Twitter reacts to night one of the Rose of Tralee

It's that time of year AGAIN.

Nothing quite heralds back to school time like the Rose of Tralee and tonight marked night one of the 2016 festival. This is the first year that poems were banned from the festival but as you can imagine, there was plenty of other entertainment. Social media has a field day when ROT rolls around and Twitter had some fire content this evening. There was the science experiment, the stage invasion which you can read more about here, the rap and of course, general lols. Here's a selection of some of the best tweets and if you want to read them in chronological order, start from the bottom. Bring on night two...

And a Fr Ted reference, what a hero ?? #ROT

— Joseph McSweeney (@JosephMcSweeney) August 22, 2016

Sydney Rose states her support for #repealthe8th #RoseofTralee and advocates more support for victims of domestic abuse. Wow. #ROT

— Aisling Prior (@aislingprior1) August 22, 2016

I'm not sure which is more entertaining ... The programme or my mothers commentary #rot ?

— Claire Doyle (@Clairey_101) August 22, 2016

Mission 1 of being a rose of Tralee......make everyone watching feel entirely inadequate with all the charity work/sport you do #rot ?

— Moya Hodgers (@MoyaHodgers) August 22, 2016

The Rose of Tralee hashtag is inspired. A wondrous thing. #rot

— Denis Spillane (@spillaneda) August 22, 2016

if someone doesn't sing Caledonia, does it even count? #RoseofTralee #rot

— •laura• (@lauracollins159) August 22, 2016

I'm bailing. I can't stay up this late, especially when it's only 3 months until the Toy Show#RoseOfTralee

HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS ON?!?!?..I'm going to need another stage invasion to get me through! #rot

— Nicola (@MiseNico) August 22, 2016

— Siobhán Doyle (@thekickart) August 22, 2016

There is no monogrammed cutlery?! It's not worth being an escort. #ragers #ROT #RoseofTralee

— Amy Lawless (@amylawly) August 22, 2016

I'm wondering if getting the eyebrows done was part of #RoseofTralee package this year... They're all amazing #rot — Brighid Breathnach (@BrighidBB) August 22, 2016

Wow, Lil Wayne and the rose of Tralee...I never #RoseofTralee #ROT pic.twitter.com/0RVypnsCPM

— Seán Ó Ceallaigh (@SMA_Kelly) August 22, 2016

This is what we're used to seeing when we hear Roses Rappers #RoseOfTralee pic.twitter.com/PTDWZZ99yN — Her.ie (@Herdotie) August 22, 2016

Daithi there with all the enthusiasm of a nun at a Magic Mike show: 'we have a rap' ? #RoseofTralee #ROT

— Sio (@Wee_Sio) August 22, 2016

Jesus this one is doing herself no favours. 'I'm an attorney so didn't wanna be associated with a beauty contest' #Burn #ROT #RoseofTralee — Aoife Ní Bhuachalla (@aoifebucko) August 22, 2016

That's the best #ROT I've seen in years thanks to your man, I'm creased ???

— Julie O'Donnell (@Julie_O_D) August 22, 2016

What the ..... A whole Billie Barry family! #ROT — Barbara Scully (@barbarascully) August 22, 2016

Dead that the Rose of Tralee hashtag is #ROT

— Jamie Tuohy (@JamieTuohy) August 22, 2016

Wow ? That woke me up. Fair play to the Cavan rose for continuing on! #rot #RoseOfTralee https://t.co/eY2KMBpksb — Corrina Kavanagh (@corrina_k) August 22, 2016

I think my hatred for #RoseofTralee stems back to my school days when it signalled the first day back to school was only around the corner

— Tomás Doyle (@TomasDoyle1) August 22, 2016

Love spending @RoseofTralee_ week criticising and judging? #ROT pic.twitter.com/GkzpzUcn0M — Carole O' Dwyer (@Carolexoxo) August 22, 2016

You miss the poems though ey? But really looking forward to the Rose who will apparently be making sandwiches onstage tho #ROT #IrishCulture

— Etan Kinsella McL (@etankm) August 22, 2016

Christ -a science experiment. Bring back the poetry #ROT — Caitriona Cannon (@caitrionac) August 22, 2016

What idiot decided to call them escorts instead of the Bros of Tralee?

— Ciara Knight (@Ciara_Knight) August 22, 2016