Hereford's Strictly star graced the ballroom once again tonight (October 26), embracing the Halloween spirit for his latest ballroom appearance, but didn't do as well as they had hoped.

Comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell took to the dancefloor to perform a "supernatural"  samba to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees.

The duo joined the ten remaining couples on the glitzy dancefloor once again, with performers and judges dressed in spooky attire.

Dressed in a sparkly suit and frazzled wig, McCausland grooved along the floor in between gravestones with Buswell to pick up a score of 26.

Judge Motsi Mabuse hailed it as a “fun way to open the show” and said he had “nailed the character”.

Head judge Shirley Ballas also praised his characterisation and thought he did “incredibly well” but “overcooked the bounce” in the dance. However, she added that the pair's characterisation of the graveyard in the performance was "amazing".

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The pair picked up a few more compliments, with Anton Du-Beke saying that McCausland's timing was "exceptional", and even stern judge Craig Revel-Horwood remarking that his acting was "magnificent". 

However, despite their best efforts, the score came in joint last place with Punam Krishan and her dance partner Gorka Marquez.

Last week, the comedian, who previously studied at Hereford's Royal National College for the Blind, wowed fans with his performance of a waltz to "You'll Never Walk Alone."

McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell received an incredible score of 35 out of 40, with McCausland saying the chosen song meant a lot to him. 

You'll Never Walk Alone is the anthem of Liverpool FC, with the track being picked because of McCausland's Liverpool background.

McCausland said that as a die-hard Liverpool fan, he hoped he did the song justice, and added that if the duo did something that Manchester United fans would like, then they've "worked a miracle".

The 47-year-old comedian, lost his eyesight in his early 20s as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary condition. This diagnosis prompted a career change from his previous job in web development to becoming a comedian. He was a student at Hereford's RNC in the mid 1990s.

He is known to television audiences for his role as Rudi in the CBeebies show Me Too, and regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including the Comedy Store.