Rose of Tralee - RIP?

branie2 · 22-08-2017 8:54am

Security might be tightened, following the "Fathers for Justice" interruption last year

DavidLyons_ · 22-08-2017 9:47am

realdanbreen wrote: »

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Surely in 2017 this poor excuse for carrot cruncher porn should be taken off the air. Herding women on to a stage and treating them like spastics just typify us Oirish.

Yeah shame on us oirish. We should go all classy like the British and find a bunch of skanks with nose jobs and botox and put on a version of celebrity big brother!

And why does any of that sort of sh1t have to be aired? Is it an either/or choice? Both the Rose of Tralee and Big Brother are utter drivel aimed at brainless cretins.

ohnonotgmail · 22-08-2017 9:53am

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

And why does any of that sort of sh1t have to be aired? Is it an either/or choice? Both the Rose of Tralee and Big Brother are utter drivel aimed at brainless cretins.

Some people like to watch it.

Bambi985 · 22-08-2017 10:03am

I love how they're all teachers called Aisling with accountant boyfriends called Seamus and "mammy is so proud of me" and then of course the mortifyingly cringe "talent" like hip-hop dancing or whipping off the skirt to reveal a shorter skirt and do an old one two three, two two three.

Not great for the aul feminism but there's no denying it's TV gold.

AudreyHepburn · 22-08-2017 10:09am

I'd rather not see it gone to be honest - there are plenty of people here and abroad who enjoy watching and being involved in it. Who are we to begrudge them that.

If you don't like it then just change the channel - it's only two nights of the year on one channel for a few short hours. Easy to avoid if it bothers you that much.

Why is it so hard for Irish people to allow each other enjoyment?

Míshásta · 22-08-2017 10:16am

I love the Rose of Tralee festival, even though I don't watch it, as it brings out the narrow minded intolerance in many people, year after year, without fail.

"I don't like it; therefore it should be taken off. 'Tis only watched by ............... (fill in your favourite insult)"

We had stupid censorship for a long time in this state. we don't need it back.

How difficult is it to press a button on the remote?

keano_afc · 22-08-2017 10:42am

Bring back the Calor Housewife of the Year, I say.

Mint Sauce · 22-08-2017 10:46am

57 posts prior to mine kinda explains it all really.

Recent RoTs I have been working during, and kinda had a curiosity to watch. This year, have my evenings free, and have zero interest in it.

VinLieger · 22-08-2017 10:49am

Daithi asking yer wan from the US airforce was she not worried about Kim Jong Un and North Korea had to be the most cringe thing ive seen on Irish tv in recent memory

realdanbreen · 22-08-2017 11:03am

VinLieger wrote: »

Daithi asking yer wan from the US airforce was she not worried about Kim Jong Un and North Korea had to be the most cringe thing ive seen on Irish tv in recent memory

I know, and the least Daithi could do is put on a posher accent like Tubs or Miriam!

Sam Kade · 22-08-2017 11:50am

realdanbreen wrote: »

I know, and the least Daithi could do is put on a posher accent like Tubs or Miriam!

Will you stop FFS there are too many idiots with false accents on RTE and you are shocked by someone using their natural accent.

tigger123 · 22-08-2017 1:07pm

Was flicking around last night and watched a few minutes of it.

Not that I'm a huge fan, but at least when Ray D'Arcy was doing it there was an element of Tongue In Check Lovely Girls Competition about it. It was a bit knowing/fun.

Watching Daithi O Shea do it genuinely feels like I'm watching something from the mid to late 1800s.

Atoms for Peace · 22-08-2017 8:00pm

The Germany rose gets my vote from what I've watched of it.

pauliebdub · 22-08-2017 8:21pm

It's still very popular so it's going nowhere.

Benjamin Buttons · 22-08-2017 8:22pm

realdanbreen wrote: »

I know, and the least Daithi could do is put on a posher accent like Tubs or Miriam!

You're probably trying to be 'ironic' with this one, if so then it's really just a bad case of inverted snobbery.
Tubs and Miriam, from Booterstown and Foxrock respectively, have middle-class Dublin accents because they're, eh, middle-class dubs.

