Mickey Joe Harte, known for winning 'You’re A Star' and competing in the Eurovision Song Contest, defends RTE's investment in 'Dancing With The Stars' and emphasizes his hard work.
Dancing With The Stars hopeful Mickey Joe Harte has said he has worked 'damn hard' for his success as he is set to make his dancing debut on Dancing With The Stars. And the Donegal native also defended RTE investing millions of taxpayers money into the RTE One show. Mickey won RTE's previous flagship show, You’re A Star, 21 years ago before going on to qualify in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 with We’ve Got The World.
Speaking about his success over the years, he said he cannot dictate what people might think of him taking on another RTE flagship show. 'You're always going to have that element. But you can't love your life like that. I can't dictate what other people want to think of me or whatever. 'I can only, I can only control the controllables. I'm happy. I'm a working musician. I've managed to make my living out of this business for 35 years, believe it or not. 'You’re A Star' was one of the elements and Eurovision gave me a boost along the way, but I've managed to carve and worked hard since that. 'So this is another element of that. So, you know, I don't make any apologies for that, because I know I work damn hard for what I do when I get it.' Mickey said Dancing With The Stars deserves a place on the TV schedule every year as the show gives employment to so many people. He said: 'I do think it is, and by all accounts, I think it's something that they recoup (the money) through sponsorship and advertising so I think it's something that probably evens itself out. 'We need these kinds of shows. I know there's not that many of these shows. Actually, there's probably only one show'
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