Hughie Maughan hits out at RTÉ over elimination from Dancing with the Stars

The former Big Brother star is not impressed with the results.

The first elimination on Dancing with the Stars took place this weekend with Hughie Maughan being voted out. The 22-year-old who is known for appearing on Big Brother was arguably the most talked about contestant on the show. This was particularly true when it came to the second episode of the show, one week before he was eliminated. Hughie appeared on the show with an extremely dark fake tan which prompted a huge reaction from viewers. Many made jokes about the tan incident but others accused him of racism and blackface. The reality star was visibly unimpressed when the results came in live on the show and he has now hit out at RTÉ, adding that the votes made no sense to him.

“I would love RTE to release the scores because I wasn’t the lowest on the score board after the judges votes but I would have to be a lot lower than everybody else from the public to be eliminated,'' he told the Irish Sun. “I want to see the statistics, I’d love to know how they can count all those votes, and can get them recounted during a commercial break? The result made zero sense to me.”

He also took issue with the fact that the dances are chosen by producers ''I wish I had a chance to be myself. By being boring, I wasn’t being myself,” Hughie said. He added, however, that he's thankful he got the opportunity to star on the show.