Hughie Maughan From 'Big Brother' Has An Epic Tanning Fail On The Irish Version Of 'Strictly Come Dancing'

Oompa, loompa, doompety-doo.

Any ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ fan knows fake tan is a massive part in the show, but we have feeling they love it even more on the Irish version.

At least that’s the only explanation we have as to why one contestant went on the show looking like this:

RTE

Oh dear.

Contestant Hughie Maughan, who signed up for ‘Dancing With The Stars’ following his appearance on ‘Big Brother’ last year, suffered an epic tanning fail, on Sunday (15 January) night’s episode of the Irish series.

His fellow contestants weren’t about to let him live it down either:

Well @NickyByrne and the lads definitely weren't leaving @hughie_maughan off the hook with that tan tonight! #DWTSIrl pic.twitter.com/R8wpCjI8ED

— DWTS Ireland (@DWTSIRL) January 15, 2017

For a man that's only back from a sun holiday I felt rather pale 👻@hughie_maughan #DancingWiththeStars #tango @RTEOne @DWTSIRL pic.twitter.com/R8jvxhFgpl

— Aidan O Mahony (@GmailMahony) January 15, 2017

😂 it's all happening on @DWTSIRL !
When in doubt add more tan!! @hughie_maughan https://t.co/UJAWdOX7rl

— Nicky Byrne (@NickyByrne) January 15, 2017

The rest of the internet had a good old chuckle about it too, comparing his look to the time Ross from ‘Friends’ had a mishap during a visit to a tanning shop:

Hughie rocking the Ross from Friends look tonight! 😜 #DWTSIrl pic.twitter.com/m5RLZkwkhY

— 98FM (@98FM) January 15, 2017

'Did you count Mississippi-ly?' pic.twitter.com/wRXXfRXtqG

— Emma Kelly (@TooManyEmmas) January 15, 2017

Didn't know Ross was on #DancingWiththeStars #DWTSIrl pic.twitter.com/sqCWtUXrY7

— Emmett Buckley (@k_emmett) January 15, 2017

The entire nation reacting to Hughie Maughan's fake tan #DWTSIrl pic.twitter.com/dnXHJAg7bP

— Tara King (@tkingmedia) January 15, 2017

Hughie definitely used this tonight as tan on dancing with the stars 😂😅 pic.twitter.com/YRupzVvYYz

— Anna Grehan (@AnnaGrehan) January 15, 2017

😳 I hate to say it but...maybe a lighter shade Hughie or maybe a new brand of tan altogether!!😂😂😂 #CallUs 📞 pic.twitter.com/3cbWesA6EN

— Cocoa Brown (@CocoaBrownTan) January 15, 2017

Fake tan stock in Ireland since @hughie_maughan began participating in @DWTSIRL #DWTSIrl pic.twitter.com/SpK6WDOrzT

— Carl Mullan (@CarlMullan) January 15, 2017

Is Hughie dancing the #Tango tonight? @DWTSIRL pic.twitter.com/XlUaKhMQ3R

— Julian Lee (@Julian_Lee76) January 15, 2017

I think Hughie might have over done it abit this week on the aul fake tan #dwts #MoreTanMoreProblems pic.twitter.com/M1vBqoscP7

— The Styling Irish (@TheStylingIrish) January 15, 2017

Hughie’s fiancé Ryan Ruckledge, who he met on last year’s ‘Big Brother’, also made light of his error, having previously claimed he wanted tanning injections made available on the NHS:

When your boyfriend robs all your tan 😂😂♥️ @hughie_maughan pic.twitter.com/bUkKUJttit

— Ryan Ruckledge (@ryruckledge) January 15, 2017

He really shouldn't of taken tanning tips from me 😂 bad boyfriend advice hahah sorry @hughie_maughan 😂 https://t.co/eN6HxrCTUh

— Ryan Ruckledge (@ryruckledge) January 15, 2017

However, it seems Hughie only has himself to blame, as a ‘DWTS’ insider told The Irish Sun he was warned about going too dark.

“As hard as we tried Hughie had a solid grasp on his bronzer and there was no releasing it,” they said, adding he told them, “You can’t have enough tan.”

We have a feeling he may be reconsidering that judgement now.

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