We know him as the dimwit Buster on Mrs Brown’s Boys but last Sunday, Danny O’Carroll is the latest glitterball gamble with BoyleSports after he lit up the ballroom on Sunday’s Dancing With The Stars.

Rose Barrett writes that a sensational Charleston saw the funnyman top the leaderboard with a season high score of 36 alongside dance partner Salome Chachua, leaving the judges speechless! Was it dancing or was it acrobatics? Either way, armchair experts were even more impressed and have backed the actor into 10/3 from a colossal 11/1. Brendan O’Carroll’s boy did good.

While Buster Brady stole the show last weekend, Olympians Rhys McClenaghan and Jack Woolley continue to dazzle on the dancefloor, with McClenaghan (9/4) just getting the better of the grapple for favouritism over Taekwondo expert, Woolley (5/2).

TikTok superstar Kayleigh Trappe looks set for a long stint on the hit RTÉ show and is 11/2 to go all the way, with Kin’s Yasmin Seky (11/1) and model Aishah Akorede (9/1) both backed to swerve elimination for the foreseeable future.

Punters continue to go cold on the chances of weather presenter, Joanna Donnelly (66/1) despite the judges warming to the RTÉ meteorologist, while the forecast remains bleak for celebrity chef Kevin Dundon (50/1) and former Eurovision star, Mickey Joe Harte (50/1). But it’s early days yet, and all to play for – and the leader board might just find itself getting turned on its head over the coming weeks!

Brian O’Keeffe, spokesperson for BoyleSports, said: “There are bound to be nerves ahead of this week’s performances with the first elimination beckoning, but punters have the glitterball on their minds and are now putting Danny O’Carroll forward to bust the Olympians off the podium.”