There's an awful lot of aubergines knocking about the RTÉ studios this week - so much so that it appears the DWTS contestants will now have to dodge them on the dancefloor!
DWTS judge Brian Redmond, Ireland's answer to Simon Cowell, has warned that Kevin Dundon will be hoping another contestant 'slips on an aubergine' as his only hope of being voted off in the dreaded dance-off. Yikes!
The Irish celebrity chef has become a firm favourite with the Irish public after his hilarious Shrek suit on Movie Week and his sweet dedication dance to his wife Catherine, and despite his low scores from the judges, he has so far managed to avoid being in the bottom two.
Brian, who is known for his tough scoring and brutal criticism on the DWTS judging panel, said that while Kevin is 'a pleasure' to have on the show and has been 'great craic', warned he needs to 'be careful he doesn't end up in a dance off'.
The DWTS judge, in his usual blunt fashion, said: 'There's not that many of them left who week in, week out have been scoring worse than Kevin.
'Apart from maybe one week, Kevin's been the bottom of the leaderboard with the judges, so for him, he's gonna have to be careful that he doesn't end up in a dance off.'
However, Brian took a jab at aubergine-gate, joking: 'If he does make it to a dance off, I think he better be hoping that somebody has a bit of a stumble here or there - or maybe they slip on an aubergine or something like that and fall over.'
Against the odds, Kevin has soared through week on week off the back of the popular vote and even his harshest critic Brian had to admit that he thinks his dancing is improving.
'He's definitely somebody who's connected with the Irish public but I have to say I've had great craic with Kevin over the last couple of weeks before we go on stage,' Brian said.
'He's been a pleasure to be around [and] genuinely, the little bit of a waltz that he did at the weekend was much better than I thought we were ever going to see from him.'
And even after all the drama with the Eurosong judging panel, Brian vows to stick to his guns and offer his straight-talking opinion to contestants as a TV judge.
He said: 'Anybody working in the media is basically two words from getting cancelled at any moment in time. It's a brave thing to put yourself out there. It's a brave thing to write a column with an opinion or to talk on a radio show and express it.'
Brian continued: ' I think as long as you're not doing anything that's over the top or anything that's not founded in fact or reality. Stick to the topic, talk about the cha-cha-cha, don't talk about what they do in everyday life. They're on a dancing show to be judged on the cha-cha-cha. Stick to that topic and I think you're okay.'
