The UK is currently going nuts about Chris McCausland, the blind comedian who dances to Kiss

Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell tango to Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss on Strictly Come Dancing

In its never-ending search for stars who’ll bring in a big audience on a Saturday night, the organisers of this year’s BBC’s flagship show Strictly Come Dancing picked comedian Chris McCausland as one of the contestants.

McCausland, who is blind, has subsequently picked up a huge following as the nation celebrates a rare feelgood story, and has been installed as the odds-on favourite to win the overall competition by the book-keeping community.

So why do we care? Well, like former contestant Bill Bailey, McCausland is a rocker, with a capital R. And he’s brought that to the show, jiving to the theme from Wayne’s World and Queen‘s Bohemian Rhapsody in episode three, tangoing to Kiss‘s 1975 classic Rock and Roll All Nite in episode seven, and going freestyle to illustrate John Lennon‘s Instant Karma in episode eight.