bronzer.