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17th Aug 2015

13 Things That Will Definitely Happen During Tonight’s Rose of Tralee

It's like playing TV bingo...

Rebecca McKnight

Love it or loathe it, the Rose of Tralee is an Irish institution. And despite the fact that many would claim they’d rather watch paint dry, the stats don’t lie and most of the country will be glued to the TV tonight to see Dáithi Ó’Sé and the Lovely Girls do their thing. 

In anticipation of one of the most watched TV events of the year, we’ve been busy putting together our version of Rose of Tralee bingo – or the 13 things that are absolute certain to happen at some stage over the next two nights.

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One Rose Will Go Viral

For the most part, this is not a good thing. Step forward 2011 Dublin Rose Siobheal Nic Eochaidh.

Twitter Will Explode

Sure who watches that thing? Everyone with a Twitter account, that’s who. There will be drinking games, unfortunate screengrabs and impromptu bets going around to beat the band. And the best part of it all is the hashtg… #ROT.

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A Grand Romantic Gesture

That usually falls flat on its face. We’re looking at you Kyle.

Conspiracy Theories

THEY’VE KNOWN THE WINNER ALL ALONG! In 2013, the cutlery from Newbridge was shown engraved with the name O’Sullivan, a full twenty-four hours before Haley O’ Sullivan took the title. Brown envelopes Dáithi, it’s all brown envelopes.

Costume Change!

If there isn’t at least one skirt to be whipped off or a pair of shoes to be changed, the year can be deemed a failure. Bucks Fizz have a lot to answer for really.

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We’ll Have a Sneaky Wager

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And We’re The 32 Best Friends That Anyone Could Have

Every Rose will claim that she’s met her soul sisters. They were thrown together in the whirlwind, but they’ll stay together forever and the flights to visit have already been booked. They’ll always have Kerry.

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It’ll Get A Little Too Close to This for Comfort

And Then A Little Bit Like This

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But Then, Irish Dancing!!

The Mammies Will Cry

Bonus points to producers if they catch a daddy crying, that’s a rarer sight and as such, better TV.

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Lest We Forget Where We Are…

Kerry will be mentioned approximately 22 times in every link. Hon the Kingdom!

And In The End… We Sing

All together now: ‘The pale moon was rising, above the green mountain…” Good girl Mary. We’ll see you next year.