Television: It’s the 63rd year of the contest Father Ted parodied as the Lovely Girls Competition. There’s no sign of it running out of steam on Tuesday evening
It’s peak Rose of Tralee: ‘Did she try to shift the pope?’ Dáithí Ó Sé wonders about the London Rose’s sister
First up is the Donegal Rose, Niamh Shevlin, an Irish dancer who has appeared in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance and entered the contest as tribute to her late aunt. She is followed by the Sligo Rose, Megan McCormack, a primary teacher and intercounty footballer from Gurteen, and then the London Rose, Glenna Mannion.
“Did she try to shift the pope?” Ó Sé wonders before Mannion reads the leaves from the cup of tea the MC has been chugging – and tips him as a future Late Late Show host. Either David Lynch has got back into film-making or it’s peak Rose of Tralee.Rocking on: Radio Nova proves the brightest star in Dublin music radio market
You could cut the tension with Ó Sé’s quiff as the broadcast heads towards midpoint. Tonight a new Rose of Tralee will be anointed, and after two evenings of fun and frolics and freeform poetry the end is finally in sight. All will be revealed at little after 11pm. Until then the only thing viewers can do is strap in and soak up the excitement, the pom poms and Ó Sé trying to say “Tralee” in Chinese and almost causing an international incident along the way.
Rte Daithi-O-Se Kathryn-Thomas
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