We’re still trying to get over the idea of Ed Balls having a spray tan on the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, but now somebody has come in and completely trumped the situation in the most spectacular manner.

Former Big Brother star Hughie Maughan appeared in Ireland’s version of Dancing With The Stars at the weekend with a fake tan so extraordinary, he could probably be seen from the moon.

Viewers were left stunned with his uber-bronzed appearance, all of the attention firmly on him for the entire programme, on Ireland’s RTE channel.

Hughie Maughan
Hughie Maughan, second from the left, rocked a major fake tan on Dancing With The Stars Ireland (RTE/DWTS Ireland Twitter)

Hughie told The Irish Sun that he used tan used by Jamelia back when she appeared on The Voice Of Ireland a couple of years ago.

He said: “There was nothing I could do, I had to go out looking as I did as they didn’t have any other colour left.

“It was a tan they used on Jamelia when she was doing The Voice two years ago.”

Twitter went into a bit of a meltdown over his strong aesthetic, too, with some comparing him to Ross Geller from Friends in THAT tanning fail.

There were comparisons to Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder.

And a Shakespearian great.

He’s certainly been tangoed!

But the fans love him anyway, and certainly had a great laugh.

And the best bit about the whole thing? Hughie’s partner Ryan Ruckledge fully taking the Mickey on Twitter. That’s real love.

He owned up to the whole thing!

After his appearance caused shockwaves across social media, Hughie told RTE Radio: “The entire place was staring at me.

“People said, ‘he’s done it for attention,’ but I haven’t. I didn’t think it was going to be the top trending thing on Twitter.”