Sam Kade wrote: »

Will you stop FFS there are too many idiots with false accents on RTE and you are shocked by someone using their natural accent.

Examples of 'false' accents on RTE please....btw, 'false' accents not to be confused with accents you don't like.

Sam Kade · 22-08-2017 8:46pm

Benjamin Buttons wrote: »

You're probably trying to be 'ironic' with this one, if so then it's really just a bad case of inverted snobbery.
Tubs and Miriam, from Booterstown and Foxrock respectively, have middle-class Dublin accents because they're, eh, middle-class dubs.

Examples of 'false' accents on RTE please....btw, 'false' accents not to be confused with accents you don't like.

Meeriam O' Callaghan do you honestly think she talked like that when she started talking?

Benjamin Buttons · 22-08-2017 8:50pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

Meeriam O' Callaghan do you honestly think she talked like that when she started talking?

No. She said: ''Goo goo genuinely ga ga''.

Ipso · 22-08-2017 10:01pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

Meeriam O' Callaghan do you honestly think she talked like that when she started talking?

Yeah, roysh.

Royal Legend · 22-08-2017 10:04pm

CeilingFly wrote: »

It makes a profit, it's on TV in mid week in August, not one cent of licence fee money is needed for it - if you don't like it you neither need to be involved nor watch it.

hence it can stay for as long as it likes for those who wish to watch it.

So the OB crew and Daithi and all the production staff do it for free or does the ROT pay for them for the week?

If not then it is our licence fee that is paying for it to be shown on RTE

mezzz · 23-08-2017 1:01am

i had backed the german filly to win, close second, beaten by a dirty nose

entropi · 23-08-2017 1:20am

The Young Wan wrote: »

Is it time to put it out to pasture?

Hopefully brought out back and shot. I pay the feckin' TV license for something decent, not this typical RTE outdated crap.

ohnonotgmail · 23-08-2017 8:42am

Royal Legend wrote: »

So the OB crew and Daithi and all the production staff do it for free or does the ROT pay for them for the week?

If not then it is our licence fee that is paying for it to be shown on RTE

and RTE get to fill their schedules for a few hours and get advertising revenue during a show with good viewing figures. If they didnt show the rose of tralee they would have to show something else. that something else would also cost them money to air.

whisky_galore · 23-08-2017 9:12am

VinLieger wrote: »

Daithi asking yer wan from the US airforce was she not worried about Kim Jong Un and North Korea had to be the most cringe thing ive seen on Irish tv in recent memory

This is exactly why I haven't watched it in years, I think I would cringe so much I would need medical attention.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 9:14am

whisky_galore wrote: »

This is exactly why I haven't watched it in years, I think I would cringe so much I would need medical attention.

The Offaly Rose who won the contest can help you, as she's a nurse

branie2 · 23-08-2017 9:20am

branie2 wrote: »

The Offaly Rose who won the contest can help you, as she's a nurse

Sorry, she's a junior doctor

jmayo · 23-08-2017 10:07am

The real laugh here is all the ones complaining about, but yet who seem to know a hell of a lot about it.

And it aint the history, but what seems to have gone on this year.

As some said it is not costing the license payers and nobody is forcing anyone to watch it.

I hate this sanctimonious shyte where some, usually those who also consider themselves so modern, hip and cosmopolitan, look down their noses at the activities, pastimes and viewing of others.
I just bet there will be a thread poking fun at the Ploughing Championship in a few weeks.

I don't watch it, haven't watched for decades.
The only winners I know are the two from Mayo, the first of which ended up shagging that overpaid gobshyte in RTE and the other is a lesbian.

Point is I couldn't care less if it runs for ever or was on every night in August.
If it costs me nothing and some people get enjoyment out of it then fair enough.

Richard Hillman · 23-08-2017 10:21am

It's great fun and so many people love it. It's also great that all of the ladies seem very genuine and decent people. You won't see any of them wash up on Love Island or something of that ilk. All well rounded ladies celebrating an Irish tradition.

Rose of Tralee - RIP?

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